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Accidental Album

By Emma Silvers

Musician Chris Chu discovered recordings he doesn't remember making.

quarterback Fernando Mendoza speaks at a podium during a press event Quarterback Fernando Mendoza during the 2024 ACC Football Kickoff in Charlotte, NC. © Scott Kinser/Cal Sport Media/Alamy Live News

Reader Response

We asked for your takes on college football’s new economy. You sent emails, lots of them.

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Mixed Media

By Editorial Staff

New works by Berkeley authors and artists

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Oskie and Oski

By Pat Joseph

How two Berkeley students invented a bear who’s outlived them both

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Editor’s Note: Fall/Winter 2025

By Pat Joseph

“The remark I hear most often about this magazine is that it’s ‘different.’ My reaction? Of course it’s different! This is a magazine about Berkeley.”

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Goines Returns

By Hussain Khan, M.J. ’25

A collection of nearly 5,000 objects by the celebrated artist now belongs to the Bancroft Library.

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You’ll Never Believe It Came from Berkeley

Add The Matrix, Berkeley Mafia, and Jerry Maguire to your list.

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha squats on the ground holding strips of cloth with the words “VOIX” and “AVEUGLE” printed on them, one covering her eyes. Theresa Hak Kyung Cha rehearses at Berkeley’s Greek Theatre in 1975.(Gift of the Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Memorial Foundation.)

Mixed Media: Fall/Winter 2025

Our picks of recent Berkeley-connected books, films, and podcasts

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Read, Watch, Listen 

By Editorial Staff

This month’s picks of Berkeley-connected books, films, and podcasts

Dancers perform beneath a grand, glowing chandelier framed by deep red velvet curtains “Red Carpet” at Zellerbach Hall. Photo by Chris Hardy.

How Cal Performances Rolled Out the “Red Carpet”

By Leah Worthington

The Paris Opera Ballet’s latest production made just two stops in the US, opening at Berkeley.

Bookshelves Doe Library. Courtesy UC Regents

Your Reading List for This Month

Editors’ picks of recent works by Berkeley authors

Odell and Shoptaw sitting at a table in a bookstore Courtesy of John Shoptaw and Jenny Odell

The Poetry of Impurity

By Geoff Koch

A conversation with John Shoptaw and Jenny Odell