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Calendar of Events & Activities
Saturday, July 7
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.
Visit 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
Sunday, July 8
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.
Visit www.cal-sailing.org
Tibetan Nyingma Institute
Open House
3 - 5 p.m.
Tibetan Nyingma Institute
1815 Highland Place
Free introduction to Tibetan Buddhist culture, including: Prayer wheel and meditation garden tour, Tibetan yoga demonstration, information on Tibetan art project, class and program counseling and a talk on “Relaxation and Meditation.” Followed at 6 p.m. by “Mind and Mental Events.” Free.
Buddhist Psychology
6 p.m.
Tibetan Nyingma Institute
1815 Highland Place
Sylvia Gretchen on “Mind and Mental Events.” Free.
843-6812
West Berkeley Market
11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
University Ave., between 3rd and 4th
Opening day for the new, family-oriented West Berkeley Market.
Crafts, music, produce, and specialty foods.
654-6346
Bay-to-Barkers
10 a.m.
Cesar Chavez Park
Berkeley Marina
Fund-raiser and dogwalk hosted by the Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society. Demos, contests, food and product booths, raffles, and a 1.3 mile dog parade. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.
845-3665
Monday, July 9
Draft Environmental
Impact Report for UC Berkeley Northeast Quadrant project
7 - 8:30 p.m.
105 North Gate Hall
UC Berkeley
Public hearing on the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Northeast Quadrant Science and Safety Projects, which will replace old, seismically poor research facilities with modern, safe structures.
642-7720
Tuesday, July 10
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
Writing and Resistance
In A Culture of Amnesia
6 - 7:45 p.m.
La Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Avenue
Classroom #2
Part of a workshop series on concepts and strategies for resistance through the spoken and written word, taught by Joyce E. Young. $12.
849-2568 www.lapena.org
Berkeley Farmers’ Market
2 - 7 p.m.
Derby Street at MLK Jr. Way
Regular market plus annual peach tastings.
548-3333
Wednesday, July 11
What’s Cooking?
Noon - 2 p.m.
Lawrence Hall of Science
UC Berkeley
Part of the Lawrence Hall of Science Wednesday FUN-days. Fun experiments you can do in your own kitchen. Museum admission $3 - $7.
642-5132
“Global Banquet”
7:30 p.m.
La Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Avenue
Part of the Anti-Globalization series. Tonight a presentation of “Global Banquet,” a look at farmers both local and in developing countries trying to survive in the global economy. Discussion led by Anuradha Mittal. Small donation requested.
849-2568 www.lapena.org
Thursday, July 12
Summer Noon Concerts 2001
Noon - 1 p.m.
Downtown Berkeley BART Plaza
Shattuck at Center St.
Weekly concert series. This week East Bay Science and Arts Middle School evoke the sounds of Trinidadian Carnival with a steel drum performance.
Hiking the Tahoe Rim Trail
7 p.m.
Recreational Equipment, Inc.
1338 San Pablo Ave.
Slide Presentation.
Twenty years in the making, the 150-mile Tahoe Rim Trail is now complete. Tahoe Rim Trail Association board member Trena Bristol joins TRT through-hikers Steve Andersen and Art Presser for a slide presentation on great day hikes and backpacking trips on the TRT. Free. 527-4140
Quit Smoking Class
6 - 8 p.m.
South Berkeley Senior Center
2939 Ellis Street
A six week quit smoking class.
Free to Berkeley residents and employees.
Call 644-6422 or e-mail at: quitnow@ci.berkeley.ca.us
Pain: The Fifth Vital Sign
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1902 Hearst Avenue
A public hearing on AB 487, Remediation of Under Prescribing Pain Medication, with Assemblywoman Dion Aroner, medical experts, and patients.
540-3660
art.SITES SPAIN
7:30 p.m.
Easy Going Travel Shop and Bookstore
1385 Shattuck Avenue
Sidra Stitch, author of “art.SITES SPAIN: Contemporary Art and Architecture Handbook,” will present a slide show and talk on the most recent trends in art and architecture in Spain. Free.
843-3533
Friday, July 13
Therapy for Trans Partners
6 - 7:30 p.m.
Pacific Center for Human Growth
2712 Telegraph Ave. (at Derby)
A group open to partners of those in transition or considering transition. Intake process required. Meeting Fridays through August 17. $8 - $35 sliding scale per session 548-8283 x534 or x522
Friday the 13th Dance
7:30 - 10 p.m.
Berkeley Arts Festival Gallery
2200 Shattuck Avenue
Celebrating the success of this years Berkeley Arts Festival, supporters can dance to jazz, swing and slow songs at this Friday the 13th Dance: The post hoc ergo propter hoc Hop. “Just Friends” will provide the music. Admission by donation, to benefit the Festival. 486-0411
Saturday, July 14
Berkeley Farmers’ Market
10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Center Street
Regular market plus annual peach tastings. Free. 548-3333
Sunday, July 15
Hands-On Bicycle Repair
Clinics
11 a.m. - Noon
Recreational Equipment, Inc.
1338 San Pablo Ave.
Learn drive train maintenance and chain repair from one of REI’s bike technicians. All you need to bring is your bike. Free 527-4140
Buddhist Practice
6 p.m.
Tibetan Nyingma Institute
1815 Highland Place
Mark Henderson on “Fearlessness on the Bodhisattva Path.” Free.
843-6812
Second Annual Wobbly High Mass
7:30 p.m.
La Pena Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck (@ Prince St.)
Presented by Folk This! and friends, an evening of musical satire, subversion and sacrilege. This year’s theme is “Reclaiming Tomorrow,” a historical journey toward a future society without classes or bosses.
$8
849-2568
— compiled by Sabrina Forkish and Guy Poole
West Berkeley Market
11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
University Ave., between 3rd and 4th Streets
Family-oriented weekly market. Crafts, music, produce, and specialty foods.
654-6346
Skronkathon BBQ
1 - 11 p.m.
Tuva Space
3192 Adeline
The First Annual Transbay Skronkathon Barbecue. Dozens of Bay Area musicians will play “multi-conceptual-deconstructed-creative-music.” Charcoal provided, bring your own items to barbecue. Free.
649-8744
The Wizard School of Magic
1:30 p.m.
Lawrence Hall of Science
UC Berkeley
Part of the LHS Top of the Bay Family Sundays, “Benny and Bebe and The Wizard School of Magic” is inspired by the Harry Potter stories. Learn what it takes to become a real wizard. Museum admission $3 - $7.
642-5132
PedalPower
8:30 a.m.
Lake Merritt Garden Center
666 Bellevue Avenue, Oakland
Bike ride and pancake brunch fund-raiser for the Asian Domestic Violence Clinic which provides free or low-cost legal services for abused women and children in the East Bay. Fourteen mile ride from Lake Merritt to Portview Park and back. $5 - $25.
415-567-6255
