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Calendar of Events & Activities
Saturday, June 16
Berkeley Farmers’ Market
10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Center Street between Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Milvia Street 548-3333
Berkeley Arts Festival
Music Circus
1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Shattuck Ave. between University Ave. and Channing Way
The Music Circus will feature dozens of eclectic performances ranging from string quartets to blues and jazz. Free bus fare to and from the event offered by AC Transit. 665-9496.
Botanical Garden Spring Party
3 - 6 p.m.
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden
200 Centennial Drive
Celebrating the completion of the new Arid House and the renovation of the Southern African area. Food, wine and jazz. Fund-raiser for the Garden, $25 per person.
643-2755
Puppet Shows on Cultural
Medical Differences
1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Hall of Health
2230 Shattuck Ave. (lower level)
Two shows for kids of all ages and their families promote acceptance and understanding of cultural and medical differences. Free.
549-1564
Poets’ Corner
1:30 - 4 p.m.
Shattuck and Kittredge
Ten poets will read on the downtown street corner as a kick-off event for the two-week Berkeley Arts Festival. 649-3929
Energy Crisis
2 p.m.
6501 Telegraph Avenue
Oakland
“Why They Can’t Keep the Lights On and What We Can Do About It.” 595-7417
Immigration Leadership Roundtable Discussion
11 a.m.
Ronald V. Dellums Federal
Building
1301 Clay St./ Conference Room H/ 5th Floor North Tower
Oakland
The public is invited to join Congresswomen Barbara Lee and Loretta Sanchez in hosting an immigration leadership roundtable discussion with local community leaders. 763-0370
Sunday, June 17
Carefree/Carfree Tour
11 a.m.
Berkeley Amtrack Station
Foot of University Ave.
Berkeley Arts Festival tour of coastlines installation guided by landscape architect Tom Leader. Walk culminates on the Berkeley Marina. 486-0411
Carefree/Carfree Tour #2
1 p.m.
Berkeley Arts Festival Gallery
2200 Shattuck Ave.
Bus and walk to: The Crucible, workshop of arts and the industry; Bay Area Center for the Consolidated Arts; and the Juneteenth Celebration, annual street fair of African-American Roots with music, dance and food. 486-0411
The Discord Aggregate
Intersection
7 p.m.
Gathering of local artists, poets, musicians, composers and others. Non-profit group meets every three to four weeks. This week, Tasmanian photographer Tony Ryan will present his work. For location and other information
e-mai:l alemap@discordaggregate.com
Music and Meditation
8 - 9 p.m.
The Heart-Road Traveller
1828 Euclid Ave.
Group mediation through instrumental music and devotional songs, led by Lucian Balmer and Baoul Scavullo. Free. 496-3468
Buddhist Mantra/Healing
6 p.m.
Tibetan Nyingma Institute
1815 Highland Place
Bob Byrne on “Mantra and Healing,” a deep and personal kind of healing. Free. 843-6812
15th Annual Berkeley
Juneteenth Festival
11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Adeline & Alcatraz, by Ashby BART. A celebration of African American liberation from slavery. 655-8008
www.berkeleyjuneteenth.org
Monday, June 18
Raging Grannies Meeting
7 p.m.
1924 Cedar Fellowship Hall
UC Berkeley
East Bay/San Francisco Raging Grannies organizing meeting. Celebrate life with laughter and song.
528-5403
Rent Stabilization Board - Regular Meeting
7 p.m.
2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Council Chambers, Second Floor
Appeal T-3760 — 1501 Stuart Street, #3. The landlord appeals the decision of the hearing examiner that found that he was required to refund the tenants’ entire security deposit and to pay them the interest that had accrued.
Tuesday, June 19
Women Against Sexual Slavery
9 a.m.
Federal Building & Courthouse
1301 Clay St. Oakland
Protest Lakireddy Reddy’s light sentence. Bring signs and flyers urging Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong to give Reddy the maximum sentence of 38 years. 841-8282 or 843-0680
— Compiled by Sabrina Forkish and Guy Poole
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 Don, 525-3565
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
Intelligent Conversation
7 - 9 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center
A discussion group open to all, regardless of age, religion, viewpoint, etc. This time the discussion will center on frugality, generosity, simplifying life, and dealing with money. Informally led by Robert Berend, who founded similar groups in L.A., Menlo Park, and Prague. Bring light snacks/drinks to share. Free
527-5332
Fibromyalgia Support Group
Noon - 2 p.m.
Alta Bates Medical Center
Maffly Auditorium, Herrick Campus
2001 Dwight Way
This will be a rap session.
601-0550
A Journey Through Eastern Europe
7:30 p.m.
Easy Going Travel Shop and Bookstore
1385 Shattuck Avenue
Angelina Sorensen, Bulgarian native, will give an overview of the best places to visit through a slide presentation and display of regional arts and crafts. Free.
843-3533
Energy-Saving Skylight
8 a.m. - Noon
Truitt and White Lumber
642 Hearst Avenue
The new Velux VSE skylight, winner of the Energy Star award, could help reduce home energy use. On view today.
841-0511
(gp)
Medical Waste Management and Environmental Health in India
6 - 8 p.m.
University of California, Room 150 University Hall, 2199 Addison St.
Shyamala Mani, coordinator and educator with India’s Centre for Environment Education, will give a public talk on successful medical waste disposal strategies. The talk will be of interest to environmental, labor and community organizers, healthcare workers and students of environmental health and occupational safety.
845-1447
(gp)
Early Music Group
10 - 11:30 a.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
Hearst and MLK Jr. Way
Small group sings madrigals and other voice harmony every Tuesday morning. Drop-ins welcome.
655-8863
Wednesday, June 20
Carefree/Carfree Tour
11 a.m.
Berkeley Arts Festival Gallery
2200 Shattuck Ave.
Meet at the Gallery, take the bus to the Oakland Museum to take a tour with David Bacon of his exhibition “Every Worker Is An Organizer: Farm Labor and the Resurgence of the UFW.”
486-0411
(gp)
Berkeley Communicator Toastmasters Club
7:15 a.m.
Vault Cafe
3250 Adeline
Learn to speak with confidence. Ongoing first and third Wednesdays each month.
527-2337
A “Thank You” Reception for Berkeley School Interim Superintendent Steve Goldstone, who will step down later this summer.
Public invited.
4:30 to 6:00 (before the school board meeting)
2134 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, second floor, old council chambers.
