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BBL: Swing your partner at the North Oakland Square Dance

Community Outdoor Cleanup and Outreach (COCO) Project: Berkeley Grads get “Trashy” at Shoreline Cleanup

(Article by Liz Boatman in The Berkeley Science Review, abridged by TBG. For the full article click here) This past Saturday, I rose early donned my best work clothes and boots to join eight of...
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BBL: Bollywood in the Bay

If you’re a Bollywood cinephile new to Berkeley, there is some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that there are only about a dozen theatres in California that screen Indian movies. The...
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BBL: Addison St. Poetry Walk – Keeping an Ear to the Ground

You’ve probably walked past this landmark – or on it – without realizing. On Addison Street between Shattuck and Milvia, Berkeley’s Poetry Walk is a collection of some 120 cast-iron poetry...
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Tax Time

For those of you itching to get those taxes done (yes, all two of you): ’tis the season. This year, the due date is April 17th. You get a few extra days since the traditional April 15th...
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BBL: Grizzly Peak – The Best Panoramic View of the Bay Area

If you have a car and a restless spirit, drive up to Grizzly Peak. On a clear day, the view from this summit is stunning. At night, the campus glitters like stars fallen on the ground, the water...
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Living and Loving Art at BAM/PFA

In the Night at the Museum movies starring Ben Stiller, exhibits literally come to life. Though collectionsat the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive do not come galloping out of their...
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