Back in the mid-1990s when Marie Schumacher was teaching at Berkeley’s King Middle School, her students didn’t know she was living a double life. By day she elucidated math and science for sixth graders, and by night she performed at venues like Albany... »
The University of California announced Monday that it has chosen a site in Richmond as the preferred home for a second campus of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which the university manages. »
Mentioned in Morning Links, but too good not to award its own post: Berkeleyside gives us yet another reason to visit Berkeley—our goal in 2012 is to head over there at least once a quarter—with these wild turkeys roaming the streets of Berkeley (and a... »
If you know what’s good for you in the East Bay, you’ll spend New Year’s Eve at the Hotsy Totsy Club in Albany. Pay no cover, get free party favors and dance to DJ Annabelle’s record selections all night. Their cocktail menu is one that you ... »
I know many of my East Bay pals adore the Hotsy Totsy Club, Albany’s oldest bar (“Keeping Albany tipsy since 1939”). If this bar was in the city, it would assuredly be overrun with hipsters, girls yelling “woooohooo!” as they... »
Barley Legal is putting on two midnight Halloween-themed Rocky Horror Picture Shows in the Bay Area for 2011. Expect costume contests, Halloween-themed games for Rocky Horror newbies along with a fun Halloween pre-show and dance. Fri 10/28: Rocky Horro... »
The web page for the Berkeley Skate Park tells you a lot about the skateboard helmet situation in the East Bay. Action photos of helmet-less skateboarders—hair flying as they catch air on the rim of the park’s concrete bowl—sit just above a sentence st... »
