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December 25, 2014 by tomdalzell

Quirky Berkeley in the Media

 

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San Francisco Chronicle, March 14, 2014: “Berkeley’s quirkiness up front for all to see” by Carolyn Jones 

imagesSacramento Bee, August 30, 2014: “Quirky Berkeley fan documents city’s creative core” by Katherine Seligman

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NewYorker.com, November 20, 2014: “All the Things That are Quirky  in Berkeley” by Vauhini Vara

NYTThe New York Times: December 5, 2014: “A Step-by-Step Guide to Berkeley’s Many Quirks ” by Malia Wollan 

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logo-1104The Daily Californian: January 30, 2015: “Quirky Berkeley: An Interview with Tom Dalzell” by Zackary Kiebach

On July 21, 2015, the Contra Costa Times carried a story by Judith Scherr, headline “Berkeley: Noted figures discuss city’s identity in time of change.  In relevant part: “Tom Dalzell, creator of the website Quirky Berkeley (quirkyberkeley.com) noted some of the sights he’s found around the city: An art wall a homeless man created from trash, decorated mailboxes, peace flags, bowling balls and traffic barriers.” The quirky art should not be ridiculed as “Berzerkeley,” he said.”These are all outward physical manifestations of an inward and spiritual character of Berkeley.”

logoVia Magazine, Fall 2015: “Three walks in Berkeley, Calif., lead to great eats, beautiful vistas, and lovable oddities” by Laurie Isola.

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California Magazine February 9, 2017: “Exploring the Quirky in Berkeley”

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In 2014, Berkeleyside began carrying Quirky Berkeley material presented as “How Quirky is Berkeley?”  In most, but not all, cases, the Berkeleyside postings are condensed versions of the original posts.  Some are longer, and several don’t exist as Quirky Berkeley postings at all.

March 20, 2014: Check out these dinosaurs

April 3, 2014: Painted garage doors

April 17, 2014: The giant orange of Spruce Street

May 2, 2014: Topiary art

May 15, 2014: Jane Norling’s NIcaraguan mural

June 19, 2104: Marion Fredman’s Tunnel Road art

June 30, 2014: The public art of Conny Bleul-Gohlke

August 8, 2014: Mailboxes that resemble houses

September 4: Mark Olivier’s Colusa Avenue beach trash sculpture garden

September 26, 2014: Mark Bulwinkle’s steel artworks

October 20, 2014: Animal mailboxes

November 4, 2014: C.J.’s Old Garage

November 14, 2014: Hex signs

November 24, 2014: The city’s hidden murals

December 2, 2014: Gardens

December 18, 2014: From Lucky’s to Amoeba at 2455 Telegraph

January 2, 2015: The Former Rivoli Theatre on San Pablo Avenue

January 5, 2015: The Small Worlds of Grace Munakata and Others

January 29, 2015: The Social Justice Posters of the Red Sun Rising Collective

February 10, 2015: Helly Welly Quirky

February 16, 2015: Science and Art at Scenic and Cedar

March 10, 2015: Religion on Telegraph Avenue

March 26, 2015: Politics as Theater

April 6, 2015: Berkeley’s Benches

April 13, 2015: Izzy Sher Sculpture

April 27, 2015: Peace Now!

May 4, 2015: Doug Heine’s Gate 13

May 12, 2015: Julie Partos Clark’s Webster Street Installations

May 22, 2015: Marcia Donahue’s Flora and Sculpture

June 2, 2015: The west-of-Euclid alley and lost-object fence

June 8, 2015: Double V’s on Vassar

June 24, 2015: Art Wall Stripped at request of UCB

July 14, 2015: Buldan Seka’s ceramic friends

July 20, 2015: Mike O’Malley’s Fence of Doors

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July 21, 2015: What’s it all about, Berkeley?

August 3, 2015: Stan Huncilman’s Bullfighting Academy

August 14, 2015: Jos Sances’ Baseball Bas Relief

August 21, 2015: Diane Hamm’s Pigs on McGee

August 27, 2015: The Fairy Mural on Chaucer Street

September 8, 2015: The Democracy Fence on Pardee

September 14, 2015: A Caboose in a Driveway on 5th Street

September 21, 2015: More Bulwinkle on Telegraph

September 28, 2015: The 50th Anniversary of 50 Years Ago

October 12, 2015: The Art of Jos Sances and Robinn Legrerre

October 27, 2016: Olivia Hunter’s Butterfly House on Bancroft

November 17, 2015: Leslie Safarik’s (Danielle Steel’s) Joyous Women

November 30, 2015: Eugene Tssui’s Fish House Part 1

December 1, 2015: Eugene Tssui’s Fish House Part 2 (Interior)

December 11, 2015: Peter Mitchell’s Welded Car Part Bugs

December 30, 2015: Dick and Beany Wezelman’s Love for Africa

January 4, 2016: Frederic  Fierstein’s Gifts to Berkeley

January 6, 2015: Goodbye to Mike Parayno and his Rustic Birdhouses

January 25, 2016: Jana Olson’s Lamps and Garden

February 5, 2016: Berkeley Then: Elio De Pisa’s Photos 1960-1972

March 8, 2016: Arlene Mayerson and Allan Tinker (Art and Activism)

March 14, 2016: Howie Gordon’s OMG Quirkiness on McGee

March 23, 2016: Will Squier’s Sufficiently Strange Kitsch

March 27, 2016: Berkeley Rocks

April 4, 2016: Frank Moore’s Curtis Street Home

April 14, 2016: Nacio Jan Brown’s Rag Theatre

April 19, 2916: The Two Sisters of Walnut Street

May 9, 2016: The Many Passions of Leonard Pitt

May 16, 2016: The Rusting Steel Skeleton Playing the Sax

May 23, 2016: Berkeley Ace Hardware – Moving – Oh No!

May 26, 2016: Melissa Mork’s Sheetmetal Origami

May 30, 2016: Mermaids in Berkeley

June 28, 2016: The Murals of Kingman Hall

July 11, 2016: UFO, an Alien, and Art on Vine Street

July 13, 2016: Lanesplitter’s Action Figures

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August 1, 2016: The Man Behind Quirky Berkeley (ME!!!!!!!!!)

August 15, 2016: Bulwinkle’s Faces at Mad Monk

August 22, 2016: Avi Black’s Berkri-La

September 19, 2016: Darwin the Retriever Cat

October 11, 2016: The Sculpture Garden on Heinz

October 24, 2016: Mark Haggitt’s DIY Peralta Avenue Quirk

November 17, 2016: Eni Green’s Harper Street Doxies

November 28 2016: Rainbows

December 5, 2016: Early Days of the Print Mint

December 13, 2016: Recently Lost Murals

December 22, 2016: The Murals of Stefen

December 28, 2016: Post-It Art at Milvia and University

December 29, 2016: Conny Bleul’s Non-Public Art

January 3, 2017: Small World / Rocks Fall Up on Fifth Street

January 30, 2017: The Star Market Block

February 21, 2017: Jon Balderston’s Art and Collections

February 27, 2017: Ken Stein’s Berkeley Souvenir Spoons

March 21, 2017: Bungalow Courts

March 24, 2017: Relief Sculpture

March 31, 2017: Ken Stein’s Berkeley Buttons

April 11, 2017: New Murals, 2017 Edition

May 1, 2017: Rogue Little Free Libraries

May 30, 2017: Weathervanes

June 13, 2017: Jacquet Magique on Monterey

June 23, 2017: Eli Leon Collections for Sale

August 1, 2017: Peace Poles

September 5, 2017: Cloyne Court Murals

September 6, 2017: Ron and Abbey’s Muffler Men

September 7, 2017: Precision Peoples Auto’s Airplanes

September 19, 2017: Mark Bulwinkle Tiles

September 20, 2017: Lasher’s Electronics

October 2, 2017: The Artistic Legacy of Martin Metal

October 5, 2017: Ron Morgan’s Christmas Ornaments

October 9, 2017: Sheri Tharp’s Carved Picket Fence

October 23, 2017: Doors

Quirkeley

Video producer Siciliano Trevino runs Quirkeley.  Her description: “Quirkeley’s weekly YouTube series #Berkeley is your guide to the city, covering local events, people and quirky trends on Twitter and Instagram. Open your heart chakra and energize your chi: watch, subscribe and share our videos. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram. Like us on Facebook. And be sure to tell us what you think in the comments.”

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The on-camera presence is #Lisa, who gets Quirky Berkeley like nobody’s business.

On January 9th, she posted a short video on Quirky Berkeley – #Berkeley – Quirky Berkeley Tour.  It includes Bruce Dodd’s Giant Orange on Spruce, Buldon Seka’s giant ceramic freaks on Spruce, and Mark Olivier’s beach trash art on Colusa.

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On May 4th, she posted a second installment, featuring the doxie’sculpture house on Harper Street and the fish/tardigrade house on Matthews.

What does my friend think of all this media splash?   Predictable but true –

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