Culture
A Bird’s-Eye View of People’s Park
By Pat JosephWhere People’s Park stands now
Fuzzy Logic, Boxed Salad, and No-Fault Divorce
By Coby McDonald, M.J. ’17Even more things you never knew came from Cal.
The Ghost Ship of Inverness
By David Hopkins ’96The mysterious origins of the “Inverness Shipwreck”
The Boy in the Library Who Wrote The Boys in the Boat
By Scott BallOne of the most anticipated movies of the Holiday Season is due to hit cinemas on Christmas Day.
The Man Who Shot the Unabomber’s Cabin
By Leah WorthingtonThe hideout was evidence, a symbol, and in Richard Barnes’s photos, art.
What’s on Your Berkeley-Inspired Playlist?
By Pat JosephWhile music may not be the first thing most people think of when they think of Berkeley, both the campus and town have been home to an enormously influential and eclectic music scene across the years, one with deep roots in the folk and blues revivals of the mid-20th century.
6 Questions for Pulitzer Prizewinner Hua Hsu
By Hayden RoysterThe New Yorker writer and author on his memoir of Berkeley
Normal (Asian) Lives
By Esther OhFans of comics wunderkind Adrian Tomine may have rested easy upon seeing the film adaptation of his 2007 graphic novel Shortcomings this past summer.
Hot and Getting Hotter
By Pat JosephGoodell examines the most obvious effect of warming: Extreme heat.
Marshawn Lynch Acts Like an Actor
By the editors at California magazine… and other Berkeley movies, books, and entertainment
Clearing a High Bar
By Pat JosephIt may not say so on the cover, but the organizing theme of this issue is creativity—what it is, how it works, what it says about us as human beings.
The Original Barbie Movie was Created by a Cal Alum
By Margie CullenLong before Margot Robbie entered the Barbie Dreamhouse, another Barbie movie had attempted to tackle the cultural phenomenon that is Mattel’s tip-toeing doll.
