Ever noticed how the sound at Zellerbach is rich, resonant — heroic, even? It’s thanks to a system called Constellation created by Berkeley’s Meyer Sound.
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‘Aubergine’ at Berkeley Rep tears at the heartstrings
L to r: Jennifer Lim (Cornelia), Tim Kang (Ray), Sab Shimono (Ray’s father) and Joseph Steven Yang (Uncle) in Julia Cho’s Aubergine at Berkeley Rep. Photo: kevinberne.com Although intellectually we understand that we will die, most of us try to avoid contemplating death — either our own or of those we love. Julia Cho’s poetic […]
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Lights, camera, action: Time to shine for film at BAMPFA
BAMPFA’s exterior LED screen on Addison Street is just one of its many exciting new features. Photo: Iwan Baan/courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro and BAMPFA BAMPFA’s exterior LED screen on Addison Street is just one of its many exciting new features. Photo: Iwan Baan/courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro and BAMPFA The last coat of paint […]
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Artist Rich Black gives Berkeley’s UC Theatre a new mural
Rich Black spent Memorial Day weekend painting a mural on the front of UC Theatre on University Avenue, which is being restored into a music venue. Photo: Audrey Faine Rich Black spent Memorial Day weekend painting a mural on the front of UC Theatre on University Avenue, which is being restored into a music venue. Photo: Audrey […]
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Starline Social Club, Hella Vegan, Pho Ao Sen
Oakland’s historic Starline Social Club re-opens, Red Bay Coffee launches a Kickstarter, and much more in this week’s Bites.
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Work begins to transform UC Theatre into music venue
At the groundbreaking for the UC Theatre on Wednesday, March 18, 2015: (l to r) Laurie Capitelli, Susan Wengraf, Michael Caplan, Polly Armstrong, David Mayeri, Helen Meyer, Denise Pinkston, Nancy Skinner, Daryl Moore, Joseph Camacho, Calvin Fong and John Caner. Photo: Tracey Taylor By Frances Dinkelspiel and Tracey Taylor The long-shuttered UC Theatre on University Avenue […]
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PieTisserie, Kitchener Snack Bar, more
Kitchener Snack Bar begins construction, PieTisserie holds a grand opening, and much more in this week’s Bites.
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Bauer on Comal: A restaurant I would have opened
If the Chronicle’s Michael Bauer had ever opened a restaurant, Comal would be “exactly like it”. Photo: Tracey Taylor If the Chronicle’s Michael Bauer had ever opened a restaurant, Comal would be “exactly like it”. Photo: Tracey Taylor For Michael Bauer, the Chronicle’s restaurant critic, Comal, which opened in downtown Berkeley in early May, has […]
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Comal: New restaurant takes a bet on downtown Berkeley
Berkeley architects Abueg Morris designed Comal to be "textural and warm, and not afraid to show the patina of age". Photo: Tracey Taylor On Friday, John Paluska will throw open the heavy steel doors to his ambitious new restaurant, Comal, which he hopes will become a magnet for local residents and a cultural incubator. “I […]
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More than 30 years of ‘thinking sound’ in Berkeley
Meyer Sound factory off Heinz Avenue. Photos: Meyer Sound By Robert Mills Sound is life at the Meyer Sound facility on San Pablo. The 32-year-old Berkeley business continues to churn out professional sound products for concert halls, churches and traveling bands from around the world. “We’re a family-run company, privately owned still,” said Helen Meyer, executive […]
