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Out & About Calendar
Friday, Nov. 16
City Commons Club
Luncheon
12:30 p.m.
Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave.
Weldon Rucker, City Manager of City of Berkeley, presents “Managing a City Like Berkeley.” $1 admission,
11:45 a.m. lunch, $12.25. 848-3533
The U.S. and Mexico: Redefining the Relationship
4 p.m.
UC Berkeley
141 McCone Hall
“Security in the Americas: A New Era” with Adolfo Aguilar Zinser, National Security Advisor and Commissioner of Law and Order to President Vicente Fox Quesada. 642-2088 www.clas.berkeley.edu/ clas
Crosspulse Farewell Concert
& CD Release Party
8 p.m.
Montclair Women’s Cultural Arts Center
1650 Mountain Blvd., Oakland
Crosspulse, a percussion ensemble dedicated to the creation and performance of interdisciplinary, cross-cultural music, dance, film and educational projects, marks its cessation as an on-going touring group. $25-30, children half-price. 559-9797 www.crosspulse.com
American Political History Seminar
noon
UC Berkeley
119 Moses Hall
Robert Kagan, UCB Department of Political Science and Law, will talk about his book, “Adversarial Legalism.” 642-4608 www.igs.berkeley.edu
Berkeley High School Jazz
Ensemble Concert
7:30 p.m.
Florence Schwimley Little Theatre
1920 Allston Way
The Berkeley High School Jazz Ensemble and combos will give their first concert of the year. $8. 548-8026 www.bhs.berkeley. k12.ca.us/artsperforming/jazz
Flute Concert
8 p.m.
Berkeley Public Library, South Branch
1901 Russell St.
Mary Youngblood will perform a free solo concert. 644-6860
Feminist Ijtihad: On Re-interpreting Islamic Gender Rights
1 - 3 p.m.
UC Berkeley
Moses Hall, Rm. 223
The Human Rights Center and the Institute of International Studies presents a lecture by M. Siraj Sait, University of East London: Emerging feminist interpretations challenge the selective constructions of Islamic gender rights. 642-0965, rshig@uclink.berkeley.edu.
Music/Experimental/Improvised
8 p.m.
TUVA Space
3192 Adeline
ACME Observatory Contemporary Performance Series presents, from the Pacific Northwest, the Griffin-Burns-Dionyso Trio. $0 to $20. td@pixar.com.
Saturday, Nov. 17
National Children’s Book
Week
3 p.m.
South Branch Public Library
1901 Russell St.
Theatre company “Word for Word” in a children’s performance of two stories: “The Elephant’s Child” by Rudyard Kipling and “Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti” by Gerald McDermott. Geared for children 4 years and up. Free. 649-3943 www.infopeople.org/bpl.
Celebrate Music on Telegraph
2 - 4 p.m.
Greg’s Pizza
2311 Telegraph Ave.
Shoppers and visitors to the cultural heart and soul of Berkeley will be treated to the joyful sound of music throughout the holiday season. Christy Dana Quartet performs, sponsored by the Telegraph Area Association. 486-2366
Elementary School Panel
11 a.m.- 2 p.m.
Epworth United Methodist Church
1953 Hopkins St.
Neighborhood Parents Networks sponsors a panel discussion and fair for Berkeley public elementary schools to offer information for parents entering their children in the public school system. $5 members, $10 non-members. 527-6667 www.parentsnet.org
Berkeley Free Folk Festival
11 a.m. - 1 a.m.
Ashkenaz
1317 San Pablo Ave.
Day one of the festival focuses on acoustic roots music, with concerts, workshops, a children’s program, and a Saturday night dance with three bands.
Petite Pooches Playgroup
2 - 4 p.m.
Terrace Park
Terrace Ct., off Neilson St.
Owners with small dogs. Every Saturday. Rain cancels. 524-2459
Sunday, Nov. 18
Celebrate Music on Telegraph
2 - 4 p.m.
Raleigh’s
2438 Telegraph Ave.
Shoppers and visitors to the cultural heart and soul of Berkeley will be treated to the joyful sound of music throughout the holiday season. Mitch Marcus Trio performs, sponsored by the Telegraph Area Association. 486-2366
The Young People’s Chamber Orchestra
4 p.m.
St. John’s Presbyterian Church
2727 College Ave.
20th Annual Fall Concert. All-strings orchestra consisting of girls and boys between the ages of 8 and 14. $5 gen., $1 students.
Ecology Center Booksigning and Slideshow
4-6 p.m.
Ecology Center
2530 San Pablo Ave.
Michael Branch will read from “John Muir’s Last Journey: South to the Amazon and East to Africa”, and Bonnie Gisel will read from “Kindred and Related Spirits”. Free. 548-2220 x223.
Berkeley Free Folk Festival
3 - 11 p.m.
Freight and Salvage
1111 Addison St.
Day two of the festival features contemporary folk music, with singer-songwriters and original string music.
– Compiled by Guy Poole