They Might Be Giants: their Berkeley show that was to have opened the newly renovated UC Theatre Friday has been postponed. Photo: TMBG UPDATE, April 19: The They Might Be Giants’ postponed show (originally March 25) at the UC Theatre has been rescheduled for Friday, July 22. Tickets purchased for the March 25 show will be […]
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UC Theatre project gets boost with $1.3M matching grant
The push to renovate the UC Theater on University Avenue got a huge boost after a major philanthropist made a $1.3 million matching grant. Photo: UC Theatre The push to renovate the UC Theater on University Avenue got a huge boost after a major philanthropist made a $1.3 million matching grant. Photo: UC Theatre One of the […]
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Artist Rich Black gives Berkeley’s UC Theatre a new mural
Rich Black spent Memorial Day weekend painting a mural on the front of UC Theatre on University Avenue, which is being restored into a music venue. Photo: Audrey Faine Rich Black spent Memorial Day weekend painting a mural on the front of UC Theatre on University Avenue, which is being restored into a music venue. Photo: Audrey […]
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Work begins to transform UC Theatre into music venue
At the groundbreaking for the UC Theatre on Wednesday, March 18, 2015: (l to r) Laurie Capitelli, Susan Wengraf, Michael Caplan, Polly Armstrong, David Mayeri, Helen Meyer, Denise Pinkston, Nancy Skinner, Daryl Moore, Joseph Camacho, Calvin Fong and John Caner. Photo: Tracey Taylor By Frances Dinkelspiel and Tracey Taylor The long-shuttered UC Theatre on University Avenue […]
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Berkeley may consider new rules for cannabis grow sites
Cannabis being inspected at Berkeley Patients Group in 2011. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel Update 11/19/14: The City Council voted on Nov. 18 to refer this item to the Planning Commission for further review. Even though Berkeley residents voted in 2010 to allow six commercial cannabis grow sites to operate in the city’s manufacturing zone, none has […]
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Berkeley’s long-shuttered UC Theatre to get new life
A rendering of what Berkeley’s UC Theatre could look like if it reopens. Image courtesy Berkeley Music Group A rendering of what Berkeley’s UC Theatre could look like if it reopens. Image courtesy Berkeley Music Group For the last seven years David Mayeri has had a dream: to refurbish the old UC Theatre on University […]
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Sadness surrounds closing of Berkeley Patients Group
Security guards check the credentials of a patient on the last day of operations of Berkeley Patients Group. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel The mood was somber Monday at Berkeley Patients Group as the 12-and-a-half-year old cannabis dispensary got ready to shut its doors. Like every day, patients streamed in at a steady rate, handing over a […]
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Concern over future location of cannabis collective
Berkeley Patients Group on San Pablo Avenue needs to move. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel Last Tuesday afternoon, around 1:30pm, Rebecca, who describes herself as a “50ish” recent transplant from Los Angeles, headed over to the Berkeley Patients Group at 2747 San Pablo Avenue. For the past six months, ever since she moved north, Rebecca has gone […]
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Berkeley Patients Group says it is moving, not closing
Berkeley Patients Group on San Pablo Avenue: says it is moving, not closing. Photos: Frances Dinkelspiel Berkeley Patients Group, which had declined for weeks to confirm or deny that the federal government had told its landlord it had to move, sent out an email Thursday night saying it was not going out of business. “Recent […]
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Berkeley’s largest cannabis dispensary to close May 1
The consumption lounge of Berkeley Patients Group, which will close its San Pablo Avenue location on May 1. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel Medical cannabis patients in Berkeley will have a more difficult time getting marijuana after Berkeley Patient’s Group shuts down on May 1. California Watch is reporting today that BPG has signed a legal agreement […]
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Federal letter may make Berkeley Patients Group relocate
Berkeley Patients Group on San Pablo Avenue: may be forced to move. Photos: Frances Dinkelspiel The owner of the building that houses the Berkeley Patients Group has put it up for sale, further fueling whispers that the federal government sent a letter ordering the cannabis dispensary to shut down. Gordon Commerical Real Estate is listing […]
