People dressed up in Star Wars costumes for Free Comic Book Day on Saturday May 3, 2014. (It was also Star Wars “May the Fourth Be With You” day on Sunday, May 4.) Photo: Ted Friedman Free Comic Book Day, Berkeley Architectural Heritage Associations’s spring home tour, the first ever California Bookstore Day, Hip Hop in […]
Hip Hop in the Park
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend
BAHA’s Spring House Tour on Sunday takes in hill houses along Rose Walk. Photo: Berkeley Path Wanderers Association BAHA SPRING HOUSE TOUR Maybeck, Morgan, Ratcliff… This Sunday is the Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association’s annual who’s-who tour of Berkeley architecture. The 39th annual Spring Tour follows Rose Walk, which was designed by Bernard Maybeck 100 years ago. Participants will see the storybook […]
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Rapper Elzhi headlines Berkeley’s 17th Hip Hop in the Park
Rapper Elzhi headlined the 17th annual Hip Hop in the Park, a Cal student-organized festival in People’s Park. Photo: Ted Friedman Rapper Elzhi headlined the 17th annual Hip Hop in the Park, a Cal student-organized festival in People’s Park. Photo: Ted Friedman On Saturday, around 200 people descended on People’s Park in Berkeley for the 17th […]
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Hip-Hop in the Park: Marking its 16th year in Berkeley
By Tefari Casas Hip-Hop in the Park celebrated its 16th year in Berkeley on Saturday. Organized by Students for Hip-Hop, the annual festival held in People’s Park showcases the various elements of Hip-Hop culture. Graffiti artists decorated large canvases on the southern lawn and, on the basketball court, DJs played 1970s funk and soul music to a gathering of […]