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Trudy the corpse flower blooms at UC Botanical Gardens
The Corpse Flower in full bloom. Photo: Colleen Neff Trudy, the corpse flower at UC Botanical Gardens, is blooming. The Sumatran plant, officially called Amorphophallus titanum or titan arum, started...
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A big-eared bat. Photo: Wikipedia DEMYSTIFYING BATS In an appropriately timed event, come learn about local bats on Saturday Oct. 31 at the UC Botanical Garden with Director of NorCal Bats, Corky...
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Radio host Ira Glass reprises Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host with dancers Anna Bass and Monica Bill Barnes Saturday and Sunday in Zellerbach Hall. Photo: David Bazemore IRA GLASS If you’re a...
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Habitot’s Sand Zone at Alcatraz and Adeline: oodles of fun for children. Photo: Sandy Friedland SANDZONE FOR KIDS This weekend is the last chance for your kids to enjoy the one-week popup Sand Zone...
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The City of Berkeley’s Egg Hunt Extravaganza takes place Saturday at Willard Park. Photo, of another Easter egg hunt: Abraxas3d SPRING EGG HUNT EXTRAVAGANZA The City of Berkeley’s Egg Hunt Extravaganza...
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PARKS MAKE LIFE BETTER The City of Berkeley is hosting Parks Make Life Better month, and this weekend a celebration at San Pablo Park will cap off the festivities. Volunteers will be able to plant...
View ArticleJulia Morgan building to be moved across Berkeley
On Saturday and Sunday a beautiful, landmarked UC Berkeley-owned building will move across town, inching its way slowly from campus on a flat-bed rig up Centennial Drive to its new home at the UC...
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A ROCK OPERA THRILLER This weekend, First Look Sonoma and ROCKIT Opera is presenting three performances of the world premiere of composer/librettist (and Berkeley local) Sheli Nan’s SAGA of the 21st...
View ArticleOnce in a lifetime chance to see plant bloom in Berkeley
A rare Puya raimondii plant is beginning to bloom at Berkeley’s UC Botanical Garden, a sight that you may only have one opportunity to see — unless you find yourself in the right place at the right...
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BHS JAZZ ALUMNI IN THE BAY AREA Alumni of Berkeley High’s renowned jazz program are returning to their native East Bay to ring in the new year at a couple different venues. Brooklyn-based Zongo...
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Watch: A flower that smells like ‘stinky socks’
Visitors and staff at the UC Botanical Garden share their impressions of Maladora, a corpse flower, which will only stay open a day or two. The post Watch: A flower that smells like ‘stinky socks’...
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Julia Morgan building to be moved across Berkeley
On Saturday and Sunday a beautiful, landmarked UC Berkeley-owned building will move across town, inching its way slowly from campus on a flat-bed rig up Centennial Drive to its new home at the UC...
View ArticleThe It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend
A ROCK OPERA THRILLER This weekend, First Look Sonoma and ROCKIT Opera is presenting three performances of the world premiere of composer/librettist (and Berkeley local) Sheli Nan’s SAGA of the 21st...
View ArticleOnce in a lifetime chance to see plant bloom in Berkeley
A rare Puya raimondii plant is beginning to bloom at Berkeley’s UC Botanical Garden, a sight that you may only have one opportunity to see — unless you find yourself in the right place at the right...
View ArticleThe It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend
BHS JAZZ ALUMNI IN THE BAY AREA Alumni of Berkeley High’s renowned jazz program are returning to their native East Bay to ring in the new year at a couple different venues. Brooklyn-based Zongo...
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PALLADE MUSICA A young early music quartet from Montreal will have its West Coast debut in a series of concerts by the San Francisco Early Music Society this weekend. Pallade Musica will play...
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Drake’s at Hive Oakland getting close, more
This week in Bites, we have lots of beer and bar news, plus new brunch in Fruitvale and an abundance of Father's Day events in the East Bay.
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UC BOTANICAL GARDEN’S 125TH BIRTHDAY During its 125 years of existence, the University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley has served as a haven for endangered plants rescued from smugglers, a...
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BERKELEY SPARK FESTIVAL The Berkeley Spark 3.0 Arts and Innovation Festival will bring artisans, innovators and nonprofits to Civic Center Park on Saturday for a community-based, participant-driven...
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KITE FESTIVAL This family-friendly event will celebrate its 30th anniversary this Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in César Chavez Park. Every year, hundreds of people flock to the Berkeley...
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