Tune into Berkeleyside Radio, hear artists playing locally
Fox & Woman plays Berkeley’s Subterranean Arthouse tonight. Listen to them on the newly launched Berkeleyside Radio now The editors of Berkeleyside, truth to tell, are not regulars at local rocks...
View ArticleUC Berkeley serves up an edible education this fall
Michael Pollan. Photo: Fran Collin Tonight marks the return of Edible Education at Cal, with solo instructor Michael Pollan kicking off the 16-week course. The class is open to both undergraduate and...
View ArticleMusical provocateur Plonsey & New Monsters to perform
Musician, and Berkeley High math teacher, Dan Plonsey, whose compositions inspired New Monsters Most musicians would be thrilled if a distinguished colleague created a band dedicated to interpreting...
View ArticleAnderson’s Dirtday! expresses bafflement at today’s world
Laurie Anderson returns to Cal Performances with Dirtday! Photo: Lucie Jansch When Cal Performances presents musician-storyteller Laurie Anderson’s Dirtday!, the third part of a trilogy and...
View ArticleOld Time Music rocks Berkeley
The Lucky Dogs set up to play at the Berkeley Farmers’ Market String Band contest on Saturday, part of the Old Time Music Convention . Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel Dozens of people gathered in the sun in...
View ArticleMill Valley Film Festival highlights Berkeley director
Nels Cline, the Wilco guitarist, who is the subject of “Approximately Nels Cline.” The film was shot at Berkeley’s Fantasy Studios Berkeley filmmaker Steven Okazaki won an Academy Award in 1991 for...
View ArticleAndre Thierry: The New King of Zydeco
Andrew Therry Sometimes it looks like there must be two or three guys named Andre Thierry running around the Bay Area, setting small zydeco conflagrations with sizzling accordion riffs. But no, the...
View ArticleThe It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend
ROOS IN THE TOP PADDOCK Australia’s Circus Oz returns to Cal Performances Friday, Saturday and Sunday for what’s described as “their renowned brand of collective mayhem.” “Stunt-jumping acrobats...
View ArticleDavid Gans keeps on truckin’ with the Grateful Dead
David Gans. Photo: Jamie Soja On Saturday, Feb 23, David Gans will walk into the studio at the Berkeley-based KPFA and put on a song by the Grateful Dead, thereby launching a 16-hour Dead marathon...
View ArticleThe Wiener Kids go to church, other recommended gigs
Saturday’s Wiener Kids’ performance at Berkeley’s Trinity Chapel offers a rare opportunity to hear local drummer Jordan Glenn (center) in a setting where he can fully explore his penchant for coaxing...
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