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Pacific School of Religion mobilizes faith for democracy
On Oct. 17, as communities across the East Bay and the country mobilized for No Kings/Vote Early, students, staff and instructors from Berkeley’s Pacific School of Religion (PSR) were among the participants.
The school issued a statement reading,...
Angela Davis connects music and collective liberation
Appearing Oct. 28 at Zellerbach Hall on the UC Berkeley campus, activist, author and educator Angela Davis delivered a strikingly musical performance.
The program’s title and theme anchored on jazz-pianist and composer Billy Taylor’s iconic song, “I Wish...
Dave Eggers defends human writing
Using AI for creative writing is like lining up for a marathon, then getting into a car and driving to the finish line. “You didn’t run the race just because you show up at the end. You...
Free Will Astrology: Week of Oct. 28
Happy Halloween, playful wolves and glamorous ringmasters! Eccentric inventors and mushroom spirits! Crime scene investigators and keepers of the threshold...
The Egg Pals enter the Palace
Breakfast at my house really didn’t extend beyond bowls of cereal or, occasionally, toast and scrambled eggs. Sandwiches never made an appearance until lunch time. When...
Oakland’s Upstairs cafe makes room for community
Above Andres Giraldo Florez’s Snail Bar, a cafe sits at the top of the stairs. Uniformity is not central to the design aesthetic. Formerly an apartment,...
