Around 40 tents are now pitched in Civic Center Park as part of the Occupy Berkeley encampment. Photos: Judith Scherr By Judith Scherr While Occupy encampments across the nation are being forcibly disbanded, be it in Oakland, Manhattan or right here on the Cal campus, the tent-city in Berkeley’s Civic Center Park, which was established in […]
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Downtown Summer Cinema series closes with bang
Several hundred people turned out on Saturday night to enjoy a free screening of "The Big Lebowski". Photo: D.H. Parks The finale of Center Street Summer Cinema, a free outdoor movie series launched this year by the Downtown Berkeley Association and sponsored by Berkeleyside, was deemed a success. An estimated 500 people turned out to […]
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Costume contests match movies at new cinema series
"Raiders of the Lost Ark": screening on August 20 The countdown is on for the city’s first Summer Outdoor Movie series which will take place on the four Saturdays in August on Center Street in downtown Berkeley. And costume contests, tied in to the free screenings, will be part of the fun for movie-goers. Each film […]
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Summer movie series launches in downtown Berkeley: Vote for the films you want to see
What would summer be without outdoor movies? Except that watching outdoor movies in Berkeley hasn’t really been an option — until now. Today sees the launch of “Center Street Summer Cinema” — free screenings of movies under the stars in downtown Berkeley on four consecutive Saturdays in August. Berkeleyside is proud to be the lead […]
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On Day of Action, protesters on campus, Bank of America
About 12 people gathered at 1pm to protest outside Bank of America on Telegraph. Photo: Lance Knobel. Groups of students have been gathering on the UC Berkeley campus today to voice their opposition to education budget cuts, in what is being billed a Day of Action for Public Education. The Daily Californian reported that at […]