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Calendar of Events & Activities

Tuesday April 04, 2000


Tuesday, April 4

 

MLK’s Legal Legacy 

12:40 p.m. 

Boalt Hall Room 121, UC Berkeley campus 

Visiting Professor David Oppenheimer will speak on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legal legacy and how the Birmingham desegregation campaign led to the introduction of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. 

510-642-6969 

 

Free computer class for seniors 

1-4 p.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. 

510-644-6109 

 

Income tax help 

2-4 p.m. 

North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Ave. 

Call ahead for an appointment. 

510-644-6107 

 

Berkeley Farmers’ Market 

2-7 p.m. 

Derby Street between Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Milvia Street 

The market begins its summer hours today. 

510-548-3333 

 

The Berkeley Medal 

4 p.m. 

The Lipman Room, Eighth Floor, Barrows Hall, UC Berkeley campus 

The Berkeley Medal, established in 1981, is bestowed on individuals of exceptionally distinguished achievements whose work or contributions to society illustrate the ideals of the university. This year’s recipient is Mario Soares, president of Portugal from 1986 to 1996 and current member of the European Parliament. This event is open to the public. 

510-643-2115 

 

City Council meeting 

7 p.m. 

Council Chambers, Old City Hall, 2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way 

 

Beginner Bicyclist Workshop 

7-8:30 p.m. 

Conference Room 1, Downtown Berkeley YMCA, 2001 Allston Way 

Find the idea of riding your bike too daunting? If you’re just starting out, or haven’t ridden in years come to the Beginner Bicyclist Workshop. This course covers all the basics. Avoid the easy mistakes that can lead from everything from bike theft to skinned knees or worse. Zed Lopez and Jason Meggs of the Bicycle-Friendly Berkeley Coalition will teach this course, which is free and open to the public. No preregistration is required. 

510-549-RIDE 

 


Wednesday, April 5

 

“Humanitarian Intervention” 

10 a.m.-noon 

Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave. 

This is part of the Great Decisions program sponsored by the City Commons Club of Berkeley. The public is invited. Fee for the eight-week series is $35. Individual meetings may be attended for $5. 

510-526-2925 

 

Campus concert 

Noon 

Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley campus 

Jolie Lin, piano solo, will perform Bach’s “Goldberg” Aria & Variations, BWV 988 in this free concert. 

 

Art in the Garden 

2-4:30 p.m. 

UC Botanical Garden, 200 Centennial Drive 

Karen LeGault, a local artist and teacher whose work has been exhibited internationally, is leading this eight-week class in drawing and painting from nature. Both experienced artists and beginners are welcome. Call ahead for more information or to enroll. 

510-643-2755 

 

Community Chats 

4-6 p.m. 

122 Wheeler Hall, UC Berkeley campus 

This event, part of a series of workshops, is designed to raise the university community’s awareness of the health, social policy and research concerns that under-represented Bay Area populations define as their priorities. This gathering’s focus is on the Belizian, Dominican, Guatemalan, Honduran, Panamanian and Salvadoran communities. 

510-642-3785 

 

Airstream: The History of the Land Yacht 

7 p.m. 

Builders Booksource, 1817 Fourth St. 

Bryan Burkhart shares some of the joys of being an Airstreamer and the history of Wally Byam’s American icon. An Airstream enthusiast (owning a restored 1962 Flying Cloud), Burkhart presents photographs from the company’s archives. This free event will feature a slide presentation, talk and book-signing. 

510-845-6874; 

www.buildersbooksite.com 

 

Baby Bounce and Toddler Tales 

7 p.m. 

West Branch Berkeley Public Library, 1125 University Ave. 

This storytime program is designed for families with children up to 3 years old. The free, participatory program features a half hour of multicultural songs, rhymes, lap jogs and stories to give very young children a lively introduction to the magic of books. 

510-644-6870 

 

BUSD school board meeting 

7:30 p.m. 

Board/Council Chambers, Old City Hall, 2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way 

 

Fire Safety Commission 

7:30 p.m. 

Fire Department Training Facility, 997 Cedar St. 

The commission will hear reports on the buffer zone and on undergrounding utilities. 

 

Southside Night Safety Shuttle Meeting 

7:30 p.m. 

Willard Middle School cafetorium, 2425 Stuart St. 

The University of California at Berkeley will host a meeting to discuss changes in the bus routes of the Southside Night Safety Shuttle. Lt. Adan Tejada, UCPD Community Outreach, will present the proposed changes to the routes and schedules of the Safety Shuttle in a meeting open to the public. 

510-643-5299 

 

Poetry Flash 

7:30 p.m. 

Cody’s Books, 2454 Telegraph Ave. 

Gary Thompson, Dale Pendell and Laura McCarthy will be the featured poets at the event. Thompson’s new book of poems, “On John Muir’s Trail,” celebrates the California landscape past and present in a cutback, resonant language, a poet’s eye journey through time and terrain. Widely published in literary journals and anthologies, winner of an NEA writing grant, his two previous books are Hold Fast and As for Living. Pendell is a poet and botanist who has published an award-winning book on psychotropic plants. A companion volume will appear later this year. He was founding editor of KUKSU: Journal of Backcountry Writing and has led workshops in ethnobotany and ethnopoetics at Naropa Institute. His latest book of poems is “Living with Barbarians.” McCarthy is a bookmaker and printer as well as a poet; she’s currently an MFA student in Poetry at Mills. A $2 donation is requested. 

510-845-7852; 510-525-5476 

 


Thursday, April 6

 

“Thursday Birdwalk” 

7 a.m. 

Tilden Regional Park, Canon Drive off Grizzly Peak Boulevard 

Look for nesting birds and review last year’s data collection results. For age 10 and older. 

510-525-2233 

 

Lunch Poems series 

12:10 p.m. 

Morrison Room, Doe Library, UC Berkeley campus 

National Book Award finalist Carl Phillips will read his poems, following an introduction by Robert Hass. This free event is part of the Lunch Poems series on campus. 

510-642-0137 

 

Free computer class for seniors 

1-4 p.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. 

510-644-6109 

 

Income tax help 

2-4 p.m. 

North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Ave. 

Call ahead for an appointment. 

510-644-6107 

 

Asian Women in Theology 

6 p.m. reception; 7 p.m. panel discussion 

Pacific School of Religion Bade Museum, 1798 Scenic Ave. 

The panel will feature Nantawan Lewis, Metropolitan State University “Transforming the Canon of Theological Knowledge;” Seung Ai Yang, University of St. Thomas “Learning from the Tradition and History of Confucian Korea: A suggestion for Teaching and Learning in Theology;” Rita Nakashima Brock, Bunting Fellowship Program, “The Forgotten Asian Pacific Americans;” Jung Ha Kim, Georgia State University, “The First Shall be Last, and the Last, the First: The Reversed Reciprocity in Asian North America,” and Kwok Pui-Lan, Episcopal Divinity School “The Differences between Asian & Asian American Women Students.” 

510 849-0653