A worker from Berkeley’s Urban Ore has opened a museum celebrating … wingnuts
Started by employees of the salvage store during a union drive, the Wingnut Museum — honoring both the tiny metal doodads and the “freaks and weirdos” of the world — now has a permanent Berkeley home.
Broadway’s ‘The Prom’ kicks off the season at Berkeley Playhouse
The Tony-nominated musical follows the drama when a high school student plans to take her girlfriend to the prom.
Around Berkeley: Belly dancing and Latin festivals; Y&T at Cornerstone
Other events include a Karla Cornejo Villavicencio book talk and a screening of a documentary about the Studio Guild Cinema
La Peña Cultural Center is facing a financial crisis
The South Berkeley hub for music, art, and activism has been in “emergency mode” since COVID-era grant funds ran out. It’s hoping to raise $50,000 by September
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California Jazz Conservatory’s degree program to close this year
The program — which has seen its enrollment fall to 16 since 2019 — will close after the fall semester. The Jazzschool community music program in Berkeley will continue.
Around Berkeley: Hear an Oakland cowboy sing, put ducks to sleep at Tilden’s Little Farm
Other events include a city-run block party for National Night Out and a talk with Los Angeles artist Young Joon Kwak, who makes their solo museum debut this week at BAMPFA.
Around Berkeley: Vine street block party, music at Strawberry Creek Park, literary trivia
Other events include a book talk with the memoirist Catherine Harrington about her divorce and a screening of Al Jazeera’s documentary on the Israeli siege on Gaza’s Al Shifa Hospital
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