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.
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.
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.
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.
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.