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COLLEGE BOUND Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates and others want to create a “college-going” culture in the city. To that end, the mayor’s office, in conjunction with the Berkeley Alliance and UC Berkeley’s...
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ONLINE LEARNING, ANYONE? With rising tuition and oversubscribed classes, California’s colleges and universities are reaching a tipping point. Some believe that online education will provide an...
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AN ENDURING VOICE The singer Janis Ian definitely has staying power. She had her first hit in 1965 when she was 14 – “Society’s Child” (“I learned the truth at 17 / that love was meant for beauty...
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ART HAPPENING It may not be the size of Oakland’s Art Murmur, but Berkeley has its own evening art outing called Second Friday Art Walk. Two cooperative art galleries and a host of cafés and shops...
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IMAGINE NONVIOLENCE In response to the March 16 shooting at the club, which injured two employees, and violence in general, Ashkenaz is sponsoring an event called “Imagining Nonviolence” on Friday...
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Freshly picked asparagus are washed off at the Willard Middle School garden. Photo: Kaia Diringer SECRET NO LONGER The annual Willard Middle School Spring Plant and Pizza Sale is described by its...
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Children enjoying last year’s Edible Schoolyard sale. Photo: Nancy Rubin MORE SALAD The 11th annual Edible Schoolyard sale takes place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 11. It features delicious...
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WRITERCOACH READ-AND-WRITE-A-THON WriterCoach Connection, which provides invaluable support to students in our local schools, is holding its fifth annual Read-and-Write-a-thon fundraiser on Saturday,...
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Manuscript of Igor Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. Can it really be only Opus 5? FINAL COUNTDOWN Classical music concerts often have some programmatic idea: works that influenced each other, or pieces...
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A magic show at last year’s Chocolate & Chalk Festival. Photo: DH Parks CHALK IT UP The 17th annual Chocolate & Chalk Art Festival will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sat. June 1 along Shattuck...
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LIVE OAK FAIR Creativity and community are at the heart of the annual Live Oak Fair among the North Berkeley park’s heritage oaks and redwoods and alongside the charming Codornices Creek (above). The...
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Bring Dad to Bug Days at UC Berkeley’s Botanical Garden to celebrate Father’s Day this weekend. Photo: UC Botanical Garden OJAI NORTH! MUSIC FESTIVAL Ojai North! is an eclectic festival of music and...
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Jumping rope on Juneteenth. Photo: Esteban Allard-Valdivieso BERKELEY’S JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL The RD Bonds stage will be ringing with music this Sunday as Berkeley celebrates its annual Juneteenth...
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Artwork by Sarah Winkler, featured in the Cypress Tree Studios Open House. Photo: Sarah Winkler CYPRESS TREE STUDIOS OPEN HOUSE Spend an afternoon at Cypress Tree Studios this Saturday from 12 p.m. to...
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Octopi fly through the sky during the Berkeley Kite Festival. Photo: California Travels BERKELEY KITE FESTIVAL The 28th Annual Berkeley Kite Festival & West Coast Kite Championships is this...
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Working on the sets for the new production of Fortinbras, opening this weekend. Photo: Actor’s Ensemble of Berkeley FORTINBRAS Let’s be honest. Fortinbras is one of the more forgettable figures in...
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THEATRE FIRST’S ‘ORLANDO’ TheatreFirst’s production of ‘Orlando’ at the Live Oak Theatre in Berkeley is getting great reviews. Robert Hurwitt said it was “another terrific play by [Sarah] Ruhl in the...
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Lotus flowers at the Nyingma Institute. Its free July lecture series features Tibetan yoga instructor Santosh Philip Sunday. Photo: Nyingma Institute ‘SUPER CINEMA’ AT THE BERKELEY PUBLIC LIBRARY The...
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A sample from one of the past annual Sketchcrawls. One is coming to Berkeley for the first time on Friday. Image: Sketchcrawl 1ST ANNUAL WEST COAST URBAN SKETCHERS’ SKETCHCRAWL The inaugural...
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Parks Make Life Better month is hosting an event this weekend. Image: BPD PARKS MAKE LIFE BETTER The City of Berkeley is hosting Parks Make Life Better month, and this weekend a celebration at San...
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