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Paul Canin, a retired architect and World War II veteran, at his floating home in the Berkeley Marina, May 11, 2023. This article was produced in partnership with Berkeleyside, which provided the photos. (Photo/Ximena Natera-Berkeleyside-CatchLight)
Posted inObituaries

With a brush made of his own hair, he painted to survive in a Nazi POW camp

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 24, 2024May 14, 2024

Editor’s note: Paul Canin died on April 12, two weeks shy of his 101st birthday, his wife, Helen Canin, told Berkeleyside. They had been married for 72 years. In lieu of an […]

"Angels of Mercy Embrace the Dead" by Karen Benioff Friedman
Posted inArt

Where Jewish lives end, this East Bay artist’s work begins

Laura Pall by Laura Paull January 23, 2023February 1, 2023
"Please Rate Your Experience" by Lisa Kokin, 2021, part of CJM's "Tikkun" exhibit
Posted inCulture

The healing arts: CJM’s ‘Tikkun’ exhibit contemplates our fractured world

Laura Pall by Laura Paull February 4, 2022January 3, 2023
“Fragile,” blown and sandblasted glass, by Carol Roseman.
Posted inSeniors

After long, eclectic career, her creative drive is a ‘volcano’

by Liz Harris October 8, 2020October 14, 2020
A metal havdalah spice box by Barbara Stanger will be shown alongside works from her daughter and mother.
Posted inCulture

The metalworker, the painter and the sculptor — three generations of women artists in one exhibit

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 6, 2018
Falk sitting on a staircase
Posted inArt, Culture, Poetry

This Berkeley poet is equally at home with her paintbrushes

by Dan Pine June 14, 2017June 15, 2017
“Noe Valley, 2015” by Shalom Flash — painting of a row of colorful SF houses under a clear sky
Posted inArt, Culture

From Israel to S.F., a palette of vistas by ‘accidental’ painter

by Hannah Rubin January 17, 2017January 17, 2017

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