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In 1993, the city of Berkeley named the Ashkenaz a city landmark. [5] On December 19, 1996, Juan Rivera Pérez was kicked out of the club by Nadel in-between sets. The patron returned during the second set and shot Nadel point blank in the head. Nadel died from the gunshot wound at the hospital and Pirez was never found.
La Peña Cultural Center, or La Peña for short, is a multicultural center in the United States. It was founded in 1975 by Latin American and Californian allies in Berkeley, California in response to the 1973 coup d'état in Chile , or golpe de estado .
The Greek Theatre hosts The Berkeley Jazz Festival, pop, rock, and world music concerts, UC Berkeley graduation ceremonies, occasional addresses by noted speakers, and other events. Past speakers include President Theodore Roosevelt , William Randolph Hearst , Bishop Desmond Tutu , and the Dalai Lama .
The Freight was founded in 1968 by Nancy Owens [2] and derived its name from the used furniture store that previously occupied the same space on San Pablo Avenue.In its early years, the Freight was a magnet for bluegrass fans and musicians but also presented an eclectic mix of folk, acoustic, Scottish and Irish, jugbands, mimes, spoken word and open mics.
It was named in honor of David Brower, a Berkeley native, who was the first executive director of the Sierra Club and a backer of Marion Edey’s founding of the League of Conservation Voters. [1] [2] The center is part of a larger mixed-use development, that includes the Oxford Plaza (an affordable housing complex with street level commercial ...
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Zellerbach Hall is a multi-venue performance facility on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, west of Lower Sproul Plaza. It was designed by architect and professor Vernon DeMars and completed in 1968. The facility consists of two primary performance spaces: the 1,984-seat Zellerbach Auditorium, and the 500-seat Zellerbach ...
Burnham died in 2001 in Berkeley, and Klein in 2007 in Springfield, Oregon. Current Citizens for East Shore Parks president and former Albany mayor Robert Cheasty, a civil attorney who runs a law firm on the avenue, is a ranking organizer of the Solano Stroll, being involved with the festival since 1984 and having served as the Solano Avenue ...