Richard Silberg and Joyce Jenkins stand in the offices of Poetry Flash on Fourth Street. The 43-year-old publication may have to find a new home because the landlord wants to raise the rent more than 27%. Photo: Francesca Paris By Francesca Paris Poetry Flash, a Berkeley-based poetry magazine established in 1972, faces a threat to […]
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend
Zac Schuman, Ashley Cowl, Danny Quezada, and Harmony Livingston in Berkeley Playhouse’s production of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown directed by Christina Lazo. Performed at the Julia Morgan Theater Feb. 19-March 15. Photo: Ben Krantz Studio YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN Charlie Brown is coming to town with the opening on Saturday of Berkeley […]
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The man behind the Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival: Mark Baldridge, 1948-2014
Mark Baldridge, who has died. Photo: Baldridge family By Sharon Coleman For decades, Berkeley has been enriched by a vibrant literary community with poetry at its heart, as we see in downtown Berkeley’s Addison Street Poetry Walk. At the heart of the poetry community since 1972 has been Poetry Flash, a hub for reviews, articles, […]
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Berkeley art ambassador’s love of poems spawns a book
Susan Felix, a ceramic artist and Berkeley’s art ambassador, holds one of her pieces. Photo: Richard Stangl By J. Ruth Gendler A few years ago, Berkeley ceramic artist Susan Felix invited her wide circle of friends to write poems for her — both well-known writers and people who never had written poems before. Some of […]