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Out & About Calendar

Compiled by Guy Poole
Monday March 11, 2002


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