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Berkeley welcomes Mariachi Herencia de México
With musicians from the United States and Mexico, Mariachi Herencia de México shares the sounds and traditions of mariachi with audiences around the world. The group is in Berkeley for a special concert Friday, October 23 at 7:30PM at Zellerbach Hall, celebrating Día de Los Muertos and the music of Juan Gabriel. Director Cesar Maldonado, gives insight on the talented group of musicians.
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PMQ Cover Stars Win $15,000 Just for Doing Good in Their Community
Kira and Mark Zabrowski, PMQ’s October 2026 cover stars, captured the $15,000 grand prize in fifth annual Great Pizza Give Back contest from Hillshire Farm Brand, thanks to their support for local hunger-relief organizations and other community causes. The Zabrowskis own Much Ado About Pizza in Pleasanton, California. They’re...
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Dozens join legendary 87-year-old Bay Area choir director for impressive reunion performance
Dozens of people gathered at their former high school for a musical reunion event led by a legendary, long-retired Bay Area choir director. The choir director, 87-year-old Lindley Hall, taught at the school for almost a quarter of a century. The singers of the reunion choir ranged in age from...
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Oakland Theater Project to Turn the New Parish Into a Performing Arts Center
Music fans who worried about the New Parish’s closure late last year can rest assured that the Oakland venue won’t be turning into condos. On Oct. 22, Oakland Theater Project announced that it was taking over the San Pablo Avenue space and converting it into a hub for theater, music and performing arts.
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East Bay Express
Berkeley Rep revisits the feminist revolution
Bess Wohl’s Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning play, Liberation, comes Oct. 23 to Berkeley Rep’s Roda Theatre. Directed by Whitney White, the production locks up audience phones, freeing the audience to find unlimited power and hope in a story based on everyday champions of the 1970s feminist revolution. Liberation...
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PopMatters
Billy Strings Dials Up a Throwdown for a Two-Night Bonanza
It’s the first weekend of “Rocktober” in the Bay Area, and the music scene is blowing up with the annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in Golden Gate Park, plus jamgrass guitar phenom Billy Strings returning for two shows across the Bay at Oakland Arena on 2nd and 3rd October. Either event could be plenty for most people, but music fanatics may race from the Park to Oakland on Friday evening, since the Strings shows serve as unofficial “Outside the Park” shows to complement the beloved free festival.
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The Bowling, Grisman, Flansburg Trio Set Bay Area Date
Pianist Holly Bowling, bassist Sam Grisman and singer-songwriter/guitarist Max Flansburg will come together for a trio performance near the end of the year. The Bowling, Grisman, Flansburg Trio will make their live debut at Berkeley, CA’s The Freight on Friday, December 4, just a few days after Bowling and Grisman participate in Bill Kreutzmann’s A Very Grateful Thanksgiving in Hawaii.
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A deep-dive into the meaning of the word “moraga”
Moraga means many things to its residents -- great schools, open spaces, the home of Saint Mary’s College, a good place to raise a family, and so much more. According to the Moraga Historical Society, the Town of Moraga was named after Joaquin Moraga, who in 1835, along with his cousin, Juan Bernal, requested a land grant from the independent Mexican State of Alta California. His request was granted, and he became the owner of over 13,000 acres.
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Suspicious Minds: ‘Night Must Fall’ in Yountville
Napa’s Valley Players have opened their production of Emlyn Williams’ classic thriller, Night Must Fall. It runs at the Yountville Community Center through Oct. 25. It’s 1935 in an isolated home deep in the forest of Essex, where a houseful of seemingly ordinary people have their lives turned upside down by murder. Mrs. Bramson (Mellene Miller) is an invalid who is hated by her cook, Mrs. Terrance (Jessica Romero), and her maid, Dora (Courtney Harris), and barely tolerated by her niece, Olivia (Tara Rokstad), and Olivia’s hapless wannabe fiancé, Hubert (Richard Pallaziol).
The Berkeley Scanner
'Like Heaven Without God', RV dweller film, screens tonight
A documentary about life inside a Berkeley RV community screens Wednesday at the Hillside Club . Like Heaven Without God , directed by Berkeley filmmaker Luca Capponi , follows residents living in a temporary parking lot near the Berkeley Marina as they navigate homelessness, uncertainty and the relationships they've built with one another. The screening is set for Wednesday, Oct. 21 , from 7-9 p.m. at the Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar St. Tickets are $15 for general admission or $10 for members, seniors and students, with additional fees for online purchases. Editor's note: The following Q&A was adapted from director Luca Capponi's written statement, with his review and approval. What drew you to Berkeley's RV community and its stories? I first became involved with the community as a volunteer, and later worked within the program. Over time, I developed close relationships with the people living in their RVs in the parking lot. What initially drew me in was the contrast between the temporary nature of the place and the sense of community that was developing within it. I want viewers to experience this place from the inside, almost as if they were neighbors themselves. My hope is to show a
East Bay Express
Punk rockers challenge pit bull stigma
Pit bulls and punk-rock go together like peanut butter and jelly. Think of all the album covers featuring that iconic, block-headed dog, and the sheer volume of patchwork-tattooed punks seen walking pits through Oakland’s various neighborhoods. It’s a duo that just makes sense in this neck of the woods. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that on Oct. 24-25 these two worlds will collide at the legendary 924 Gilman and adjacent Gilman Brewing Company with Hardcore For Pits West. The concert, art auction, raffle and adoption event will raise funds and awareness for the American pit bull terrier.