Mark Morris Dance Group: in residence at Cal Performances this weekend. Photo: Cal Performances MARK MORRIS MAKES MAGIC Berkeley is blessed to have the Mark Morris Dance Group perform annually at Zellerbach Hall as part of Cal Performances. The group is in residence this weekend and will be performing what the New York Times says “is his […]
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend
Ubuntu Theater Project Ubuntu Theater Project UBUNTU THEATER PROJECT Oakland’s Ubuntu Theater Project is coming to Berkeley with the third show in its inaugural season, the Pulitzer Prize-winning I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright. The play opens on Saturday March 5 in a cozy, historic Berkeley home whose original ballroom has been converted into a theater space. The contemporary classic is […]
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Berkeley’s Counterpoint Press marks 20th anniversary
Counterpoint staff celebrate the news that Karen Bender’s book, Refund, has been nominated for the prestigious National Book Award. From left to right: Kelly Winton, Sharon Wu, Corinne Kalasky, Megan Fishmann, Dan Smetanka, Matthew Hoover, Joe Goodale. Photo: Counterpoint Press When author Karen Bender shopped around her 2013 novel, A Town of Empty Rooms, she initially […]
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Best Books of 2014: Chosen by local authors, Berkeleyside
Berkeleyside asked Berkeley-based writers for their pick of their favorite two books of the year. Photo: Creative Commons Every year Berkeleyside puts together a list of the best books the editors have read. We generally ask local authors and literary-minded folk to contribute their picks. This year we decided to mimic the format used by […]
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Berkeley author Elizabeth Rosner’s ‘Electric City’ is a lyrical coming-of-age story
Elizabeth Rosner. Photo by Julia McNeal When Elizabeth Rosner was growing up near Schenectady New York, a company town dominated by the General Electric Corporation, she couldn’t wait to leave. Her parents, who were Holocaust survivors, had moved there after the end of the war and did not mind the provincial atmosphere. But Rosner found […]
