Front Page News:
Out & About Calendar
Compiled by Guy Poole
Friday February 15, 2002
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Friday, Feb. 15
Berkeley Women in Black
noon - 1 p.m.
Telegraph Ave. and Bancroft
Standing in solidarity with women in Israel and Palestine to urge the end of Israeli occupation of West Bank and Gaza. 548-6310, www.wibberkeley.org.
Hip-Hop Music Workshop
6 - 8 p.m.
South Berkeley Community Church
1802 Fairview Ave.
Friday Night Art and Dinner Program for youths ages 5 to 14 years old. Hands on experience in various artistic styles. 6 - 7 p.m. art, 7 - 8 p.m. dinner. 652-1040.
Still Stronger Women
1:15 - 3:15 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
Life of Isadora Duncan, plus film on contemporary creative, therapeutic dances. 232-1351.
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.
BANA, Berkeley Alliance of
Neighborhood Associations
9:30 - ll a.m.
Live Oak Park, Fireside Room
l30l Shattuck Ave.
Neighbors are welcome to network and connect on issues with groups across the city. 848-3l75, HCMuir@mindspring.com.
Judi Bari Takes on the FBI
7:30 p.m.
Unitarian Fellowship
Cedar and Bonita St.
Benefit for the Judi Bari suit against the FBI. $5 - $15. 415-927-1645.
Habitual Avoidance of Intimacy?
5 - 6:30 p.m.
Twelve-step meeting for sexual, social, and emotional anorexia. Open to anyone who wants to recover from habitual avoidance of intimacy. Call first, 548-1285.
Fund Raiser for BHS Common Ground Costa Rica trip
9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
1924 Cedar St.
Humongous multi-family Berkeley High School indoor garage sale. Marciagoodman@aol.com.
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.
Plant Meditations: Cultivating Your Relationship with the Healing Power of Herbs
7:30 p.m.
The Berkeley Psychic Institute
2018 Allston Way
Spend the evening exploring the many ways of communicating with the healing presence of the plants. $10 donation, 644-1600.
Monday, Feb. 18
BART Operates Regular Saturday
Service for “President’s Day”
Beginning at 6 a.m. until midnight on all five lines. 465-2278.
The East Bay Coalition Against the War Movie/Speaker and Discussion Night
7 - 9 p.m.
Fellowship of Humanity
390 27th St., Oakland
We will show the Noam Chomsky Video on 9/11 and the War on Terror. Plus guest speaker, Denny Riley, Vietnam Veteran and a member of the Veterans Speaker's Alliance. The film and speaker will take about one to one and a half hours. The rest of the time will be devoted to small and large group discussion about our current struggle in response to “the war on terrorism.”
Tuesday, Feb. 19
Berkeley Garden Club
Hosts “Crystal Palaces”
1 p.m.
Epworth United Methodist Church
1953 Hopkins St.
Ann Cunningham, author of “Crystal Palaces” will present slides of glass houses from the turn of the century to the present. Scott Medburry, Director Strybing Arboretum & Botanic Garden, will talk about the history of San Francisco’s Conservatory of Flowers including an update on its recent renovation. 524-4374.
21st Century McCarthyism & The Rise of the Global Police State
6 - 8 p.m.
UC Berkeley
Wheeler Auditorium
The following speakers present their interpretations of September 11 and its aftermath: Angela Davis, Diane Clemens and Jennifer Terry. Sponsored by the Departments of Women's Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, & Ethnic Studies, and Professors for Peace. xperales@uclink.berkeley.edu.
Pioneering Woman Federal Judge
4:30 p.m.
UC Berkeley
Boalt Hall, Room 100
The Hon. Mary M. Schroeder, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, speaks on “Justice and Mercy.” Inaugural event of American Constitution Society for Law & Policy, Boalt Hall Chapter. 642-1741, amconstsoc@law.berkeley.edu.
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. 525-3565.
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.
Cultural Competency in Healthcare
6 - 7:30 p.m.
Berkeley YWCA
2600 Bancroft Way
Racial Justice Lecture Series and discussion on overcoming ethnic and gender differences to deliver healthcare in under-served populations. 848-6370, www.ywca-berkeley.org.
East Bay Job Fair
noon - 6 p.m.
Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center
10 10th St., Oakland
The United Way of the Bay Area, Economic Development Alliance for Business, and Bay Area Works are hosting a job fair. Free and open to everyone. 238-2410, www.uwba.org.
Thursday, Feb. 21
Barbara Lee
8 p.m.
UC Berkeley
145 Dwinelle Hall
Rep. Barbara Lee will be on campus. Sponsored by the Commonwealth Club and the Center on Politics. 642-9355, www.igs.berkeley.edu:8880/.
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
Simplicity Forum
7 - 8:30 p.m.
Claremont Branch Library
2940 Benvenue Ave.
"TV and Media” - Several people who have given up their TV's will talk about the difficulties and benefits. 549-3509, www.seeds of simplicity.org.
Take the Terror Out of Talking
noon - 1:10 p.m.
Calif. Dept. Health Services
2151 Berkeley Way
Room 804
State Health Toastmasters Club is presenting a six-week Speechcraft workshop to help you overcome your fear of speaking in public and improve your communication skills. Cost is $36 for six sessions, Feb. 21, 28 & March 7, 14, 21. 649-7750.
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
Still Stronger Women
1:15 - 3:15 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave
Short stories. 232-1351.
Saturday, Feb. 23
Archaeological Institute of America
3 p.m.
Shorb House
2547 Channing Way
Lecture by Dr. Stuart Swiny discussing Cypriot rituals surrounding fertility, life and death from the Neolithic to the Roman era. 415-338-1537, barbaram@sfsu.edu.
Paying for Public Education:
Whose Job Is It?
3 - 5:30 p.m.
Ocean View Elementary School
Multi-Purpose Room
1000 Jackson St., Albany
A forum with Kevin Gordon of the Education Coalition, who will explain state-level funding for K-12 schools. Candidates for the California Assembly 14th District seat Debate: Dave Brown (D), Loni Hancock (D), and Charles Ramsey (D). 524-7004, hao_kco@pacbell.net.
Sunday, Feb. 24
Monday, Feb. 25
A Rose Grew in Brooklyn: Stories from a Jewish Girlhood
7:30 - 9 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center
1414 Walnut St.
Local author and therapist, Rose Fox reads from her memoir.
Institute of Government Studies
12 p.m.
119 Moses Hall
UC Berkeley Campus
John Matsasuka presents a lecture entitled “For the Many or the Few: How the Initiative Process Changes American Government”. 642-4608, www.igs.berkeley.edu
Tuesday, Feb. 26
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. 525-3565.
Wednesday, Feb. 27
Berkeley Gray Panthers
1:30 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
Defending and improving Medicare. 548-9696, graypanthers@hotmail.com.
Berkeley Mental Health Commission
6:30 p.m.
2640 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Auditorium
Berkeley mental health clinic. 644-8562.
Thursday, Feb. 28
Cody's Evening for Parents and Teachers
7 p.m.
Cody's Books
1730 Fourth St.
Rosemary Wells, children's author of dozens of books including Max and Ruby and Noisy Nora, will discuss children, books, and the importance of reading to your children. 527-6667, www.parentsnet.org.
Trekking in Bhutan
7 p.m.
Recreational Equipment, Inc.
1338 San Pablo Ave.
Seasoned traveler, Ruther Anne Kocour will share slides and stories of her adventures trekking in this majestic country. 527-7377
Take the Terror Out of Talking
noon - 1:10 p.m.
Calif. Dept. Health Services
2151 Berkeley Way
Room 804
State Health Toastmasters Club is presenting a six-week Speechcraft workshop to help you overcome your fear of speaking in public and improve your communication skills. Cost is $36 for six sessions, Feb. 28 & March 7, 14, 21. 649-7750.
The Writing Life
4:30 p.m.
North Branch Library
1170 The Alameda
Peter S. Beagle will discuss his works and the life and times of a professional writer. 649-3913, www.infopeople.org/bpl.
Photographing the Famous
7:30 p.m.
College Preparatory School Auditorium
1600 Broadway, Oakland
Michael Collopy will talk about photographing the famous (Mother Teresa, Frank Sinatra, Mikhail Gorbachev, Nelson Mandela).
