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Calendar of Events & Activities

Monday July 09, 2001

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

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. The group is structured to be a safe place to receive support from peers and explore a variety of issues, including sexual orientation, coming out, feelings of isolation, among other topics. Intake process required. Meeting Fridays through August 17.

$8 - $35 sliding scale per session

Call 548-8283 x534 or x522

Strong Women; The Arts,

Herstory and Literature

1:15 - 3:15 p.m.

North Berkeley Senior Center

1901 Hearst Ave. (at MLK Jr. Way)

Taught by Dr. Helen Rippier Wheeler, author of “Women and Aging: A Guide to Literature,” this is a free weekly cultural studies course in the Berkeley Adult School’s Older Adults Program. Free.

Call 549-2970

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