Gautam Tejas Ganeshan at the Subterranean Arthouse during better days. Photo: Deepa Preeti Natarajan News that the Subterranean Arthouse is closing didn’t come as a complete surprise, but that doesn’t make the loss of the inviting downtown performance and exhibition space any less disappointing. Founded seven years ago by Claire Duplantier and Nicole Rodriguez, the […]
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Exploring the round world with Ramon and Jessica
The Roses Are Blue team (left to right): Ron Shalom, Michael Mellender, Dina Maccabee, Caitlin Austin, Jesse Olson Bay and Lorin Benedict. Photo: Christina Paul. To paraphrase Gertrude Stein, song is a song is a song is a song. The Oakland-raised writer’s elliptical verse serves as the source of inspiration for the latest project by […]
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend
Berkeley based singer/songwriter and youth mentor Austin Willacy will perform at the Subterranean Arthouse on Saturday. Photo: www.austinwillacy.com THREESOME: ARTISTS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE The eye-catching title refers to an artistic trifecta — performance, visual, and literary. All three modes of expression will be squeezed onto one bill at the Subterranean Arthouse on Saturday, August 30. Berkeley […]
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Subterranean rising: An arthouse grows in Berkeley
The Camille Mai Trio: among those who will be performing at the Subterranean Arthouse’s fifth anniversary concert in Berkeley on Saturday March 8. Photo: Alyx Henderson The Camille Mai Trio: among those who will be performing at the Subterranean Arthouse’s fifth anniversary concert in Berkeley on Saturday March 8. Photo: Alyx Henderson Whether you call […]
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Klezmer and latkes and Christmas
One of the more joyous street gatherings on Christmas Day happens in front of Saul’s, the Jewish deli on Shattuck Avenue near Vine. For the last three years, Klezmer musicians have gathered to play outside the deli, their lively, upbeat music serenading the long line of people waiting to go inside the restaurant or those […]
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Out in Berkeley: Bravura accordion player Petar Ralchev
By Andrew Gilbert Tenor saxophonist Al Cohn famously quipped that a gentleman is someone who knows how to play the accordion, but doesn’t. Once emblematic of squareness, the maligned accordion is ascendant these days, playing a key role in resurgent roots styles, while also championed by intrepid musicians unconcerned about old musical categories. In Balkan […]