Downtown Berkeley Association is hanging 85 colorful double banners from downtown Berkeley’s lampposts to launch a new branding campaign, “Meet Me Downtown.” The campaign is being led by the DBA with five partners, the new Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, the new UC Theatre, Berkeley Rep, Freight & Salvage and Visit Berkeley. “This marks the beginning […]
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Berkeley hotel project drops condos; at DRC this week
Thursday night, Berkeley’s Design Review Committee will get its third look at the 16-story hotel planned downtown at Shattuck Avenue and Center Street. The 168-foot-tall building is set to include 336 hotel rooms, some retail, and about 11,000 square feet of conference space. A parking garage is planned on the second floor, with additional parking […]
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Live Oak Park Fair is leaving Berkeley after 44 years
One of Berkeley’s most treasured outdoor celebrations, the Live Oak Park Fair, is leaving the city after 44 years. Jan Etre, the producer of the fair since 1988, is moving it to the Craneway Pavilion in Richmond and turning it into a benefit for the radio station KPFA. It will still be a fair focused […]
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Downtown hotel to feature condos, conference center
The developer of the proposed 16-story hotel on Center Street and Shattuck Avenue in downtown Berkeley has nixed the idea of having office space in the building, but will instead include a conference center and condominiums, along with hotel rooms. Read more about tall building projects in Berkeley. Jim Didion of Center Street Partners LLC […]
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‘Restaurant Week’ returns to Berkeley, Oakland
January offers lots of special menus in Berkeley and Oakland with “Restaurant Week” campaigns planned in both cities.
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Shop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses
CLANDESTINE CLUB An all-in-one theater-nightclub-recording studio-writing workshop just opened its doors on University Avenue. It describes itself as “an intimate performance space… offering quality entertainment for adults and children.” The exact location can’t be disclosed since the venue is also musician Ira Marlowe’s private home, but email The Monkey House before an event, and you’ll […]
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Shop Talk: The ins and outs of Berkeley businesses
YOGA TAKEOVER San Francisco company Yoga Tree took over Berkeley’s Yoga Mandala on Telegraph on October 1. It’s the first East Bay outpost for Yoga Tree which offers a range of classes including vinyasa, hatha, pre- and post-natal and restorative yoga. A spokesperson said the studio would be maintaining the Yoga Mandala schedule until the end of […]
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Dining passport designed to boost restaurant business
“Come for the Culture, Stay for the Food” ring any bells with readers? That’s the new slogan for this gown town courtesy of Visit Berkeley, whose job it is to boast about our fair city’s appeal to potential visitors. Berkeley boosters are making a big push to promote this small city’s culinary chops. On Wednesday, […]