MARK MORRIS MAKES MAGIC Berkeley is blessed to have the Mark Morris Dance Group perform annually at Zellerbach Hall as part of Cal Performances. The group is in residence this weekend and will be performing what the New York Times says “is his luminous masterpiece L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, set to the Handel oratorio of […]
Susan Griffin
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend
UBUNTU THEATER PROJECT Oakland’s Ubuntu Theater Project is coming to Berkeley with the third show in its inaugural season, the Pulitzer Prize-winning I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright. The play opens on Saturday March 5 in a cozy, historic Berkeley home whose original ballroom has been converted into a theater space. The contemporary classic is based on Wright’s fascination with […]
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Berkeley art ambassador’s love of poems spawns a book
By J. Ruth Gendler A few years ago, Berkeley ceramic artist Susan Felix invited her wide circle of friends to write poems for her — both well-known writers and people who never had written poems before. Some of the poets, like former California Poet Laureate Al Young, appreciated the assignment, while others, such as poets […]