Feb 05
It isn’t every day that an unreconstructed sixties radical gets to say something positive about a megabillion corporation. But CVS’ s decision to stop selling tobacco products definitely deserves a few words of praise. The rationale — that selling tobacco products contradicts the store’s mission of promoting health — is certainly solid, and the corporation’s …
Feb 04
Monday evening began with a combined Tax the Rich and Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline rally on upper Solano Avenue, Berkeley. Then the crowd lined up outside the Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse in downtown Berkeley, where Holly Near organized and MC-ed a two-hour memorial for Pete Seeger. This video contains a few short samples. The …
Jan 30
OK, so I’m an old softie. I cried during the first act of Giselle last night. Thanks to a donation to KQED, we had tickets to the San Francisco Ballet’s performance of this venerable classic. They weren’t great tickets — next-to-last row in the Orchestra section — but even from there, the show had its …
Jan 25
Bicycling Under the Influence (BUI) is not one of the brightest behaviors. On two wheels, we need all of our reflexes, our balance, and our judgment as sharp as possible, maybe even more so than on four. You’d think, then, that an organization dedicated to promoting safe bicycling would steer clear of promoting tippling while …
Jan 12
That jar of curry powder on my spice rack is not going to get replaced when it’s done. As a holiday present, my kids gave me a class in Indian cooking with Chef Vinita Jacinto, a professionally trained chef with decades of experience teaching Indian and similar cuisine. In a three-hour session at a demonstration …
Dec 17
This holiday tree consists mainly of broccoli, with peppers, radishes, carrots and other vegies as ornaments. Staff members of the Monterey Market in Berkeley put it together. Brilliant!
Dec 09
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra leader Ben Simon took classical music forward into the multimedia age this evening at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley. He led the Palo Alto (Youth) Chamber Orchestra in a performance of Beethoven’s Great Fugue accompanied by YouTube virtuoso Stephen Malinowski projecting a synchronized visual animation of the score. The effect …
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