Celebrate the influence of enslaved Africans on our musical culture, dance to reggae, catch some jazz interpretations of film tunes, and more this weekend.
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.
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of Oct. 19-21
The world’s longest-running disability film festival, celebrations of Peter Tosh’s birthday, songwriter David Berkeley, homelessness resources and, um, the first-ever blockchain-based music festival this weekend.
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At the sixth Berkeleyside Uncharted Ideas Festival ‘disparate ideas explored and connected’
More than 40 speakers and performers provoked, challenged and laughed with nearly 500 festivalgoers at the sixth Berkeleyside Uncharted Festival
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of Sept. 28-30
It’s a weekend for The Beatles, art and, you guessed it, Ukrainian ‘ethno-chaos’
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Join us at Berkeleyside’s Uncharted Ideas Festival Saturday
Hear from more than 40 incredible thinkers, and enjoy live music, delicious food and a party at the sixth Berkeleyside Ideas Festival, Oct. 5-6.
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of Sept. 21-23
Join the Freight’s free 50th anniversary festival and street fair, hear local poets and writers, Al Di Meola and Arcade Fire, and bask in the wonders of sharks this weekend
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of Sept. 7-9
Solano Stroll will fill many families’ Sundays, but the weekend also offers artisans on Fourth Street, blues and country music, and ‘West Side Story’ on BAMPFA’s outdoor screen.
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Looks who’s coming to Berkeleyside’s ‘Uncharted’ ideas festival, Oct. 5-6
If you like TED, Pop-Up Magazine and Commonwealth Club talks — and good food, music and a party — you’ll love Berkeleyside’s Ideas Festival.
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of Aug. 31-Sept. 3
Cal kicks off its football season, there’s a new Shotgun production, a mural unveiling, a cappella at Ashkenaz and reggae/rock band The Expendables at Cornerstone.
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At San Pablo Park community meeting, ideas for reducing gun violence
After a Saturday afternoon shooting in crowded San Pablo Park, hundreds of residents attended a community meeting with the mayor and other officials to talk prevention.
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Rodrigo y Gabriela bring their ‘acoustic heavy metal’ to Berkeley on Saturday
Plucked out of obscurity busking on Dublin’s streets, the Mexican duo have sold millions of albums and toured globally.
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of Aug. 24-26
On the penultimate weekend of official summer, there’s a host of things to do: Chocolate & Chalk, Apples & Hops, campfire songs, ‘Woman on Fire’ and a requiem for the homeless
