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Dancers of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater perform "Sacred Songs" by Matthew Rushing. ©Paul Kolnik

Feeling the Dance

By Leah Worthington

Blind patrons experience Alvin Ailey through sound and touch

Nathalia Alcantara

Mixed Media: April 2025

By Editorial Staff

Berkeley-grown works we recommend this month

February 28. ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy Live News

What If We Stopped Shopping?

By Leah Worthington

A conversation with Lawrence Glickman, M.A. ’89, Ph.D. ’92., on economic blackouts and consumer activism

Nathalia Alcantara

Mixed Media: March 2025

By Editorial Staff

Berkeley-connected works we recommend this month

Photo by Mathew Burciaga

Five Questions for Vishal Subramanyan ’24

By Nathalia Alcantara

The wildlife photographer captured the first images of the rare Mount Lyell shrew.

Mixed Media: February 2025

New Works by Berkeley Authors and Artists

Photo by Joe Stanford and Tim Rudnick

A Reading from the Edge

By Sarah Van Ness ’03

On Resolving to Complete Moby-Dick for the New Year

Midjourney

Global Holiday Bites

By Nathalia Alcantara

I-House alumni share family recipes from Tunisia, Madagascar, Reunion Island, and beyond.

Photo by Jami Smith/UC Berkeley Library.

New Works by Berkeley Authors and Artists

By Editorial Staff

Rachel Kushner’s new novel, the limited series Earth Abides, RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life’s Deepest Secrets, and more

Illustrations by Patrick Welsh

Cal Curators

By Dano Nissen ’18

Meet Berkeley alumni shaping the art world.

You’ll Never Believe It Came from Berkeley

By Coby McDonald, M.J. ’17

Quantum blue, the mouse, card stunts, and more

Marcus Hanschen

Exit Interview with the Chancellor

By Pat Joseph

After seven years at the helm, Carol Christ hangs up her iconic blue blazer. Before she headed out the door, California sat down with her for a final interview.