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Calendar of Events & Activities
Tuesday, Dec. 18
The Spirit of Christmas Class
7 - 9 p.m.
1250 Addison St.
Studio 103
Explore the metaphysics of the Christmas Story. 540-8844, patricia@newthoughtunity.org.
Feldenkrais Chair Class for
Seniors
1 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
Gentle movement class for older adults. Free. ellmor1@home.com.
Feldenkrais Floor Class for
Seniors
2 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
Gentle movement class for older adults. Free. ellmor1@home.com.
Berkeley Camera Club
7:30 p.m.
Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda
Share your slides and prints and learn what other photographers are doing. Monthly field trips. 525-3565.
Wednesday, Dec. 19
Blanket Drive for
Afghan Refugees
8:30 - 9:30 a.m.
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Black Pine Circle School, Lower Campus
2027 Seventh St.
4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Black Pine Circle School, Upper Campus
2015 Sixth St.
A large truck will be parked outside the lower school for collection of clean, serviceable, blankets, quilts, and sleeping bags. These will be delivered to the American Friends Service Committee in San Francisco, then shipped to refugee camps in Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan. 526-4771, nanscape@yahoo.com.
Feldenkrais Classes for
Seniors
10:30 and 11:45 a.m.
Jewish Community Center
1414 Walnut
Gentle movement class for older adults. Free. ellmor1@home.com
Lecture Series on Women
Medieval Mystics
7:30 - 9 p.m.
All Souls Parish
2220 Cedar St.
Three Women Mystics: An Advent Lecture Series. Exploration of their spiritual quests designed to offer a new sense of spiritual possibilities in modern times. Free. Supervised childcare will be provided. 848-1755.
Thursday, Dec. 20
Blanket Drive for Afghan
Refugees
daytime
Black Pine Circle School
2027 Seventh St.
A large truck will be parked outside the lower school for collection of clean, serviceable, blankets, quilts, and sleeping bags. These will be delivered to the American Friends Service Committee in San Francisco and then shipped to refugee camps in Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan. 526-4771, nanscape@yahoo.com.
Islamic Cultural Celebration
7:30 p.m.
La Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Ave.
Mark the end of Ramadan with music, poetry, and stories from various parts
of the Islamic world. Proceeds will be donated to RAWA. $10. 849-2568, www.lapena.org.
Friday, Dec. 21
18th Annual Telegraph Ave.
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.
Berkeley Women In Black
Vigil
noon - 1 p.m.
Telegraph Ave. at Haste
(Outside Cody’s Books)
Vigil in support of Women in Black in Jerusalem against military solutions to end the occupation of Palestine.
Saturday, Dec. 22
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 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
Magic School Bus Video
Festival
10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lawrence Hall of Science
Centennial Drive, above UC Berkeley Campus
Ms. Frizzle takes her skeptical class from outer space to inside a dog’s noise in seven different video adventures. Free popcorn and free magic school bus gift. $3 - $7. 642-5132, www.lawrencehallofscience.org
18th Annual Telegraph Ave.
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.
Sunday, Dec. 23
A Service of Lessons and
Carols
4 p.m.
St. Augustine Church
400 Alcatraz
The St. Augustine Choir fill an afternoon with carols. 653-8631.
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
18th Annual Telegraph Ave.
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.
Julia Morgan Center for the
Arts Features A Celtic Peace:
A Bay Area Celtic Christmas
Celebration
7:30 p.m.
Julia Morgan Theatre
2640 College Ave.
“A Celtic Peace,” an evening of Irish music and dance for the whole family. This musical program is dedicated to world peace. $10 adults, $5 children. 845-8542, www.juliamorgan.org.
Monday, Dec. 24
Midnight Mass
11:45 p.m.
St. Augustine Church
400 Alcatraz
Prelude music begins at 11:15 p.m., mass begins at 11:30 p.m. 653-8631
18th Annual Telegraph Ave.
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.
Tuesday, Dec. 25
Guided Tours of Jewish Art and History
12 - 4 p.m.
Judah L. Magnes Museum
2911 Russell St.
Family Day at the Museum. The tours will present over 250 objects from the Museum’s permanent collections on display in the major exhibition “Telling Time: To Everything There is a Season.” 549-6950 www.magnesmuseum. org
Puppets and Puppet Making
1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center
141 Walnut St.
Jennifer Levine presents “Princess Moxie Rules!” a 30 minute puppet show followed by a puppet-making project. 848-0237, www.brjcc.org.
Gerry Tenney & California Klezmer Jewish Music
2 p.m. & 3 p.m.
2911 Russell St.
Hands-on Art Projects. 848-0237, www.brjcc.org.
Wednesday, Dec. 26
Professor Smart’s Fun with Physics Show
1 p.m.
Lawrence Hall of Science
Centennial Drive, above UC Berkeley Campus
Professor Smart shrinks his head, has toilet paper flying, juggles and has the audience’s hair standing on end all the while demonstrating the principles of physics. $3 - $7. 642-5132, www.lawrencehallofscience.org
Thursday, Dec. 27
Slapstick with Derique
1 p.m.
Lawrence Hall of Science
Centennial Drive, above UC Berkeley Campus
Ham Bone body drumming, physical comedy, and circus arts are sure to stimulate your “funny bone” as New Vaudeville artist Derique lets you into his hip style of circus arts. $3 - $7. 642-5132, www.lawrencehallofscience.org
– Compiled by Guy Poole
, Dec. 28
World Rhythms
1 p.m.
Lawrence Hall of Science
Centennial Drive, above UC Berkeley Campus
Japanese taiko, African marimba and djembe, Middle Eastern dumbek, Afro-Cuban chekere, and conga drums celebrate musical traditions from around the world. $3 - $7. 642-5132, www.lawrencehallofscience.org
Saturday, Dec. 29
Magic Show
1 p.m.
Lawrence Hall of Science
Centennial Drive, above UC Berkeley Campus
Jay Alexander performs his magical mixture of comedy and illusion with special effects that will entertain visitors of all ages. $3 - $7. 642-5132, www.lawrencehallofscience.org
Sunday, Dec. 30
Music and Storytelling
1 p.m.
Lawrence Hall of Science
Centennial Drive, above UC Berkeley Campus
Familiar nursery rhymes and fairy tales come to life in musical stories by children’s performer Dennis Hysom. $3 - $7. 642-5132, www.lawrencehallofscience.org
Monday, Dec. 31
New Year’s Eve Party
1 p.m.
Lawrence Hall of Science
A daytime holiday party for kids featuring lots of hands-on activities. $3 - $7. 642-5132, www.lawrencehallofscience.org
ONGOING EVENTS
Sundays
West Berkeley Market
11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
University Ave., between 3rd and 4th Streets
Family-oriented weekly market. Crafts, music, produce, and specialty foods.
654-6346
Mondays
Tuesdays
Easy Tilden Trails (?)
9:30 a.m.
Tilden Regional Park, in the parking lot that dead ends at the Little Farm
Join a few seniors, the Tuesday Tilden Walkers, for a stroll around Jewel Lake and the Little Farm Area. Enjoy the beauty of the wildflowers, turtles, and warblers, and waterfowl.
215-7672; members.home.co
m/teachme99/tilden/index.html
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 and learn what other photographers are doing. Monthly field trips. 525-3565.
Wednesdays
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
Thursdays
Free Anonymous HIV Testing (?) (?)
5:15 - 7:15 p.m.
Check in 5 - 7 p.m.
University Health Services
Tang Center
2222 Bancroft Way
Drop-in services and limited space is available.
Call 642-7202
Fridays
Saturdays
Berkeley Farmers’ Market
10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Center Street between Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Milvia Street
548-3333
Poets Juan Sequeira and Wanna Thibideux Wright
Free Sailboat Rides
1 - 4 p.m.
Cal Sailing Club
Berkeley Marina
The Cal Sailing Club, a nonprofit sailing and windsurfing cooperative, gives free rides on a first come, first served basis. Wear warm clothes and bring a change of clothes in case you get wet. Children must be at least five years old and accompanied by an adult. 208-5460, www.cal-sailing.org.
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