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Miller (an Alice Waters alum) during the burgeoning Bay Area’s food movement — embracing farm-fresh cuisine. A few years later, in 1984, he opened Christopher’s Café on Solano Avenue, which thrived until 1999 when he and his wife, Nedda (they’ve been m...

Dear Diary Art Show Series — by Caroline Stern R East Bay Mini Maker Faire Celebrates 10 Years of Creativity — by Chris Miller Celebrate a decade of joy at the 10th annual East Bay Mini Maker Faire on the campus of Park Day School in Temescal, on Sunday, Oc­ tober 27. The day-long faire is a giant family-friendly festival featuring rock­ ets and robots, digital fa...

Sally Lappen, Lisa Levitt, Melly Levy, Barbara Littwin, Gloria Martin, Paul Martin, Jeannine Miles, Norma Miller, Sharon Miller, Nancy Morton, Annette Oliveira, Chris Orr, Mark Ringer, Kelda Rinklieb, Adela Rose, Mark Sgarzi, Nan Shorten, Cheri Smith, Virginia Sorgi, Lisa Spearman, Carol Strickman, Carol Studier, Gail Sullivan, Jacqueline Tasch Poster Unde...

...-and-learn forum with Rockridge wellness providers discussing options for managing and preventing back pain. RSVPs encour- aged. Beverages provided. Hosted by the Rockridge District Association (RDA). For more inf. and to RSVP, contact Jan Christensen-Heller, marketing chair, RDA, 655.5952, jch@christensenheller.com. Cookbook Signings At Pasta Shop Game until 8/14. Win prizes for reading. Game and events planned for ages 2 to 12, but younger and older children always welcome. • Mocha: Ma...

By Judith Doner Berne

...en made and baked ornaments using Morton’s kitchen as their studio. Barbie doll (contributions were also made separtely by members of the RCPC Board who provided gift cards redeemable at College Avenue stores). When Cole Hardware donated a Christmas tree, and a friend, Robin Avant, contributed lights, Morton’s neighbor Venessa Hasten mobilized a group of area children to make and bake ornaments using Morton’s kitchen as their studio. They included 12-year-olds Violet Hasten, Stella McCom...

...rcovici: Play On: The New Science of Elite Performance at Any Age. • • Thurs, 5/17, 7pm. Todd Robert Petersen: It Needs to Look Like We Tried. Fri, 5/18, 7pm. Friday Night Poetry: with Carmen Giménez Smith and MK Chavez • • Sun, 5/20, 3pm. Christopher DeLorenzo: part-memoir, part-cookbook, Kitchen Inheritance: Memories and Recipes from My Family of Cooks. Tues, 5/22, 7pm. Daegan Miller: This Radical Land: A Natural History of American Dissent. In conversation with Brad Johnson. Thurs, 5/...

...c.com or 510/525-0220. Caldecott Projects ➧➧A Tradition of Service, from pg 10 Danica Truchlikova Margaret Wahlberg Stuart Flashman Jonathan Gabel Joan Martin Doug Patton Katy Taylor Jason Burke Colby Lavin Bill Kaufner Andrew Charman Ruth Miller Ann Winterman Cesar Angobaldo Michael Kan Jennifer Kaplan Melinda Frey Alex Naughton Ashley Etling Robert Orenstein Matthew Edling Christopher Chin James Kachelmeyer Laura Schlichtmann Bernard Baltaxe Douglas Oliver Zabrae Valentine Virginia Ham...

...nald, Anne Emerick, Sue Emmons, Robin Emory, Bill Garcia, Kathy Garcia, John Gomes, Cheryl Goodrich, Lynne Hoffman, Carolina Juarez, Barbara Kline, Terry Kulka, Esther Larsen, Bill Leeden, Melly Levy, Barbara Littwin, Natalie Mehta, Sharon Miller, Caroll Moore, Nancy Morton, Janie Page, Judith Paquette, Maison d’Etre/Fred Womack; Tour Refreshments Great Harvest Bread Co.; Photography Kenneth Rice Photography; Raffle Donors A Côté, A Different Angle, Berkeley Kid’s Room, Bittersweet, Cact...