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Calendar of Events & Activities
Monday, Aug. 28
City of Berkeley Loan
Administration Board special meeting
7 p.m.
South Berkeley Senior Center
Conference Room, 2nd floor
2939 Ellis Street
Agenda items include the Odyssia Cafe and Cafe Caracas
“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, Aug. 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, Aug. 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
The Revelations: A Concert for the Children of Chiapas
8 p.m.
La Pena Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Ave.
The Revelations, a Spanish-English reggae band from San Diego, will perform at La Pena Cultural Center to benefit Schools for Chiapas. Schools for Chiapas, a
nonprofit organization, supports Mayan communities in the Mexican state of Chiapas in their effort to create an autonomous, indigenous education system. $5.
849-2568
Friday, Sept. 1
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
“Daughter of the Regiment”
1 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
644-6107
Saturday, Sept. 2
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Lakeside Park on Lake Merritt, Oakland
Internationally Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh will lead meditation exercises and lectures focusing on ‘mindful living.’
(510) 433-9928
Acupuncture for head and neck pain
1-2 p.m.
Meiji College of Oriental Medicine
2550 Shattuck Ave.
This is an opportunity to find out about what acupuncture and Oriental herbal medicine is and how it works. Free.
666-8248
Exercise to Music
10 a.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
644-6107
Wednesday, Sept. 6
Alzheimer’s and dementia support group
1:30 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
644-6107
Thursday, Sept. 7
Growing wise with Betty Goren
10:30 a.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
644-6107
“Discipline & Citizenship” conference
Graduate Theological Union
Bade Museum, Pacific School of Religion
1798 Scenic Ave.
6:30 p.m. -8 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 8
“Discipline & Citizenship” conference
Graduate Theological Union
Bade Museum, Pacific School of Religion
1798 Scenic Ave.
9 a.m.-4 p.m.
895-4542
Conversational Yiddish
1 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
644-6107
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
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
Learn about voting absentee and working a local polling places.
1 p.m.
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
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
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
Friday, Sept. 15
“The Barber of Seville”
1 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
644-6107
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
Saturday, Sept. 19
“Fibromyalgia Support
Group”
noon -2:00 p.m.
“RAP Session”
Alta Bates Medical Center, Maffly Auditorium-Herrick Campus, 2001 Dwight Way
601-0550
Thursday, Sept. 21
Hearing to terminate the
Conditional Order for
Abatement for Pacific Steel
Casting Co.
Bay Area Air Quality management District
939 Ellis St. 7th Floor Board Room
San Francisco
415-749-4965
APCO vs. Pacific Steel Casting Company
Docket No. 832
9:30 a.m.
Bay Area Air Quality Management District
939 Ellis St., 7th Floor Board Room
San Francisco
A hearing has been scheduled in connection with the Motion to Terminate the Conditional Order for Abatement filed by the Respondent, Pacific Steel Casting Company.
(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
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
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 Busines” and two of the world’s leading authorities on providing a strategic business framework romoting sustainabiliity and profitability.
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
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
Tuesay 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
