Shelley Doty, who plays the Freight & Salvage Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015. Photo: Eden B. Jones Shelley Doty didn’t play in the school jazz band as a teenager but one concept she picked up at Berkeley High continues to shape her musical world. The polymorphous ensemble she brings into Freight & Salvage on Thursday is […]
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Getting actualized with John Schott
John Hanes, John Schott and Dan Seamans kick off a West Coast tour celebrating Schott’s new album Actual Trio at the Berkeley Arts Festival Gallery Friday. Photo: Myles Boisen Berkeley drummer John Hanes paid his blues dues at Larry Blake’s in the late 1970s and early ‘80s, a rigorous bandstand education in the fundamentals of […]
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The utopian vision of the Ben Goldberg School
Ben Goldberg and the Ben Goldberg School play Saturday night at the California Jazz Conservatory in Berkeley. Photo: Adam Goldberg Interviewing choreographer Twyla Tharp for an upcoming story about her 50th anniversary tour I was struck by her description of her new dance “Preludes and Fugues” set to J.S. Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier as belonging to a utopian […]
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend
East Bay writer and urban farmer Novella Carpenter will be at the Claremont branch of the Berkeley library today at 4 p.m. Photo: courtesy Novella Carpenter NOVELLA CARPENTER AT THE LIBRARY Today, Friday, local writer, urban farmer, educator and activist Novella Carpenter will take part in a free author chat at the Claremont branch of the Berkeley Public Library. […]
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Rupa Marya: A songwriter at the cusp of life and death
Rupa Marya: plays the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley on Wednesday Sept. 9, 2015 Rupa Marya has long been acutely sensitive to issues of life and death. Though she no longer works on the ICU at UC San Francisco, where she’s a doctor on staff, she has spent a lot of time with families and patients […]
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend
The last free outdoor movie of the summer will be Big Hero 6 at Live Oak Park BIG HERO 6 The last of this summer’s free movies in the park will be on Friday, Aug. 28 at Live Oak Park, starting at 8 p.m. The free movies are shown by Berkeley’s Parks Recreation & Waterfront Department […]
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Alive! in Berkeley: All-women jazz combo comes to town
Alive! mark their 40th anniversary with a concert at the Freight & Salvage on Friday Alive! wasn’t the first top-flight all-women combo in jazz. Going back to at least the 1940s, when the International Sweethearts of Rhythm earned the respect of their male peers and discerning audiences, excellent female musicians have come together to swing […]
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Sparkler, or a Berkeley High reunion at the Freight?
Peter Apfelbaum “has essentially assembled a Yellow Jacket conclave with his new electronica-laced band Sparkler,” playing at The Freight on Monday, July 6. Photo: Sparkler Peter Apfelbaum “has essentially assembled a Yellow Jacket conclave with his new electronica-laced band Sparkler,” playing at The Freight on Monday, July 6. Photo: Sparkler Did you hear about Monday’s […]
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Regina Carter: Fiddling with genius in Berkeley
Regina Carter, jazz’s most visible and celebrated violinist, plays at The Freight on Sunday at 8 p.m. Regina Carter, jazz’s most visible and celebrated violinist, plays at The Freight on Sunday at 8 p.m. Being dubbed a genius isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be. Regina Carter, jazz’s most visible and celebrated violinist, found […]
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Bluegrass in Berkeley: The family that picks together sticks together
Obviously Minor Guys and a Girl (OMGG) play the Freight on Monday June 22 with special guest Bill Evans on banjo. Photo: OMGG It might seem strange to refer to Monday’s OMGG performance at Freight & Salvage as a reunion concert, given the quartet’s average age hovers around 18, but these bluegrass musicians have already […]
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Black women rock: Skip the Needle, Sistas In the Pit, and Dolorata play triple bill in Berkeley
Sistas in the Pit: Playing at the Freight on Thursday June 4, along with Skip The Needle and Dolorata. Photo: Stefan Lisowski Sistas in the Pit: Playing at the Freight on Thursday June 4, along with Skip The Needle and Dolorata. Photo: Stefan Lisowski Though they’ve rarely received due credit for their contributions, black women played an […]
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Where did NYC mayor lunch with Cal Chancellor?
When New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was in town he joked around with Robert Reich and grabbed lunch with Cal Chancellor Nick Dirks among other things.