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Calendar of Events & Activities
Friday, August 25
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
Girls golf clinic
8:30 a.m.-noon
Tilden Park Golf Course
The California and San Francisco women’s golf teams Co-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. - 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; ww.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-
tion, please call Vi Kimoto at (510)
223-6539.
Thursday, August 31
Meeting Life Changes
10 a.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst and MLK Jr. Way
With John Hammerman.
644-6107
“Life and Death Mishnaic
Themes of Yom Kippur”
8 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond JCC
1414 Walnut St.
Leah Rosental, from Israel, presents a free evening lecture, in English, with the corporation with the Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay.
The History of California Rock Climbing
7 p.m.
REI
1338 San Pablo Ave.
Join Andy Puhvel, director of Yo! Basecamp rock climbing school, for a slide presentation on the history of rock climbing here in California. You’ll find out how creative advancements in technology, combined with boldness and inspiration, made Yosemite Valley climbers the pioneers of this sport.
527-7377
“Calming Our Minds”
7 p.m.
Berkeley Community Theater
Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen Master, will be giving a public lecture titled “Calming Our Minds, Opening Our Hearts” at the Berkeley Community Theater.
Tickets are $20
433-9928
