The Sit List: 5 events in Berkeley to end the week
Laugh with comedians, drink wine with the novelist Jonathan Lethem, learn about Berkeley’s food history, declutter your closet, watch a documentary about maternal mental health.
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We’re entered into a new era. It’s time to celebrate the change by laughing at a comedy special, joining a wine and novel pairing, perusing a Berkeley food history exhibit, decluttering your closet, and watching a documentary about maternal mental health.
LOCKDOWN COMEDY Laugh your way into a new chapter of U.S. history. They say laughter is the best medicine and there’s no better way to heal ourselves from the last four years than with a post-inauguration comedy show. Join this month’s installment of Lockdown Comedy, the brainchild of Lisa Geduldig, creator and producer of Kung Pao Kosher Comedy. This month, comedians Greg Proops, Ophira Eisenberg, and Sandra Valls will perform, along with Geduldig’s octogenarian moth
One thing we can all be thankful for this year: that the best Australian TV shows of 2020 had already wrapped and were ready to air before production plunged into a six-month COVID-19 hiatus. Here are the 10 homegrown highlights that made the last 12 months just a little bit more bearable – enjoy them while you can, because next year’s top 10 may struggle to get beyond five or six entries.
10. Hungry Ghosts
Season: one
Three generations of a Vietnamese-Australian family are still traumatised by the events of the Vietnam War, and their anguish isn’t helped when a vengeful spirit is released during the Hungry Ghost Festival, when dead ancestors rise as phantoms to visit the living.