Terry Taplin
@taplinterry.bsky.social
Berkeley D2 Councilmember. Poet. Classicist. Cyclist. Urbanist. Go Gaels!
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Did you know that the District 2 Office has a monthly newsletter? Our December 2025 edition went out yesterday! You can view it on our website below and sign up to receive future editions through email.
More Info: www.terrytaplin.com/newsletter/
More Info: www.terrytaplin.com/newsletter/
Join Chabad of the East Bay at their Chanukah Menorah Lighting Celebration and Parade, featuring live music, latkes, donuts, crafts, and games! 🕍 🕎 🎶 🥔 🍩 🎨 🎲
Sunday, December 14 | 3:30 - 6 pm
4th Street and Delaware Plaza
Register: berkeley.chabadsuite.net/civicrm/even...
Sunday, December 14 | 3:30 - 6 pm
4th Street and Delaware Plaza
Register: berkeley.chabadsuite.net/civicrm/even...
December 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Join Chabad of the East Bay at their Chanukah Menorah Lighting Celebration and Parade, featuring live music, latkes, donuts, crafts, and games! 🕍 🕎 🎶 🥔 🍩 🎨 🎲
Sunday, December 14 | 3:30 - 6 pm
4th Street and Delaware Plaza
Register: berkeley.chabadsuite.net/civicrm/even...
Sunday, December 14 | 3:30 - 6 pm
4th Street and Delaware Plaza
Register: berkeley.chabadsuite.net/civicrm/even...
Check out the Berkeley Repertory Theatre's upcoming show, "Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story Told by Jefferson Mays", which runs from December 16 to 21! 🎭 🎄
Get Tickets: www.berkeleyrep.org/shows/a-chri...
Get Tickets: www.berkeleyrep.org/shows/a-chri...
December 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Check out the Berkeley Repertory Theatre's upcoming show, "Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story Told by Jefferson Mays", which runs from December 16 to 21! 🎭 🎄
Get Tickets: www.berkeleyrep.org/shows/a-chri...
Get Tickets: www.berkeleyrep.org/shows/a-chri...
Shop local and shop small for the holidays in The Lorin District! 🎁
Kavamore Press' Pop-In Winter Fair
2828 McGee Avenue
Saturday, December 13 | 12 - 6 pm
Masked Healthy Hours | 10 am - 12 pm
Sunday, December 14 | 12 - 6 pm
Kids Secret Shop | | 10 am - 12 pm
Kavamore Press' Pop-In Winter Fair
2828 McGee Avenue
Saturday, December 13 | 12 - 6 pm
Masked Healthy Hours | 10 am - 12 pm
Sunday, December 14 | 12 - 6 pm
Kids Secret Shop | | 10 am - 12 pm
December 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Shop local and shop small for the holidays in The Lorin District! 🎁
Kavamore Press' Pop-In Winter Fair
2828 McGee Avenue
Saturday, December 13 | 12 - 6 pm
Masked Healthy Hours | 10 am - 12 pm
Sunday, December 14 | 12 - 6 pm
Kids Secret Shop | | 10 am - 12 pm
Kavamore Press' Pop-In Winter Fair
2828 McGee Avenue
Saturday, December 13 | 12 - 6 pm
Masked Healthy Hours | 10 am - 12 pm
Sunday, December 14 | 12 - 6 pm
Kids Secret Shop | | 10 am - 12 pm
Celebrate the holidays with Urban Adamah (1151 Sixth Street)! 🕍 🕎
Get Tickets: urbanadamah.org/events-works...
Hanukkah on the Farm
with Octopretzel
Monday, December 15
5 - 6:30 pm
Jewish Families of Color
Chanukah Celebration
Saturday, December 20
3:30 - 5:30 pm
Get Tickets: urbanadamah.org/events-works...
Hanukkah on the Farm
with Octopretzel
Monday, December 15
5 - 6:30 pm
Jewish Families of Color
Chanukah Celebration
Saturday, December 20
3:30 - 5:30 pm
December 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Celebrate the holidays with Urban Adamah (1151 Sixth Street)! 🕍 🕎
Get Tickets: urbanadamah.org/events-works...
Hanukkah on the Farm
with Octopretzel
Monday, December 15
5 - 6:30 pm
Jewish Families of Color
Chanukah Celebration
Saturday, December 20
3:30 - 5:30 pm
Get Tickets: urbanadamah.org/events-works...
Hanukkah on the Farm
with Octopretzel
Monday, December 15
5 - 6:30 pm
Jewish Families of Color
Chanukah Celebration
Saturday, December 20
3:30 - 5:30 pm
Check out the Berkeley Potters Guild's Holiday Show and Sale - this year's theme is “Through a Green Lens ~ Echoes of Earth, Vessels of Hope” 🏺
December 13, 14, 20 - 24
11 am - 5 pm | 731 Jones Street
More Info: berkeleypotters.com/guild-annual...
December 13, 14, 20 - 24
11 am - 5 pm | 731 Jones Street
More Info: berkeleypotters.com/guild-annual...
December 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Check out the Berkeley Potters Guild's Holiday Show and Sale - this year's theme is “Through a Green Lens ~ Echoes of Earth, Vessels of Hope” 🏺
December 13, 14, 20 - 24
11 am - 5 pm | 731 Jones Street
More Info: berkeleypotters.com/guild-annual...
December 13, 14, 20 - 24
11 am - 5 pm | 731 Jones Street
More Info: berkeleypotters.com/guild-annual...
Check out @berkhist.bsky.social's Holiday Book Sale! 📖 🎁
December 11 and 12 | 1 - 4 pm
1931 Center Street
You can also bid in their online auction on a lifetime membership that includes several of their publications!
Bid (By December 11): hotelshattuckplaza.betterworld.org/auctions/191...
December 11 and 12 | 1 - 4 pm
1931 Center Street
You can also bid in their online auction on a lifetime membership that includes several of their publications!
Bid (By December 11): hotelshattuckplaza.betterworld.org/auctions/191...
December 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Check out @berkhist.bsky.social's Holiday Book Sale! 📖 🎁
December 11 and 12 | 1 - 4 pm
1931 Center Street
You can also bid in their online auction on a lifetime membership that includes several of their publications!
Bid (By December 11): hotelshattuckplaza.betterworld.org/auctions/191...
December 11 and 12 | 1 - 4 pm
1931 Center Street
You can also bid in their online auction on a lifetime membership that includes several of their publications!
Bid (By December 11): hotelshattuckplaza.betterworld.org/auctions/191...
Join Donkey & Goat Winery at their Pét Nat Winter Artist Market, featuring artisan goods, festive beats, local cuisine, and crafts for kids! 🍷 🎁 🎶 🌮 🎨
Saturday, December 13 | 11 am - 5 pm
1340 Fifth Street
More Info: www.donkeyandgoat.com/events/event...
Saturday, December 13 | 11 am - 5 pm
1340 Fifth Street
More Info: www.donkeyandgoat.com/events/event...
December 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Join Donkey & Goat Winery at their Pét Nat Winter Artist Market, featuring artisan goods, festive beats, local cuisine, and crafts for kids! 🍷 🎁 🎶 🌮 🎨
Saturday, December 13 | 11 am - 5 pm
1340 Fifth Street
More Info: www.donkeyandgoat.com/events/event...
Saturday, December 13 | 11 am - 5 pm
1340 Fifth Street
More Info: www.donkeyandgoat.com/events/event...
Celebrate the holidays with the Jewish Community Center of the East Bay (1414 Walnut Street)! 🕍 🕎
Get Tickets: jcceastbay.org/events/
Family Chanukah Festival: Spark!
Sunday, December 14 | 2 - 4:30 pm
Older Adult Chanukah Luncheon
Thursday, December 18 | 11 am - 1 pm
Get Tickets: jcceastbay.org/events/
Family Chanukah Festival: Spark!
Sunday, December 14 | 2 - 4:30 pm
Older Adult Chanukah Luncheon
Thursday, December 18 | 11 am - 1 pm
December 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Celebrate the holidays with the Jewish Community Center of the East Bay (1414 Walnut Street)! 🕍 🕎
Get Tickets: jcceastbay.org/events/
Family Chanukah Festival: Spark!
Sunday, December 14 | 2 - 4:30 pm
Older Adult Chanukah Luncheon
Thursday, December 18 | 11 am - 1 pm
Get Tickets: jcceastbay.org/events/
Family Chanukah Festival: Spark!
Sunday, December 14 | 2 - 4:30 pm
Older Adult Chanukah Luncheon
Thursday, December 18 | 11 am - 1 pm
@berkeleyca.gov is seeking artists for the creation of two vertical public art pieces in a future park being developed on the former Santa Fe railroad track bed in West Berkeley! 🌳
More Info / Apply By January 12: berkeleyca.gov/community-re...
More Info / Apply By January 12: berkeleyca.gov/community-re...
December 9, 2025 at 1:07 AM
@berkeleyca.gov is seeking artists for the creation of two vertical public art pieces in a future park being developed on the former Santa Fe railroad track bed in West Berkeley! 🌳
More Info / Apply By January 12: berkeleyca.gov/community-re...
More Info / Apply By January 12: berkeleyca.gov/community-re...
Check out the Berkeley Art Center's upcoming exhibition, “[Obstructed view of the house through the trees with the road visible on the left side in the foreground.] or, black point reinterpretive site”! 🖼
December 13 - March 29
Opening Reception | 3 - 5 pm
1275 Walnut Street
December 13 - March 29
Opening Reception | 3 - 5 pm
1275 Walnut Street
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Check out the Berkeley Art Center's upcoming exhibition, “[Obstructed view of the house through the trees with the road visible on the left side in the foreground.] or, black point reinterpretive site”! 🖼
December 13 - March 29
Opening Reception | 3 - 5 pm
1275 Walnut Street
December 13 - March 29
Opening Reception | 3 - 5 pm
1275 Walnut Street
Tickets are still on sale for Berkeley Ballet's upcoming performance of “The Nutcracker Bird” - check it out! 🩰
December 13 and 14 | 1 pm and 5 pm
Oakland Scottish Rite Center
1547 Lakeside Drive
Get Tickets: www.berkeleyballet.org/nutcracker
December 13 and 14 | 1 pm and 5 pm
Oakland Scottish Rite Center
1547 Lakeside Drive
Get Tickets: www.berkeleyballet.org/nutcracker
December 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Tickets are still on sale for Berkeley Ballet's upcoming performance of “The Nutcracker Bird” - check it out! 🩰
December 13 and 14 | 1 pm and 5 pm
Oakland Scottish Rite Center
1547 Lakeside Drive
Get Tickets: www.berkeleyballet.org/nutcracker
December 13 and 14 | 1 pm and 5 pm
Oakland Scottish Rite Center
1547 Lakeside Drive
Get Tickets: www.berkeleyballet.org/nutcracker
Check out what is happening at Cal Performances (101 Zellerbach Hall) in December! 🎶 🎻 ⛪ 🏳️🌈
More Info: calperformances.org/2025-26-seas...
Ensemble Cherubim Chamber Chorus (Dec 13)
Soweto Gospel Choir (Dec 14)
San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus (Dec 20)
More Info: calperformances.org/2025-26-seas...
Ensemble Cherubim Chamber Chorus (Dec 13)
Soweto Gospel Choir (Dec 14)
San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus (Dec 20)
December 8, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Check out what is happening at Cal Performances (101 Zellerbach Hall) in December! 🎶 🎻 ⛪ 🏳️🌈
More Info: calperformances.org/2025-26-seas...
Ensemble Cherubim Chamber Chorus (Dec 13)
Soweto Gospel Choir (Dec 14)
San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus (Dec 20)
More Info: calperformances.org/2025-26-seas...
Ensemble Cherubim Chamber Chorus (Dec 13)
Soweto Gospel Choir (Dec 14)
San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus (Dec 20)
Join @lunadance.bsky.social at their free Family Dance Film Festival, a day-long celebration spotlighting cinematic and choreographic inventions! 🎥 💃🏾 🕺🏾
Sunday, December 13
9:30 am | 1 pm
2:30 pm | 4 pm
931 Ashby Avenue
Register: lunadancecreativity.org/product/fami...
Sunday, December 13
9:30 am | 1 pm
2:30 pm | 4 pm
931 Ashby Avenue
Register: lunadancecreativity.org/product/fami...
December 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Join @lunadance.bsky.social at their free Family Dance Film Festival, a day-long celebration spotlighting cinematic and choreographic inventions! 🎥 💃🏾 🕺🏾
Sunday, December 13
9:30 am | 1 pm
2:30 pm | 4 pm
931 Ashby Avenue
Register: lunadancecreativity.org/product/fami...
Sunday, December 13
9:30 am | 1 pm
2:30 pm | 4 pm
931 Ashby Avenue
Register: lunadancecreativity.org/product/fami...
Join Berkeley Humane and Headlands Brewing at their Adoption Fair and destress with dogs and puppies - 10% of sales will be donated! 🍺 🐶
Thursday, December 11 | 1 - 4 pm
2465 Bancroft Way
Thursday, December 11 | 1 - 4 pm
2465 Bancroft Way
December 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Join Berkeley Humane and Headlands Brewing at their Adoption Fair and destress with dogs and puppies - 10% of sales will be donated! 🍺 🐶
Thursday, December 11 | 1 - 4 pm
2465 Bancroft Way
Thursday, December 11 | 1 - 4 pm
2465 Bancroft Way
Donate to the Pacific Center for Human Growth's From Joy to Justice Peer-to-Peer Fundraiser or help fundraise (no experience necessary) - your donations support LGBTQ+ mental health! 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Donate: www.pacificcenter.org/donate
Fundraise: [email protected]
Donate: www.pacificcenter.org/donate
Fundraise: [email protected]
December 7, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Donate to the Pacific Center for Human Growth's From Joy to Justice Peer-to-Peer Fundraiser or help fundraise (no experience necessary) - your donations support LGBTQ+ mental health! 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Donate: www.pacificcenter.org/donate
Fundraise: [email protected]
Donate: www.pacificcenter.org/donate
Fundraise: [email protected]
Join the Hotel Shattuck Plaza at their 1910 Gala Soirée, celebrating 115 years as a historic Berkeley landmark and featuring a 7-course dinner, wine, champagne, live music, dancing, casino games, and a silent auction benefiting @berkhist.bsky.social, Berkeley Humane, and Dorothy Day House! 🏨🥘🍷🍾🎶💃🏾🎰💰
December 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Join the Hotel Shattuck Plaza at their 1910 Gala Soirée, celebrating 115 years as a historic Berkeley landmark and featuring a 7-course dinner, wine, champagne, live music, dancing, casino games, and a silent auction benefiting @berkhist.bsky.social, Berkeley Humane, and Dorothy Day House! 🏨🥘🍷🍾🎶💃🏾🎰💰
Check out Berkeley Art Studio's Holiday Pop-Up Shop, featuring unique, handmade gifts! 🎁 🏺 🧣 🖼️ 💎 👋🏾
December 5 - 14
Monday - Friday | 11 am - 8 pm
Saturday - Sunday | 11 am - 6 pm
UC Berkeley’s MLK Jr. Building
5th Floor, Tilden Room
More Info: 510-642-6161 or artstudio.berkeley.edu/holiday-pop-...
December 5 - 14
Monday - Friday | 11 am - 8 pm
Saturday - Sunday | 11 am - 6 pm
UC Berkeley’s MLK Jr. Building
5th Floor, Tilden Room
More Info: 510-642-6161 or artstudio.berkeley.edu/holiday-pop-...
December 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Check out Berkeley Art Studio's Holiday Pop-Up Shop, featuring unique, handmade gifts! 🎁 🏺 🧣 🖼️ 💎 👋🏾
December 5 - 14
Monday - Friday | 11 am - 8 pm
Saturday - Sunday | 11 am - 6 pm
UC Berkeley’s MLK Jr. Building
5th Floor, Tilden Room
More Info: 510-642-6161 or artstudio.berkeley.edu/holiday-pop-...
December 5 - 14
Monday - Friday | 11 am - 8 pm
Saturday - Sunday | 11 am - 6 pm
UC Berkeley’s MLK Jr. Building
5th Floor, Tilden Room
More Info: 510-642-6161 or artstudio.berkeley.edu/holiday-pop-...
Our office got a behind the scenes tour with @maryannekluth.bsky.social, the artist whose exhibit, “Après moi, le déluge” is currently on display at @berkeleyca.gov's Cube Space Gallery at 2010 Addison Street - check it out until January! 🖼️
More Info: berkeleyca.gov/community-re...
More Info: berkeleyca.gov/community-re...
December 6, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Our office got a behind the scenes tour with @maryannekluth.bsky.social, the artist whose exhibit, “Après moi, le déluge” is currently on display at @berkeleyca.gov's Cube Space Gallery at 2010 Addison Street - check it out until January! 🖼️
More Info: berkeleyca.gov/community-re...
More Info: berkeleyca.gov/community-re...
Celebrate the holidays with free matinees at Rialto Cinemas Elmwood - tickets available at box office (2966 College Avenue) Fridays before screening! 🎥
More Info: rialtocinemas.com/coming-soon-...
More Info: rialtocinemas.com/coming-soon-...
December 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Celebrate the holidays with free matinees at Rialto Cinemas Elmwood - tickets available at box office (2966 College Avenue) Fridays before screening! 🎥
More Info: rialtocinemas.com/coming-soon-...
More Info: rialtocinemas.com/coming-soon-...
Help support the Women's Daytime Drop-In Center and women and families in need! With community support, they can meet many of the needs of the 5,000 household visits they receive annually 🎁
Wish List: www.womensdropin.org/wish-list
Wish List: www.womensdropin.org/wish-list
December 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Help support the Women's Daytime Drop-In Center and women and families in need! With community support, they can meet many of the needs of the 5,000 household visits they receive annually 🎁
Wish List: www.womensdropin.org/wish-list
Wish List: www.womensdropin.org/wish-list
Help improve access to @berkeleyrentboard.bsky.social services by taking their quick Tenant and Landlord Rent Registry Survey!
Take Survey (By December 14): rentboard.berkeleyca.gov/elected-rent...
Take Survey (By December 14): rentboard.berkeleyca.gov/elected-rent...
December 5, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Help improve access to @berkeleyrentboard.bsky.social services by taking their quick Tenant and Landlord Rent Registry Survey!
Take Survey (By December 14): rentboard.berkeleyca.gov/elected-rent...
Take Survey (By December 14): rentboard.berkeleyca.gov/elected-rent...
Join @berkeleyca.gov at its Community Health Improvement Plan World Café Discussion to discuss findings and prioritize next steps!
Tuesday, December 9 | 5 - 7 pm
South Berkeley Senior Center
2929 Ellis Street
Register: survey.alchemer.com/s3/8581298/W...
Tuesday, December 9 | 5 - 7 pm
South Berkeley Senior Center
2929 Ellis Street
Register: survey.alchemer.com/s3/8581298/W...
December 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Join @berkeleyca.gov at its Community Health Improvement Plan World Café Discussion to discuss findings and prioritize next steps!
Tuesday, December 9 | 5 - 7 pm
South Berkeley Senior Center
2929 Ellis Street
Register: survey.alchemer.com/s3/8581298/W...
Tuesday, December 9 | 5 - 7 pm
South Berkeley Senior Center
2929 Ellis Street
Register: survey.alchemer.com/s3/8581298/W...
Check out Berkeley Ironworks' Holiday Craft Market Pop-Up, featuring local makers, unique products, spiced cider, churros, and Santa! 🧗🏿 🖼️ 💎 👛 🥤 🧥 🪢 🎅🏿
Monday, December 8 | 6 - 8:30 pm
800 Potter Street
Monday, December 8 | 6 - 8:30 pm
800 Potter Street
December 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Check out Berkeley Ironworks' Holiday Craft Market Pop-Up, featuring local makers, unique products, spiced cider, churros, and Santa! 🧗🏿 🖼️ 💎 👛 🥤 🧥 🪢 🎅🏿
Monday, December 8 | 6 - 8:30 pm
800 Potter Street
Monday, December 8 | 6 - 8:30 pm
800 Potter Street
Join @berkeleyca.gov and the Berkeley Food Network at their Free Food Pantry Pop-Up - bring your own bag! 🥗
Monday, December 8 | 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
West Berkeley Family Wellness Center
1900 Sixth Street
More Info: berkeleyca.gov/community-re...
Monday, December 8 | 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
West Berkeley Family Wellness Center
1900 Sixth Street
More Info: berkeleyca.gov/community-re...
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Join @berkeleyca.gov and the Berkeley Food Network at their Free Food Pantry Pop-Up - bring your own bag! 🥗
Monday, December 8 | 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
West Berkeley Family Wellness Center
1900 Sixth Street
More Info: berkeleyca.gov/community-re...
Monday, December 8 | 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
West Berkeley Family Wellness Center
1900 Sixth Street
More Info: berkeleyca.gov/community-re...
Join Creations Berkeley at their Christmas Celebration, featuring soul line dancing, food, drinks, vendors, a photo and video booth, and a Santa meet and greet! 🕺🏿 💃🏿 🌮 🥤 📷 📹 🎅🏿
Saturday, December 7 | 2 - 4 pm
Sports Basement | 2727 Milvia Street
Get Tickets: www.creationsberkeley.com/danceworksho...
Saturday, December 7 | 2 - 4 pm
Sports Basement | 2727 Milvia Street
Get Tickets: www.creationsberkeley.com/danceworksho...
December 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Join Creations Berkeley at their Christmas Celebration, featuring soul line dancing, food, drinks, vendors, a photo and video booth, and a Santa meet and greet! 🕺🏿 💃🏿 🌮 🥤 📷 📹 🎅🏿
Saturday, December 7 | 2 - 4 pm
Sports Basement | 2727 Milvia Street
Get Tickets: www.creationsberkeley.com/danceworksho...
Saturday, December 7 | 2 - 4 pm
Sports Basement | 2727 Milvia Street
Get Tickets: www.creationsberkeley.com/danceworksho...