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Out & About Calendar

– compiled by Guy Poole

Friday March 15, 2002

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.

The Changing Face of

Disability Law in the

New Millennium

8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

UC Berkeley

Boalt Hall, Booth Auditorium

Conference exploring the evolving laws and emerging issues that define the status of disability rights in American society. Panel discussions addressing legal issues affecting disability rights. 643-8010, www.boalt.org/BDLS/conf.html.

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.

“Hooked”

1:15 p.m.

Alta Bates Hospital, Auditorium

2450 Ashby Ave.

A talk and slide show from the author of “Hooked: Five Addicts Challenge Our Misguided Drug Rehab System.” 763-0779, www.unhooked.com.

Tax-Aid: Bay Area Free Tax Service for Low-income Taxpayers

10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Lincoln Recreation Center

250 10th St., Oakland

Tax-Aid offers free tax return preparation to Bay Area families with incomes of less than $32,000. Eligible families simply bring their W-2s, other proofs of income and tax forms. Spanish, Chinese and Russian translators are available.

St. Patrick’s Day Community

and Family Contra Dance

7:45 p.m.

Grace North Church

2138 Cedar

7 p.m., Contra dance music teaching session. All levels welcome, easy dances for all ages. $10 adults, $5 kids. 482-9479.

Special Education Workshop

10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

North Berkeley Senior Center

1901 Hearst Ave.

Navigating the System: Understanding Legal Responsibilities. Get a working sense of relevant special education law, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Learn to advocate for your child in assessments and IEP meetings. 558-8933, sandstep@earthlink.net.

The Effect of Sept. 11

on Working People

noon

Albany Library

1247 Marin Ave.

LaborParty—East Bay with speakers: Ethel Long-Scott, Mario Santos and Warren Mar. 273-9219.

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.

Stagebridge’s 11th Annual

Family Matinee Theatre and

Ice Cream Social

3 p.m.

First Congregational Church

2501 Harrison, Oakland

Premiere of Linda Spector’s “Chicken Sunday and Other Grandparent Tales,” followed by an old fashioned ice cream social. $8 general, $4 children. 444-4755, www.stagebridge.org.

Fundraiser

7:30 p.m.

Berkeley Art Center

1275 Walnut St.

A fundraiser benefiting Bay Area Classical Harmonies and the Berkeley Art Center. $20. 219-5400, sarahfinley@hotmail.com.

Monday, March 18

Conscientious Objection to War

7 - 9 p.m.

Friends’ Meetinghouse

2151 Vine St.

The Berkeley Society of Friends will discuss the 1965 U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of the conviction of Daniel A. Seeger. Also a reading and discussion of Seeger’s pamphlet, The Seed and the Tree.

Berkeley Gray Panthers Home

Owners Committee

1:30 p.m.

Berkeley Gray Panthers Office

1403 Addison St.

Finding good repair people, good tenants, locating resources for low and middle income home owners. 548-9696, graypanthers@hotmail.com.

Thwarting the Next Energy Crisis

7 - 8:30 p.m.

Berkeley Adult School Room 7

1222 University Ave.

Learn to install your own basic home weatherization measures. Class will cover selection of materials and the proper installation of door weather stripping, attic insulation, duct tape, caulking and more. Lecture includes hands-on demonstrations. 981-5435, Energy@ci.berkeley.ca.us.

Tuesday, March 19

Berkeley Garden Club

1 p.m.

The Berkeley Garden Club will hold its Benefit Spring Tea and Professional Floral Design Demonstration. Sakae Sakaki will create both Ikebana and Western style arrangements. $7.50, 526-1083, bgardenclub@aol.com.

Self Help Strategies and Techniques from Feldenkrais and Pilates

noon - 2 p.m.

Alta Bates, Auditorium — Herrick Campus

2001 Dwight Way

Arthritis Foundation Northern California Chapter fibromyalgia support group. 644-3273.

The Destruction of Land and People: The Industry of Genocide

6 - 8 p.m.

UC Berkeley

Tilden Room, 5th Floor of

Martin Luther King Jr. Student

Union Building

Second symposium of the annual Breaking the Cycle, Mending the Circle Conference: Contemporary Issues of Genocide. This particular symposium is entitled The Destruction of Land and People: The Industry of Genocide. 642-4270.