Meeting Tonight: Turn UC Theater into a Music Venue?

A 7 p.m. zoning board meeting in Berkeley tonight will address the possibility of rezoning Berkeley’s UC Theater, which has been empty since Landmark Theatres abandoned it in 2001, to allow it to be converted into an all-ages, multi-genre live music venue. Business partners David M. Mayeri and Dawn Holliday, who run Slim’s in San Francisco, will request a use permit modification from the zoning board tonight, according to the Berkeley Daily Planet. They’ve also encouraged members of the public to speak in support of the project at tonight’s meeting. It takes place at 2134 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, on the second floor.