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Calendar of Events & Activities
Tuesday, Nov. 13
Flu Shots
10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
St. John’s Senior Center
2727 College Ave.
The City of Berkeley Health Department will administer flu shots to individuals 60 years old or more and to those with specific chronic diseases. $2 donation. 644-6500
Muhammad Nazar on Aceh
10 a.m. - noon
UC Berkeley
2223 Fulton St.
6th Floor Conference Room
Political activist Muhammad Nazar was taken into police custody in November 2000 after leading a peaceful demonstration of more than 1 million people in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Amnesty International recognized Nazar as a prisoner of conscience. He was released in October and is currently on his first US speaking tour. Free. 642-3609
Special Seminar
noon
Institute of Governmental Studies
UC Berkeley, 119 Moses Hall
H. Peter Oberlander, University of British Columbia and Citizenship Court Judge for British Columbia and the Yukon Territory, “After Sept. 11: a North-American Perimeter for Travel and Immigration?”
642-4608
Palestine and the Peace
Empowerment Process
7 - 9 p.m.
Ecology Center
2530 San Pablo Ave.
World Wall for Peace Founder Carolyna Marks uses slides to help tell the story of her three-week trip throughout the Palestinian territory in July 2001. $10 donation. 548-2220 x233
Experimental Mid-life
Workshop
7:30 - 9 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center
1414 Walnut St.
Miriam Chaya presents the first of three workshops rooted in modern psychology and Jewish traditional sources designed to provide participants with the skills and tools necessary to meet the challenges they will face in the second half of their lives. $35, $25 members. 848-0237 ext. 127
The Hormones in Health and
in Disease
1 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst St.
George Sayers, a retired professor, will lead a discussion. 644-6107
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
Wednesday, Nov. 14
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
Flu Shots
12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
South Berkeley Senior Center
2939 Ellis St.
The City of Berkeley Health Department will administer flu shots to individuals 60 years old or more and to those with specific chronic diseases. $2 donation. 644-6500
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.
Movie Presentation
1 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst St.
The movie, “If These Walls Could Talk” will be shown. 644-6107
– Compiled by Guy Poole
Near-Death Experience
Support/Information-Sharing
Group
7 - 9 p.m.
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Church
1606 Bonita Ave.
The new East Bay chapter of IANDS (International Association of Near-Death Studies) will be provide an open, sharing, compassionate and supportive environment for the exploration of NDEs, the dying process, the meaning of life and human consciousness. 428-2442 www.iands.org.
Second Wednesdays Poetry
Writing Workshop
7 - 9 p.m.
Albany Library
1247 Marin Ave.
Second Wednesdays is a monthly Poetry Writing Workshop, led by Alison Seevak. Free and open to all ages. 526-3720 x19