The annual Solano Stroll will be on Sunday, Sept. 13. Visit the Berkeleyside booth near Peet’s. Photo: Neil Mishalov SOLANO STROLL The forecast is for a break in the heatwave this weekend, so it should be pleasant to amble down Solano Avenue with tens of thousands of others on Sunday at the annual Solano Stroll. As always, […]
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Berkeley turns out to honor Pete Seeger at concert
At the end of the concert, Ronnie Gilbert, Holly Near, Country Joe McDonald and others sand “Goodnight Irene.” Photo: Colleen Neff At the end of the concert, Ronnie Gilbert, Holly Near, Country Joe McDonald and others sand “Goodnight Irene.” Photo: Colleen Neff Hundreds of people waited hours in line Monday night to get into the […]
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Berkeley’s Wavy Gravy: The original far-out guy
Wavy Gravy is not only a phenomenon all to himself, he’s a Berkeley institution. And a much-loved one at that. MC at Woodstock, a hippie icon, a clown — even a (now discontinued) Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavor, Wavy Gravy is also known for his compassion and commitment to making the world a better […]
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Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry’s giving out free ice cream
Berkeley High and Piedmont High students outside the new Ben & Jerry's scoop shop Today, Monday October 11, Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry’s will be doling out free scoops of ice cream and talking free trade among other things at the Grand Opening of the new Ben & Jerry’s shop at 2130 Center Street […]
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Wavy Gravy and the fish
Our post on the Berkeley mural treasure hunt prompted Berkeleysider Ira Serkes to share this photo he took of “Berkeley institution” Wavy Gravy sitting in front of the mural depicting him holding a fish at the Berkeley Amtrak Station dedication in 2008. Naturally, he was holding a fish. Earlier that day, Ira had run into Gravy at […]
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Berkeley tweeters part 2: They’re out there
Earlier this month we took a look at well-known Berkeley tweeters. We identified those who do — among them Dave Winer and Markos Moulitsas — those who sort of do, such as Michael Pollan, and then we compiled a wish-list of noted Berkeley people who we hope will take to the Twitter-waves. Of course, our readers […]