The Sit List: Support your arts community, be entertained, write about your pet
This week, you can practice some philanthropy and watch some passionate performances.
Minhae Shim Roth
Minhae Shim Roth is a writer, reporter and editor. Her essays, features and articles have been published in national magazines and local newspapers like Glamour, Shondaland, Miami Herald and Miami New Times. She is a contributor to both Berkeleyside and Nosh.
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The Sit List: How to welcome in summer while staying safe
You can have the summer you’ve been dreaming of; you just have to make some adjustments.
The Sit List: Five things to do while waiting for ‘regular’ life to resume
Step into the sensual, mysterious world of fibers; listen to a Berkeley virtuoso jazz organist to help empower Black men; get creative with NASA’s newly free treasure trove of images, video and audio; and more.
The Sit List: 5 things to do while waiting out lockdown
Go on a date night at Hotsy Totsy Club to support Berkeley Humane; take a cooking lesson with local chefs; put on a play at home — plus more ideas.
The Sit List: 5 things you can do to support the Black community
Want to help the Black Lives Matter cause but don’t know how? Donate (we suggest where), sign petitions that matter, educate yourself and listen to the insights of brilliant Black poets.
The Sit List: 5 things to do while staying home
A tour of gorgeous quilt art, conversations about theater over wine, sheltering music, singalongs around the campfire and scientists myth-busting COVID-19 — five events for your pleasure, all virtual, of course.
The Sit List: Five things to do while — still — sheltering at home
A live story time for the kids from Lawrence Hall of Science, a weekly bingo night with Josh Kornbluth and an online comedy improv class: just some of the cool things to occupy yourself right now.
The Sit List: Five things do to while hunkering down
Bid for bird art in the Golden Gate Audubon Society’s Birdathon auction; ask about archeology; make Sicky Syrup from elder twigs; bring the California Academy of Sciences home; or hear the choir sing.
The Sit List: Five things to do while on stay-at-home orders
Laugh with your mom on Mother’s Day; let your kids see the world through the eyes of Frida Kahlo; tune into Hershey Felder from Florence; and more ideas for passing the time while on SIP.
The Sit List: Five things to do while staying largely at home
It goes without saying all our recommended activities are virtual. That said: Go on a garden tour, tune in to author conversations, study traditional music, watch dance or do earth crafts with the kids.
The Sit List: Five things to do while in quarantine
A digital wine and cheese party; a virtual art show; a new local poetry podcast — plus more ideas on how to distract yourself while sheltering at home.
The Sit List: Five things to do while confined to your home
Finally get around to training your pet, with Berkeley Humane; travel virtually to a National Park; escape into the worlds of moon jellies, sharks and African penguins via Monterey Bay Aquarium’s live cams; and more.
Todd Parr has tips for how to soothe families, pass time while on lockdown
Reading with your kids is a way of saying ‘I love you,’ says the Berkeley author who has been hosting virtual book readings, including ‘cook-alongs.’
The Sit List: Five things to do while on lockdown
This week: Join the Edible Schoolyard’s virtual classroom; watch a documentary produced by the Obamas; ‘museum-ing’ from home, and more!
The Sit List: Five things to do while cloistered inside
Welcome to the second edition of the Sit List — great activities you can do while sitting on your couch, or even moving around, but all the while maintaining social distancing, naturally.
The pandemic ended his book tour, but chef-author David Lebovitz is in ‘good spirits’
The longtime food blogger and former Chez Panisse pastry chef says comfort food and cocktails will help us get through these times.
