UC Berkeley stages Brecht’s fiery ‘The Caucasian Chalk Circle’

Ensconced in the center of the Zellerbach Playhouse is a vertiginous stage, stained in aquamarine, licorice red and pale salmon.
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Ensconced in the center of the Zellerbach Playhouse is a vertiginous stage, stained in aquamarine, licorice red and pale salmon.
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On Friday, get yourself in the holiday spirit with the tree lighting ceremony at Oakland’s Jack London Square.
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As they moved onto the mat, their movements were often made in unison, twirling together to show support, even through melancholic moments.
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This week promises opportunities to interact with local art, through Mallory Ortberg’s book reading and a showcase of traditional Mayan textiles.
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Each dancer drew from her own childhood memories of play, self-doubt, friendship and empowerment, giving the dances an air of genuine vulnerability.
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Part of Brown’s mission is to elevate the history of social dance, which is woefully too often ignored in dance education.
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The concert series ran Thursday through Saturday, hosting a broad selection of talented musicians trained in a wide variety of musical acumens.
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It’s full steam ahead on fall: Pumpkin spice lattes are for sale again, Halloween costume discussions are getting serious and, most importantly, it’s starting to rain. The latter can put a serious damper on social plans, but there’s still plenty of great indoor events you can attend to avoid frizzy
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Last week, three campus professors were selected as recipients of the 2014 Distinguished Teaching Award, the most esteemed honor given to faculty on campus.
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It had certainly been a long, long time since Chet Monkawa actually felt lucky. At a lottery earlier that day, he and Earl Worthing — a resident from the San Francisco boarding house Monkawa runs — entered a raffle for a modern American phenomenon: a brand-new television. Miraculously, they had
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