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The Ashkenaz is a live music and dance venue located in Berkeley, California in the United States.It is a non-profit organization. It focuses on world music.In 2011 it was voted the best place to dance by readers of East Bay Express. [1]
Opened on June 30, 1917 as a first run theater, [2] the 1,466-seat theater was initially owned by Luther H. Williamson and Richard H. Bradshaw and managed by Albert H. Moore and John P. Dean. [3] The auditorium measured 150 by 91 feet (46 by 28 m) and was billed as "comfortably [seating] 2,000 persons."
Area code 510 was established on September 2, 1991, in a split from area code 415. [1] On March 14, 1998, the inland portion of the East Bay was split off as area code 925. The dividing line followed the Berkeley Hills; almost everything west of the hills stayed in 510, while everything east of the hills transferred to 925.
Keystone Palo Alto, at 260 California Avenue, opened 20 January 1977. [10] The Keystone Palo Alto closed in 1986. [9] The club became the Vortex in the mid-1980s, then The Edge in 1989, [11] and closed in April 2000.
The Berkeley Music Group is a 501(c)(3) non-profit based in Berkeley, California. It was formed in 2012 by David Mayeri, who was formerly chief operating officer of Bill Graham Presents [1] to renovate the UC Theatre. [2] The UC Theatre was a movie theatre from its opening in 1917 to its closing in 2001. [3]
Hertz Hall was named for the 1915-30 conductor of the San Francisco Symphony, Alfred Hertz, who left his estate to Berkeley for music. Its 678-seat concert hall hosts free noontime concerts during the academic year. The building also houses the music department's collection of historic organs. [46]
The Great Hall. The Faculty Club of the University of California at Berkeley, [2] or Faculty Club at UC Berkeley, is a private members' club located on the University of California, Berkeley campus in Berkeley, California. In 1982, The Faculty Club was placed on the National Register of Historic Places (NPS-82000960).
A telegraph office and Wells Fargo office were situated across the street from the depot. The Key System opened up its electric train service to San Francisco from Downtown Berkeley in 1903. The Southern Pacific responded by electrifying and extending its lines in Berkeley in 1911 ( East Bay Electric Lines ) and moved its downtown freight ...