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2ND ANNUAL BERKELEY BIRD FESTIVAL READY TO SOAR CITYWIDE
The Berkeley Bird Festival is a free, all-day event taking flight at multiple locations around the city on Sunday, Oct. 16. Festival activities include bird walks, sidewalk chalk drawing, bird costume contest for kids, and a parade on Solano Avenue. More activities will be offered at the David Brower Center from 12 - 5 pm including origami bird folding, bird mask making, and Winged Wonderment (writers, poets, scientists, teachers, and artists sharing bird stories, poems, songs, art, and more). Presented by the California Institute for Community, Art & Nature, in partnership with the Golden Gate Audubon Society, UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Community Partnership Fund, the City of Berkeley, and the David Brower Center. Check out the festival's amazing collection of all-world bird resources.
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TAP YOUR TOES AND CELEBRATE THE FREIGHT
For more than 50 years, the Freight & Salvage has been a gathering space – physical and virtual – and home for traditional music and musicians from around the world. Visit The Freight in downtown Berkeley this fall for a blockbuster line-up of featured artists, performances, events, classes, and workshops – celebrating all the best of the Freight – on and off the stage.
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EDIBLE RENO-TAHOE GETS A TASTE OF BERKELEY
Edible Reno-Tahoe likes the way Berkeley tastes. This summer, editor Amanda Burden visited for a weekend getaway, filing her report in the culinary quarterly's Fall issue under the banner "Beeline to Berkeley." According to Amanda, "for a unique and satisfying vacation, Berkeley hits all the right spots." Salud!
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COOL BEANS: TCHO CHOCOLATE TOURS ARE BACK IN BERKELEY
Berkeley-made TCHO Chocolate has resumed its popular guided factory tours. The behind-the-scenes look at how TCHO's award-winning chocolate is made, from raw ingredients to finished products, is Wonka-level entertainment. Learn about TCHO's chocolate-making process, its responsible sourcing methods (TCHO Source), and walk through the bean-to-bar flavor laboratory. The entire TCHO retail line is produced at its state-of-the-art chocolate factory in West Berkeley and is Certified Fair Trade & Organic, vegan, gluten free and kosher. Check out TCHO's new website for recipes, online store, and factory tour registration.
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BERKELEY POTTERS GUILD KEEPS ON SPINNING
With more than 100 producers in the West Berkeley industrial district, manufacturing is an economic driver for the community. One of Berkeley's iconic arts collectives, the Berkeley Potters Guild is currently the subject of a Berkeleyside feature in conjunction with Bay Area Manufacturing Week. Also, check out the Made in Berkeley microguide to discover more local makers. Learn about Berkeley businesses that are serving our community—and transforming our world—at Discovered in Berkeley and on Instagram. The City of Berkeley’s Office of Economic Development helps local companies access the resources, financing, and information they need to feel welcome in Berkeley and thrive.
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HAPPY HYDRATION AT THE FARMERS' MARKET EVERY THURSDAY IN OCTOBER
Thirsty Thursdays continue through October at the North Berkeley All-Organic Farmers Market. Enjoy live local music, sustainable wine, craft beer, Rebout a line of wellness beverages created by Kitchen on Fire, and a bounty of environmentally-themed activities while you shop. Tune in to an amazing lineup of local musicians, as well as bubble blowing, art, dance, and chalk art at the Kids Eco-Zone. Three times each week, the Ecology Center Farmers' Markets bring fruits, vegetables, nuts, baked goods, jams and preserves, juices, olive oils, meat, cheese, prepared foods, nursery plants, and flowers directly to consumers.
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BOUNTIFUL AND BARTable: BERKELEY HARVEST FESTIVAL AT CEDAR ROSE PARK
The free Berkeley Harvest Festival happens Saturday, 10/15 from 11 to 4 at beautiful Cedar Rose Park. The City of Berkeley's annual Harvest Festival is a chance to honor the Fall season with live music and kids' activities. Pumpkin decorating, petting zoo, photo booth, carnival games, and food trucks, too. Cedar Rose Park is within walking distance of North Berkeley BART and thus, highly BARTable!.
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ECO-BERKELEY: A LEGACY OF ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM OPENS AT BHS
Berkeley is often at the forefront of the environmental movement. Celebrating this civic leadership, Eco-Berkeley: A Legacy of Environmental Activism opens Oct. 21 at the Berkeley Historical Society & Museum. The exhibit will feature sections on the Save the Bay movement, Richard Register and "ecocities," Carl Anthony and environmental justice, the Berkeley Ecology Center, along with books, posters, and other objects. Go Oct. 21 for the exhibit opening and to hear a short talk at 5:15 pm by Ken Brower about his father, David Brower, a towering figure in the green movement. Attendees will also have the opportunity to purchase his Heyday book, The Wildness Within: Remembering David Brower, at the bargain price of $5.00, the books donated by the author to benefit the Berkeley Historical Society & Museum.
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GAME DAY: CAL GOLDEN BEARS GRIDIRON UPDATE
UC Berkeley's football squad, the California Golden Bears, returns to California Memorial Stadium to tame the Washington Huskies on Saturday, Oct. 22, followed by Oregon (Oct. 29), Stanford (Nov. 19, 125th Big Game), and UCLA (Nov. 25). Go Bears!
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SAVE THE DATE: BERKELEY HOLIDAY GIFT FAIR
December fills up fast, too, so mark your calendar: the Berkeley Holiday Gift Fair returns Thursday, Dec. 8 to the Hotel Shattuck Plaza. Local vendors and makers will display their products and wares, with many merchants accepting Berkeley Bucks as payment. Buy Berkeley Bucks online or at the Visit Berkeley table at the Gift Fair, and keep cash in the community!
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