Of Hippies and Hipsters Ashkenaz Center Has Gone From Activists’ Mecca to Hot Spot for Multicultural Music Groundation’s lead singer Harrison Stafford, wearing a turban, says the band has played at the Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center six times By ARLET ABRAHAMIAN Contributing Writer Tuesday, February 10, 2004 A wall of smoke and relaxed faces greet you as you enter the West Berkeley theater. The band lounges around the back room with their friends, smoking joints while preparing to go on stage, and the smell of burning incense sticks protruding from the walls blends with the marijuana smoke....