Destani Wolf performs Saturday in Rhonda Benin’s “Just Like A Woman” at Freight & Salvage.Photo: Gabriel Noble With her 1,000-watt smile and huge, soul-drenched voice, Destani Wolf doesn’t tend to go unnoticed for long. But after 12 years of carving out a music career in Los Angeles, the Berkeley-raised vocalist quietly slipped back into town […]
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend
Peter Nero. Photo: Courtesy Cal Performances GERSHWIN PROJECT Pianist Peter Nero, a two-time Grammy winner, “romps through” George Gershwin’s music with bassist Michael Barnett and vocalist Katherine Strohmaier on Sunday, Feb. 8 at Zellerbach Hall, as part of Cal Performances’ jazz series. Nero’s trio will perform songs from musicals and films like “Strike Up the Band,” “Porgy […]
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Julia Chigamba and the Chinyakare Ensemble in Berkeley
Julia Chigamba and the Chinyakare Ensemble perform at Ashkenaz on Saturday. Julia Chigamba had been living in Oakland for about three years when she returned home to Zimbabwe in 2003 with a group of Americans who had been studying Shona dance and music with her. Eager for them to experience her culture in context, she […]
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Board candidate accuses Capitelli aide of trespassing
Pamela Gray, an aide to Laurie Capitelli, took this photo of campaign signs she said she found in Alejandro Soto-Vigil’s recycling bin on Monday Pamela Gray, an aide to Laurie Capitelli, took this photo of campaign signs she said she found in Alejandro Soto-Vigil’s recycling bin on Monday A candidate for the Berkeley Rent Board, […]
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Berkeley’s Jazzschool gets star treatment
A student performance at the Jazzschool The San Francisco Chronicle gave Berkeley’s Jazzschool the star treatment on Sunday, devoting the cover of its pink arts section and seven articles to the 13-year old institution founded by pianist Susan Muscarella. The Jazzschool, located in the basement of the old Kress dime store on Addison near Shattuck, […]
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The lunchtime music scene at The Cheeseboard
For many people living in Berkeley — or elsewhere in the Bay Area — there’s no better pizza than the one served at The Cheeseboard. For 20 years, the Berkeley cooperative has been spinning out pies. There’s never tomato sauce, but there is always some interesting topping, like roasted cauliflower, pesto, butternut squash, feta cheese, […]
