The People’s Park 50th Anniversary Edition
By Lydia Gans on In April, Berkeley observed the 50th anniversary of the iconic People’s Park. Whether it will be a celebration or a
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Who spends time in the Park today?
By Emma Estrada on Here are a few of the people we encountered in the Park on a recent day. Ron How do you
Creativity Unhoused
By Emma Estrada on Expressions Gallery opens exhibit featuring unhoused artists to a packed house A local Berkeley band plays for the opening night
South Berkeley’s Here There encampment celebrates two years
By Alastair Boone on As the sun set on Friday, February 22, the residents of South Berkeley’s Here/There encampment had much to celebrate. They were commemorating the two-year anniversary of their encampment. On July 6, 2017, camp was founded by First They Came For The Homeless, a homeless-led political organizing group.
Poetry unites community in South Berkeley
By Sylvia Sawislak on An art cart parked on Adeline Street was the first sign that there was an event happening on Saturday, January 26. That night, passersby would have noticed a crowd gathered inside of Youth Spirit Artworks’ Shanice Kiel Gallery. The crowded, well-lit room stood out against the dark streets surrounding it.
Oakland gallery shows homeless artists
By Kate Wolffe on As a child, Oakland homelessness advocate April Anthony dreaded visiting art museums with her parents. “I was bored to death anytime we went to museums or art shows,” she said. “I thought: ‘Man, this stuff should move!’”.
A concert to save People’s Park
By Kate Wolffe on On October 20, someone taped an invitation to a fence on Haste Street. Scrawled on a 6 by 4 foot piece of butcher paper, black writing publicized a ‘Save People’s Park Concert’. The accompanying arrow points east, up Haste Street, a one-way with cars flowing the other direction. Sproul Hall, a symbol of the University, is 500 yards up the street.