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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
Bridge
1 p.m.
Live Oak Community Center
1301 Shattuck Ave.
The games are open to all players
For partnership and other informa-
tion, please call Vi Kimoto at (510)
223-6539.
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
Friday, August 25
Bridge
1 p.m.
Live Oak Community Center
1301 Shattuck Ave.
The games are open to all players
For other information, please call Vi Kimoto at 223-6539
Girls golf clinic
8:30 a.m.-noon
Tilden Park Golf Course
The California and San Francisco women’s golf teams cko-host a free clinic as part of the national “golf for women/national golf Coaches Association “Get a Girl Golfing Day.” For girls/teens age 8-17. Bring clubs, if possible, but this is not required.
643-7940
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
