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Out & About Calendar
Monday, March 11
The Science Behind Global
Warming, and How You Can
Reduce Your Impact
7 - 8:30 p.m.
Berkeley Adult School
University Ave. and Bonar St.
Susan Ode, Berkeley Energy Commission, will provide an update on the science and implications of global warming for the world, plus a practical list of actions you can incorporate in your life to protect the global climate and improve the quality of your life. 981-5435, energy@ci.berkeley.ca.us.
Odyssey of Conflict and
Odyssey of Mastery -- Polanyi,
Pirsig, Zen, and the Art of
Knowing
3:30 - 5 p.m.
Pacific School of Religion, Mudd 206
1798 Scenic Ave.
Lecture and discussion presented by Allen Dyer, M.D., professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at East Tennessee State University, also former chair of the ethics committee of the American Psychiatric Association. Free and open to the public. 849-8285.
Learning from The History of
Government
noon
UC Berkeley
Harris Room (119 Moses Hall)
Positive Political Theory Seminar with Roger Myerson, University of Chicago. 642-4608, http://www.igs.berkeley.edu:8880/
Conscientious Objection to
War
7 - 9 p.m.
Friends’ Meetinghouse
2151 Vine St.
The Berkeley Society of Friends will view the PBS documentary, The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It, and discuss it.
Meet the Artists of the
ARTS Ed Resource Guide
6 - 8 p.m.
James Irvine Foundation Conference Center
353 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland
Artists and arts organizations will deliver brief presentation about their program offerings and address questions posed by the audience. Free and open to the public. 208-0842, www.artsedeastbay.org.
Women’s Week of Power
7 p.m.
St. Paul AME Church
2024 Ashby Ave.
Speaker: Rev. Cheryl Kirk-Dugan Center for Women & Religion.
Tuesday, March 12
An Evening with Numfundo
Walaza: The Burden of
Forgiveness
7:30 - 9 p.m.
Church Divinity School of the Pacific,
Tucson Common Room
2451 Ridge Rd.
An evening with Numfundo Walaza, director of the Trauma Center for Survivors of Violence and Torture in Capetown, South Africa. Walaza will talk about "The Burden of Forgiveness: Reflections from the Truth and Reconciliation Committee of South Africa." $15. 204-0720, mkmorrison@cdsp.edu.
Women's Week of Power
7 p.m.
St. Paul AME Church
2024 Ashby Ave.
Speaker: Rev. Frankie Moore McGee, Avenue Baptist Church.
Wednesday., Mar. 13
Trees Forum
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Church Divinity School of the Pacific,
Tucson Common Room
2451 Ridge Rd.
Amahra Hicks of USFS, and Jeff Romm of UCB discuss "Just Forests Initiative: Faith-based Activism for Public Land." Free and open to the public. www.gtu.edu/StudServ/TREES.
City Commons Club,
Great Decisions Program
10 a.m. - noon
Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave.
Lawrence Saez, professor of East Asia Studies, UC Berkeley; “South Asia: Focus on India.” $5. 848-3533.
Prose Writers’ Workshop
7 - 9 p.m.
Berkeley/Richmond Jewish
Community Center Library
1414 Walnut St.
From Op-ed to fiction, memoir to the feature article. Workshop format. Free. 524-3034.
Thursday, March 14
Grizzly Peak Flyfishers
Annual Flytying Festival
7:30 p.m.
Kensington Community Center
59 Arlington Ave., Kensington
Flytying demonstrations and tutoring for beginning through advanced. 524-0428.
Hiking the Appalachian Trail
7 p.m.
REI
1338 San Pablo Ave.
Lisa Garrett and Francis Tapon will share slides and highlights of their 111-day journey through 13 East Coast states covering 2,167 miles. 527-4140, www.sonictrek.com.
Women's Week of Power
7 p.m.
St. Paul AME Church
2024 Ashby Ave.
Speaker: Rev. Valerie Miles-Tribble Imani Community Church.
Friday, March 15
City Commons Club
12:30 p.m.
Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave.
Keith A. Russell, president, American Baptist Seminary of the West; “A look at Moral Issues.” $1. 848-3533.
Still Stronger Women
1:15 - 3:15 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
Black History and Women's Months: Bessie Coleman, aviatrix. 232-1351.
Women's Week of Power
7 p.m.
St. Paul AMEC
2024 Ashby Ave.
Speaker: Rev. Malvina Stephens Allen, Temple Baptist Church.
Berkeley Women in Black
noon - 1 p.m.
Bancroft and Telegraph Ave.
Standing in solidarity with Israeli and Palestinian women to urge an end to the occupation and push the peace process forward. 548-6310, wibberkeley.org.
Saturday, March 16
76th Annual Poets’ Dinner
11:30 a.m.
Holiday Inn, Emeryville
1800 Powell
David Alpaugh will speak about “The Professionalization of Poetry,” followed by the reading of winning poems and prizes. 841-1217.
Copwatch
11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Copwatch
2022 Blake St.
Know your rights workshop. 548-0425.
4th Annual Gay & Lesbian
Family Night at the YMCA
6 - 9 p.m.
YMCA
2001 Allston Way
Open to all LGBT families and their friends. Pizza party, swimming, juggling demo and instruction, clowning, face painting, soccer, floor hockey, music, karate demo, and more for toddlers through teens. Free, donation requested. 665-3238, www.ourfamily.org.
Sunday, March 17
Art of Enlightenment:
Symbolism, Visualization and
Mandalas
6 p.m.
Tibetan Nyingma Institute
1815 Highland Place
Rosalyn White, art director for Dharma Publishing, will discuss Tibetan paintings and how they are used in meditation. 843-6812.
Women’s Day
9:30 a.m.
St. Paul AME Church
2024 Ashby Ave.
Women Excelling in the Grace of Giving; Speaker: Dr. Sarah F. Davis, Pastor
Bethel AMEC, San Antonio, TX.
Sara’s Children: The
Destruction of Chmielinik
3 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish
Community Center
1414 Walnut St.
Suzan Hagstrom will talk about her book, Sara’s Children, and host a discussion. 848-0237 x127.
Compiled by Guy Poole