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Calendar of Events & Activities
Monday, March 5
Your Legal Rights with HMOs
6 - 7:30 p.m.
YWCA Oakland
1515 Webster St., Second Floor
Oakland
Presented by the Women’s Cancer Resource Center, UCSF Cancer Resource Center and the San Francisco Bar Volunteer Legal Services, this free workshop covers what your legal rights are and how to guard them.
Call 415-885-3693
Beginning Bicyclist Workshop
7 - 9 p.m.
YMCA
2001 Allston Way
Community Room 1, Main Floor
Jason Meggs and Zed Lopez will teach you how to keep yourself and your bike safe and even how to use your bike for shopping. Free
Call Jason Meggs, 549-RIDE
“Stop Medical Apartheid”
Noon
Parker & Seventh St.
Local non-violent civil disobedience in reaction to Bayer Corp. involvement in a lawsuit against the government of South Africa. Bayer and 39 other large drug companies are suing the governement to prevent them from producing generic AIDS drugs or importing them at the lowest market price. Speakers or arrestees includes Councilors Maudelle Shirek and Kriss Worthington, Father Bill O’Donnell and Rev. Mark Wilson and South African Bongane Byatai.
Call 568-1680
Self-Care and Wellness Health Fair Pre-Registration Deadline
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center
Ashby Campus, Auditorium
2450 Ashby Ave.
Registration deadline for the March 10 event. A day of workshops offering ways to maintain and improve health of the body, mind and spirit.
$10 admission, $5 per workshop
Beginning Spanish
10 a.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave. (at MLK Jr. Way)
With Edie Wright.
Call 644-6107
Tuesday, March 6
“Great Decisions” - U.S. &
Iraq
10 a.m. - Noon
Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave.
The first in a series of eight weekly lectures with the goal of informing the public of current major policy issues. Many of the lectures are presented by specialists in their field and are often from the University of California. Feedback received at these lectures is held in high regard by those in the government responsible for national policy.
$5 single session
Call Berton Wilson, 526-2925
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 health, nutrition and science; bioengineering.
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
International Women’s Day
11:10 a.m.
Pacific School of Religion Chapel
1798 Scenic Ave.
Join students, staff, and faculty in the celebration of International Women’s Day. The theme is “A Call to Place: Quilting Resistance,” highlighting women’s religious experiences and women of the world.
649-2490
Aquinas, Creation and Cosmic Evolution
7:30 p.m.
2400 Ridge Road
Flora Lamson Hewlett Library
Dinner Board Room
Benedict Ashley, author, advisor to the Theological Commission of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, and faculty member of the Aquinas Institute, gives the eleventh annual Aquinas lecture.
883-2085
National Nutrition Month Cooking Demonstration
11:30 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave. (at MLK Jr. Way)
Five a Day with Natalie.
Call 644-6107
“Women’s Voices / Women’s History”
6 p.m.
YWCA Main Lounge
UC Berkeley
2600 Bancroft Way (at Bowditch)
A talk with Lisa Rubens of the Regional Oral History Office.
848-6370
Anti-GMO Mobilization
7 - 9 p.m.
Ecology Center
2530 San Pablo Ave.
Help the Ecology Center mobilize a response to the FDA’s failure to regulate the biotech industry in any meaningful way. Also to be discussed will be preparations for the Biodevastation Protest and Counter-Conference.
548-2220 x233 or www.ecologycenter.org
Wednesday, March 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
Women in Interfaith
Relationships
9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center
1414 Walnut St.
Led by Dawn Kepler, this workshop will explore interfaith relationships on many levels, in relation to culture, religion, and gender. People of all backgrounds and orientations are invited to attend.
$10
848-0237 x127
