Green Day and Santana recorded at Berkeley’s Fantasy Studios. Tenants won a fight to preserve its former building for arts
The owners of the former studio on 10th Street, where filmmakers have also conceived and produced classic films and groundbreaking documentaries, sought to increase R&D space at the expense of vacant media production suites.
Around Berkeley: Archival BART footage, Gilman District Street Fair, pianist Awadagin Pratt
Other events include Bay Nature Magazine’s Bioblitz, the Berkeley Bluegrass Festival and a Young People’s Symphony Orchestra concert.
‘Best Available’ gives the audience front-row seats to running a theater
Oakland playwright Jonathan Spector’s latest work goes behind the scenes to reveal the underbelly of show business in this fictional play at Shotgun Players’ Ashby Stage.
San Francisco International Film Festival returns to BAMPFA with two must-see films
Banel & Adama takes place in Senegal and has a climate change subtext while Soundtrack for a Coup d’Etat connects the imperialist pillaging of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with jazz music.
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With a brush made of his own hair, he painted to survive in a Nazi POW camp. At 100, this Berkeley houseboat resident shares his art
Paul Canin passed away April 12, two weeks shy of his 101st birthday. In lieu of an obituary, Berkeleyside is republishing this story, which tells the story of Paul’s life.
Around Berkeley: Asian Culture Festival, Berkeley Student Co-op block party, falcon hatching
Other events include Javanese shadow theater, a lecture on water, and sustainability and experimental AI art exhibit
Around Berkeley: Drum Tao, Terner Center housing panel discussion, Great Migration art exhibit
Other events include a literature-themed chamber music concert and guided butterfly walk at UC Botanical Garden
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