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Sunday, March 2 | 4:00 - 8:00 pm
Hotel Shattuck Plaza | 2086 Allston Way | $100 per person
The Oscars are coming to Berkeley! Arrive in black tie, blue jeans, or ball gowns to watch the live telecast of the 86th Annual Academy Awards at the Hotel Shattuck Plaza in Downtown Berkeley. Join comedian emcee Will Durst and honored guest and academy award winner Rita Moreno for an evening of food, wine, silent auction, ballot prediction, and more! Stephane Tonnelier, executive chef of FIVE restaurant is preparing the delectable cuisine with specialty chosen wine. Doors open at 4 pm for the Red Carpet telecast, ceremony begins at 5 pm. |
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Tuesday, March 4 | 6:00 - 8:30 pm
NextSpace Berkeley | 2081 Center St. | FREE | RSVP Required
There is more than one point of view on the Fundraising Process for Startups. Join us for an instructive conversation between a startup lawyer, a venture investor and entrepreneurs who have gone through a round or two of fundraising. We will learn from the joys and frustrations of people in the trenches making the next cool things happen.Our startup attorney will be Doug Bend of Bend Business Law in San Francisco. Bee Partners' founder Michael Berolzheimer will represent the venture investor view point. Founders and CEOs, Aaron Schwartz of Modify Watches, and Bhavin Parikh of Magoosh, will be representing as our successfully funded startups. As ever, great food and drink will be on hand to enliven the evening!
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Saturday, March 8 | 10:30 am - 5:00 pm - High school girls |
1:00 - 5:00 pm - Elementary and Middle school girls |
Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley High School | 1930 Allston Way | FREE | Register online
Tired of being one of the only girls in your band? Wondering where all the other girls are? Want an alternative to the boy-dominated jazz world? Thinking about joining a jazz group, but you're feeling shy or discouraged by the lack of other women musicians?
Join us on Saturday, March 8th, 2014 for the 3rd Annual JazzGirls Day! Led by leading professional women jazz musicians and educators, this event is for girls only. We'll play some tunes, have a jam session, break up into groups by instrument and talk about our experiences as women and girls in the jazz world. Bring all your friends, even if they don't play jazz yet!
This event is FREE and open to ALL girls ages 10-19 who sing or play an instrument. (JazzGirls do not need to be enrolled in Berkeley schools)
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Music Events
Wednesday, March 5 | An Evening w/ Andy Statman | 8:00 pm | Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse | 2020 Addison St. | $29 advance / $31 door
Friday, March 14 | Macabéa | 8:00 - 11:00 pm | Jupiter | 2181 Shattuck Ave. | FREE |
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Recycling Rates Change
As reported by city staff to Berkeley City Council in December, the Zero Waste Fund has a projected shortfall of almost $3 million in Fiscal Year 2015. On February 24th, the Council voted to increase rates by 2.5% for commercial customers and by 24.7% for residential customers, effective in Fiscal Year 2015. Also, "Zero Waste Services" will replace "Refuse" on City-billed accounts and property tax bills effective October 2014. For more information, please read the Berkeleyside article HERE and the staff presentation to council HERE.
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Learn more and have your opinion heard at:
Monday, April 7 | Berkeley Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs meeting | 12:00 pm | Berkeley Chamber of Commerce | 1834 University Ave.
Wednesday, March 26 | Ordinance Objectives & Approach Workshop | 7:00 pm | North Berkeley Senior Center | 1901 Hearst Ave.
Wednesday, April 23 | Policy Options for Achieving Ordinance Objectives Workshop | 7:00 pm | South Berkeley Senior Center | 2939 Ellis St.
Wednesday, June 25 | Draft Ordinance and Implementation Plan Workshop | North Berkeley Senior Center | 1901 Hearst Ave.
City staff are updating Berkeley's current energy and water efficiency requirements for existing buildings, which could mean increased requirements (with increased costs). City policy-makers want to hear from building owners, operators and tenants as they develop the new requirements. City staff will provide a presentation at the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce on Monday, April 7th at the Government Affairs meeting at noon. Please attend to learn more and provide input. The Berkeley Energy Commission will host three public workshops, at 7pm on the following dates - March 26th (N. Berkeley Senior Center), April 23rd (S. Berkeley Senior Center), and July 25th (N. Berkeley Senior Center). More information is available at http://www.cityofberkeley.info/EnergyOrdinanceUpdate/.
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email: info@downtownberkeley.com web: downtownberkeley.com Tel: 510.549.2230
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