Sunday August 2, 2015 – Quirkeley’s farewell to 40-year-old Nabolom Collective Bakery, 2708 Russell Street.
Music by
Steven Strauss, Electric Ukulele
Ed Johnson, Bathtub Bass
Cynthia Wilson, Drums
Greg Pratt, Guitar
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VidCon YouTubers confess their antics, favorite moments and regrets in the sacred chambers of the Hilton elevators.
Confessions from
Neil McNeil
Amanda Jewel
Amy And Amanda
Rebecca’s Makeup
Stevie NYC
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#Lisa shares highlights from VidCon Day 2 including: meeting Kristina Horner at the first-ever VidCon Book Swap, getting video tips from Trixin’s LoganMckay55 and greetings from EpicLLOYD and Chris Weekly.
Special thanks to Brett Ellis, CEO, Trixin.
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Greetings from VidCon where #Lisa has the time of her life despite the realization that she’s not yet “YouTube famous”. Day 1 highlights include running into Gerald ‘Slink’ Johnson AKA Black Jesus, Tay Zonday and VidCon’s Jim Louderback, who gives us a recap of YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki’s Industry Track key note and shares his excitement about VR.
Special Thanks to “Kevin” and Brett Ellis at Trixin Clothing for being our saving grace!
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#Lisa put together her VidCon survival kit at Sundays on Telegraph where she found quirky outfits from Mars Mercantile and Buffalo Exchange, wacky pins from ZiZi Buttons’ pop-up shop and she also got book recommendations at Moe’s Books for the first ever VidCon Book Swap hosted by Kristina Horner and Jenn Godwin.
Sundays on Telegraph is happening Noon to 5 every Sunday, July 19 through August 30.First hour free in the Telegraph-Channing Garage.
VIDCON BOOK SWAP PRIZE!
All of the books we’re swapping have a stamped and addressed #Berkeley, “You are my sunshine” postcard in them. If you get one mail it to us to receive a Berkeley care package including pins from ZiZi Buttons!
It’s our first time at VidCon and we can’t wait to be inspired by all of you! Be sure to check out our series, Greetings From VidCon and coming soon, VidCon Elevator Confessions
Thanks to:
Doris Moskowitz, Moe’s Books
ZiZi Hawthorne, ZiZi Buttons
Maureen Keavy
And thanks to viewers like YOU!
Ruth Caspary of Latin Connection Dance shares her tips for dancing in the streets at Downtown Berkeley’s FREE Eats, Beats & Brews: Salsa Sundays, Berkeley’s hottest block party happening every 3rd Sunday now through October, 12pm-6pm. Arrive by 1:15pm for a complimentary beginning Salsa lesson with Ruth!
Enjoy free live music from local and internationally touring salsa bands, local food from over 15 vendors and a beer garden from Drakes Brewing.
Games of Berkeley will be taking over part of the street for a Locally Grown Games Day where everyone can come meet game developers, try out new games and celebrate modern gaming.
BAND LINE UP:
June 21st – Fito Reinoso y su Ritmo y Armonia
July 19 – N’Rumba
August 16 – Edgardo Cambon y Candela
September 20 – Rumbache
October 18 – Orquesta La Moderna Tradición
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Two days after the Library Gardens balcony collapsed I visited the memorial for six of its young victims. I saw the news on Twitter around 6 am the morning it happened on Tuesday, June 16th. I resisted the impulse to go there and film knowing I’d feel more like a gawking tourist than a local filmmaker.
If I find myself close to breaking news around town sometimes I’ll tweet photos. I’m not in a rush though to play citizen journalist when the story involves thirteen young adults falling from the 5th floor of an apartment complex next to Berkeley’s Central Library. I didn’t want to see one of my city’s favorite gathering spaces through the lens of tragedy and death. I didn’t want us to be responsible for losing these kids.
Nor could I look away and deny it. I turned to the city’s best news source, Berkeleyside (where I used to work) and followed the outpouring of tweets on my favorite Twitter hashtag and the #BerkeleyBalconyCollapse thread.
As the producer of Quirkeley’s video series, #Berkeley, I’m glued to Berkeley feeds on social media, scouting them for inspiration. For this Berkeley resident (who doesn’t have cable) it’s a seductive, unpredictable mosaic of local identities and places to be – or avoid. The most Instagrammed pictures of the city typically are of the Campanile, CREAM Ice cream, sunsets and squirrels. On weekends The Rare Barrel brewery and concerts at the Greek take over. Just last week the city trended when Goats Gone Wild, a Berkeley Lab video of hundreds of goats crossing the road, went viral.
It’s not all peace pipes and Smoke’s Poutinerie. Berkeley’s vociferous and controversial character is world renowned, yet I’ve never seen the city impacted by a tragedy of this magnitude.
#Berkeley on social media was frenetic, simultaneously mourning “The Berkeley Six”, celebrating The Warriors championship and crucifying the New York Times for its appalling 2nd day coverage of the tragedy which appeared to blame the victims.
One of the week’s most shared images on #Berkeley Instagram was of Berkeley spelled out inside of a heart shape. Sara Prender appears to be the first to have posted the image Tuesday.
By Thursday the time had come for me to put away the social media filter and pay my respects to Olivia Burke, Eoghen Culligan, Niccolai Schuster, Lorcan Miller, Eimear Walsh and Ashley Donohoe. Library Gardens is two blocks from my office.
It was quiet when I arrived. A couple of news trucks were parked across the street. I purchased a generic, plastic-wrapped Wallgreens bouquet and anchored it among the growing wave of blooms, messages and flickering candles, disappointed that I didn’t bring farmer’s market flowers. I bowed my head and closed my eyes. I’ll never comprehend this loss, what the families and friends are going through or how this could happen in my town. Berkeley’s new bond with Ireland is profound. Eternal.
I heard a passing child complain to his mother that the sidewalk was blocked. Gently she said, “Listen, you need to have respect. This is a sacred space, okay? Sacred.”
I opened my eyes relieved to see more people arriving with flowers from Walgreens. The Irish flag waved in the breeze. I returned to my office and the virtual sacred space of #Berkeley.
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Siciliana Trevino is Quirkeley’s Executive Producer and the Director of New Mo’ Cut: David Peoples’ lost film of Moe’s Books premiering at the Elmwood Theater August 27th, 2015.
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Join film producer and director Siciliana Trevino at Moe’s Books Tuesday April 7th, at 10:30am for the launch of her Kickstarter for New Mo’ Cut: David People’s lost film of Moe’s Books.
In early February when I started working on New Mo’ Cut: David Peoples lost film of Moe’s Books I didn’t know who shot the found 16mm footage of Moe at the opening night party for his Telegraph Avenue bookstore and I never thought I would launch a crowd-funding campaign. By mid-March the discovery that the filmmaker was Oscar-nominated screenwriter David Peoples’ shocked me as did the realization that crowd sourcing is a dynamic way to build a community around the film, while raising vital funds that will help me bring this unique Berkeley story to the big screen. I couldn’t miss this opportunity to take the New Mo’ Cut to the next level and learn how to navigate the scary all-or-nothing world of Kickstarter.
Now I’m half-way through the interviews and my first crowd sourcing campaign launches tomorrow! Please join me and Doris Moskowitz at Moe’s, Tuesday April 7th at 10:30am for a sparkling cider toast as I push the big green launch button. The campaign runs from April 7th to Friday May 8th, 2015. We hope to see you there. Click here for the Kickstarter preview and be one of the first to see our reward offerings. I look forward to sharing updates and insights on our progress over the next 31 days.
New Mo’ Cut: David People’s lost film of Moe’s Books is a short documentary chronicling the surprising discovery at the Berkeley dump of a 16mm film of Moe Moskowitz at the opening night party for his legendary Telegraph Avenue bookstore in 1965.
Kevin Laird, a recycler working for Urban Ore, found the film canister and managed to deliver it into the hands of Moe’s daughter Doris who didn’t know of its existence or origin. Soon after the film is digitized and put online, Doris discovers the filmmaker is Oscar nominated screenwriter David Peoples. The two-minute, forty-six second workprint is a time capsule of Berkeley and a peek into his Peoples’ documentary film explorations before gaining notoriety as a screenwriter rewriting Blade Runner, earning an Oscar nomination for Unforgiven and co-writing 12 Monkeys with his wife, screenwriter Janet Peoples.
New Mo’ Cut: David Peoples lost film of Moe’s Books recalls one of Telegraph’s larger than life characters, while musing on books, filmmaking and reclaiming history from the waste stream.
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