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Out & About Calendar
Saturday, Feb. 2
“Communities in Action” Conference
All day.
UC Berkeley, Clark Kerr Campus
The Conference will feature the work of community groups, youth, and researchers who are using popular education and participatory research to empower and transform their communities. Call for times: 642-2856, or cpeprconference@yahoo.com.
Sunday, Feb. 3
Religious Fundamentalism in Islam and Judaism
1 - 5 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center
1414 Walnut St.
A course that explores the ways in which some Jews and Muslims have reacted to the challenges of the modern world. $35, $30 members. 845-6420, www.Lehrhaus.org
Monday, Feb. 4
National Organization for Women
6:30 - 8 p.m.
6536 Telegraph Ave.
February meeting of the Oakland East Bay Chapter of NOW. 287-8948.
Writing an Ethical Will Workshop
7 - 9 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center
1414 Walnut St.
Writers of ethical wills hope to convey what they have learned in life. All writing levels and native languages welcome. $30. To register call: 848-0237 X127.
The Alexander Technique
7 - 8:30 p.m.
Berkeley YWCA
2600 Bancroft Way
Introductory workshop discussing the basic principles of this method, and demonstrate how you can apply them in ordinary movements. $15 members, $23 non-members. 848-6370.
Tuesday, Feb. 5
Do War and Justice Mix?
5:30 p.m.
Flora Lamson Hewlett Library
Dinner Board Room
2400 Ridge Rd.
The Center for Ethics and Social Policy presents Dr. Martin Cook,
professor of ethics at the U.S. Army War College, discussing just war theory and the modern political climate. Free and open to the public. 549-5060.
Wednesday, Feb. 6
Get Connected: The Magic of Mingling
7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center
1414 Walnut St.
A workshop that teaches mingling strategies for social occasions. $10, $8 members. 848-0237 x127
Copwatch
7 - 10 p.m.
Copwatch Office
2022 Blake St.
Know Your Rights Training, learn what your rights are and how to watch the police effectively and safely. 548-0425.
Bringing Shabbat to Life: A Shabbat Workshop
9:30 - 11 a.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center
1414 Walnut St.
A workshop that teaches how to bring fun and peaceful family time to Shabbat through crafts, creative ideas and family projects. $5, $4 members. 848-0237 x127
Institute of Government Studies
12 p.m.
119 Moses Hall
UC Berkeley Campus
Gregory Curtin lectures on “Transforming Local Government - The Impact of the Internet and New Information Technology”. 642-4608, www.igs.berkeley.edu
Planting Rice, Harvesting Slaves:
Generational and Gendered Struggles on the Upper Guinea Coast in the Era
of the Atlantic Slave Trade
4 - 6 p.m.
UC Berkeley
3335 Dwinelle, Level “C”
A talk by Walter Hawthorne of Ohio University. Sponsored by Department of History, Department of African-American Studies, and Center for African Studies. 642-8338.
Relationship Seminar
7 - 9 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church of Alameda
2001 Santa Clara Ave., Alameda
A four session seminar, Wednesdays, Feb. 6 - 27, on developing and deepening healthy interpersonal relationships. 522-1477.
Thursday, Feb. 7
Help Put an End to the
Sanctions Against Haiti
4:30 p.m.
Federal Building
1301 Clay St., Oakland
A vigil with music and speakers. 483-7481, haitiaction@yahoo.com.
Backpacking in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
7 p.m.
Recreational Equipment, Inc.
1338 San Pablo Ave.
Veteran backpacker, Eric Rorer, shares slides and information on his recent adventure in the Refuge’s Franklin Mountains. 527-7377
Why I Quit the Livermore Nuclear Labs
6 - 8 p.m.
UC Berkeley, 155 Dwinelle
Dr. Andreas Toupadakis presents a lecture on U. S. Foreign Policy leading up to 9/11 and its effects on global security. UCBNOW@hotmail.com.
Friday, Feb. 8
Berkeley Women in Black
noon - 1 p.m.
UC Berkeley Campus
Telegraph Ave. and Bancroft
Vigil urging the end of Israeli Occupation of West Bank and Gaza. 548-6310, wibberkeley.org.
Middendorf Breath Workshop
6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Middendorf Breath Institute
830 Bancroft Way, #104 (the corner of Bancroft and 6th St.)
The Institute Staff will conduct a day and a half Breath and Movement Workshop. Workshop fee is $100. 981-1710, www.breathexperience.com
Saturday, Feb. 9
Earthquake Retrofitting Class
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Building Education Center
812 Page St.
The Office of Emergency Services offers a free class to show how to strengthen a wood frame home by installing expansion and epoxy bolts, shear paneling and structural hardware.
Afro-Centric Thoughts in Process Workshop
3 p.m.
Black Repertory Group
3201 Adeline St.
Black Consciousness for and about Africans born in America, also celebrating knowledge beginning with the birth of human life in Africa six million years ago. 652-2120 or 841-0392.
Black History Month Rally
2 p.m.
Frank Ogawa City Hall Plaza, 14th & Broadway, Oakland
Berkeley High School
Men’s Crew Team
Annual Ergathon Fund Raiser
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Civic Center Park
BHS is the only public school on the West Coast offering crew to its students. Less than 2 percent of the team’s annual budget comes from the BHS Athletic Department. 559-3179, jldulay@attbi.com.
Grizzly Peak Flyfishers Fund Raiser
6 p.m.
Kensington Youth Hut
59 Arlington Ave., Kensington
19th Annual Dinner and Fund raiser for the nonprofit organization dedicated to conservation and education in flyfishing. 524-0428.
Valentine-Making Workshop
1 - 3 p.m.
Albany Library
1247 Marin Ave., Albany
The Albany Library is sponsoring a Valentine-Making Workshop, make one to keep and one to donate to Meals on Wheels. 526-3720 x19.
Sunday, Feb. 10
Salsa Dance Party and Lesson
7 - 9:30 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center
1414 Walnut St.
Novices are welcomed, and nobody is required to bring a partner. $12. 508-4616, ronniematisalsa@yahoo.com
Valentines Dance
2 p.m.
Longfellow School for the Arts
1500 Derby St.
Mike Vax Jazz Orchestra will perform. $15, $18 at door. 420-4560
Special Day with Susan Crane: Plowshares Activist
10:30 a.m.
Berkeley Fellowship
1924 Cedar
“Loving Your Enemies: A Revolution of Values.” Susan shares her spiritual journey which led to three terms in prison and living in Jonah House. 524-6064, hcarlstad@aol.com.
John J. McNeill
11 a.m.
Pacific School of Religion
1798 Scenic Ave.
Spiritual leader, activist and author of The Church and the Homosexual will speak at the New Spirit Community Church 11 a.m. Worship Celebration. 849-8280, admin@newspiritchurch.org.
Monday, Feb. 11
Perfect Couples
5 - 7:30 p.m.
2576 Shattuck Ave., Suite 7
A group for singles who don’t want to be. For men and women in their 20s and 30s. $30 per session, 8-week commitment. Catherine Auman, MFT. 848-3511.
Writing an Ethical Will Workshop
7 - 9 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center
1414 Walnut St.
Writers of ethical wills hope to convey what they have learned in life. All writing levels and native languages welcome. $30. To register call: 848-0237 X127.
An Evening of Music, Song, and Speech
7 p.m.
AK Press
674-A 23rd St., Oakland
Progressive minded singers and organizers will perform and speak. $5. 208-1700, molly@akpress.org