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The Christmas Jug Band
By Crosscurrents Producer on Dec 12 2011 - 12:22pm
What can you say about jug band music? If you’re “The Christmas Jug Band,” you can say you’re the “kings of 100 percent acoustic-folk-skiffle-swing holiday high jinks.” And, really, what more can be said after that? If you like your jug band music live, head over to the Freight and Salvage in...
Berkeley’s Shotgun Players celebrates 20 years on stage
By Molly Samuel on Dec 6 2011 - 6:38pm
The Berkeley theater company Shotgun Players started performing 20 years ago in the basement of a Berkeley pizzeria. Now it’s got its own building, but the company has stuck with its founding principles: taking on little-known or brand new plays, and working hard to create theater for...
One hundred years with Ishi, the "last wild Indian" of North America
By Terria Smith on Dec 5 2011 - 6:34pm
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the public debut of a man called Ishi. Ishi was Native American, a Yana from the Deer Creek area, about 150 miles northeast of Berkeley. And for the past century he’s been known as “the last wild Indian in North America.”
In some ways, he...
Connecting the Dots: Top news stories for Thursday, December 1
By Holly McDede on Dec 1 2011 - 9:20am
In the battle between Bordertown Skatepark vs. Caltrans, Caltrans has won. Skateboarders who helped build Bordertown beneath a 580 freeway overpass in Emeryville showed up to video tape the demolition. In August, skateboarders also lost The Spot Skatepark to Caltrans. But, there could be another...
Get inside the mind of an amateur comic
By Charlie Mintz on Nov 24 2011 - 6:28pm
It makes sense why comedy flourishes in the Bay Area. To a lot of people, the region itself is a kind of joke. On the right, we’ve got Bill O'Reilly calling us a modern day Gomorrah –
BILL O’REILLY: As we reported, the far left is emboldened now that Barack Obama has been elected president,...
Off the Grid: Homegrown waste management
By Mwende Hahesy on Nov 22 2011 - 5:07pm
Compared with the rest of the nation, the Bay Area is an easy place to go green – many restaurants will give you take-out with biodegradable containers and silverware, trash cans have a section for recyclables, and San Francisco, along with other Bay Area cities, even offers compost collection
But...
A week of protests and raids at UC Berkeley
By Joaquin Palomino on Nov 17 2011 - 9:03am
Early this morning at UC Berkeley, police clearned an Occupy Cal encampment which had been set up for a second time Tuesday night on Sproul Plaza. Almost all campers left voluntarily, except for two who were arrested.
This the latest in a lot of action that has taken place at the campus this week:...
Illustrator brings figures of Indian myth to life
By Sandip Roy on Nov 16 2011 - 3:52pm
If you grew up in the US, you’re probably well-acquainted with fairytales in which real animals behave like people; whether it’s pigs, wolves, rabbits or turtles. But in India, children grow up hearing about half-monkey gods and 10-headed demon kings.
Those are old friends to animator Sanjay Patel...
Prasant Radhakrishnan and VidyA
By Crosscurrents Producer on Nov 15 2011 - 2:35pm
Oakland’s Prasant Radhakrishnan and VidyA provide a mix of classical South Indian sounds with American jazz. They perform live this Saturday, November 19th, at the Sangati Center on Bancroft Way in Berkeley, starting at 8pm.
Oakland police remove Occupy encampment; Mayor Quan speaks
By Holly Kernan on Nov 14 2011 - 5:30pm
Early this morning, police dismantled the Occupy Oakland encampment in Frank Ogawa Plaza. KALW’s Holly Kernan called Mayor Jean Quan to find out why officials decided to clear the camp now.
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HOLLY KERNAN You’ve been back and forth on whether the...
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