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Calendar of Events & Activities

Saturday July 21, 2001

Saturday, July 21

Ohtani Bazaar

4 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Berkeley Higashi Honganji Temple

1524 Oregon Street

Games, prizes and activities for children. Japanese food will be available. Free admission.

236-2550

Berkeley Farmer’s Market

10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Center Street between Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Milvia Street

Regular market with a special “Sustainable Agriculture” event. Speakers will discuss “Environmental and Social Justice and the Food Supply,” with topics ranging from genetic engineering to local food security. Also, the Resources for Community Development will be collecting donations of household goods for Alameda Point.

548-3333

Snails, Lizard, and Turtle

Races

10 - 10:50 a.m. or 11 - 11:50 a.m.

Lawrence Hall of Science

UC Berkeley

Find out how fast these different animals move and why. Workshop for children ages 3 - 8 and an accompanying adult. $8 - $25.

642-5132

Puppet Show

1:30 and 2:30 p.m.

Hall of Health

Lower Level

2230 Shattuck Avenue

The show by Kids on the Block, an award-winning educational puppet troupe, promotes acceptance and understanding of physical and mental differences. Free.

549-1564

MFA Survey Exhibition

Reception

6 - 8 p.m.

Traywick Gallery

1316 Tenth Street

Reception for artists featured at Traywick Gallery’s third annual MFA Survey Exhibition which runs through August 18. Prajakti Jayavant, Tia Factor, Geof Oppenheimer, and Bambi Waterman work in three-dimensional media.

527-1214

Reception for Mary Black

3 - 5 p.m.

YWCA

2600 Bancroft Way

A reception for Mary Black’s painting exhibition at the YWCA which runs through September 28.

Sunday, July 22

Ohtani Bazaar

Noon - 7 p.m.

Berkeley Higashi Honganji Temple

1524 Oregon Street

Games, prizes and activities for children. Japanese food will be available. Free admission.

236-2550

Buddhist Practice

6 p.m.

Tibetan Nyingma Institute

1815 Highland Place

Jack Petranker on “Going Beyond the Way We Live Now.” Free.

843-6812

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

Berkeley Today

10:30 a.m.

Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center

1414 Walnut Street

A bagel brunch, lecture, and discussion with Berkeley Mayor Shirley Dean. $4 - $5.

848-0237

Free Radio Berkeley House

Pary

5 - 10 p.m.

2547 8th Street, Unit 24

Free Radio Berkeley International Radio Action Training Education is hosting an open house party to showcase independent media programs, projects and technologies. Screening of “Free Radio” documentary at 8:30 p.m.

549-0732

Monday, July 23

Curious About Plastic Surgery?

6:30 - 8 p.m.

Alta Bates Summit Medical Center

Conference Room 3

2450 Ashby Avenue

Learn what to expect from different plastic surgery procedures. Refreshments provided. Free.

869-6737

National Organization for

Women

6:30 p.m.

Mama Bears Book Store

6537 Telegraph

Nominations for new officers. Meets on the 4th Monday of every month. For more information call 287-8948

Tuesday, July 24

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

Round-the-World Journey

7:30 p.m.

Easy Going Travel Shop and Bookstore

1385 Shattuck Avenue

Brad Newsham, author of “Take Me With You: A Round-the-World Journey to Invite a Stranger Home,” will present a talk and slide show. Newsham took a 100-day trip through the Philippines, India, Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and South Africa looking for a stranger to bring to America. Free.

843-3533

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