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Calendar of Events & Activities
Saturday, May 5
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. www.cal-sailing.org
Berkeley Farmers’ Market
10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Center Street between Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Milvia Street
548-3333
Tooth Man!
10:30 a.m.
Berkeley Main Library
2121 Allston Way
Tooth Man, a.k.a. Matt Perry, returns by popular demand to fascinate children with his collection of teeth from animals large and small.
649-3964
West Coast Live
10 a.m. - Noon
Freight & Salvage
1111 Addison St. (at San Pablo)
Author of Adam Dagliesh mysteries, P.D. James, and Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser.
Call 415-664-9500 for reservations
Free Hearing Screening
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center
Summit North Pavilion, Cafeteria Annexes, A, B & C
350 Hawthorne Ave.
Oakland
Health Access/LifeSpan and Self Help for the Hard of Hearing (SHHH) are co-sponsoring free hearing screenings in recognition of Better Hearing and Speech Month. Free
869-6737
Women’s Evening at the Movies
7:30 - 10 p.m.
Pacific Center
2712 Telegraph Ave.
Jennifer Tilly stars in “Bound,” as a mob man’s mistress who becomes lovers with a sexy handywoman. Join a great group of bi, lesbian, transgender and queer women to watch the flick and munch on junk food. $5 donation requested
548-8283
www.pacificcenter.org
Owner as Contractor
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Building Education Center
812 Page St.
Legal aspects discussed by attorney Sterling Johnson. $75.
525-7610
Painting
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Building Education Center
812 Page St.
“Tricks of the Trade” taught by painting contractor Scott Perry. $75.
525-7610
Mediterranean Herbs
1:30 p.m.
UC Botanical Garden
200 Centennial Drive
Tour of herbs. Learn myths and legends, ideas for planting in home gardens.
643-1924
Path Wanderers
10 a.m.
Remillard Park
Keeler and Poppy Streets
Help Berkeley Path Wanderers Association weed and put new chips on Keeler Avenue Path. Bring gloves, weeding tools, shovels, wheelbarrows if you have them.
848-9358
International Conference
Townsend Center
220 Stephens Hall
UC Berkeley
9 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
“Cosmopolititanism, Human Rights and Sovereignty in the New Europe” is the topic. Alain Touraine of the University of Paris will speak at noon addressing the question, “Is it Possible to Create a European Citizenship?”. Continued from Friday. Free and open to the public. 643-5777
Sunday, May 6
Cinco de Mayo Celebration
10:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Civic Center Park
MLK between Center and Allston
Featuring live latin music and dancing, food and and arts and crafts. Free. 549-9166
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.
849-0217
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.
www.cal-sailing.org
BAHA House Tour
1 - 5 p.m.
Live Oak Park
Sponsored by the Berkeley Historical Society and the Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association. Tour will include the early work of architects Julia Morgan, Bernard Maybeck and Henry Gutterson.
$25 - $32
841-2242
Tibetan Nyingma Institute Open House
3 - 5 p.m.
Tibetan Nyingma Institute
1815 Highland Place
A free introduction to Tibetan Buddhist culture including a Tibetan yoga demonstration, a talk on the relevance of Buddhism in today’s world, a prayer wheel and meditation garden tour. 843-6812
Faith, Doubt and Refuge
6 p.m.
Tibetan Nyingma Institute
1815 Highland Place
What does this mean in the Buddhist tradition? Talk by Sylvia Gretchen, dean of Nyingma Studies at the institute. Free and open to the public. 843-6812
Rhododendron Walk
10 a.m.
UC Botanical Garden
200 Centennial Drive
See more than 200 species. $3 admission. Limited space, call for reservation.
643-2755
— compiled by
Sabrina Forkish
Monday, May 7
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
Words Hurt
7:30 - 9 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center
1414 Walnut St.
Rabbi David Ordan will discuss the seriousness of gossip and it’s effects.
$10
848-0237
Skin Cancer Screening Clinic
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center
Summit Campus
2450 Ashby Ave.
Markstein Cancer Education Center
Skin cancer screenings are offered only to people who, due to limited or no health insurance, would be able to have a suspicious mole or other skin changes examined. Appointments are required.
869-8833
Rent Stabilization Board Meeting
7 p.m.
2134 MLK Jr. Way
Council Chambers, 2nd floor
Closed session “Hanerfeld v. City of Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board.” The rest of the meeting is open to the public.
644-6128
Tuesday, May 8
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
Young Queer Women’s Group
8 - 9:30 p.m.
Pacific Center
2712 Telegraph Ave.
Make some new friends, expand your horizons and get support with a bunch of queer women all in the same place at the same time (somewhere between 18 and 25).
548-8283 or visit www.pacificcenter.org
Berkeley Farmers’ Market
2 - 7 p.m.
Derby Street between Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Milvia Street
548-3333
Religious Identity for Interfaith Families
7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center
1414 Walnut St.
Explore the process of choosing a religion for parents and children in interfaith families with a minister, and Rabbi Jane Litman.
$5
848-0237 x127
Home Design
7 - 10 p.m.
Building Education Center
812 Page St.
Second Tuesday of workshop taught by architect/contractor Barry Wagner. Continues weekly through May 22. $150 for four evenings.
525-7610
Blackout Summer
7 p.m.
Berkeley’s Ecology Center
2530 San Pablo Ave. (at Dwight)
Bruno Henriquez is from Cuba, which experienced rolling blackouts for more than half a decade and has promoted conservation and alternative energy production. Henriquez is director of Cuba’s solar energy agency.
548-2220 ext. 234
Take the Burn Out of Heartburn
Ashby Campus Auditorium
2450 Ashby Ave.
12:30 - 2 p.m.
Learn about gastro-esophageal reflux disease and surgery to correct the condition. Free.
869-6737
