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Calendar of Events & Activities
Saturday, June 9
Live Oak Park Fair
11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Celebrates original crafts, international diversity, and community life. One hundred artists and craftsmakers display their work, with live performances and a variety of food. Free admission.
Call 986-9337
The Bite of REI 2001
10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
REI
1338 San Pablo Ave.
Taste some of the best, lightweight backpacking food and energy snacks available. At 1 p.m. Rick Greenspan and Hal Kahn with demonstrate how to turn your outdoor trips into gourmet adventures. Free 527-4140
White Elephant Sale
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
1300 Shattuck Avenue
Sale held by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom.
Sunday, June 10
Counteracting Negative
Emotions
6 p.m.
Tibetan Nyingma Institute
1815 Highland Place
Exercises presented by Sylvia Gretchen, Dean of Nyingma Studies. Free and open to the public.
843-681
Live Oak Park Fair
11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
One hundred artists and craftsmakers display their work, with live entertainment and food. Free admission. 986-9337
“Kindertransport: A Personal Account”
10:30 a.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center
1414 Walnut St.
Hear the moving story Ralph Samuel, who escaped Nazi Germany as the age of eight. Samuel was one of an estimated 10,000 children who were rescued through the efforts of the Kindertransport operation. $4 BRJCC members, $5 for general public. Admission includes brunch. 848-0237.
Music and Meditation
8 - 9 p.m.
The Heart-Road Traveller
1828 Euclid Ave.
Group meditation though instrumental music and devotional songs. Led by Lucian Balmer and Baoul Scavullo. Free.
496-3468
Monday, June 11
(Oakland) Landmarks
Preservation Advisory Board
4 p.m.
One Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
Hearing Room One
The Board will meet and discuss the request to make the Claremont Hotel an official landmark.
Berkeley School Volunteers
3 - 4:30 p.m.
1835 Allston Way
Orientation for volunteers interested in helping in summer academic and recreation programs.
644-8833
Tuesday, June 12
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
Cooking for BEFHP Women
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
BEFHP Women’s Resource Center
2140 Dwight Way
Come help the Berkeley Emergency Food and Housing Project prepare, serve, and cleanup a hot meal prepared for Berkeley’s homeless women and children. Teens 16+.
650-965-0242
KPFA Advisory Board Community Meeting
7 p.m.
1724 Adeline at 18th St.
Oakland
658-1512
Landmarks Preservation Commission
8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m.
Permit Service Center
2120 Milvia Street
Second Floor Conference Room
Ad-hoc subcommittee special meeting, discussion of a proposal to conduct a comprehensive, citywide survey of potentially historic resources.
705-8111
Wednesday, June 13
Defining Diversity
7 - 9 p.m.
Ecology Center
2530 San Pablo Ave.
Different interpretations of biological and cultural diversity and how it’s used for very different purposes. 548-2220
Commission On Disability Hearings
4 - 6 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst St.
Open forum, opportunity for public to present ideas and concerns about barriers for people with disabilities and accessibility of City facilities. 981-6342
Lead-Safe Painting and Home Remodeling
6 - 8 p.m.
Claremont Branch Library
2940 Benvenue Ave.
Free course on how to detect and remedy lead hazards in the home.
567-8280
— Compiled by
Sabrina Forkish
“Illusions of the ‘New Economy’”
7:30 p.m.
La Pena Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Ave.
Talk by professor and author Dick Walker. $5 donation requested.
415-863-6637
Claremont Elmwood Neighborhood Association General Meeting
7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
St. Clement’s Episcopal Church
2837 Claremont Blvd.
Covers area of Berkeley south of Dwight Way and east of Collage Avenue. Presentations on neighborhood issues.
549-3793
Trees and Shrubs of California
7:30 p.m.
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden
200 Centennial Drive
John Stuart and John Sawyer will be speaking about and signing their new book, “Trees and Shrubs of California.” Free.
643-2755
Library Board of Trustees Meeting
7 p.m.
South Branch Library
1901 Russell Street
Regular meeting, including a building projects update.
644-6095
Police Review Commission Meeting
7:30 p.m.
South Berkeley Senior Center
2939 Ellis Street
Regular meeting with a recruitment update and continuing discussion on marijuana arrests.
644-6716
Thursday, June 14
Summer Noon Concerts 2001
Noon - 1 p.m.
Downtown Berkeley BART Plaza
Shattuck at Center St.
Weekly concert series. This week Berkeley High Folklorico De Aztlan.
Camping and Hiking Slide Presentation
7 p.m.
REI
1338 San Pablo Ave.
Guidebook author Tom Stienstra gives a slide presentation on where to go hiking and camping this summer in the Sierra and Shasta region. Free.
527-4140
Berkeley School Volunteers
10:30 a.m. - Noon
1835 Allston Way
Orientation for volunteers interested in helping in summer academic and recreation programs.
644-8833
Fair Campaign Practices Commission Meeting
7:30 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Street
Special meeting to discuss and act upon, among other items, possible violations of the Berkeley Election Reform Act.
981-6950
Adventures In Nature: Panama
7:30 p.m.
Easy Going Travel Shop and Bookstore
1385 Shattuck Avenue
William Friar, writer for Contra Costa Times and author of a new travel guide to Panama, will give a slide presentation and talk on Panama’s wildlife, history and culture. Free.
843-3533