Photos: Back to the '80s at Totally Tennyson

The Berkeley neighborhood went back to the '80s this weekend when Totally Tennyson took over the Tennyson Street strip from 35th to 46th avenues for a street crawl and party that ended with live music and a high-stakes costume contest at the Oriental Theater. Photographer Marissa Shevins brought back these...

By Westword Staff

April 28, 2014

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The Berkeley neighborhood went back to the '80s this weekend when Totally Tennyson took over the Tennyson Street strip from 35th to 46th avenues for a street crawl and party that ended with live music and a high-stakes costume contest at the Oriental Theater. Photographer Marissa Shevins brought back these images of the big-hair shredders and other pop-culture heroes of thirty years ago -- from Mr. T to Olivia Newton John -- who wandered the street on Saturday.

Continue reading for more photos from Totally Tennyson.

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