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Out & About Calendar
Friday, Dec. 14
Partial-Solar Eclipse Viewing
11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Lawrence Hall of Science
Centennial Dr., just above UC Berkeley Campus
Telescopes and specially designed sun-spotters will be set up for safe viewing of the partial eclipse. $3 - $7. 642-5132, www.lawrencehallofscience.org
Community Hanukkah
Candle Lighting and Men's Club Latka Bake
6 p.m.
Congregation Beth El
2301 Vine St.
6 p.m., Pot luck dinner with latkas; 7 p.m., community Hanukkah candle lighting; 7:30 p.m., Shabbat/Hanukkah Service, dreidel contest after services. 848-3988.
Berkeley High School Jazz Lab Band
7:30 p.m.
Little Theatre
1920 Allston Way
First concert of the year. $8 for adults and $5 for seniors, BHS staff, and students. marylgear@ yahoo.com.
Still Stronger Women
1:15 - 3:15 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
Literature, arts, women writers' short stories. Free. 232-1351.
Berkeley PC User Group
7 p.m.
Vista College, Room 303
2020 Milvia St.
Monthly meeting features Jan Fagerholm discussing Linux. 527-2177, meldancing@aol.com
Saturday, Dec. 15
Calendar Sale Fundraiser for
Berkeley High School’s
Communications and Art
School
9 - 11 a.m.
2310 Valley St.
A variety of calendars to raise funds for video equipment for CAS. 843-2780, lorberlin@aol.com.
Berkeley Alliance of
Neighborhood Associations
9:30 a.m.
Fire Side Room, Live Oak Park
Shattuck Ave. & Berryman St.
A network for and by local people to inform and support a positive future for all neighborhoods. 845-7967, anicoloff@aol.com
Berkeley Farmers’ Market
Holiday Crafts Fair
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Martin Luther King, JR. Civic Center Park
Fair will include organic produce, handcrafted gifts, live choral music, massages, and hot apple cider. 548-3333, www.ecologycenter.org
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.
So Lovely! So Lively! Solano!
12 - 6 p.m.
Solano Ave.
Berkeley and Albany
More than 50 street performers – jazz bands, carolers, talking trees, & toy soldiers during the holiday season along Solano Ave. www.solanoave.org
Berkeley Artisans Holiday
Open Studios
A Self-Guided Tour
11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Various locations
100 artists and craftspeople open their studios to the public. For a map and locations, www.berkeleyartisans.com, or 845-2612.
Concert for the September
11th Fund
7:30 p.m.
Congregation Beth El
2301 Vine St.
An evening of music, joy and community spirit. Adama band, with Achi Ben Shalom. All proceeds support the victims of the September 11th attacks. $18. 848-3988.
18th Annual Telegraph Avenue.
Holiday Street Fair
11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Telegraph Ave.
Between Dwight Way and Bancroft
Telegraph Avenue presents a mix of free music, good food, festive lights, colorful decorations. More than 300 artists will display handmade crafts. Free shuttle from Downtown Berkeley Bart.
Cookie Decorating at the Albany Library
11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Albany Library
1247 Marin Ave.
Decorate a cookie dove. The finished doves will be donated to a local agency that provides food for the homeless. Free and open to all ages. Light refreshments will be served. 526-3720 x19.
Borneo Holiday Craft Sale
11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Café de la Paz
1600 Shattuck Ave.
The Borneo Project’s second annual holiday craft sale includes artists from around the world. Handmade rattan baskets, mats, beadwork, carved shields, artifacts and weavings. 547-4258, borneo@earthisland.org.
Crone Moon Ceremony
7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Epworth Church
1953 Hopkins
Women of all ages gather in circle to release the past. $10. 874-4935, www.eco-crones.org.
Sunday, Dec. 16
Community Chanukah of
Reconciliation
5 - 6:30 p.m.
2215 Prince St.
Bring your menorah--Everyone welcome. 486-2744, bayareawomeninblack@earthlink.net.
So Lovely! So Lively! Solano!
12 - 6 p.m.
Solano Ave.
Berkeley and Albany
More than 50 street performers – jazz bands, carolers, talking trees, & toy soldiers during the holiday season along Solano Ave. www.solanoave.org
“Foundations: A Course in
Theology”
First Congregational Church of Berkeley
2345 Channing Way
Taught by Jennifer DeWeerth, Assistant Dean and Registrar at Pacific School of Religion. 849-8239, www.psr.edu.
– Compiled by Guy Poole