Roman Mars creator of 99% Invisible, hosts a fundraiser for the the Berkeley Public Library on Saturday. Photo: Pete Rosos
LIBRARY FAN Who doesn’t like their local library? Like many other institutions, libraries have been hit hard by the pandemic. Come out to support them in “Libraries are Central. Be a Fan!,” a fundraiser hosted by Roman Mars, creator of the radio show 99% Invisible. In this online event, you’ll get a tour of the Berkeley Public Library’s newly renovated Central Library spaces, as well as performances of music, dance, theater, poetry, and prose by authors and library lovers from Berkeley and beyond. Make sure to also check out their online auction. Come out and show some love to your library. Saturday, March 6. 5-6 p.m. Online auction is open for bidding until noon on March 7. Free to register.
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A sunset on Indian Rock on July 10, 2020. Photo: Kevin Murphy
Berkeley Rep’s Place/Settings features 10 prominent writers, journalists, playwrights, novelists and composers who penned short works about Berkeley, which were then turned into audio recordings. Berkeleyside is a media sponsor of Place/Settings. Want to share your own favorite place in Berkeley? Leave a comment below.
We teamed up with Berkeley Rep to ask our readers about their favorite places in Berkeley. We asked that they submit 100-word articles. From the winding paths up its hills to the waves that lap up against its marinas, Berkeleyans have a plethora of places they consider special.
Jim Manheimer, Berkeley High School class of 1979, reunites with his lost yearbook at Berkeley Public Library on Kittredge Street. Photo: Aimee Reeder
The last time Jim Manheimer saw his Berkeley High School yearbook, President Jimmy Carter held office and the McDonald’s Happy Meal had just been invented. But with the help of a linguistics expert, a Facebook group, and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf’s use of the word ‘hella,’ Manheimer was reunited last Friday with the yearbook he’d lost on the day he graduated in 1979.
Let’s back up a few steps. The reunion started after Ben Zimmer, a linguistics expert and language columnist for the Wall Street Journal, heard Schaaf say she’s “hella proud, and hella relieved” that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won the 2020 election, Zimmer told Berkeleyside. Harris also used the word in one of her post-election speeches, he said.
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The Berkeley Public Library is among the best of the best.
The Library Journal, a New York-based trade publication for librarians founded in 1876, says Berkeley s public library was one of just two libraries in California worthy of a five-star rating in 2020.
The journal reviewed more than 5,600 public libraries in the United States from data reported in the Institute of Museums and Library Services Public Library Survey. It is a big deal, said Tess Mayer, Berkeley s director of library services. We were only one of two in California to get this. This is a significant number.