Shop Talk: Rad Power Bikes glides into town; the Berkeley Bag is back again
Rad Power Bikes has opened on San Pablo Avenue. Catch up on this and other retail and small business news.
Joanne Furio
Joanne Furio is a veteran journalist and writer of creative nonfiction who spent a decade as a contributor to San Francisco, where she wrote design-oriented features ranging from internet fashion to how LIghthouse for the Blind works with tech companies to improve the lives of blind people everywhere. Originally from New York, her features and profiles have appeared regularly in The New York Times, Ms., Dwell and The Village Voice. She also writes creative nonfiction and has been published in Believer, Evening Street Review and on the websites Catapult, Juked and Panoply. She moved to Berkeley in 2017 because it has sidewalks.
Articles by Joanne Furio
Eccentric new Curiosity Shop has 45,000 pieces of costume jewelry and a feminist bent
The downtown Berkeley shop’s elusive owner, Bryce Kalousek-Maritano, has operated curiosity shops on the Venice Beach Boardwalk and in a caboose in Oregon.
Shop Talk: A Priori slides down Vine Street; Moe’s Books union; a big B-day for The Potters’ Studio
A Priori has moved down the street into the Earthly Goods space. Catch up on this and other local business news.
Berkeley resident’s climate disaster Halloween decorations are ‘scarier than any ghost’
Plus: A roundup of spooky Halloween and Dia de los Muertos happenings this weekend.
Supervised swims in the bay are popular and safe — just don’t stare at Homer the seal
Attendance at a local company’s chaperoned Sunday swim from the Berkeley Marina has quadrupled since 2018. And while Homer might chase you, he probably won’t bite.
More than trophy homes: AIA East Bay rethinks its annual home tours
The local chapter of the American Institute of Architects is hosting home tours, housing forums and a bike tour aimed at exploring all forms of shelter.
West Berkeley creative space doubled in size during pandemic
Ciel Creative Space, a converted print house that hosts events and helps clients like Google, Visa and Levi’s produce ads, now extends the length of a city block.
