Only the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh, Jr. could match the sensationalism of Patty Hearst’s seizure from her Berkeley apartment
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend
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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A former Cal librarian’s recipe for life: bake, swim, give
Around 5 a.m. in his kitchen, David Kessler slices turkey for sandwiches he makes daily with homemade bread. Photo: Brittany Kirstin By Gretchen Kell / Berkeley News Before sunrise, swimmers begin arriving at UC Berkeley’s Hearst Pool for workouts, their fins, goggles and caps in tow. Like 67-year-old David Kessler, many are diehard swimmers conditioned […]
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Meet Dorothy Hearst and the wolves who inspire her
Dorothy Hearst surrounded by wolves, the subject of The Wolf Chronicles trilogy Wolves have not run wild in California for more than 75 years, but that hasn’t prevented Berkeley author Dorothy Hearst from imagining a world populated by them. In her first book, Promise of the Wolves, and in her just-released sequel, Secrets of the […]
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Conserving Egypt’s past at the Hearst
Conservator Allison Lewis cleans a cartonnage mummy foot case I’ve always found small exhibitions far better experiences than blockbusters. You generally don’t need to jostle with the crowds and you can concentrate on understanding a few objects, rather than be overwhelmed by hundreds. The Hearst Museum of Anthropology on the UC Berkeley campus offers just […]
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The 83-year old rock star professor at Cal
Marian Diamond is a rock star of UC Berkeley. At 83, with her hair swept up in a chignon and always elegantly dressed, Diamond’s classes on Integrative Biology routinely draw more than 750 students. But that is not the source of her popularity. She is a rock star because she has gone viral. Diamond’s lectures […]
