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Calendar of Events & Activities

Staff

Saturday January 27, 2001

Saturday, Jan. 27

Amnesty & Immigrant Rights March

11 a.m.

St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church

1500 34th Ave.

Oakland

Join thousands of immigrant families, union members, members of local congregations and community supporters in demanding immigrant rights. Confirmed speakers at the rally, to be held at Carmen Flores Park on Fruitvale Avenue in Oakland, are Senator Barbara Boxer and Congresswoman Barbara Lee.

Free Tae-Bo Classes for Adults

10 - 10:45 a.m.

Frances Albrier Community Center

San Pablo Park

2800 Park St.

Call 644-8515

Free Martial Arts Classes for Kids

11:15 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Frances Albrier Community Center

San Pablo Park

2800 Park St.

Classes taught by Michael Johnson, a fourth degree black belt. Ages 5 - 7, 11:15 a.m. - Noon; Ages 8 - 12, 12:15 p.m. - 1 p.m.; Ages 13 to adults, 1:15 p.m. - 2 p.m.

644-8515

“Arab-Jewish Co-Existence: Reality & Challenges Ahead”

1 - 2:30 p.m.

Berkeley Hillel

2736 Bancroft

Walid Mula, an Arab-Israeli educator and activist who specializes in training and facilitating dialogue groups and educating for co-existence between Arabs and Jews, will speak and discuss. All are welcome at this free event. E-mail:

israeloncampus@hotmail.com

The Big One

10:30 a.m.

St. Clement’s Episcopal Church

Claremont & Russell

The Claremont-Elmwood Neighborhood Association hosts a neighborhood organizing meeting on house to house emergency preparedness. Berkeley Mayor Shirley Dean, Councilmember Polly Armstrong, and Fire Chief Reginald Garcia as well as Charles Schwartz, from the U.S. Geological Survey, will be present.

Sunday, Jan. 28

Reimagining Pacific Cities

6 - 8:30 p.m.

New Pacific Studio

1523 Hearst Ave.

“How are Pacific cities reshaping their cultural and environmental institutions to better serve the needs and enhance the present and future quality of life of all segments of their societies?” A series of ten seminars linking the Bay Area, Seattle, Portland, and other Pacific cities. $10 per meeting.Call 849-0217

Finns in Berkeley and Co-op Beginnings

3 - 5 p.m.

Berkeley Historical Society

1931 Center St.

A panel discussion on Finnish and Co-op history and on the Consumers Cooperative of Berkeley.

$10 donation

Call 848-0181

Mediterranean Plant Life

3:30 p.m.

UC Botanical Garden

200 Centennial Drive

Peter Dallman, author of “Plant Life in the Mediterranean Regions of the World,” will motivate attendees to look closely at California native plants and experiment with dramatic and drought-tolerant species in their own gardens.

Call 643-2755

Rhythm & Muse Open Mike

2 p.m.

Berkeley Art Museum

2621 Durant (at Bowditch)

Poet Katharine Harer and jazz guitarist Joe Vance. Call 527-9753

Unitarian Universalism at Millennial Transition

10:30 a.m.

Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists

1606 Bonita St. (at Cedar St.)

Paul Sawyer, long-time Berkeley activist and former minister at the Berkeley Fellowship and Dr. Cary Wang will speak. Call 841-3477

Master of the Nyingma Lineage