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Out and About Calendar

–Compiled by Guy Poole

Sunday October 07, 2001

Saturday, Oct. 6

Free Sailboat Rides

1 - 4 p.m.

Cal Sailing Club

Berkeley Marina

The Cal Sailing Club, a nonprofit sailing and windsurfing cooperative, gives free rides on a first come, first served basis 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 5 years old and must be accompanied by an adult. Visit www.cal-sailing.org

Fire Suppression

9 a.m. - noon

Office of Emergency Services

997 Cedar St.

Free classes in Community Emergency Response Training (CERT). 981-5605 www.ci.berkeley.ca.us

Poetry Reading

3 - 5 p.m.

South Branch Berkeley Public Library

1901 Russell St.

Bay Area Poets Coalition holds an open reading. 527-9905

Sunday, Oct. 7

Animal Blessings

10 a.m.

All Souls Episcopal Parish

2220 Cedar St.

Celebration of the Feast of St. Francis allows pets to gather in the courtyard. Following the service, the public is invited for refreshments and a children’s zoo with a pony, chickens, rabbits and ferrets in the courtyard.

West Berkeley Market

11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

University Avenue, between Third and Fourth Streets

Family-oriented weekly market. Crafts, music, produce and specialty foods. 654-6346

Forum for Latino Community with Superintendent

4 - 6 p.m.

Rosa Parks Elementary

920 Allston Way

A chance for the Latino community to meet the new superintendent of schools. 524-7300

Monday, Oct. 8

Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults Inquiry Program

7:30 p.m.

St. Mary Magdalen Parish

2005 Berryman St.

A program to learn everything you wanted to know about the Catholic Church but never had the chance to ask. 526-4811

Franciscanism, Understanding the Vision

1 - 2 p.m.

Franciscan School of Theology

1712 Euclid Ave.

Graduate Theological Union presents seminar exploring the lives, times and writings of and about Francis and Clare of Assisi.

848-5232

Tuesday, Oct. 9

Berkeley Farmers’ Market

2-7 p.m.

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

548-3333

Berkeley Camera Club

7:30 p.m.

Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda

Share your slides and prints with other photographers. Critiques by qualified judges. Monthly field trips.

531-8664

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.

655-8863

Town Hall Meeting

4 - 6 p.m.

South Berkeley Senior Center

2939 Ellis St.

The Affordable Housing Advocacy Project presents a discussion on the Berkeley Housing Authority Howmeownership Program.

548-5803

Wednesday, Oct. 10

PRC Meeting

The meeting of the Police Review Commission scheduled for Oct. 10 has been canceled. Regular PRC meetings will resume on Oct. 24.

Amendment to Zoning

Ordinance Meeting

7 p.m.

North Berkeley Senior Center

1901 Hearst Ave.

The Planning Commission will consider an amendment to the zoning ordinance to prohibit the conversions of existing building space from any other use to office use and the development of new office uses of 5000 square feet or more in the mixed use-light industrial zoning district.

Toddler Storytime

7 p.m.

West Berkeley Library

1125 University Ave.

For families with children three years or younger, a program to expose the youngest readers to multicultural stories, songs and finger plays. Every Wednesday through Nov. 28.

Prose Writers’ Workshop

7 - 9 p.m.

Berkeley/Richmond Jewish Community Center Library

1414 Walnut St.

From op-ed to fiction, memoir to the feature article - a community

writers' group to support and encourage a community of interests. Workshop format. Free.

524-3034