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Calendar of Events & Activities
Friday, Sept. 8
Computer, software help
Vista College, Room 303, 7 p.m.
Topic will center on Quicklink Pen, a small hand scanner
For more information call (510) 527-2177 or meldancing@aol.com
“Discipline & Citizenship”
conference
9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Graduate Theological Union
Bade Museum, Pacific School of Religion
1798 Scenic Ave.
895-4542
Conversational Yiddish
1 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
644-6107
Berkeley Critical Mass
5:30 p.m. gather, 6 p.m. ride
Downtown Berkeley BART plaza
Join scores of happy cyclists and even some rollers and joggers in this monthly celebration and street reclamation.
Kids welcome! After the ride there will be a free party.
273-9288
www.bclu.org
Saturday, Sept. 9
Open house
Julia Morgan center for the Arts
Meet new leaders and artist and learn about future plans for the facility. RSVPs encouraged
2640 College Ave. Berkeley
4- 7 p.m.
845-8542
Sunday, Sept. 10
“Doors to Madame Marie”
11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center
1414 Walnut St.
As part of the Jewish Learning Center’s Authors Series in the Library, Odette Meyers will be available for discussion and booksigning.
848-0237
“Next Stop, Greenwich
Village”
2-4:30 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center Cinema
1414 Walnut St.
Based on filmmaker Paul Mazursky’s own passage from Brooklyn to Greenwich Village, the film is about the dynamics of leaving home and trying to leave home behind. There will be a peer led discussion following the movie.
$2 suggested donation.
848-0237
Sunday, Sept. 10
Solano Avenue Stroll
10 a.m.
The Local Legacies on Parade kicks off with Grand Marshal Wavy Gravy. The mile-long block party is filled with over 75 entertainers including RhythMix - a women's percussion group, Frog Legs - a Cajun band, and Mal
Sharpe & Big Money in Dixieland. There's a giant slide, a bicycle ramp-jumping show, ethnic foods, game booths, a hang gliding simulator, pony rides, castle bounces, a silent auction, dunk tanks, art projects, palm readings and more. Admission is free.
Monday, Sept. 11
“12th annual Berkeley YMCA
Golf Tournament”
Tilden Park Golf Course
Shotgun Start at 11:00 a.m.
Entry fee includes cart, lunch on the course and dinner. Proceeds benefit Albany-Berkeley YMCA
$125 Entry Fee
549-4525
Voter workshop
1 p.m.
Learn about voting absentee and working a local polling places. North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
644-6107
Tuesday, Sept. 12
Tai Chi Chuan
11 a.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
644-6107
Wednesday, Sept. 13
Mid-Autumn Festival
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
644-6107
Last town hall meeting on the
Berkeley Housing Authority
Plan
6-8 p.m.
West Berkeley Senior Center
1900 Sixth St.
For information on the plan, call Wanda Remmers 548-8776
Thursday, Sept. 14
Eugene O’Neil House,
Mt. Diablo State Park Trip
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst and MLK Jr. Way
$21 per person
644-6107
Environmental Sampling Project Task Force
6:30 p.m.
First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way
Agenda items include public comment time and sampling reviews
486-4387
Pre-business workshop
Small-business Development Center
519 17th St. Suite 200, Oakland
8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
$35
273-6611, www.eastbayscore.org, eastbayscore@yahoo.com
Yoga class
2 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
644-6107
What next for Haiti?
7:30 p.m.
La Pena Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Avenue,
What is the true story behind the recent elections in Haiti? What’s the real impact of the global economy on Haiti?
483-7481
please call to reserve childcare
$5-10
Friday, Sept. 15
“The Barber of Seville”
1 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
644-6107
“Lift the Sanctions from Iraq”
Interfaith Brunch & Community Gathering
Talk by Denis Halliday, Former U.N. Assistant Secretary-General
10:30 a.m. -noon
Berkeley Friends Church, 1600 Sacramento
(510) 527-8370
Saturday, Sept. 16
Shoreline clean-up walk
10 a.m.
Seabreeze Market, on Frontage Road just west of University Avenue
Friends of Five Creeks leads a walk, talking about
history, wildlife, and restoration possibilities from Strawberry to Codornices Creeks, as part of Coastal Cleanup 2000.
Call: 848-9358
Sunday, September 17
Berkeley Citizen’s Action Endorsement Meeting
2-5 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
To include local and state endorsements.
Please place this upcoming event in your listings.
Contact: BCA Co-chair Linda Olivenbaum at (510) 652-1206
Call 549-0816
Thursday, Sept. 21
Hearing to terminate the
Conditional Order for
Abatement for Pacific Steel
Casting Co.
9:30 a.m.
Bay Area Air Quality management District
939 Ellis St. 7th Floor Board Room
San Francisco
415-749-4965
Friday, September 22
Point Reyes Nature Center, Earthquake Trail Trip
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst and MLK Jr. Way
$18 per person
644-6107
Saturday, Sept. 23
From Capitalism to Equality
2 p.m.
Niebyl-Proctor Library
6501 Telegraph Ave. at Alcatraz
Why have the conditions of work become more difficult and the
rewards more unequal since 1973? Join author Charles Andrews to
discuss these issues and solutions for them.
$5 admission includes $10 discount coupon the book, “From Capitalism to Equality”
535-2476
Sunday, Sept. 24
“First Steps in Finding your Family History”
Brunch 10:30 a.m., lecture 11 a.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center
1414 Walnut St.
Using both story-telling and generational techniques, Dr. Lois Silverstein will offer beginning steps to rediscovering family heritage and traditions.
$4 for BRJCC members and $5 for all others
848-0237
5th anniversary party and film festival
Bicycle Friendly Berkeley Fifth Birthday
6-8 p.m. party
film: 8:30-10:30 p.m.
Pyramid Alehouse Outdoor Movie Theater
1901 Gilman St.
The event is to honor five years of BFB bike advocacy. Films will include: “Pedalphiles and Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels”
Bring something to sit on.
Free to members; $10-$20 sliding scale to non members.
549-7433
“How Berkeley Can You Be?”
11 a.m. on University Avenue and California Street, culminating at Civic Center outside Berkeley High School
Festival in the park starts at 12:30 p.m.
849-4688, www.howberkeleycanyoube.com
Monday, Sept. 25
Open forum on affordable housing
5:30 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
Sean Heron of the East Bay Housing Organizations will talk about building a campaign for affordable housing. Sponsored by the Affordable Housing Advocacy Project.
1-800-773-2110
Wednesday, Sept. 27
“Improving your bottom line”
2-5 p.m.
Berkeley Yacht Club
1 Seawall Dr.
Speakers include, Mayor Shirley Dean, Dr. Drian Nattrass and Mary Altomare Natrass, authors of “The Natural Step for Business” and two of the world’s leading authorities on providing a strategic business framework promoting sustainabiliity and profitability.
Saturday, Sept. 30
Jim Hightower: “Election 2000: a Space Odyssey”
8 p.m.
King Middle School
1781 Rose St.
Sponsored by KPFA and Global Exchange
“I am an agitator,” Hightower says. “The agitator is the centerpost in a washing machine that gets the dirt out.”
$10 in advance/$12 at the door
848-6767 x609
Monday, October 2
“2nd annual Berkeley City Championship”
Tilden Park Golf Course
Entries accepted August 1. Entry Fee includes gift, cart and Awards Dinner. Proceeds benefit local organizations and projects. This event determines Berkeley City Champion and Seven other Flight Winners.
$115 Entry Fee
841-0972
“Clean Lies Dirty War”
7:30 p.m. Unitarian Fellowship, 1924 Cedar
Event is part of a national campaign to end sanctions on Iraq.
(510) 528-5403
Thursday, October 5
3rd annual Berkeley Black Police Officers’ Association Golf Tournament
Tilden Park Golf Course
Shotgun Start at 7:30 a.m. Entry Fee includes cart range balls and Award Luncheon. Proceeds benefit Berkeley Black Police Officers’ Scholarship Fund.
$99 Entry Fee
644-6554
ONGOING EVENTS
Sundays
Green Party Consensus Building Meeting
6 p.m.
2022 Blake St.
This is part of an ongoing series of discussions for the Green Party of Alameda County, leading up to endorsements on measures and candidates on the November ballot. This week’s focus will be the countywide new Measure B transportation sales tax. The meeting is open to all, regardless of party affiliation.
415-789-8418
Tuesdays
Easy Tilden Trails
9:30 a.m.
Tilden Regional Park, in the parking lot that dead ends at the Little Farm
Join a few seniors, the Tuesday Tilden Walkers, for a stroll around Jewel Lake and the Little Farm Area. Enjoy the beauty of the wildflowers, turtles, and warblers, and waterfowl.
215-7672; members.home.com/teachme99/tilden/index.html
Berkeley Farmers’ Market
2-7 p.m.
Derby Street between Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Milvia Street
548-3333
Berkeley Camera Club
7:30 p.m.
Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda
Share your slides and prints with other photographers. Critiques by qualified judges. Monthly field trips.
531-8664
Computer literacy course
6-8 p.m.
James Kenney Recreation Center, 1720 Eighth St.
This free course will cover topics such as running Windows, File Management, connecting to and surfing the web, using Email, creating Web pages, JavaScript and a simple overview of programming. The course is oriented for adults.
644-8511
Saturdays
Berkeley Farmers’ Market
10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Center Street between Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Milvia Street
548-3333
Poets Juan Sequeira and Wanna Thibideux Wright
Thursdays
The Disability Mural
4-7 p.m. through September
Integrated Arts
933 Parker
Drop-in Mural Studios will be held for community gatherings and tile-making sessions. This mural will be installed at Ed Roberts campus.
841-1466
Fridays
Ralph Nader for President
7 p.m.
Video showings to continue until November. Campaign donations are requested. Admission is free.
Contact Jack for directions at 524-1784.
2nd and 4th Sunday
Rhyme and Reason Open Mike Series
2:30 p.m.
UC Berkeley Art Museum, 2621 Durant Ave.
The public and students are invited. Sign-ups for the open mike begin at 2 p.m.
234-0727;642-5168
Tuesday and Thursday
Free computer class for seniors
9:30-11:30 a.m.
South Berkeley Senior Center, 2939 Ellis St.
This free course offers basic instruction in keyboarding, Microsoft Word, Windows 95, Excel and Internet access. Space is limited; the class is offered Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. Call ahead for a reservation.
644-6109
