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Calendar of Events & Activities

Saturday August 26, 2000

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 848-423

Last scheduled Underhill

movie night

9 p.m.

Underhill lot at College and Channing

Protesters against the development of the Underhill lot as a parking structure will have the last movie-showing of the year: “Berkeley in the 60's” and “Pulp Fiction.”

http://www.bclu.org/underhill/

CREW-CUT

Volunteer Orientation at Bird

Rescue

10 a.m.-noon

699 Potter St., Aquatic Park

International Bird Rescue and Research in Berkeley will be holding a volunteer orientation for people who want to help injured and orphaned native birds and to learn more about the skill of wildlife rehabilitation.

call 841-9086 to register

Star Alliance 15th

Anniversary

1-4 p.m.

Live Oak Park

1301 Shattuck Ave.

Star Alliance — an institute for world peace — initiates its 15th

Anniversary Year with a free concert they’re calling “Sitar, guitar & song.” The public is invited! Topping the bill is Indian sitarist Habib Kahn, freshly returned from concerts in Lebanon. Ballads in English and Spanish will be sung by composer-vocalist Michael DeWall. Brian Wallace will perform on the sarood and sing his unique song.

The event is free.

848-2764

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.

Open Indoor Rehearsal for

Breast/Nude Freedom Parade

3 p.m.

1109 Addison St.

Indoors for festive topfree anthem singing, group-body dancing, and practice for unveiling our bodies in

preparation for next month's outdoor 9th Annual

Breast/Nude Freedom Parade.

848-1985;

www.xplicitplayers.com.

Community weeding

Cragmont Elementary School

830 Regal Road

9 a.m. - noon and 1-4 p.m.

This is going to be the initial clearing for the start of a large community garden project at the school, sponsored by an Eagle Scout troup. Bring gloves, snacks will be provided.

For more information, call 525-6058.

Monday, August 28

“The Universal, the Particular

and the Personal in Liturgy”

8 p.m.

Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center

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.

Tai Chi Chih

1 p.m.

North Berkeley Senior Center

1901 Hearst and MLK Jr. Way

With Ben Levitan.

644-6107

Tuesday, August 29

Golden Age Party Celebration

1:15 p.m.

North Berkeley Senior Center

1901 Hearst and MLK Jr. Way

Celebration honoring seniors over 90 years of age.

644-6107

“The Akedah: To Be a Servant

of God”

8 p.m.

Berkeley Richmond JCC

1414 Walnut St.

Rabbi Yosef Leitbowitzr, from Israel, presents a free evening lecture, in English, with the cooperation with the Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay.

Wednesday, Aug. 30

“Rav Kuk’s Concepts of

Repentance”

8 p.m.

Berkeley Richmond JCC

1414 Walnut St.

Rabbi Yosef Leitbowitzr, from Israel, presents a free evening lecture, in English, with the cooperation with the Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay.

Rhythm Magic

1:15 p.m.

North Berkeley Senior Center

1901 Hearst and MLK Jr. Way

With Mikka.

644-6107

Bridge

1 p.m.

Live Oak Community Center

1301 Shattuck Ave.

The games are open to all players

For partnership and other informa-