A magic show at last year’s Chocolate & Chalk Festival. Photo: DH Parks CHALK IT UP The 17th annual Chocolate & Chalk Art Festival will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sat. June 1 along Shattuck Ave. and Vine St. Admission is free for both viewers and artists: the chalk art competition annually […]
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Manuscript of Igor Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. Can it really be only Opus 5? FINAL COUNTDOWN Classical music concerts often have some programmatic idea: works that influenced each other, or pieces that provide an interesting tonal contrast. But The Opus Project has a particularly audacious notion: its Saturday night concert features 21 Opus 5 pieces by […]
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On a spring weekend in Berkeley, a city full of happenings
UC Berkeley Commencement 2013 at Memorial Stadium. Photo: Ted Friedman This past weekend in Berkeley was action packed and the weather more than cooperated for the many al fresco activities. At the UC Berkeley Commencement on Saturday, held at the newly remodeled Memorial Stadium, Apple-co-founder Steve Wozniak gave a 15-minute talk in which he recalled his adventures […]
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WRITERCOACH READ-AND-WRITE-A-THON WriterCoach Connection, which provides invaluable support to students in our local schools, is holding its fifth annual Read-and-Write-a-thon fundraiser on Saturday, May 18, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., at the Longfellow Middle School library. Non-stop poetry, prose, drama, and fiction will share the stage for 10 consecutive hours as an ever-changing cast of writing […]
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Children enjoying last year’s Edible Schoolyard sale. Photo: Nancy Rubin MORE SALAD The 11th annual Edible Schoolyard sale takes place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 11. It features delicious food, live music, student-led tours, raffe prizes and, as you’d expect, plenty of plants for your garden. Gardening advice for novices to […]
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Freshly picked asparagus are washed off at the Willard Middle School garden. Photo: Kaia Diringer SECRET NO LONGER The annual Willard Middle School Spring Plant and Pizza Sale is described by its organizers as the “best kept secret” of the neighborhood. No more. Pizza is made with vegetables from the Willard garden — really a […]
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In the city’s CERT Academy training, residents learn how to respond during emergencies. Photo: Khin Chin/Berkeley Fire Department BE PREPARED A 6.9-magnitude earthquake will hit the Hayward Fault on Saturday, Apr. 27 — simulated in a citywide emergency preparedness drill. Sign up on the city page to participate in local neighborhood drills from 9 to […]
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IMAGINE NONVIOLENCE In response to the March 16 shooting at the club, which injured two employees, and violence in general, Ashkenaz is sponsoring an event called “Imagining Nonviolence” on Friday April 19. “This event explores, celebrates, and shares numerous ways that we heal from violence, individually and within community. Starting with a hands-on healing art workshop, participants will […]
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ART HAPPENING It may not be the size of Oakland’s Art Murmur, but Berkeley has its own evening art outing called Second Friday Art Walk. Two cooperative art galleries and a host of cafés and shops will stay open late Friday April 12 and offer artist receptions and food and wine specials. The Firehouse North […]
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AN ENDURING VOICE The singer Janis Ian definitely has staying power. She had her first hit in 1965 when she was 14 – “Society’s Child” (“I learned the truth at 17 / that love was meant for beauty queens), and this year won her third Emmy for Best Spoken Word Album. The London Times, in describing a recent […]
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MARCH MADNESS, BORP STYLE The annual Northern California Hoops Classic wheelchair basketball tournament runs all weekend at the James Kenney Recreation Center, 1720 8th Street. Hosted by the Bay Area Outreach & Recreation Program (BORP), Berkeley’s own BORP All-Stars — an adult team — and BORP Bay Cruisers — a youth team and the reigning […]
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ONLINE LEARNING, ANYONE? With rising tuition and oversubscribed classes, California’s colleges and universities are reaching a tipping point. Some believe that online education will provide an affordable and workable alternative. UC Berkeley’s Center for New Media will host a conference called Learning Mode: Critical Issues in Online Education on Friday March 15 and Saturday March 16 to […]
