Free 20-Minute Photo Coaching Session with Camera or Lens

Looking Glass Photographic Outfitters

Here in Berkeley, Looking Glass Photo is where gear, guidance, and community come together—since 1971. We’re a boutique-style camera shop that outfits photographers with exactly what they need and nothing they don’t. That means real conversations, hands-on help, and curated solutions across top brands like Canon, Nikon, Fujifilm, Sony and more. We carry new gear, offer a thoughtful selection of preowned and consignment cameras and lenses, and place special orders when the perfect fit isn’t on the shelf. Learning is at the heart of what we do. Join our small-group classes and workshops, sign up for photo adventures in the wild (from tide pools to elk rut season), or dig into image reviews and practical technique sessions. Our Rentals program makes it easy to test drive the latest bodies, lenses, lighting and accessories—perfect for a weekend project or a big assignment—while our “Try Before You Buy” and paid Gear Outfitting service help you make confident choices. What makes us unique? Personalized coaching before and after a purchase, community-driven events (including our Photo Friends network), and a values-driven approach that puts longevity and stewardship first. We stand behind the gear we sell, keep darkroom and printing essentials flowing, and cheer on your growth every step of the way. Whether you’re brand-new to photography or a seasoned pro, Looking Glass is your trusted partner for classes, adventures, rentals, consignment and used gear, and a welcoming community that lifts each other up.

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Here in Berkeley, Looking Glass Photo is where gear, guidance, and community come together—since 1971. We’re a boutique-style camera shop that...

Perfect Timing Personnel Services is a premier staffing and

Perfect Timing Personnel Services

Perfect Timing Personnel Services is a premier staffing and recruitment agency serving the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, San Rafael and Sonoma. With over 20 years of experience, the firm specializes in connecting employers with skilled professionals through tailored temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct hire solutions. They are dedicated to fostering long-term success by aligning candidate strengths with the unique culture and goals of each client. The agency provides comprehensive recruitment expertise across diverse sectors, including healthcare, government, non-profit, finance, and administrative services. Their specialized approach covers critical roles in accounting, human resources, marketing, and customer support, ensuring that businesses receive high-quality talent ready to contribute from day one. By combining rigorous candidate screening with deep market insights, they help organizations navigate complex employment needs effectively. Trusted by local businesses and backed by over 70 positive reviews, Perfect Timing Personnel Services is known for its commitment to lasting professional relationships. Clients and job seekers can expect a collaborative, transparent process that prioritizes clear communication and ongoing support throughout the entire hiring and onboarding journey.

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Does your website look great but people still drop off before buying, booking, or signing up? Most small business owners don’t realize accessibility might be the reason. Your site might “pass” an automated scan or look fine visually, but still be impossible to use for people navigating by keyboard, screen reader, or other assistive tech. Automated tools don’t test whether someone can actually fill out a form, complete a purchase, book a service, or make a donation. That’s where accessibility issues tend to hide. In fact, WebAIM’s 2025 Million report found that 94.8% of the top 1,000,000 home pages had detectable Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) failures. That’s where I come in. I run hands-on accessibility reviews that go beyond automated tools. I test your site like a real user would and translate the findings into clear, prioritized fixes you can implement or hand to your developer or designer. Ways to work together: 1. Full Website Accessibility Audit (deep review across your site) 2. Homepage-Only Mini Audit (fast check of your most-visited page) 3. PDF Accessibility Conversion (make PDFs usable with screen readers) 4. Alt Text Writing Packages (product photos, homepage images, posts) 5. Email Signature Accessibility Review (fix a common, overlooked barrier) 6. Social Media Accessibility Quick Review (graphics, captions, links, video basics) and more! What you’ll get (always): 1. Plain-language results 2. A prioritized fix list 3. Practical guidance you can use right away Our approach Transparent pricing • Fast turnaround • WCAG-aligned • ADA/Section 508–informed • Bay Area + remote clients If your site is hard to use, it’s hard to grow. Prioritizing accessibility helps more people access your content, services, and opportunities. contact@accessibilityinpractice.com

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Leader: Sandy Friedland Transit: AC buses <a href="http://www.actransit.org/maps/schedule_results.php?version_id=14&amp;quick_line=7&amp;Go=Go&amp;maps_line=7&amp;current_schedule=6819" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">#7</a> Come gawk and gaze at sublime and silly, whimsical and wondrous yards - not to mention window and wall - art in Southeast Berkeley. Sandy Friedland will be your docent on this tour of true outsider "galleries." Curious children who can walk a few miles are welcome. The route includes some steep stairs and hilly streets. HEAVY RAIN CANCELS. No dogs, please.

Leader: Sandy Friedland

Transit: AC buses <a href="http://www.actransit.org/maps/schedule_results.php?version_id=14&amp;quick_line=7&amp;Go=Go&amp;maps_line=7&amp;current_schedule=6819" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">#7</a> Come gawk and gaze at sublime and silly, whimsical and wondrous yards - not to mention window and wall - art in Southeast Berkeley. Sandy Friedland will be your docent on this tour of true outsider "galleries." Curious children who can walk a few miles are welcome. The route includes some steep stairs and hilly streets. HEAVY RAIN CANCELS. No dogs, please.

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Starfish Arts

Join us at the brand new Starfish Arts building featuring the premiere of Siren Gallery. New To You is our first curated group art show featuring established and emerging local artists. This is not to be missed. Starfish Arts is the premiere anchor makers and exhibit space in the East bay and serves as the new hub of Berkeley’s &nbsp;Gilman Arts district. VIP Collectors preview on September 30 6-8pm and the public opening is October 1, 6-8pm.

Local Event: New To You: a premiere gallery exhibition

New To You: a premiere gallery exhibition

Join us at the brand new Starfish Arts building featuring the premiere of Siren Gallery. New To You is our first curated group...

Hillside Club

OJC is very excited to present this collaborative musical event featuring Stephanie Crawford! She is an internationally acclaimed singer and that rare bird: a black trans vocal musician in the exceedingly straight jazz world.Born in 1942, she grew up in Detroit, Michigan, during the Golden Age of modern jazz. Always a lover of music, she did not, however, sing in public until she was 36, after working on a Chrysler assembly line and as a short-order cook, and earning a bachelor’s degree in painting from Wayne State University. Along the way, at age 26, she also underwent a new “male-to-female gender reassignment surgery” offered by the University of Michigan.Having studied with renowned bop pianist Barry Harris in New York, she migrated to Paris, where she remained for several years, performing and teaching at prestigious schools of music, various festivals, and venues such as The Duc des Lombards, The Sunset, New Morning, and a host of other establishments, winning the Django D’Or award for Best International Jazz Vocalist. In New York, she has performed in such famed venues as Wigstock, The Pyramid, Sweet Basil, The Blue Note, Jazzmania, and Barry Harris Jazz Cultural Theatre, among others. She is a sublime interpreter of the American and Brazilian songbook, performing in the classic jazz vocal tradition of Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, and Betty Carter. TICKETS ON SALE NOW!!LIGHT&nbsp;REFRESHMENTS&nbsp;WILL&nbsp;BE&nbsp;SERVED

Local Event: Oakland Jazz Choir live at the Hillside Club w/guest Stephanie Crawford

Oakland Jazz Choir live at the Hillside Club...

OJC is very excited to present this collaborative musical event featuring Stephanie Crawford! She is an internationally...

Oakland Jazz Choir live at the Hillside Club w/guest Stephanie Crawford

Live Oak Theater

One of the most treasured comedies in English-speaking theater, Oscar Wilde’s THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST never fails to delight&nbsp;and amuse audiences - and it provides nine of the most delicious roles in the canon.&nbsp; A madcap farce about mistaken identities, secret romantic engagements, and acute&nbsp;social class satire, EARNEST also contains one of the theater’s wittiest and most&nbsp;sophisticated texts.Plays October 2nd - 18th in the charming and intimate Live Oak Theater in north Berkeley, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30, Sundays at 2 p.m.Tickets and more info at our website www.aeofberkeley.org Directed by Jay Manley with Jane Goodwin, with: Jack - Nikolas Greene Lady Bracknell - Paulette Herring Gwendolen - Bri Hunter Algernon - Moshe Quinn Cecily - Sophie Ruf Miss Prism - Linda Scaparotti Rev. Chasuble - Mark Shepard Lane/Merriman - Jeff Trescott

Local Event: The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde

The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde

One of the most treasured comedies in English-speaking theater, Oscar Wilde’s THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST never fails to...

Greetings neighbors!
I manage the Oakland Jazz Choir and we are coming to N.Berkeley’s Hillside Club next Friday OCTOBER 2, 7:30 PM.
5 &amp; 6 part vocal jazz harmonies like you’ve never heard! HOPE TO SEE YOU!
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IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS!!
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We look forward to seeing you!
Forget your, mine &amp; our troubles for an evening, and c'mon out and get happy!
Meet &amp; Greet the Choir and enjoy some light refreshments!
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Local Event: Hillside Club presents the Oakland Jazz Choir w/ Guest Vocalist Stephanie Crawford

Hillside Club presents the Oakland Jazz Choir...

Greetings neighbors!
I manage the Oakland Jazz Choir and we are coming to N.Berkeley’s Hillside Club next Friday OCTOBER 2,...

Hillside Club presents the Oakland Jazz Choir w/ Guest Vocalist Stephanie Crawford

One of the most treasured comedies in English-speaking theater, Oscar Wilde’s THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST never fails to delight&nbsp;and amuse audiences - and it provides nine of the most delicious roles in the canon.&nbsp; A madcap farce about mistaken identities, secret romantic engagements, and acute&nbsp;social class satire, EARNEST also contains one of the theater’s wittiest and most&nbsp;sophisticated texts.
Plays October 2nd - 18th in the charming and intimate Live Oak Theater in north Berkeley, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30, Sundays at 2 p.m.
Tickets and more info at our website <a href="https://www.aeofberkeley.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">aeofberkeley.org</a> Directed by Jay Manley with Jane Goodwin, with: Jack - Nikolas Greene Lady Bracknell - Paulette Herring Gwendolen - Bri Hunter Algernon - Moshe Quinn Cecily - Sophie Ruf Miss Prism - Linda Scaparotti Rev. Chasuble - Mark Shepard Lane/Merriman - Jeff Trescott

One of the most treasured comedies in English-speaking theater, Oscar Wilde’s THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST never fails to delight&nbsp;and amuse audiences - and it provides nine of the most delicious roles in the canon.&nbsp; A madcap farce about mistaken identities, secret romantic engagements, and acute&nbsp;social class satire, EARNEST also contains one of the theater’s wittiest and most&nbsp;sophisticated texts.
Plays October 2nd - 18th in the charming and intimate Live Oak Theater in north Berkeley, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30, Sundays at 2 p.m.
Tickets and more info at our website <a href="https://www.aeofberkeley.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">aeofberkeley.org</a> Directed by Jay Manley with Jane Goodwin, with: Jack - Nikolas Greene Lady Bracknell - Paulette Herring Gwendolen - Bri Hunter Algernon - Moshe Quinn Cecily - Sophie Ruf Miss Prism - Linda Scaparotti Rev. Chasuble - Mark Shepard Lane/Merriman - Jeff Trescott

Local Event: The Importancce of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde

The Importancce of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde

Northbrae Community Church

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A light lunch will be served.
Our speakers for this event are Tim Stevens, Business Development with <a href="https://www.homesafety.net/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Home Safety Services</a>, and Cheri Sacks, Nurse Health Coach with <a href="https://chronichealthwisdom.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Chronic Health Wisdom</a>.

Local Event: Home Safety & Pain Management for Everyday Living

Home Safety & Pain Management for Everyday Living

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