Booked weekend: Bay Area Book Festival 2022 turns new page
Angela Bi/Staff
Booked and busy from May 7 to 8, readers treated themselves and their shelves to this year’s eighth annual Bay Area Book Festival.
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Berkeley Law dean, Stanford professor to argue case of Shakespeare’s friar
Dean Chemerinsky and professor Meyler will decide whether the Romeo and Juliet friar is guilty of criminal charges at the Freight and Salvage in Berkeley.
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Alameda County announces relief grant program for cultural, arts nonprofits
Alameda County announced the creation of the Alameda County Arts Relief Grant Program on Oct. 30, which will provide funds to nonprofit arts and cultural organizations impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Picks of the Week: Check out Indigenous art and Isabel Allende this week
Thursday’s for the birds — literally. If you’re a birder like me, you might want to check out “Conservation of Waterbirds of the North Bay” at 6:30 p.m. at the Sports Basement on Bryant Street in San Francisco.
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Pride Comedy Night changes venue, keeps rainbow stripes
This year, the show returned with a vengeance and a venue change, showing at Freight & Salvage, where auditorium-style seats unified the mostly full house in proximity and good cheer.
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Berkeley youths raise more than $5K for families separated at US border
Ten-year-old Lily Ellis and 9-year-old Lauren Jones held a fundraiser on Addison Street on Sunday to raise money for families separated at the border.
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Saturday programming of Bay Area Book Festival uplifts marginalized voices
While it may only be the fourth annual Bay Area Book Festival, the festival is already a mainstay in Berkeley. It’s no wonder why.
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Desi Comedy Festival allows South Asian performers to reclaim the punchlines
At last, a room of brown bodies gathered together Aug. 13 at Freight & Salvage to celebrate the barriers the Desi community has overcome and embrace one another’s culture through humor.
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Freight and Salvage Dwells in Affectionate Memory of Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie, the great American folk-singer who traveled across the United States singing passionate ballads and hitch-hiking rides along the way, played another concert in spirit last Thursday. Memories of the American icon lay in the heart-felt and earnest production of “Woody Guthrie’s American Song,” playing through July 22nd at
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Vienna Teng performs at the Freight & Salvage
Vienna Teng enchanted a sold out crowd on December 30 at downtown Berkeley’s Freight & Salvage with an intimate and endearing performance.
