Spoiled for musical choice this weekend, ranging from bluesy folk, to jazz to a contemporary multidisciplinary premiere. Plus there’s cheesemaking and a plant sale.
Lance Knobel
Lance Knobel (Berkeleyside co-founder) has been a journalist for nearly 40 years. Much of his career was in business journalism. He was editor-in-chief of both Management Today, the leading business magazine in Britain, and World Link, the magazine of the World Economic Forum. In 1999-2000 he was director of the Programme of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos. He is also the founder and curator of Berkeleyside's Uncharted Festival of Ideas.
The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of Sept. 20-22
‘Old time’ and sacred music, Berkeley filmmakers, poetry and the spirit of Sylvia Plath, all this weekend.
The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of Sept. 6-8
There’s plenty of choice if you’re looking for weekend activities.
The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of Aug. 23-25
The weekend offers a wealth of musical choice – Brazilian jazz, Oakland Latinx – plus Chocolate & Chalk Art, a celebration of the Free Clinic’s 50th, and photos from San Quentin at BAMPFA.
The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of Aug. 16-18
You can bark (and meow) around the block to adopt a pet, celebrate Woodstock’s 50th, help Little Village Foundation and Monteverde School, and find out what’s the buzz about bees this weekend.
The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of Aug. 9-11
Music and science combine for quite a weekend: blues and salsa, chemistry and meteors are our weekend picks.
The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of Aug. 2-4
Celebrate the tool lending library, take in Latin, bluegrass and jazz ballads, and participate in a virtual 5k event this weekend.
The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of July 26-28
Big band and progressive bluegrass, the tuneful Les Mis, comedy from Don Reed, an architectural walking tour of the UC Berkeley campus… plus the kite festival! All this weekend.
The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of July 19-21
Relive ‘the Eagle has landed,’ go for a sail, browse art on Solano, soak in choral music, listen to updates of traditional Persian music, and more this weekend.
The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of July 12-14
Sunday Streets downtown, pet vaccination clinic, powerful drama at Shotgun, Bastille Day music and girls’ baseball all this weekend.
The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley over July Fourth and the weekend
Fireworks, of course, but there’s also ethnic dance, a Frida Kahlo birthday market, Kidchella and a World Cup final on BAMPFA’s big screen.
The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of June 27-30
Running the gamut this weekend, from a drag show on BART Plaza to an urban mindfulness retreat on the campus to a How-To Festival at the South branch library.