Check out Big Mike, dash through all of Shakespeare, celebrate 50 years of High Country, walk the handrail corridor 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.
The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of Aug. 10-12
Laugh at the Desi Comedy Festival, listen to music in the park or indoors, and learn history at a library celebration — all this weekend.
The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of Aug. 3-5
Cutting-edge Afro-Peruvian music, bold drama, Risograph printing, Dylan meets Grateful Dead, and a YouTube starstravaganza, all this weekend.
The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend, July 27-29
Kites, hashtag Mozart, Queer Spirit mural, chamber music and klezmer, and a jazz benefit concert for cancer research. What a weekend!
The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of July 20-22
World premiere of King of Cuba, world music at Starry Plough, and world’s tennis players at BTC, as well as funky guitar and nature-inspired woodcuts this weekend.
The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of July 13-15
The World Cup final downtown, Blind Boys of Alabama celebrating 70 years of gospel, string players galore, honky-tonk, and you can seek out a digital detox this weekend.
The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of July 6-8
Free outdoor Hamlet and The Red Shoes, caustic comedy, death metal and, more sedately, a sick plant clinic this weekend.
The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of June 22-24
Rising Stars from BOSS, a rare Mendelssohn oratorio, KidChella, singer/songwriter Shawn Colvin and ham radio, all this weekend.
Berkeley Juneteenth celebrates community, freedom
For over 30 years, Berkeley has held Northern California’s largest Juneteenth celebration.
The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of June 15-17
Music for Father’s Day, lessons against hate, musical frontiers from the Ojai Festival, and free museum membership, all this weekend.
Update: Kalb and Beckles continue to battle for second in AD15 primary race
Jovanka Beckles is now in second place, as of Saturday evening.
The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley, weekend of June 1-3
Whew, there’s a lot to do this weekend: stroll the streets, take your dog to a craft beer fest, revel in early and world music, and support refugees through art