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Calendar of Events & Activities

Monday January 08, 2001

Monday, Jan. 8

Berkeley Community Chorus Rehearsal

7 - 10 p.m.

St. Ambrose Church, basement

1145 Gilman St.

Conducted by Julian White, pianist, teacher & composer, the chorus will perform White’s “The Children’s Hour” and Beethoven’s “Choral Fantasia.” The chorus meets every Monday night. Performance dates are May 5, 12 & 13.

$75 tuition for semester 528-2145 or visit www.bcco.org

Fun With Origami

10 a.m.

North Berkeley Senior Center

1901 Hearst Ave. (at MLK Jr. Way)

With Pato O’Sullivan 644-6107

Tuesday, Jan. 9

Berkeley Camera Club

7:30 p.m.

Northbrae Community Church

941 The Alameda

Share your slides and learn what other photographers are doing. Monthly field trips.

531-8664

Remembering: What’s Normal and What’s Not

1:30 p.m.

North Berkeley Senior Center

1901 Hearst Ave.

With Tina Williams

Wednesday, Jan. 10

Kids Dance Open House &

Class

5 - 6 p.m.

El Cerrito Community Center

7007 Moeser Lane

El Cerrito

Parents are invited to explore how dance relates to cognitive, kinesthetic, and socio-emotional development in their children. For ages three to seventeen. Free

Call 530-4113

Tai Chi Chuan

1 p.m.

North Berkeley Senior Center

1901 Hearst Ave. (at MLK Jr. Way)

With Henry Chang

Call 644-6107

Glaucoma: Early Detection Free Lecture

1 - 2:30 p.m.

Alta Bates Summit North Pavilion

350 Hawthorne St.

Oakland

Dr. Richard Lee, ophthalmologist, will discuss the risk factors and causes of glaucoma, as well as other aspects of the aging eye. Free

Call 869-6737

Thursday, Jan. 11

Toni Stone and the Negro

Baseball League

1 p.m.

Oakland Museum of California

1000 Oak St.

Oakland

Marcia Eymann, curator of historical photography, discusses memorabilia of Toni Stone, a woman who played in the Negro Baseball Legue in the 1940s. Free.

Call 1-888-OAK-MUSE

Benefit Concert for Food First

8 p.m.

Ashkenaz

1370 San Pablo Ave. (at Gilman)

Featuring the David Thom Band, Buffalo Roam, Tree o’ Frogs, and Ten Ton Chicken. All proceeds benefit Food First.

$10 - $15 donation

Call Kevin Doyle, 843-6389 x201

California Babylon

7:30 p.m.

Easy Going Travel Shop & Bookstore

1385 Shattuck Ave. (at Rose)

Kristan Lawson & Anneli Rufus discuss their book “A Guide to Sites of Scandal, Mayhem, and Celluloid in the Golden State.” Free

Call 843-3533

Free Anonymous HIV Testing

5:15 - 7:15 p.m.

Check in 5 - 7 p.m.

University Health Services

Tang Center

2222 Bancroft Way

Drop-in services and limited space is available.

Call 642-7202

“Waiting for Godot”

8 p.m.

La Val’s Subterranean

1834 Euclid (at Hearst)

Presented by Subterranean Shakespeare and directed by Yoni Barkan, director of last summer’s “A Midsummers Night Dream.”

$8 - $12

Call 234-6046

Ski & Snowboard Descents

7 p.m.

Recreational Equipment, Inc.

1338 San Pablo Ave.

Paul Richins, author of “50 Classic Backcountry Ski and Snowboard Summits in California - Mt. Shasta to Mt. Whitney,” presents in slides some of his favorite ski mountaineering and backcountry snowboard descents. Free

Call 527-4140

Ballroom Dancing

1 p.m.

North Berkeley Senior Center

1901 Hearst Ave. (at MLK Jr. Way)

With Roman Ostrowski

Call 644-6107

Duomo Readings Open Mic.

6:30 - 9 p.m.

Cafe Firenze

2116 Shattuck Ave.

With featured poet Kirk Lumpkin and host Dale Jensen.

644-0155

Friday, Jan. 12

“Who’s Really In Charge

Anyway?”

7:30 p.m.

Unitarian Hall

1924 Cedar St.

The subject to be discussed is the guru dilemma and individual spiritual mastership. Hear about the spiritual path of light and sound and the ancient teachings of the saints.

Call Unitarian Hall, 841-4824 or visit www.masterpath.org

“Sing for Hope”

8 p.m.

First Congregational Church

2435 Channing Way (at Dana)

The second annual event features an evening of arias and Broadway show tunes sung by seven of New York’s young rising opera stars. All proceeds benefit the Center for AIDS Services, a nonprofit day center in Oakland for people with HIV and AIDS.

$35 performance only, $50 performance & post-concert reception

Call 655-3435

Strong Women - Writers &

Heroes of Literature

1 - 3 p.m.

North Berkeley Senior Center

1901 Hearst Ave. (at MLK Jr. Way)

Taught by Dr. Helen Rippier Wheeler, author of “Women and Aging: A Guide to Literature,” this is a free weekly literature course in the Berkeley Adult School’s Older Adults Program.

Call 549-2970

“Innovative Approaches to Farming”

11:45 a.m. luncheon

12:30 p.m. speaker

Berkeley City Club

2315 Durant Ave.

Reggie Knox, executive director of Community Alliance with Family Farms of Santa Cruz will speak.

$11 - $12.25 with luncheon, $1 with coffee, students free

848-3533

Yiddish Conversation

1 p.m.

North Berkeley Senior Center