Showing up for yourself: Talking with Berkeley hip-hop artist LOE Gino
The MC is set to headline at Cornerstone on Friday, wearing his signature Birkenstocks and socks, of course.
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Berkeley playwright dreamed up tale of post-human robot museum curators during walks in the Rose Garden
Miyoko Conley, a grad student at Cal, was selected to have her play performed at the Bay Area Playwrights Festival the weekends of July 16 and 25.
Film gives unflinching look at rocker Lydia Lunch’s artistic path
Plus: ‘Mandibles,’ Quentin Dupieux’s latest contribution to the cinema of the absurd.
Books
Diane Johnson’s 12th novel explores Franco-American relations, money and transatlantic love
She observes the French with an outsider’s eye but has an insider’s knowledge of everything from French eating and romantic proclivities to French inheritance law.
12 new books by Berkeley authors to read in the summer of 2021
Some of the city’s most prominent authors have new books out, including Alice Waters, Michael Lewis and Michael Pollan.
Music
Berkeley’s Destani Wolf, ‘soul’ of Cirque du Soleil show, will sing at Orinda amphitheater
Wolf, a 1994 Berkeley High graduate who starred in Cirque du Soleil’s “Bazzar,” is opening the first of two shows by the Rebirth Brass Band at Bruns Amphitheater on July 3.
Here’s a look ahead at live performances as local theaters prepare to reopen
After months of being entertained through livestreaming, artists are eager to return to the stage, so pull up a seat, sit back and enjoy.
In brief
Pride ‘On the Plaza’ celebration today in downtown Berkeley
Live music and events “On the Plaza” will run throughout the summer.
Movies
‘I Carry You with Me,’ a gay immigrant love story with a narrative curveball
‘Te Llevo Conmigo’ (I Carry You with Me) is a flashback-strewn drama currently screening at Landmark’s Shattuck Cinemas.
Masterpiece of Indian cinema ends in tragedy for selfless heroine
Ritwik Ghatak’s 1962 film ‘Meghe Dhaka Tara’ is streaming via the Pacific Film Archive. Also reviewed: ‘A Crime on the Bayou,’ documenting the 1966 trial of Gary Duncan.
At the Frameline Festival: One of those horrible everyone-has-to-go family getaways
‘Sweetheart’ is a very satisfying comedy-drama. Also at the festival: ‘North By Current,’ a doc about a religious family’s struggles to come to terms with sex, sexuality and death.
West Berkeley’s cinematic response to an era of drought and disaster
Berkeley filmmaker Rob Nilsson stars in Berkeley filmmaker Josh Peterson’s ‘Thirsty,’ set to a song by Berkeley composer Alexis Harte.
Recent stories
Meet the Bay Area word nerds that make New York Times crosswords
These crossword constructors, including one from Berkeley, thrive on collaboration and would like to see more diverse perspectives represented in the craft.
Cal students build artistic ‘monument to extraction’ at Albany Bulb
A new art installation at the former landfill explores the region’s hidden history.
Dance film from Alvin Ailey will ‘give voice’ to those who need to be heard
The video program begins with a new work providing commentary on the devastating effect of police misconduct, health disparities and gun violence on Black communities.
A quartet of one-act vignettes from overlooked Black playwright Kathleen Collins
Playgoers drive into the parking lot of the Flax Art and Design store in downtown Oakland, watch through the windshields of their cars and listen through their FM radios.
A margarine heir, lesbians in revolt and an alien on stage at San Francisco Docfest
The film festival starts today at the Roxie Theater. It runs through June 17 in person and through June 20 online.
Richard Flanagan, who set latest novel amid raging Tasmanian wildfires, sees Bay Area parallels
“You have lived the same horror,” said Flanagan, who is appearing in a live program with the Bay Area Book Festival this evening.
Berkeley potter Kimi Masui is spinning her last clay creations
She has spent 50 years molding and glazing porcelain collections.
Bearettes dance team’s place in civil rights history gets the spotlight in new film
The film focuses on the Cal Bearettes, the first majorette-style dance team in the University of California system.
