Bay Area Book Festival highlights power of works in translation
[Sponsored] Interest in translated literature – often ignored by major publishers – remains high in Berkeley.
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‘Queer California: Untold Stories’ at OMCA is distinctive and illuminating
Although it is a large exhibit, featuring the work of over 70 artists, archivists, curators and other collaborators, the new show can only scratch the surface in exploring those who identify with the LGBTQ+ community.
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Bahá’ís of Berkeley celebrate Naw Ruz
In a North Berkeley home, members of the Bahá'í faith, whose roots are in Iran, gathered on the eve of the spring equinox to break their 19-day fast and usher in a new year.
The welcoming musical world of Briana Di Mara
The violinist, vocalist and Oakland resident celebrates the release of her debut album 'Haven' Sunday at the Back Room in Berkeley.
The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of April 5-7
The Berkeley Portrait Project, free parks and park history, and teeny-tiny kittens — all this weekend.
Getting to the heart of it with Caroline Davis
Making her Berkeley debut, Davis will perform from her 2018 album, "Heart Tonic." On Saturday, the Berkeley tandem of pianist/composer Myra Melford and clarinetist/composer Ben Goldberg will play.
Plates, pitchers, jars and more, all on sale at Alice’s restaurant. (Chez Panisse, that is)
The sale of the legendary restauranteur's cast-offs, as well as those of her daughter, drew a huge crowd to Berkeley on Sunday morning.
Creative, playful ‘Home’ is built on stage at Berkeley Rep
'Home' is an imaginative and inventive 105 minutes of refreshing absurdist entertainment, with an extraordinarily talented cast and production team.
Erik Tarloff’s novel revolves around a legendary actor and Hollywood mystery woman
'Women in Black' tells the story of Chance Hardwick, an exceptionally handsome young man from the Heartland who arrives in Hollywood in the 1950s. He becomes a movie star but, tragically, dies young.
The world’s most curated garage sale? Alice Waters and her daughter to sell their cast-offs
It's happening Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. right by Chez Panisse.
Book festival features wide array of authors exploring many of today’s most complex issues
The fifth annual Bay Area Book Festival, May 4-5, will fill downtown with hundreds of authors, exhibitors.
W. Kamau Bell: ‘Take a visitor to Cal and there is nothing that says it’s friendly to black students’
The comedian and activist acknowledges Cal isn’t alone in its lack of black faces. He's leading a discussion for the campus Wednesday on the black experience at UC Berkeley.
