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Posted inArts, Events

Walk on the wild side

The Velvet Underground with Andy Warhol in 1967 Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground is about as New York as anything can be. But tonight at the Berkeley Central Library you can imagine yourself in a different downtown. At 6:30 this evening, Richie Unterberger will be presenting rare film of the Velvet Underground and talking about […]

Posted inArts, Business

C’est si bon!

As if local recognition were not enough, the Elmwood’s Mrs Dalloway’s has also won a national contest for the best Julia Child window display. The prize is round trip tickets to New York, a two-night stay in a hotel, and dinner with Julie & Julia director Nora Ephron. According to co-owner Ann Leyhe a date […]

Posted inArts, Business

Two Berkeley businesses honored

Two Berkeley businesses have won 2009 Women-Owned Business of the Year Awards in the Alameda County category. They are Mrs. Dalloway’s Literary & Garden Arts bookstore, founded by Marion Abbott and Ann Layhe (pictured above), and BioFuel Oasis, run by Novella Carpenter, Margaret Farrow, Ace Anderson, Melissa Hardy and Jennifer Radtke. The awards are sponsored […]

Posted inArts

Mr Chabon is on the road

Photo: www.michaelchabon.com Berkeley author Michael Chabon has just embarked on one of those “If it’s Tuesday it must be Pittsburgh” type book tours that make you exhausted just reading about them. He is promoting his newly published collection of essays “Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father and Son” and the media […]