John Muir

Containing items ranging from hand-made indigenous maps to those based on works of fiction, Bancroft Library’s newest cartography exhibit brings a rich breadth of treasures for public display.

Members of the Berkeley community brought attention to a plaque memorializing brothers Joseph and John LeConte, known for their allegedly racist histories.

“I am about unpacking moments in our history that show precisely when Ginsberg and the Chicanos were hanging out, (or) when Ferlinghetti and my dad appeared in the same anthology.”

Once an institution is set in its ways, it can be hard for it to change. White men established their environmental boys’ club and were loath to give it up.

The league and Heyday were able to undertake this project by bringing together a team of five notable writers who — through their storytelling and knowledge of the richness of culture and science — look back at the history and future of redwood conservation.

Altman was fiercely committed to her work as a teacher at the Berkeley Unified School District and was beloved by students and family members alike, according to Barbara Ziony, Altman’s cousin. Altman was also the namesake of the Marian Altman Library at John Muir Elementary School.

After reading Henry David Thoreau’s “Walden,” inspired by his impassioned rejection of social structure, I proclaimed myself a transcendentalist.