Seattle
By Molly Samuel on Dec 6 2011 - 6:38pm
The Berkeley theater company Shotgun Players started performing 20 years ago in the basement of a Berkeley pizzeria. Now it’s got its own building, but the company has stuck with its founding principles: taking on little-known or brand new plays, and working hard to create theater for...
By Jayme Catsouphes on Dec 6 2011 - 6:32pm
That 52” flat screen TV you just bought your loved one (or yourself) for the holidays should be arriving any day now. And what a deal – nice picture, good price, delivered right to your door. And since you made the purchase online, you weren’t charged California sales tax for that shiny new piece...
By Hana Baba on Aug 10 2011 - 5:10pm
As the state ponders the release of its prisoners, some community groups are calling for a more rehabilitative approach to incarceration. Prison can be a transforming experience for many. It can also be enlightening, with prisoners finding solace and guidance in spirituality.
While African American...
By Allison Budner on Jul 14 2011 - 5:07pm
San Francisco is a notoriously bike-friendly town. The famous critical mass ride began right here in 1992. Now, on any given day or night you can find biking events with a collective spirit: The SF Bike Party, the casual Wednesday evening Butterlap ride, group tours led by the San Francisco Bicycle...
By Crosscurrents Producer on Jun 27 2011 - 4:19pm
HANA BABA: Sports aren’t for everyone. And baseball, in particular, can be a hard sell. The baseball season has 162 games, and these games feel like they last forever – the players always seem to do a lot of standing around and spitting, never much actual playing.
So why is it the national pastime...
By Melody Sage on Apr 27 2011 - 2:35pm
It’s the year 1942. The United States has just joined the war in the Pacific. On the home front, the FBI is investigating and interning Japanese-American families up and down the West Coast for fear that they are loyal to the Japanese Emperor and military. Robert Tsutakawa is at home with his...
By Martina Castro on Mar 24 2011 - 7:05pm
The rain forecast for the next few days shouldn’t keep you from leaving your house -- there are plenty of photographic journeys, Twitter festivals, radio celebrations, and dance anniversaries taking place in the dry indoors. In at least one case, you can attend with a click of your smartphone!...
By Crosscurrents Producer on Mar 22 2011 - 10:54am
This roundup originally appeared in the East Bay Express. Many thanks to the Express’s Anneli Rufus for putting this together.
Local businesses, charities, agencies, private individuals and others have organized programs to send much-needed donations to Japan.
Here's a roundup showing how you can...
By Hana Baba on Mar 16 2011 - 5:00pm
Every year, the Mathematical Association of America hands out Haimo Awards to three extraordinary college or university teachers. And this year, one of the winners is Mills College professor Zvezdelina Stankova.
Professor Stankova is from Bulgaria. She says when she came to the U.S., she was...
By Steven Short on Feb 15 2011 - 4:47pm
The year 2010 gave us the Ipad, the malaria-proof mosquito and a beef-powered train, but it didn’t give us something that it was promised it would deliver: the age of personal robots. No, the Roomba doesn’t count. We are talking full-on programmable computers that walk around, communicate and...
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