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Out & About Calendar
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.
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.
Youth Career Faire
9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Berkeley Chinese Community Church
2117 Acton St.
All youths are invited to come learn about different careers from those in the field. 548-5259.
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
Valentine’s 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.
Young People’s Chamber Orchestra
20th Annual Winter Concert
4 p.m.
St. John’s Presbyterian Church
2727 College Ave.
All-strings orchestra consisting of girls and boys between the ages of 8 and 14. $5 for adults, $1 students. 527-8624.
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
Institute of Government Studies
12 p.m.
119 Moses Hall
UC Berkeley Campus
Per Petterrson lectures as part of the Positive Political Theory Seminar. 642-4608, www.igs.berkeley.edu
Public Forum regarding the
Berkeley Unified School District Budget
6 - 9 p.m.
District’s Administrative Offices
Council Chambers
2134 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
District staff and the FCMAT (Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team) will make a budget presentation and respond to questions from the audience. 644-6174.
Tuesday, Feb. 12
Wetland Restoration
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Shoreline, Oakland
Restoration activities include planting native and removing non-native plants, shoreline clean-ups, and water quality monitoring. Gloves and tools are provided. 452-9261, mlatta@savesfbay.org
UNtraining White Liberal Racism
7 - 9:30 p.m.
1840 Alcatraz
The UNtraining offers personal work for white people to address our unconscious racial conditioning. $10. 235-6134.
Circles of Iron, Cloaks of Power:
African Colonial Intermediaries in
the French Soudan, West Africa,
1890 - 1910
4 - 6 p.m.
UC Berkeley
3335 Dwinelle, Level “C”
A talk by Emily Osborn of Notre Dame University. Sponsored by Department of History, Department of African-American Studies, and Center for African Studies. 642-8338.
Wednesday, Feb. 13
Near-death Experience Support Group
7 - 9 p.m.
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Church
1606 Bonita Ave.
International Association for Near-Death Studies offers a supportive environment for the exploration of near-death experiences. 531-6393.
Thursday, Feb. 14
Get Connected: Cooking from the Heart
6 - 9 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center
1414 Walnut St.
Join Pastry Chef Daniel Herskovic, as he instructs how to create a sumptuous meal. $25 includes meal and lesson. 601-7247, dherskovic@yahoo.com
Exploring Old Neighborhoods in the East Bay and Marin
7 p.m.
Recreational Equipment, Inc.
1338 San Pablo Ave.
A slide presentation showcasing historic houses, beautiful gardens, parks, waterfalls and more. 527-7377
Grandparent Support Group
10 - 11:30 a.m.
Malcolm X School Arts and
Academics School
1731 Prince St., Room 105A
For grandparents and relatives raising their grandchildren and other relatives. 644-6517.
Saturday, Feb. 16
Puppet Show
1:30 and 2:30 p.m.
Hall of Health, Children’s Hospital Oakland
2230 Shattuck Ave.
Includes puppets from diverse cultures and with such conditions as cerberal palsy, blindness, and Down syndrome. Free. 549-1564.
Launch Party for War Times
4 p.m.
Mandela Village
1357 Fifth St., West Oakland
A new national anti-war newspaper covering an alternative truth. 869-5156.
Sunday, Feb. 17
Jewish Learning Seminar
10 a.m. - noon
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center
1414 Walnut St.
K’Tanim: A Celebration of Jewish Learning for Families with Young Children, Birth to 3. Family activities, songs, stories, crafts, and discussions. $10. To register call: 549-9447 x 104.
Wednesday, Feb. 20
Staying Connected: Building A Secular Jewish Life
7:30 - 9:15 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center
1414 Walnut St.
An evening of discussion and song with a Klezmer/Yiddish musician. $5. 848-0237 x 127
Institute of Government Studies
4 p.m.
119 Moses Hall
UC Berkeley Campus
Gerald Gamm lectures as part of the Historical Institutionalism Seminar. 642-4608, www.igs.berkeley.edu
Colonial Courts, African Conflicts,
and the End of Slavery in the French Souda
4 - 6 p.m.
UC Berkeley
3335 Dwinelle, Level "C"
A talk by Richard Roberts of Stanford University. Sponsored by Department of History, Department of African-American Studies, and Center for African Studies. 642-8338.
Thursday, Feb. 21
Purim Lecture
7:30 - 9 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center
1414 Walnut St.
Discover the deeper meaning of Purim as Rabbi Alexander Sheinfeld uses the lens of Kabbalah to explore what Purim has to do with being Jewish and with being human. $10, $8 members. 848-0237 x127
Zimbabwe Wildlife
7 p.m.
Recreational Equipment, Inc.
1338 San Pablo Ave.
Julie Edwards of Rhino Girl Safaris gives a slide presentation showcasing Zimbabwe’s remarkable variety of birds and mammals, and discusses the future of wildlife and the safari industry in Africa. 527-7377
Travel Photography Workshop
7 - 9 p.m.
Easy Going Travel Shop & Bookstore
1385 Shattuck Ave.
An intensive workshop that focuses on travel photography, with an emphasis on film and equipment security, light and weather conditions, methods to make the most of well-known sites, and ways to approach and photograph strangers. $15. 843-3533
Friday, Feb. 22
Grand Canyon Splendor: Rafting the Colorado
7 p.m.
Recreational Equipment, Inc.
1338 San Pablo Ave.
Guidebook author and former river guide, Tyler Williams, presents the dramatic beauty of the Grand Canyon in his slide presentation on rafting the Colorado. 527-7377
– Compiled by Guy Poole
