Page One
Calendar of Events & Activities
Saturday, July 15
Light Search and Rescue
9 a.m.-noon
Emergency Operations Center
997 Cedar St.
Free training classes to help families prepare for emergencies. The classes are open to Berkeley residents at least 18 years old, and will be taught by retired firefighters. They give hands-on training in how to put on a splint, extinguish a fire, use a fire hose, and more.
510-644-8736
Berkeley Farmers’ Market
10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Center Street between Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Milvia Street
510-548-3333
Kites
12:30-3:30 p.m.
Lawrence Hall of Science
Centennial Drive, below Grizzly Peak Blvd.
Come to the LAWRENCE HALL for children’s kite making activities and Indonesian coffee.
510-642-5132
www.lawrence hall.berkeley.edu
Sunday, July 16
People’s Park Rally
1 p.m.
People’s Park at Derby Street near Telegraph Avenue
Emergency rally on the future of People’s Park and the 133rd anniversary of the strike of 1877. Speakers/performers include Gina Smith, Carol Denney, Thunder, Gerald Smith, Roger Wilkins, Folk This, Leon Stevens, Clifford Fred, Michael Diehl, Michael Delacour and more.
510-841-7460
Rent Board nominations
1 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Ave.
Progressives will nominate a slate of candidates for the November election.
“In Our Own Hands”
2-4:30 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut St.
This film, part of the Sundays at the BRJCC Cinema series, features lively interviews and rare archival footage telling the story of a group of Jewish volunteers from Palestine who battled to become a fighting unit in the British army during World War II. A $2 donation is suggested.
510-848-0237
“Oliver!”
3:00 p.m.
Pacific Film Archive
2575 Bancroft Way @ Bowditch
This musical adaptation of Dickens’ Oliver Twist is recommended for children 8 and over. It recreates the journey of a young orphan from a paupers’ workhouse to the rough-and-tumble city life of London where he is introduced into a gang of thieves.
Tickets $4.00
510-642-5249
Meditation Seminar
2:30 p.m.
St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave.
Experience the Awaking of the soul through mediation on the Inner Light and sound. This event is free of charge. Free.
510-845-9648
“Endangering the Species”
4:30 p.m.
Berkeley Community Media
Cable Channel 25
“Endangering the Species” a video tells the story of homeless people from the perspective of a homeless producer, ASUC Art Student Ken Moshesh.
Monday, July 17
Tai Chi Chih
1 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst at MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAY Jr. Way
Come for Tai Chi Chih with Ben Levitan.
510-644-6107
Tuesday, July 18
Big Band/Show Tunes
1:15 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst at MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAY Jr. Way
Come for live music with piano, trumpet and violin.
510-644-6107
“What is nice?”
7-9 p.m.
Jewish Community Center
1414 Walnut Ave.
Come for a free discussion and social group, open to everyone regardless of age, religion or view point.
510-527-5332
Wednesday, July 19
“Women Who Run With Words”
7:30 p.m.
Diesil Bookstore
5433 College Ave, Oakland
A writing workshop created by local poet Ruth Wynkoop, who will present a group reading of poetry and short prose.
510-848-1069
Ballroom Dance
10 a.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst at MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAY Jr. Way
Come for a practice session of ballroom dance.
510-644-6107
“Chinese Calligraphy” with Mrs. Jou
1:00 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst at MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAY Jr. Way
510-644-6107
Thursday, July 20
“La Ciudad”
7:00 p.m.
Revolution Books
2425 Channing Way
“La Ciudad,” filmed in black and white, presents four stories about people from Latin America who have come to work and survive in New York City. A garment worker in a sweatshop, a homeless puppeteer and his daughter, a young man newly arrived from Puebla, Mexico who crashed a quincenera – sweet fifteen – party, and a group of day laborers hired to clean huge stacks of bricks for pennies. The actors in this film are immigrant workers who had a special stake in bringing these stories to light.
