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Masterpiece Coffee in Berkeley is the only place I know serving Yunnan coffee beans. I had those when I was last in Singapore and found them to be delightful. Just a very different flavor.
Cute little place
50 years ago tonight, #JerryGarcia & legion of mary in #berkeley. a few tunes spread over 3 different official releases (notably “going, going, gone” on the “garcia plays dylan again” bonus disc), but also an excellent bob menke/louis falanga audience tape: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juPvIg3a90M
@FateMusic gets into it: https://jgmf.blogspot.com/2020/05/they-really-are-scree-um-legion-of-mary.html [1/2]
https://www.danselibre.org/events/2025/jazz-age-afternoon/
Join us for social dancing and vintage dance performances at Berkeley's Hillside Club! June 1, 2-5PM
- Beginner's lesson at 1:30
- Live music by the Oaktown Strutters.
- Light refreshments
- 1920-30s costume admired but not required
www.danselibre.orgThe Academy of Danse Libre: Jazz Afternoon at Cabaret Hillside
50 years ago today, #JerryGarcia & legion of mary in #berkeley, the 1st legion of mary tape since drummer ronnie tutt took a month off to go on tour with elvis (though garcia & saunders & kahn & fierro have gigged plenty without him).
soundboard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLPSTer-tlQ
a close listen by @FateMusic, including the gig contract: http://jgmf.blogspot.com/2020/05/take-road-before-us-and-sing-chorus-or.html [1/2]
Today in Labor History May 15, 1969: Police fought students in the Battle for People's Park at the University of California Berkeley, California. The battle was over a small strip of land that the students had claimed as community commons. Governor Ronald Reagan sent in National Guards to reclaim the Park. Police gunfire killed a bystander, James Rector, and wounded 60 others, including Alan Blanchard, who was blinded for life. Street fighting continued for 17 days. Another 150 demonstrators would be shot and wounded. The battle for the park has continued ever since, with the university continuing to claim ownership and threatening to turn the park into everything from units of student housing to a parking lot. The defenders of the park have done numerous direct actions over the past 50 years to defend the park, provide mutual aid, provide free food and clothes to unhoused folks, and offer community classes. As recently as 2024, the cops have attacked, beaten, and/or arrested park defenders.
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Then I was asked for #berkeley, and this was the first real inflection point for the project.
Berkeley didn't use Legistar. It didn't use any system I had seen before, and it had minutes going back to 1905.
This was going to be prohibitively expensive using AWS' OCR tool, so I had to get creative.
This was where I started exploring #tesseract, and building a pipeline for this project that could run entirely on one machine.
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The Inspirations Behind the Met Opera’s ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ https://www.inbella.com/1047023/the-inspirations-behind-the-met-operas-antony-and-cleopatra/ #Adams #Berkeley #Beyoncé #Busby #CelebritiesNews #ClassicalMusic #Claudette #Colbert #costumes #Elizabeth(19322011) #Elkhanah #John(1947) #knowles #Lien #MetropolitanOpera #mimi #opera #Pulitzer #Taylor
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Among those affected are the #Berkeley Repertory Theater, Central Park Summer Stage in #NYC, & the #Chicago-area #arts #education #nonprofit Open Studio Project.
"The #NEA is updating its grantmaking policy priorities to focus #funding on projects that reflect the nation's rich artistic heritage & creativity as prioritized by the President,"the email, several copies of which have been shared w/NPR, stated in part. "Consequently, we are terminating awards that fall outside these new priorities."
UC Berkeley.
MAGA has ALWAYS hated Cal AND the entire city of Berkeley.
#berkeley #alamedacounty #sanfrancisco #bayarea
https://abc7news.com/post/pres-donald-trump-administration-opens-investigation-uc-berkeley-foreign-funding/16249570/
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abc7news.com · Trump administration opens investigation on UC Berkeley over foreign fundingThe Trump administration has launched an investigation into UC Berkeley, which is centered on foreign funding, making it the latest university to be targeted by the federal government.
Members of the Industrial Workers of the World #IWW at Urban Ore in #Berkeley, #California have now been on strike for five weeks.
https://itsgoingdown.org/strike-by-wobblies-at-urban-ore-in-berkeley-ca-enters-fifth-week/
It's Going Down · Strike by Wobblies at Urban Ore in Berkeley, CA Enters Fifth WeekWorkers, part of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), at Urban Ore in Berkeley, California have been out on strike for over five weeks, demanding a wage increase and other improvements on the job. Pickets continue in front of the facility, as community members and fellow union members are showing up in support. As...
zig-zag through the east bay (& a bit beyond) on this week's #GratefulDead-cast, with a romp through a 1989 oakland parking lot with j.p. barlow, sociologist rebecca adams, & @dgans; tour tales by @stevesilberman, @mrcompletely & more, including a wild cross country adventure to make it to #berkeley in '84 for "dark star" https://www.dead.net/deadcast/enjoying-ride-bay-area-part-2
Punny people of fedi, can you help with a pun on the tip of my tongue?
A few years ago while driving around Berkeley / Oakland, I saw a window blinds and shades business van with the absolute best slogan, which has somehow been wiped from my mind.
The gist was that if you didn't like your window shades/blinds/curtains, they'd improve them for you. Like maybe "If you don't like the view from your windows, let us cast some shade for you"
It was certainly punchier than that, but I'm pretty sure window(s), view, and shade(s) were mentioned. Maybe also tired, old, and/or window treatment(s)
ps: Alcatraz Shade Shop is in that general area, and the store has a letter board that they put similarly themed puns on, but I'm certain the punny slogan I'm thinking of was on the back of a van, in a more permanent sort of livery.
1954Making You Smile Since 1954 — 1954
‘Hands Off!’ protest in #Berkeley denounces Trump's power grab
https://www.berkeleyside.org/2025/04/05/hands-off-protest-berkeley-donald-trump-elon-musk The photo at the top includes a rainbow banner from Good Shepherd #Episcopal Church in Berkeley. I'm sure the protest was dwarfed by the ones in Oakland and SF but there were a lot of people there!
Berkeleyside · ‘Hands Off!’ protest in Berkeley denounces Trump, Musk’s power grab
Student audience listening to Peace Day address of General Smedley Butler. Berkeley, California, University of California
#SmedleyButler #Berkeley #California #PeaceDay #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange
"Roger Studley, founder and community manager of #Berkeley #Moshav, said the idea has been in development for more than a decade. He was first introduced to the concept of #cohousing while in graduate school at #UCBerkeley, around the same time he was reconnecting with his #Jewish roots after years of distance from #Judaism.
As Studley deepened his involvement in Jewish life, he began to imagine a blending of these two ideas. The result was the formation of #BerkeleyMoshav — a community where Jewish life will be one aspect of daily living, but where people of all backgrounds are welcome, he said."
www.dailycal.orgBerkeley Moshav to become first urban Jewish cohousing communityThe first urban Jewish cohousing community, Berkeley Moshav, is expected to welcome residents by early 2027 in Southwest Berkeley.
1. My husband went w/ me to his first #TeslaTakedown protest & we met someone who was also there for the first time.
2. One of the organizers at the #TeslaTakedown protest noticed my #Moe's bookbag, told me he went to Berkeley, majored in philosophy, and #Spinoza was his favorite, and he talked about the relevance of Spinoza to today's crumbling world.
3. 3 people said they liked my T-shirt, including a woman at H Mart.
