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Calendar of Events & Activities

Staff

Monday February 05, 2001

Monday, Feb. 5

Youth Commission

6 p.m.

Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Center

1730 Oregon St.

Rent Stabalization Board

7 p.m.

2134 MLK Jr. Way

Second Floor Council Chamber

Personnel Board Meeting

7 p.m.

Permit Center

2118 Milvia St.

First Floor Conference Room

Landmarks Preservation Commission

7:30 p.m.

North Berkeley Senior Center

1901 Hearst Ave. (at MLK Jr. Way)

Will consider 1301 Oxford St. among other items.

Peace & Justice Commission

7 p.m.

North Berkeley Senior Center

1901 Hearst Ave. (at MLK Jr. Way)

Tuesday, Feb. 6

Berkeley Intelligent

Conversation

7 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Jewish Community Center

1414 Walnut Ave. (at Rose)

With no religious affiliation, this twice-monthly group, led informally by former UC Berkeley extension lecturer Robert Berent, seeks to bring people together to have interesting discussions on contemporary topics. This evenings discussion topic is sex, love, dating, and relationships in celebration of Valentine’s Day.

Call 527-5332

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

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

Wednesday, Feb. 7

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

Legacy to Liberation

7 p.m.

Revolution Books

2425 Channing Way

A roundtable discussion by contributors to the recently published anthology “Politics and Culture of Revolutionary Asian Pacific America.” Contributors include Richard Aoki, Yuri Kockiyama, Sun Lee and Dolly Veale.

$2 donation

848-1196

Thursday, Feb. 8

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 Tom Odegard and host Dale Jensen.

644-0155

Great Mt. Diablo Day Hikes

7 p.m.

Recreational Equipment, Inc.

1338 San Pablo Ave.

Ken Lavin, former president of Mt. Diablo Interpretative Association, for a slide-show of his favorite day hikes in Mt. Diablo State Park.

Call 527-7377

Jam Session

7 p.m.

Maurice’s Cafe

6038 Telegraph

Oakland

Poetry with jazz featuring Jimmy Sands.

Call 653-6775

Exploring Surfaces

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.” Transverse the world’s ecological regions, describing what you know and what you’ve heard.

$10

Friday, Feb. 9

Strong Women - Writers &

Heroes of Literature

1 - 3 p.m.

North Berkeley Senior Center

1901 Hearst Ave.

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

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 PC Users Group

7 p.m.

Vista College

2020 Milvia St., Room 303