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Zac Farber’s Biography

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Zac Farber is a writer and editor with experience in print and online journalism. He is the editor of the Southwest Journal, a community newspaper based in Southwest Minneapolis.

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The moral arc of Indian agent Lawrence Taliaferro

The moral arc of Indian agent Lawrence Taliaferro

U.S. Indian agent Lawrence Taliaferro, a bureaucrat who played a crucial role in the seizure of Native Americ…

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Home in the woods: Eliza Wheeler's family saga

Home in the woods: Eliza Wheeler's family saga

Marvel, her seven siblings and her widowed mother survived the Depression largely on their own initiative — h…

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Crack it. Buy it. Tear it down.

Crack it. Buy it. Tear it down.

Lowry Hill East neighbors mobilized to try to save what was once a 25-unit affordable apartment from demoliti…

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Training aims to make Minneapolis cops more compassionate

Training aims to make Minneapolis cops more compassionate

A look at the mindfulness program for Minneapolis Police Department officers led by Cindi Claypatch, a counse…

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Kayne Davis, 13, helps curate Mia photography show

Kayne Davis, 13, helps curate Mia photography show

Thirteen-year-old Kayne Davis lives in Whittier, just a couple blocks from the Minneapolis Institute of Art, …

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Kingfield pastor rallies evangelicals to vote against Trump

Kingfield pastor rallies evangelicals to vote against Trump

Doug Pagitt stepped down as pastor of Solomon’s Porch — the Kingfield church he founded two decades ago — and…

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Berkeley’s Dark Carnival bookstore, a home for sci-fi fans and fish-themed car emblem collectors, turns 50

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By Nathan Dalton, Zac Farber Verified
| Berkeleyside Verified
Dark Carnival, the fantasy and science fiction bookstore, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month. Credit: Dark Carnival Dark Carnival, Berkeley’s go-to bookstore for fantasy and sci-fi fans, is celebrating its half-century mark this month. “It’s been a surprising 50 years,” said owner Jack Rems, who opened the store in 1976 as a UC Berkeley undergrad. The most surprising thing of all might be that it managed to survive for so long.
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Artist studios pop up at Berkeley’s empty Half Price Books

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By Nathan Dalton, Zac Farber Verified
| Berkeleyside Verified
Artists tour the former Half Price Books space in downtown Berkeley where Zero Empty Spaces will be opening two dozen small artist studios. Credit: Nathan Dalton for Berkeleyside When Half Price Books closed in November, it left an 8,000-square-foot hole in the heart of downtown Berkeley. But the bookstore’s departure after 20 years holding down the corner of Shattuck Avenue and Addison Street has created an opportunity for local artists to make and sell their work.
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Pickleball in the sky: A new Berkeley club plays 6 stories above downtown

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By Nathan Dalton, Zac Farber Verified
| Berkeleyside Verified
Neighborhood Pickleball hopes to attract pros and novices alike to its three courts atop the six-story parking structure at 2061 Allston Way. Courtesy: Neighborhood Pickleball A local entrepreneur has built a little slice of pickleball heaven on top of a six-story parking garage in downtown Berkeley. Neighborhood Pickleball, which opened in May, was founded by Jim Jenkins, a software engineer and pickleball fanatic who lives in Orinda.
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