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Calendar of Events & Activities

Tuesday January 30, 2001

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.531-8664

Digital Photography

1:30 p.m.

North Berkeley Senior Center

1901 Hearst Ave. (at MLK Jr. Way)

With Allen Stross 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

Ribbon Cutting: 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.

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

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

Friday, Feb. 2

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

Allee der Kosmontauten

8 p.m.

Zellerbach Hall

UC Berkeley

Performance of Berlin choreographer Sasha Waltz 1996 work in its West Coast premiere. Also features the film work of Elliot Caplan.

$20 - $42

Call 642-9988 or e-mail tickets@calperfs.berkeley.edu

“A Night In Oakland”

8 p.m.

Alice Arts Center

1428 Alice St. (at 14th St.)

$10 - $15

Call 496-6068 or visit www.savagejazz.org

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

— compiled by

Chason Wainwright

Taize Worship Service

7:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Loper Chapel

(adjacent to) First Congregational Church of Berkeley

2345 Channing Way

Call 848-3696

Saturday, Feb. 3

“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

Rockridge Writers

3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Spasso Coffeehouse

6021 College Ave.

Poets and writers meet to critique each other’s work. “Members’ work tends to be dark, humorous, surreal, or strange.”

e-mail: berkeleysappho@yahoo.com

Spirits in the Time of AIDS Artists Talk

1 p.m.

Pro Arts Gallery

461 Ninth St.

Oakland

As part of “Consecrations,” the public is invited to hear artists speak about their work and show slides. Free

Call 763-9425

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

Free Sailboat Rides

1 - 4 p.m.

Cal Sailing Club

Berkeley Marina

The Cal Sailing Club, a non-profit sailing and windsurfing cooperative, give free rides on a first come, first served bases on the first full weekend of each month. Wear warm clothes and bring a change of clothes in case you get wet. Children must be at least five years old and must be accompanies by an adult.

Visit www.cal-sailing.org

Fruit Tree Pruning

10 a.m. - Noon

Ecology Center Library

2530 San Pablo Ave.

An introductory class for the home fruit grower. Class taught by Greg Peck, owner of an organic landscape and garden design business in the East Bay.

$7.50 - $10

Call 548-2220

Women’s Evening at the Movies

7:30 p.m.

Pacific Center

2712 Telegraph Ave.

“Late Bloomer,” the story of a high school basketball coach who realizes she’s fallen for the school secretary. Women’s Evening at the Movies is the first Saturday of every month.

Visit www.pacificcenter.org

Empyrean Ensemble

4 p.m.

Julia Morgan Theater

2640 College Ave.

Featuring a commissioned piece, “Prosperous Soul, Gregarious Heart,” newly composed by Peter Josheff in honor of his late father.

Call 845-8542

Sunday, Feb. 4

“Under Construction No. 10”

7:30 p.m.

St. John’s Presbyterian Church

2727 College Ave.

Experience the unusual rehearsal-reading format that lets the audience experience the collaboration between conductor, orchestra and composer in the Berkeley Symphony’s unique series presenting new works or works-in-progress by local Bay Area composers.

Call 841-2800

Russian National Orchestra

4 p.m.

Zellerbach Hall

UC Berkeley

On their tenth anniversary tour, the RNO will perform Shostakovich’s symphony No. 5 and Tchaikovsky’s piano concerto No. 2.

$30 - $52

Call 642-9988 or e-mail tickets@calperfs.berkeley.edu

From Flatlands to the Stars

9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Diamond Park

Fruitvale Ave. (at Lyman Rd.)

A hardy hike along Sausal Creek in Oakland’s unexplored Diamond and Joaquin Miller parks. A free hike sponsored by Greenbelt Alliance.

Call 415-255-3233 for reservations or visit www.greenbelt.org

Timbrels & Torahs: Celebrating Wisdom,

Celebrating Age

10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center

1414 Walnut St.

Miriam Chaya and Judy Montell discuss their Simchat Hochmah ceremony, which celebrates a woman’s transition from mid-life to her eldering years.

Call 848-0237 x127

“A Night In Oakland”

2 & 8 p.m.

Alice Arts Center

1428 Alice St. (at 14th St.)

Oakland

Savage Jazz Dance Company launches their 2001 spring season along with the Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra.

$10 - $15

Call 496-6068 or visit www.savagejazz.org

Spiritual & Cultural Context of Mbira

8 p.m.

Shambhala Booksellers

2482 Telegraph Ave.

Berkeley native Erica Azim has played Shona mbira music for 30 years, and is the foremost mbira performer and recording artist in the U.S. The mbira has metal keys which are plucked with two thumbs and one forefinger, “creating relaxing yet invigorating polyphony and polyrhythms.” Free

Call 848-8443

Solving the East Bay Energy Crisis

3 p.m.

Berkeley Fellowship Unitarian Universalists

Fellowship Hall

1924 Cedar (at Bonita)

Barbara George of Women’s Energy Matters and a Utility Reform Network representative, Kris Worthington, Berkeley city council member, Ross Mirkarimi of the Green Party, and others will discuss the past and future of the energy situation in the East Bay, including possibilities of conservation, clean, renewable energy and municipally-owned public utilities.

Call 233-3175

Free Sailboat Rides

1 - 4 p.m.

Cal Sailing Club

Berkeley Marina

Visit www.cal-sailing.org

Meditations for Relieving Pain

6 p.m.

Tibetan Nyingma Institute

1815 Highland Pl.

Sylvia Gretchen presents specific meditations and visualization practices that can help to relieve physical and mental pain. Free

Call 843-6812

Tibetan Nyingma Institute Open House

3 - 5 p.m.

Tibetan Nyingma Institute

1815 Highland Pl.

A free introduction to Tibetan Buddhist culture including a prayer wheel and meditation garden tour and yoga demonstration. Refreshments will be served. Free

Call 843-6812