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Calendar of Events & Activities

Staff
Tuesday November 13, 2001


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