Page One
Calendar of Events & Activities
Tuesday, August 22
Meeting to address traffic
concerns
7:30-9:30 p.m.
St. John’s Church
2727 College Ave.
First in a series of city-sponsored meetings addressing traffic concerns in the Ashby-College avenues area.
665-3440
Dr. Art’s Guide to Planet
Earth
7 p.m.
Ecology Center
2530 San Pablo Ave.
Dr. Art Sussman, author of “Dr. Art’s Guide to Planet Earth,” combines scientific demonstrations with audience participation to introduce easy-to-understand principles that explain how our planet works.
Blood Pressure Measure
9:30-11:30 a.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst and MLK Jr. Way
With Alice Meyers.
644-6107
Wednesday, Aug. 23
Disaster Committee
7 p.m.
Emergency Operations Center
997 Cedar Street
Agenda includes a discussion led by Jeanne Perkins of Association of Bay Area Governments on a housing study by the Association of Bay Area governments and a discussion of disaster preparedness in the schools.
Low Vision Speaker
1 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst and MLK Jr. Way
John Mortimore from Accessibility Incorporated will demonstrate a closed circuit magnifying TV.
644-6107
Meeting on Nextel Antennas
7 p.m.
Northbrae Community Church
941 The Alameda
Nextel has applied to the city to install 12 radiation-emitting antennas for cell phone transmisson on the roof of the Oaks Theater. Neighbors are hosting an informational meeting. A Nextel representative will attend.
524-0121
Thursday, August 24
Community Dance Party
7:45-9:45 p.m.
Live Oak Park
1301 Shattuck Ave.
Dance instructions will be provided by The Berkeley Folk Dancers.
Teens $2, adult non-members $4.
524-7803
Movie: Anastasia
1 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst and MLK Jr. Way
Featuring Bergman, Brenner, and Hayes.
644-6107
Fair Campaign Practices
Commission
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
Health Room
The agenda will include a discussion with the city clerk about the use of the web site for publicaton of campaign contribution information.
West Berkeley Project Area
Commission
7 p.m.
West Berkeley Senior Center
1900 Sixth St.
Among the items to be discussed are the request for proposals for a parking garage and a Fifth Street public market.
League of Women Voters
Luncheon
noon
Bay Holiday Inn
1800 Powell St.
UC Berkeley Professor Bruce Cain will speak
$45
Call: 642-1657
Saturday, August 26
“Wild about Books”
10:30 a.m.
Berkeley Public Central Library
2121 Allston Way
“Hats Off to Reading!” You’ll hear about lost hats, matching hats, paper hats-and make your own to take home with you. Frog and Toad plant a garden together.
Sophocles’ “Antigone”
1:30 p.m.
Fellowship of Humanity, garden
411 28th St. and Broadway
Oakland
A staged reading of an adaptation of “Antigone” by Walter Springer.
Contributions.
451-5818
Open House Tour of the Dharma Publishing Showroom and Tibetan Aid Project.
10:30 a.m. - 12 noon
The tour will show traditional Tibetan book making, sacred art projects, and spinning copper prayer wheels. The video provides a look at the World Peace Ceremony in Bodhgaya, India. A vegetarian lunch will be served to all who stay and volunteer on one of the projects.
RSVP lunch and volunteers only, 1-3 p.m.
548-5407 or 848-4238
Sunday, August 27
“Hearing the Voice of the Lad
Where He Is: Rosh Hashanah”
8 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond JCC
1414 Walnut St.
Rabbi Ben Hollander, from Israel, presents a free evening lecture, in English, with the cooperation with the Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay.
World Music Festival
Noon to 6 p.m.
Durant Avenue just above Telegraph.
Telegraph merchants, artists, craftspeople, restaurants, and clubs will participate in this exciting event, which is Free and accessible to the entire Bay Area community.
Featured artists include ten-piece salsa veterans Orequestra Charanson; the modern Afro-beat band Kotoja; the West Coast's premier zydeco band, Zydeco Flames; and Liza Silva & Voz do Brazil.
The Festival is seeking volunteers, sponsors, and booth vendors. For further information, call 510-649-9500 or e-mail taa@transbay.net.
