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Calendar of Events & Activities
Thursday, Nov. 22
Latin Dance Class
7:30 p.m.
Berkeley/Richmond Jewish Community Center
1414 Walnut St.
Salsa, Cha-cha, Merengue... $10, No partner necessary. All ages and levels welcome. 508-4616
Friday, Nov. 23
Kwanzaa Gift Show
12 - 8 p.m.
Oakland Marriott Hotel
1001 Broadway, Oakland
Three-day cultural gift show offers goods and services as well as retail seminars, business workshops, job recruitment, product samples, business opportunities, and entertainment.
Saturday, Nov. 24
Celebrate Music on Telegraph
2 - 4 p.m.
The Village
2556 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. Joe Chellman Quartet performs, sponsored by the Telegraph Business Improvement District and the Telegraph Area Association. 486-2366
Santa's Solstice Bazaar
11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Metaversal Lightcraft
1708 University Ave.
Come shop while kids visit with Santa for free. Fine arts, crafts,
clothing and gift booths in a magical and colorful scene. 644-2032, www.lightcraft.org.
Open Center
10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst St.
The Center is open for exercise and lunch. “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” will be shown at 1 p.m. 644-6107
Teddy Bear Festival
1 p.m., 3 p.m.
Pacific Film Archive Theater
2575 Bancroft Way
Children get to march their teddy bears through the theater, and then watch animated teddy bear films. $3.50. 642-1412
Sunday, Nov. 25
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. Downtown Uproar performs, sponsored by the Telegraph Business Improvement District and the Telegraph Area Association. 486-2366
United Genders of the
Universe
7 p.m.
Pacific Center
2712 Telegraph Ave.
An all ages genderqueer group for anyone who views gender as having more than 2 options. 548-8283
Teddy Bear Festival
1 p.m., 3 p.m.
Pacific Film Archive Theater
2575 Bancroft Way
Children get to march their teddy bears through the theater, and then watch animated teddy bear films. $3.50. 642-1412
Wild Life or Dinner
noon
The Fellowship of Humanity
411 28th St., Oakland
Eric Mills, coordinator for Action for Animals, speaks out against live-animal food markets in Oakland. 451-5818, humanisthall@ yahoo.com
Monday, Nov. 26
Race, Immigration and American Politics Speakers Series
noon
UC Berkeley
119 Moses Hall
Chris Rudolph Center for International Studies, USC, “Security, Sovereignty, and International Migration.” 642-4608 www.igs. berkeley.edu
Quilt Show
7:30 p.m.
First Unitarian Church
1 Lawson Rd., Kensington
East Bay Heritage Quilters present their work, including art quilts, traditional bed quilts, wall hangings, group quilts, and clothing. $3 non-members. 834-3706
Monthly meeting of the Oakland East Bay Chapter of NOW – the National Organization for Women
6:30 - 8 p.m.
Mama Bears Bookstore & Coffee House
6536 Telegraph Ave.
Everyone welcome. 287-8948
Constructing Autonomy in Chiapas
6 p.m.
Unitarian Fellowship
Cedar @ Bonita
Sendoff event for Pastors for Peace caravan that will deliver emergency aid and build housing in Chiapas. $5 - $10, including dinner. 869-2577
Montessori Campus Design
Competition Exhibit
3 - 5 p.m.
Berkeley Montessori School
1581 LeRoy Ave.
BMS is designing a new Elementary and Middle School campus, see the designs and give your feedback for jury consideration in selecting the winner. 843-9374, sharline@well.com.
Tuesday, Nov. 27
Berkeley Farmers’ Market
2 - 7 p.m.
Derby Street between Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Milvia Street
548-3333
Experimental Mid-life Workshop
7:30 - 9 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center
1414 Walnut St.
Miriam Chaya presents the third 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
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
Holistic Health
1:15 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst St.
Elizabeth Forrest discusses Creative Aging in the second of two Holiday Holistic Health talks. 644-6107
Wednesday, Nov. 28
“Long Night's Journey Into Day”
7 p.m.
Ellen Driscoll Hall
325 Highland, Piedmont
Piedmont's Appreciating Diversity Committee, DiversityWorks and Piedmont's League of Women Voters will sponsor the free screening of “Long Night's Journey Into Day,” winner of the Grand Prize for Best Documentary at the 2000 Sundance Festival. 655-5552, www.diversityworks.org
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
American Disability Act
1:00 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst St.
Ken Steiner and Jessica Soske from Legal Assistance for Seniors will lead a discussion. 644-6107
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. The last Storytime in the series.
Stories of Your Amazing Body
2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Hall of Health
2230 Shattuck Ave.
For children aged three to ten years old, escape to the magical realm of health, fun, and excitement of this ongoing storytelling series. 549-1564
Berkeley Gray Panthers
1:30 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst St.
What really happened at the UN Conference on Racism or what the press left out. 548-9696, graypanthers@hotmail.com
Emeryville Lights of Life Day
5 - 7 p.m.
Emeryville Child Development Center
1220 53rd St., Emeryville
Community event to honor loved ones and in tribute to the helping
and caring professions, featuring children's chorus, candle-lighting, guest
speaker Emeryville Fire Chief Stephen Cutright with a tribute to New York
firefighters, and a visit from the fire truck. 450-8795
"The Nuclear Waste Problem and the Yucca Mountain Project"
6 - 7:30 p.m.
UC Berkeley
180 Tan Hall
This talk will discuss the nuclear waste problem, its causes, and possible long-term solutions. The potential solution offered by deep geologic disposal is discussed, and current research efforts at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are described. Dr. Gudmundur (Bo) S. Bodvarsson is the Earth Sciences Division Director and the Acting Nuclear Waste Program Manager at the LBNL. Sponsored by the Berkeley Student Section of the American Nuclear Society. 704-8106, lancekim@nuc.berkeley.edu.
