Le Labo, part of an upscale international chain of perfume shops, opened quietly during the pandemic on Fourth Street. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
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At Berkeley’s queer tango class, it takes 2 but it doesn’t matter who
“Queer tango is Argentine tango without the homophobia, transphobia and rigid heteronormative rules,” says a co-founder of Abrazo Queer Tango, open in Berkeley since 2012
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Shop Talk: Westbrae Nursery turns into worker co-op; no rivalry for lamp sellers on Solano
Westbrae Nursery, in existence since the 1930s, now has seven worker-owners. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
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How to cook with the East Bay’s bounty of cherry plums
Wild plums, the freely found fruit of the East Bay, can become chutney, ice cream or liqueur.
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This delicious fruit is free for the taking across the East Bay
You’ve seen cherry plums spattered on the sidewalk and smashed them underfoot, but they’re actually a forager’s dream.
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Shop Talk: The Berkeley jeweler favored by rockstars; Berkeley Garden Club turns 90
Jeweler David Giulietti started out making armor in high school and has worked with metal ever since. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
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Shop Talk: Berkeley car repair shop has ‘changed with the times’; ‘Far & Few’ is back
Drawn to anti-war Berkeley as a 21-year-old mechanic, Ken Shapiro has been fixing cars in the city for 50 years. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
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At Berkeley gallery, student photos of Hong Kong protests get rare showing
Organizers of the ‘Echoes of Defiance’ exhibition at Fourth Street Fine Art say it’s the first time student photos of the 2019 street protests have been shown overseas.
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Dr. Happy Tooth’s family dental practice marks 48 years
Dr. Thomas Arnold, known for dressing up as a giant molar, and his wife, Dr. Wendi Wilson, have built a dental practice rooted in history.
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New book on Julia Morgan offers an intimate portrait of famed architect
The heavily annotated and picture-rich book incorporates previously unknown details about the architect’s private life, as well as her career.
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Shop Talk: Chameleon-haired stylist brings wig business to Vine Street; another Green Yogi opens on Telegraph
A stylist who’s been doing hair extensions since high school turns it into her side hustle. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.
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Shop Talk: Cose Belle boutique will play nonstop Italian tunes; new barbershop has chairs like a ’57 Chevy
The scion of a venerable Berkeley restaurant family is opening her fourth store a couple doors down from her brothers’ restaurant, Agridolce. Catch up on this and other Berkeley retail and small business news.