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Calendar of Events & Activities
Monday, June 11
Oakland Landmarks
Preservation Advisory Board
4 p.m.
One Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
Hearing Room One
Oakland
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. Public comment on Berkeley’s proposed “Americans with Disabilities Act Transition Plan.” Also, naming I-80 overcrossing after Ed Roberts, requesting Congressional Representatives and Senators to add benefits for dental and eyeglasses coverage in Medi-Care.
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
“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