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Calendar of Events & Activities
Friday, June 9
“A Reason to Vote”
Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave.
Ellen Jefferds, Natural Law Party’s candidate for the Ninth Congressional District, will speak during this week’s meeting of the City Commons Club. Social hour begins at 11:15 a.m. Luncheon is served from 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Speaker starts promptly at 12:30 p.m. Lunch is $11 or $12.25; admission to the speech is $1, free for students.
510-848-3533
Ensemble Anonymus
Noon
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft Way
Part of the Sixth Biennial Berkeley Festival & Exhibition. Tickets $16.
510-642-9988
Conversational Yiddish
1 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Ave.
510-644-6107
Le Carrousel Du Roi
4 p.m.
Heather Farms Park, Walnut Creek
Part of the Sixth Biennial Berkeley Festival & Exhibition. Tickets $26.
510-642-9988
Artaria Quartet
5 p.m.
Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley campus
Part of the Sixth Biennial Berkeley Festival & Exhibition. Tickets $18.
510-642-9988
American Bach Soloists
8 p.m.
First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way
Part of the Sixth Biennial Berkeley Festival & Exhibition. Tickets $24, $30, $42.
510-642-9988
Tragicomedia, with soprano Suzie LeBlanc
10:30 p.m.
Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley campus
Part of the Sixth Biennial Berkeley Festival & Exhibition. Tickets $22.
510-642-9988
Saturday, June 10
Spring Yard Sale
Pacific Center, 2712 Telegraph Ave.
The Pacific Center holds this annual Yard Sale as a fund-raiser for its programs. Clean out your closets and donate all that usable stuff you don’t need anymore (please no computer equipment or old electronics). Donations can be left at the Pacific Center through Friday. Sale continues through Sunday.
510-548-8283;
www.pacificcenter.org
Berkeley Farmers’ Market
10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Center Street between Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Milvia Street
510-548-3333
East Bay Open Studios
11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Various sites around the East Bay
Artists will open their doors to the public this weekend for the 18th annual event. A number of artists are located here in Berkeley, as well as in other communities throughout the East Bay.
510-763-4361;
www.proartsgallery.org
Live Oak Park Fair
11 a.m.-6 p.m
Live Oak Park, North Shattuck at Berryman
This free event will feature dozens of booths with original art and handmade crafts. A variety of food and entertainment will be offered. This is the fair’s 30th anniversary. The event continues through Sunday.
510-986-9337
Rebel
3 p.m.
Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley campus
Part of the Sixth Biennial Berkeley Festival & Exhibition. Tickets $26.
510-642-9988
Flanders Recorder Quartet
8 p.m.
Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley campus
Part of the Sixth Biennial Berkeley Festival & Exhibition. Tickets $26.
510-642-9988
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
8 p.m.
First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way
Paul Goodwin will be the guest conductor.
Part of the Sixth Biennial Berkeley Festival & Exhibition. Tickets $30, $40, $45.
510-642-9988
Pedestrian “Bike-In” Movie Night Party and Protest
9 p.m.
Underhill parking lot, Channing and College
This week’s feature: “Clerks,” plus video activist shorts. Help transform a parking lot into a paradise every Saturday night this summer in protest of the University’s plan to build a new parking structure on the site.
510-CREW-CUT;
www.geocities.com/rickisyoung
Ensemble Anonymus
10:30 p.m.
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft Way
Part of the Sixth Biennial Berkeley Festival & Exhibition. Tickets $18.
510-642-9988
Sunday, June 11
Spring Yard Sale
Pacific Center, 2712 Telegraph Ave.
The Pacific Center holds this annual Yard Sale as a fund-raiser for its programs. Clean out your closets and donate all that usable stuff you don’t need anymore (please no computer equipment or old electronics). Donations can be left at the Pacific Center through Friday.
510-548-8283;
www.pacificcenter.org
Live Oak Park Fair
11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Live Oak Park, North Shattuck at Berryman
This free event will feature dozens of booths with original art and handmade crafts. A variety of food and entertainment will be offered. This is the fair’s 30th anniversary.
510-986-9337
East Bay Open Studios
11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Various sites around the East Bay
Artists will open their doors to the public this weekend for the 18th annual event. A number of artists are located here in Berkeley, as well as in other communities throughout the East Bay.
510-763-4361;
www.proartsgallery.org
Rhyme and Reason Open Mike Series
2:30 p.m.
UC Berkeley Art Museum, 2621 Durant Ave.
The public and students are invited. Signups for the open mike begin at 2 p.m. Poets Juan Sequeira and Wanna Thibideux Wright are scheduled to participate.
510-234-0727; 510-642-5168
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
3 p.m.
First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way
Paul Goodwin will be the guest conductor.
Part of the Sixth Biennial Berkeley Festival & Exhibition. Tickets $30, $40, $45.
510-642-9988
Green Party Politics presentation and discussion
6-7 p.m.
Berkeley Grass Roots House, 2022 Blake St.
Bud Dickinson will be giving his version of the History of the National Green Party: Why are there TWO? Discussion on Unity between Association of State Green Parties (ASGP) and Green Party USA (GPUSA). He has prepared a chart of the history, particularly the split between GPUSA and ASGP. County general meeting will follow at 7 p.m.
510-644-2293; www.greens.org/cal/alameda
Monday, June 12
A Healthy Household
6:30-9 p.m.
City Council Chambers, 2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
This workshop, sponsored by the Green Resource Center, will cover indoor air quality topics such as “to carpet or not to carpet,” non-toxic and healthy choices for interior finishes and cleaning methods, prevention and elimination of mold problems, and reduction of household allergens. Instructor: Jan Stensland. Cost: $30.
510-845-0472;
info@greenresourcecenter.org
