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Storm damage photos, outages linger, 30-year wait to underground utility lines is nearly over | Historic Asian American bookshop closing

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Andrew Gilbert

Freelancer Andrew Gilbert writes a weekly music column for Berkeleyside. Andy, who was born and raised in Los Angeles, covers a wide range of musical cultures, from Brazil and Mali to India and Ireland. A Berkeley-based writer, he contributes features on jazz and international music to numerous publications, including the San Jose Mercury News, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times and Los Angeles Times. His column covering the Bay Area dance scene, Dance Card, runs monthly in the Contra Costa Times. And his CD reviews air regularly on KQED’s “California Report.”

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Berkeley festival honors legacy of Conceição Damasceno, local champion of Brazilian culture

Avatar photo by Andrew Gilbert Aug. 30, 2022, 1:20 p.m.August 30, 2022

Damasceno, who died in April, organized near-constant festivals and parties at West Berkeley’s Casa De Cultura and beyond. BrasArte’s Lavagem festival this Sunday is dedicated to her memory.

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Deidre McCalla, groundbreaking ’70s singer, returns to East Bay

Avatar photo by Andrew Gilbert Aug. 17, 2022, 3:04 p.m.August 17, 2022

McCalla will perform at Berkeley’s Back Room Sunday afternoon, celebrating the release of her first new album in two decades, ‘Endless Grace.’

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Famed welder creates menagerie of metal instruments in his West Berkeley workshop

Avatar photo by Andrew Gilbert Aug. 05, 2022, 8:56 a.m.August 7, 2022

Pete Engelhart has been crafting bells, bangers and clangers with distinct personalities since the mid-’70s. You’ve heard them in the music of the Grateful Dead and Led Zeppelin and in the soundtracks of ‘Wall-E’ and ‘Tenet.’

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Summer concerts are popping up around Berkeley this weekend

Avatar photo by Andrew Gilbert July 27, 2022, 12:17 p.m.July 29, 2022

The Outsound New Music Summit has found an unlikely home at the Berkeley Finnish Hall. Plus, Paper Moon Presents at the Bruns amphitheater and other musical picks.

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Farida Nelson’s melodious journey from Baku to Berkeley

Avatar photo by Andrew Gilbert July 08, 2022, 8:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

Nelson, who has sojourned from Azerbaijan to Turkey to the Bay Area, is debuting her one-woman show Saturday at the Back Room.

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West Berkeley’s king of kosher wine is blowing his horn once again

Avatar photo by Andrew Gilbert July 01, 2022, 10:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

Jeff Morgan, co-founder of Covenant Wines, gave up jazz and the tenor sax for kosher winemaking. Now he’s combining his two loves with an outdoor music series.

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Berkeley choro festival spotlights essential Brazilian music style

Avatar photo by Andrew Gilbert June 09, 2022, 11:53 a.m.June 9, 2022

Also this weekend: The world premiere of Jeff Denson’s ‘World of Possibilities’ and Haitian-American cellist, banjo player, songwriter and vocalist Leyla McCalla performing at the UC Theatre.

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Berkeley guitarist Will Bernard can’t shake the funk

Avatar photo by Andrew Gilbert June 07, 2022, 10:30 a.m.August 4, 2022

Despite a resume that encompasses klezmer and French cafe music, silent film scores and straight-ahead classical composition, Bernard is inextricably tied to a groove-centric sound.

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Gamelan Sekar Jaya, haven for Indonesian music and dance, gets home of its own in South Berkeley

Avatar photo by Andrew Gilbert May 26, 2022, 12:22 p.m.August 4, 2022

The 43-year-old Balinese cultural group purchased its Shattuck Avenue headquarters from its landlord for $1.5 million.

Ashkenaz's rustic-looking building on San Pablo. Photo: Jeremy Brooks
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Put on your dancing shoes, Ashkenaz is back

Avatar photo by Andrew Gilbert May 23, 2022, 12:00 p.m.August 4, 2022

After being closed for more than two years due to the pandemic, the nonprofit venue is reopening June 5 with an all-day free event.

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Berkeley filmmaker’s documentary career has covered the saga of Korean adoptees

Avatar photo by Andrew Gilbert May 18, 2022, 10:30 a.m.August 4, 2022

Deann Borshay Liem began her career exploring the mystery of her own identity. In ‘Geographies of Kinship, her latest film, she’s looking to place personal stories “within a broader historical phenomenon.”

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Filmmaker Jon Else turns an operatic flop into cinematic gold

Avatar photo by Andrew Gilbert April 22, 2022, 1:29 p.m.August 4, 2022

‘Land of Gold’ is making its West Coast premiere April 28 at the Castro Theatre as part of the San Francisco International Film Festival.

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