Near the Oakland Tool Library, Berkeley Tool Lending Library was the very first tool library in the US, starting in 1979 with $30,000 from a federal Community Development Block Grant .
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fashion
Dyed For You
Hand-dyed Silk Textiles, Clothing, and Accessories by Michelle Li Murphy Some of the most popular designs in fashion come from…
Dyed For You
Hand-dyed Silk Textiles, Clothing, and Accessories by Michelle Li Murphy Some of the most popular designs in fashion come from…
nightlife
Bent Ear
In the Bent Ear, Baynard Woods follows the great writer Joseph Mitchell, in allowing Baltimore's quirkier citizens to bend his…
Bent Ear
In the Bent Ear, Baynard Woods follows the great writer Joseph Mitchell, in allowing Baltimore's quirkier citizens to bend his…
social innovation
Beat Well
A young girl played a short rhythm during an open jam that I recognized as a basis from Baltimore Club…
Beat Well
A young girl played a short rhythm during an open jam that I recognized as a basis from Baltimore Club…
artist profiles
They’re Not Making Art Anymore :: An Interview with Fred Lazarus IV
After steering the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) for more than three decades, on a long-term course of expansion…
They’re Not Making Art Anymore :: An Interview with Fred Lazarus IV
After steering the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) for more than three decades, on a long-term course of expansion…
sustainability
Farmageddon
On Halloween nothing’s more frightening than a bobble headed Mr. Boh hanging out with the Gorton’s fisherman guy. Over the…
Farmageddon
On Halloween nothing’s more frightening than a bobble headed Mr. Boh hanging out with the Gorton’s fisherman guy. Over the…
technology
Real Science Fiction
Welcome to the future. In case you haven’t noticed, much of yesterday’s science fiction is rapidly becoming today’s reality. In…
Real Science Fiction
Welcome to the future. In case you haven’t noticed, much of yesterday’s science fiction is rapidly becoming today’s reality. In…
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