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Calendar of Events & Activities

Staff

Monday January 29, 2001

Monday, Jan. 29

Poetry with Nancy Wilson

2 p.m.

North Berkeley Senior Center

1901 Hearst Ave. (at MLK Jr. Way)

Call 644-6107

Starving For Love?

7 - 9 p.m.

North Berkeley Senior Center

1901 Hearst Ave. (at MLK Jr. Way)

Keith Braselton invites you to experience love all the time and claims he can show you how.

Call 707-435-5425

Homeless Commission

7 p.m.

North Berkeley Senior Center

1901 Hearst Ave.

Tuesday, Jan. 30

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.

Call Wade, 531-8664

Digital Photography

1:30 p.m.

North Berkeley Senior Center

1901 Hearst Ave. (at MLK Jr. Way)

Call 644-6107

Free! Early Music Group

10 - 11:30 a.m.

North Berkeley Senior Center

1901 Hearst Ave. (at MLK Jr. Way)

A small group who sing madrigals and other voice harmonies. Their objective: To enjoy making music and building musical skills.

Call Ann 655-8863 or e-mail: ann@integratedarts.org

Opening of Thousand Oaks Elementary School

5 p.m.

Thousand Oaks Multipurpose Room

840 Colusa

The ribbon-cutting will take place at 5 p.m. and tours will follow the ceremony.

Wednesday, Jan. 31

Berkeley Symphony Orchestra

8 p.m.

Zellerbach Hall

UC Berkeley

Featuring “Berkeley Images,” a world premiere by Jean-Pascal Beintus.

$10 - $35

Call 841-2800

Conversations in Commedia

7:30 p.m.

La Pena Cultural Center

3105 Shattuck Ave. (at Prince)

Mime Troupe vet and St. Stupid’s Day creator, Ed Holmes, and 84-year-old Bari Rolfe, a mime for over 30 years, give dialogues on satire.

$6 - $8

Call 849-2568

Stagebridge Free Acting &

Storytelling Classes for Seniors

10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

First Congregational Church

2501 Harrison St.

Oakland

Call 444-4755 or visit www.stagebridge.org

Berkeley High Poetry Slam

6:30 p.m.

Berkeley High School

2246 Milvia St., Room G-210

A preliminary round for the regional poetry slams sponsored by youth speaks.

Human Welfare & Community Action Commission

7 p.m.

South Berkeley Senior Center

2939 Ellis St.

The Poetry of Robert Hass

Noon - 1 p.m.

Lower Sproul Plaza

UC Berkeley

Former U.S. Poet Laureate will read.

Thursday, Feb. 1

Free “Quit Smoking” Class

5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

South Berkeley Senior Center

2939 Ellis (at Ashby)

Cease your smoking with the help of this free class offered to Berkeley residents and employees.

Call 644-6422 to enroll or e-mail quitnow@ci.berkeley.ca.us

Duomo Readings Open Mic.

6:30 - 9 p.m.

Cafe Firenze

2116 Shattuck Ave.

With featured poet John Rowe and host Randy Fingland.

644-0155

Hiking the California Desert

7 p.m.

Recreational Equipment, Inc.

1338 San Pablo Ave.

Steve Tabor of the conservation group Desert Survivors presents a slide-show of highlights from his reconnaissance trips along more than 400 miles of trail. Free

Call 527-7377

Berkeley Metaphysical

Toastmasters Club

6:15 - 7:30 p.m.

2515 Hillegass Ave.

Public speaking skills and metaphysics come together. Ongoing first and third Thursdays each month.

Call 869-2547

Open Mic.

7 p.m.

Maurice’s Cafe

6038 Telegraph

Oakland

Call 653-6775

Dark Caves & Sunlight

7 - 9 p.m.

Hillside Community Church

1422 Navellier St.

El Cerrito

A series of Thursday evenings of conversation “engaging people in discovering the pleasures of an excellent discussion.” Explore the origins of how people speak to each other.

$10