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Calendar of Events & Activities
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
Environmental Sampling Project Task Force
6:30 p.m.
First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way
Agenda items include public comment time and sampling reviews
486-4387
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
What next for Haiti?
7:30 p.m.
La Pena Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Avenue,
What is the true story behind the recent elections in Haiti? What’s the real impact of the global economy on Haiti?
483-7481
please call to reserve childcare
$5-10
Community Health
Commission
6:45 - 9:45 p.m.
Mental Health Clinic
2640 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
Among topics to be discussed are medical marijuana and genetically engineered/modified foods and Berkeley high school lunch issues.
644-6500
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
Environmental Sampling Project Task Force
6:30 p.m.
First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way
Agenda items include public comment time and sampling reviews
486-4387
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
What next for Haiti?
7:30 p.m.
La Pena Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Avenue,
What is the true story behind the recent elections in Haiti? What’s the real impact of the global economy on Haiti?
483-7481
please call to reserve childcare
$5-10
Community Health
Commission
6:45 - 9:45 p.m.
Mental Health Clinic
2640 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
Among topics to be discussed are medical marijuana and genetically engineered/modified foods and Berkeley high school lunch issues.
644-6500
Friday, Sept. 15
“The Barber of Seville”
1 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
644-6107
“Lift the Sanctions from Iraq”
Interfaith Brunch & Community Gathering
Talk by Denis Halliday, Former U.N. Assistant Secretary-General
10:30 a.m. -noon
Berkeley Friends Church, 1600 Sacramento
(510) 527-8370
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
Shoreline cleanup
9 a.m.
Behind Sea Breeze market at West Frontage Rd and University Ave. or at Aquatic Park playground
Bring gloves, sunscreen and hat and help clean up the shoreline.
644-8623; TDD 644-6915
Sunday, Sept. 17
Berkeley Citizen’s Action
Endorsement Meeting
2-5 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
To include local and state endorsements.
Please place this upcoming event in your listings.
Contact: BCA Co-chair Linda Olivenbaum at (510) 652-1206
Call 549-0816
Nude and Breast Freedom Parade
Noon
People’s Park, between Dwight Way and Haste Street
Celebrate being exposed to each other’s bare bodies in acts of friendship and naked abandon, in dance, song, frolic, rituals and street theater, with the X-plicit Players. , starts at noon at People’s Park and continues up Telegraph Ave.
www.xplicitplayers.com
848-1985.
Thursday, Sept. 21
Hearing to terminate the
Conditional Order for
Abatement for Pacific Steel
Casting Co.
9:30 a.m.
Bay Area Air Quality management District
939 Ellis St. 7th Floor Board Room
San Francisco
415-749-4965
Friday, Sept. 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
Saturday, Sept. 23
From Capitalism to Equality
2 p.m.
Niebyl-Proctor Library
6501 Telegraph Ave. at Alcatraz
Why have the conditions of work become more difficult and the
rewards more unequal since 1973? Join author Charles Andrews to
discuss these issues and solutions for them.
$5 admission includes $10 discount coupon the book, “From Capitalism to Equality”
535-2476
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
5th anniversary party and film festival
Bicycle Friendly Berkeley Fifth Birthday
6-8 p.m. party
film: 8:30-10:30 p.m.
Pyramid Alehouse Outdoor Movie Theater
1901 Gilman St.
The event is to honor five years of BFB bike advocacy. Films will include: “Pedalphiles and Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels”
Bring something to sit on.
Free to members; $10-$20 sliding scale to non members.
549-7433
“How Berkeley Can You Be?”
11 a.m. on University Avenue and California Street, culminating at Civic Center outside Berkeley High School
Festival in the park starts at 12:30 p.m.
849-4688, www.howberkeleycanyoube.com
Monday, Sept. 25
Open forum on affordable housing
5:30 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
Sean Heron of the East Bay Housing Organizations will talk about building a campaign for affordable housing. Sponsored by the Affordable Housing Advocacy Project.
1-800-773-2110
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 Business” and two of the world’s leading authorities on providing a strategic business framework promoting sustainabiliity and profitability.
Saturday, Sept. 30
Jim Hightower: “Election 2000: a Space Odyssey”
8 p.m.
King Middle School
1781 Rose St.
Sponsored by KPFA and Global Exchange
“I am an agitator,” Hightower says. “The agitator is the centerpost in a washing machine that gets the dirt out.”
$10 in advance/$12 at the door
848-6767 x609
Tour Mission District Gardens
11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
One of a series of free outings organized by Greenbelt Alliance for this fall. Tour SF’s Mission District and learn about the role of gardens and open space in community planning.
Call: 415-255-3233 to make reservations
Sunday, October 1
Return of the Raptors to Marin
Drivers: 11:45 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Bikers: 10:15 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Witness the migration of birds of prey over the Marin Headlands. Includes a hawk talk and banding demonstration and lunch at Rodeo Lagoon. Bike from SF or meet at Hawk Hill. Part of Greenbelt Alliance’s series of free outings.
Call: 415-255-3233 for reservations
Monday, Oct. 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
“Clean Lies Dirty War”
7:30 p.m. Unitarian Fellowship, 1924 Cedar
Event is part of a national campaign to end sanctions on Iraq.
(510) 528-5403
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
Saturday, Oct. 7
Berkeley Grassroots Greening Tour
Starts at 10:45 a.m. and 11:45 a.m.
Celebrate Open Garden Day by joining this annual bicycle tour of local community and school gardens. Part of a series of free outings organized by Greenbelt Alliance.
Call: 415-255-3233 for reservations
Houses or Open Hills?
10 a.m.
Experience Black Diamond Mines Regional Park’s ghost towns, coal mines, spectacular views and open space on this hike by the proposed sites of 7,700 homes near Antioch. Cosponsored by Save Mount Diablo. One outing in a free series organized by Greenbelt Alliance.
Call: 415-255-3233 for reservations
Sunday, Oct. 8
Surmounting Sunol Peaks
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Learn about local geology while enjoying the panoramic views from three Sunol peaks. One outing in a free series organized by Greenbelt Alliance.
Call: 415-255-3233 for reservations
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
Tuesday 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
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
Environmental Sampling Project Task Force
6:30 p.m.
First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way
Agenda items include public comment time and sampling reviews
486-4387
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
What next for Haiti?
7:30 p.m.
La Pena Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Avenue,
What is the true story behind the recent elections in Haiti? What’s the real impact of the global economy on Haiti?
483-7481
please call to reserve childcare
$5-10
Community Health
Commission
6:45 - 9:45 p.m.
Mental Health Clinic
2640 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
Among topics to be discussed are medical marijuana and genetically engineered/modified foods and Berkeley high school lunch issues.
644-6500
Friday, Sept. 15
“The Barber of Seville”
1 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
644-6107
“Lift the Sanctions from Iraq”
Interfaith Brunch & Community Gathering
Talk by Denis Halliday, Former U.N. Assistant Secretary-General
10:30 a.m. -noon
Berkeley Friends Church, 1600 Sacramento
(510) 527-8370
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
Shoreline cleanup
9 a.m.
Behind Sea Breeze market at West Frontage Rd and University Ave. or at Aquatic Park playground
Bring gloves, sunscreen and hat and help clean up the shoreline.
644-8623; TDD 644-6915
Sunday, Sept. 17
Berkeley Citizen’s Action
Endorsement Meeting
2-5 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
To include local and state endorsements.
Please place this upcoming event in your listings.
Contact: BCA Co-chair Linda Olivenbaum at (510) 652-1206
Call 549-0816
Nude and Breast Freedom Parade
Noon
People’s Park, between Dwight Way and Haste Street
Celebrate being exposed to each other’s bare bodies in acts of friendship and naked abandon, in dance, song, frolic, rituals and street theater, with the X-plicit Players. , starts at noon at People’s Park and continues up Telegraph Ave.
www.xplicitplayers.com
848-1985.
Thursday, Sept. 21
Hearing to terminate the
Conditional Order for
Abatement for Pacific Steel
Casting Co.
9:30 a.m.
Bay Area Air Quality management District
939 Ellis St. 7th Floor Board Room
San Francisco
415-749-4965
Friday, Sept. 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
Saturday, Sept. 23
From Capitalism to Equality
2 p.m.
Niebyl-Proctor Library
6501 Telegraph Ave. at Alcatraz
Why have the conditions of work become more difficult and the
rewards more unequal since 1973? Join author Charles Andrews to
discuss these issues and solutions for them.
$5 admission includes $10 discount coupon the book, “From Capitalism to Equality”
535-2476
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
5th anniversary party and film festival
Bicycle Friendly Berkeley Fifth Birthday
6-8 p.m. party
film: 8:30-10:30 p.m.
Pyramid Alehouse Outdoor Movie Theater
1901 Gilman St.
The event is to honor five years of BFB bike advocacy. Films will include: “Pedalphiles and Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels”
Bring something to sit on.
Free to members; $10-$20 sliding scale to non members.
549-7433
“How Berkeley Can You Be?”
11 a.m. on University Avenue and California Street, culminating at Civic Center outside Berkeley High School
Festival in the park starts at 12:30 p.m.
849-4688, www.howberkeleycanyoube.com
Monday, Sept. 25
Open forum on affordable housing
5:30 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
Sean Heron of the East Bay Housing Organizations will talk about building a campaign for affordable housing. Sponsored by the Affordable Housing Advocacy Project.
1-800-773-2110
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 Business” and two of the world’s leading authorities on providing a strategic business framework promoting sustainabiliity and profitability.
Saturday, Sept. 30
Jim Hightower: “Election 2000: a Space Odyssey”
8 p.m.
King Middle School
1781 Rose St.
Sponsored by KPFA and Global Exchange
“I am an agitator,” Hightower says. “The agitator is the centerpost in a washing machine that gets the dirt out.”
$10 in advance/$12 at the door
848-6767 x609
Tour Mission District Gardens
11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
One of a series of free outings organized by Greenbelt Alliance for this fall. Tour SF’s Mission District and learn about the role of gardens and open space in community planning.
Call: 415-255-3233 to make reservations
Sunday, October 1
Return of the Raptors to Marin
Drivers: 11:45 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Bikers: 10:15 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Witness the migration of birds of prey over the Marin Headlands. Includes a hawk talk and banding demonstration and lunch at Rodeo Lagoon. Bike from SF or meet at Hawk Hill. Part of Greenbelt Alliance’s series of free outings.
Call: 415-255-3233 for reservations
Monday, Oct. 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
“Clean Lies Dirty War”
7:30 p.m. Unitarian Fellowship, 1924 Cedar
Event is part of a national campaign to end sanctions on Iraq.
(510) 528-5403
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
Saturday, Oct. 7
Berkeley Grassroots Greening Tour
Starts at 10:45 a.m. and 11:45 a.m.
Celebrate Open Garden Day by joining this annual bicycle tour of local community and school gardens. Part of a series of free outings organized by Greenbelt Alliance.
Call: 415-255-3233 for reservations
Houses or Open Hills?
10 a.m.
Experience Black Diamond Mines Regional Park’s ghost towns, coal mines, spectacular views and open space on this hike by the proposed sites of 7,700 homes near Antioch. Cosponsored by Save Mount Diablo. One outing in a free series organized by Greenbelt Alliance.
Call: 415-255-3233 for reservations
Sunday, Oct. 8
Surmounting Sunol Peaks
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Learn about local geology while enjoying the panoramic views from three Sunol peaks. One outing in a free series organized by Greenbelt Alliance.
Call: 415-255-3233 for reservations
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
Tuesday 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
Friday, Sept. 15
“The Barber of Seville”
1 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
644-6107
“Lift the Sanctions from Iraq”
Interfaith Brunch & Community Gathering
Talk by Denis Halliday, Former U.N. Assistant Secretary-General
10:30 a.m. -noon
Berkeley Friends Church, 1600 Sacramento
(510) 527-8370
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
Shoreline cleanup
9 a.m.
Behind Sea Breeze market at West Frontage Rd and University Ave. or at Aquatic Park playground
Bring gloves, sunscreen and hat and help clean up the shoreline.
644-8623; TDD 644-6915
Sunday, Sept. 17
Berkeley Citizen’s Action
Endorsement Meeting
2-5 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
To include local and state endorsements.
Please place this upcoming event in your listings.
Contact: BCA Co-chair Linda Olivenbaum at (510) 652-1206
Call 549-0816
Nude and Breast Freedom Parade
Noon
People’s Park, between Dwight Way and Haste Street
Celebrate being exposed to each other’s bare bodies in acts of friendship and naked abandon, in dance, song, frolic, rituals and street theater, with the X-plicit Players. , starts at noon at People’s Park and continues up Telegraph Ave.
www.xplicitplayers.com
848-1985.
Thursday, Sept. 21
Hearing to terminate the
Conditional Order for
Abatement for Pacific Steel
Casting Co.
9:30 a.m.
Bay Area Air Quality management District
939 Ellis St. 7th Floor Board Room
San Francisco
415-749-4965
Friday, Sept. 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
Saturday, Sept. 23
From Capitalism to Equality
2 p.m.
Niebyl-Proctor Library
6501 Telegraph Ave. at Alcatraz
Why have the conditions of work become more difficult and the
rewards more unequal since 1973? Join author Charles Andrews to
discuss these issues and solutions for them.
$5 admission includes $10 discount coupon the book, “From Capitalism to Equality”
535-2476
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
5th anniversary party and film festival
Bicycle Friendly Berkeley Fifth Birthday
6-8 p.m. party
film: 8:30-10:30 p.m.
Pyramid Alehouse Outdoor Movie Theater
1901 Gilman St.
The event is to honor five years of BFB bike advocacy. Films will include: “Pedalphiles and Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels”
Bring something to sit on.
Free to members; $10-$20 sliding scale to non members.
549-7433
“How Berkeley Can You Be?”
11 a.m. on University Avenue and California Street, culminating at Civic Center outside Berkeley High School
Festival in the park starts at 12:30 p.m.
849-4688, www.howberkeleycanyoube.com
Monday, Sept. 25
Open forum on affordable housing
5:30 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
Sean Heron of the East Bay Housing Organizations will talk about building a campaign for affordable housing. Sponsored by the Affordable Housing Advocacy Project.
1-800-773-2110
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 Business” and two of the world’s leading authorities on providing a strategic business framework promoting sustainabiliity and profitability.
Saturday, Sept. 30
Jim Hightower: “Election 2000: a Space Odyssey”
8 p.m.
King Middle School
1781 Rose St.
Sponsored by KPFA and Global Exchange
“I am an agitator,” Hightower says. “The agitator is the centerpost in a washing machine that gets the dirt out.”
$10 in advance/$12 at the door
848-6767 x609
Tour Mission District Gardens
11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
One of a series of free outings organized by Greenbelt Alliance for this fall. Tour SF’s Mission District and learn about the role of gardens and open space in community planning.
Call: 415-255-3233 to make reservations
Sunday, October 1
Return of the Raptors to Marin
Drivers: 11:45 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Bikers: 10:15 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Witness the migration of birds of prey over the Marin Headlands. Includes a hawk talk and banding demonstration and lunch at Rodeo Lagoon. Bike from SF or meet at Hawk Hill. Part of Greenbelt Alliance’s series of free outings.
Call: 415-255-3233 for reservations
Monday, Oct. 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
“Clean Lies Dirty War”
7:30 p.m. Unitarian Fellowship, 1924 Cedar
Event is part of a national campaign to end sanctions on Iraq.
(510) 528-5403
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
Saturday, Oct. 7
Berkeley Grassroots Greening Tour
Starts at 10:45 a.m. and 11:45 a.m.
Celebrate Open Garden Day by joining this annual bicycle tour of local community and school gardens. Part of a series of free outings organized by Greenbelt Alliance.
Call: 415-255-3233 for reservations
Houses or Open Hills?
10 a.m.
Experience Black Diamond Mines Regional Park’s ghost towns, coal mines, spectacular views and open space on this hike by the proposed sites of 7,700 homes near Antioch. Cosponsored by Save Mount Diablo. One outing in a free series organized by Greenbelt Alliance.
Call: 415-255-3233 for reservations
Sunday, Oct. 8
Surmounting Sunol Peaks
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Learn about local geology while enjoying the panoramic views from three Sunol peaks. One outing in a free series organized by Greenbelt Alliance.
Call: 415-255-3233 for reservations
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
Tuesday 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