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Calendar of Events & Activities

Saturday August 25, 2001

Saturday, Aug. 25

Copwatch: Know Your

Rights Training

11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Copwatch Office

2022 Blake St.

Learn what your rights are when dealing with the police. Learn how to monitor the police safely.

548-0425

Astrojax Playday

1 - 4 p.m.

Lawrence Hall of Science

UC Berkeley

Astrojax is part yo-yo, part juggling balls and a lasso. The inventor, theoretical physicist Larry Show, will give a demonstration and instruction. Museum admission $3 - $7. 642-5132

Cerrito Creek Work Party

10 a.m.

Meet at Creekside Park (south end of Belmont Street), El Cerrito

Join Friends of Five Creeks in removing brush to make a new trail along Cerrito Creek. Bring work gloves and clippers if you have them.

848-9358, f5creeks@aol.com, www.fivecreeks.org.

Travel Careers Class

8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Vista Community College

2020 Milvia St.

Vista’s annual one-day class for the public on careers in the travel industry. A full-day seminar. $5.50 981-2931 www.vistacollege.edu

Sunday, Aug. 26

Healing

6 p.m.

Tibetan Nyingma Institute

1815 Highland Place

Sylvie Gretchen on “Healing Mind.” 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

3rd annual Berkeley World Music Festival

noon - 6 p.m.

Durant Ave., between Telegraph and Bowditch

Carnival and block party festival with World Music bands, performers and dancers. 649-9500 www.taasite.org

Monday, Aug. 27

Berkeley School Board Holds Special Budget Session

6:00 p.m.

District Administrative Offices, Second Floor

2134 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way

Informational meeting to update school board and public on problems with district’s budget for 2001-2002.

East Bay Heritage Quilters

7:30 p.m.

First Unitarian Church

1 Lawson Road-Moeser Lane @ Arlington, Kensington

Lecture: On the Road to Quiltmaking, a Personal Journey

Non-members $3. 834-3706

Tuesday, Aug. 28

Berkeley High Freshman

Orientation

10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Berkeley Community Theater

Corner of Allston Way and Martin Luther King, Jr. Way

Incoming ninth graders take a tour of campus, get student I.D. cards and lockers, and learn about extracurricular activities available at Berkeley High. Students with last names beginning with A-L attend from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Students with last names beginning with M-Z attend from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

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. 525-3565

Free Early Music Group

10 - 11:30 a.m.

North Berkeley Senior Center

1901 Hearst Ave.

Small group sings madrigals and other voice harmony every Tuesday morning. 655-8863

Poetry Through Time II

7 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Judah L. Magnes Museum

2911 Russell St.

Bay Area poets Opal Palmer Adisa, Phyllis Koestenbaum, Reuven Goldfarb, and Martha Evans will read. A brief open reading will conclude the program. 549-6950 www.magnesmuseum.org

Community Health Commission

6:45 - 9:30 p.m.

South Berkeley Senior Center

2939 Ellis St.

Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for Alta Bates Expansion. 644-6109

Wednesday, Aug. 29

Section 8 Resident Council

6 - 8 p.m.

East Bay Community Law Center

3122 Shattuck Ave.

First Annual Speak Up. You can affect change but you must speak up. Refreshments provided. 548-4040

Thursday, Aug. 30

Salsa Dance Classes

7:30 p.m.

Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center

1414 Walnut St.

Classes every Thursday with live percussionists, light refreshments, DJ playing Latin music. $10 or $15 for two. 237-9874

Lost in the Wilderness

7 p.m.

REI

1338 San Pablo Avenue

Jason Flesher, a Search and Rescue member for almost 20 years, will share his nine rules for surviving in the wilderness. Free. 527-4140

Kensington 55+ Activity Center

9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Social Hall of Arlington Community Church

52 Arlington Ave.

Conversation, Apple II computer instruction, massage therapy, German conversation group, meditation and relaxation techniques, watercolor art class, tea and coffee. Special 11 a.m. program: Music. 526-9146

Attic Conversions

7 - 10 p.m.

Building Education Center

812 Page St.

$35. 525-7610