The new Outdoor Nature Lab is the UC Berkeley museum’s biggest expansion in 20 years.
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Whale goodbye for now: Lawrence Hall Pheena sculpture is on the move
Fiberglass fin whales need spa days, too.
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Former UC Berkeley staffer sentenced for stealing $400K
“We were devastated when we found out. It was a big loss and we moved very quickly … to address the procedures in place so that it wouldn’t happen again,” said Lawrence Hall Deputy Director Susan Gregory.
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Help needed to restore Berkeley’s favorite big whale
A 2009 image of the fin whale model at the Lawrence Hall of Science. Photo: Hat4Rain The Lawrence Hall of Science is asking the community for help to restore its “Big Whale,” the life-size replica of a fin whale that is located on the museum’s plaza. It hopes to raise a total of $65,000 for restoration work. […]
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend
Linda and the Cultural Heritage Tour: headlining the Black History Month Celebration in Berkeley on Saturday SPIRITUALS AS SACRED MUSIC The Second Annual Black History Month Celebration on Sat. Feb. 28 will be a lively affair, with a program emphasizing the history of African-American spirituals as sacred music. The program at the Florence Schwimley Little Theater, 1936 […]
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend
View from the University Club where the Uncharted Party is on Friday evening. And yes, the Giants game will be showing there too! Photo: UCB UNCHARTED Wake up tomorrow morning and mingle with some of the most prominent and captivating thinkers across the disciplines. Berkeleyside presents the second annual Uncharted, a two-day festival jam-packed with stimulating discussion and […]
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Video: 36 hours in Berkeley, California
This week, the New York Times turned its attention to Berkeley for its regular “36 Hours in…” series. It’s not the first time the city has been viewed through this lens. It was also featured in 2003. This time, however, they also created a video to give readers a sense of life in the city (scroll down to […]
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend
The artists of ‘The Possible’ gather on the central rug. The exhibition’s closing ceremony is this Sunday. Photo: Fritz Haeg THE POSSIBLE CLOSING CEREMONY The closing ceremony for ‘The Possible,’ an exhibition at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, will begin this Friday, May 23, at 7:30 p.m. ‘The Possible’ re-imagines the museum as […]
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend
Joan La Barbara performing in 1976, the same year she first presented her Circular Song in Berkeley. She’s back tomorrow for round two. Photo: joanlabarbara.com JOAN LA BARBARA Some say Berkeley is still stuck in the ’70s. Music fans who wish that were the case should head to the L@TE event this Friday, March 14. It’s been 38 […]
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend
Manuscript of Igor Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. Can it really be only Opus 5? FINAL COUNTDOWN Classical music concerts often have some programmatic idea: works that influenced each other, or pieces that provide an interesting tonal contrast. But The Opus Project has a particularly audacious notion: its Saturday night concert features 21 Opus 5 pieces by […]
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Police find evidence of arrows shot in Berkeley Hills
Police say this arrow struck an 8-year-old girl at the Lawrence Hall of Science on Tuesday. Photo: UCPD Authorities handed out fliers and made multiple visits to neighbors near the scene of a shooting on Tuesday that sent an 8-year-old girl to the hospital with an arrow through her leg. Janet Gilmore, a UC Berkeley […]
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Girl shot with apparent crossbow arrow at museum
A 2009 image of the whale model at the Lawrence Hall of Science. Photo: Hat4Rain Update, 4:30 p.m. Authorities said the arrow recovered in Tuesday morning’s shooting incident appears to be a type that would have been used with a crossbow. “It’s shorter than the typical arrow would be that’s used with a bow,” said Lt. […]