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Out & About Calendar

– compiled by Guy Poole
Saturday March 16, 2002


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.  

 


Wednesday, March 20

 

 

City Commons Club, 

Great Decisions Program 

10 a.m. - noon 

Berkeley City Club 

2315 Durant Ave. 

Nunu Kidane, Epidemiologist, UC San Francisco; “AIDS in Africa.” $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. 

 

African Philosophy 

7 p.m. 

The Fellowship of Humanity 

390 27th St., Oakland 

We will interpret Nkrumah as a philosopher. Brief presentations followed by open discussion. 451-5818, HumanistHall@yahoo.com. 

 

Cealo is Coming 

7 - 9 p.m. 

St. John’s Presbyterian Church 

Fireside Room 

2727 College Ave. 

Gayuna Cealo is a Burmese monk who’s mission is to lead people to their true selves. $10 donation. 525-6472. 

 

Community Prayer Breakfast 

7:30 a.m. 

H’s Lordships Restaurant 

Berkeley Marina, 199 Seawall Dr. 

The 62nd year of the interfaith prayer breakfast celebrating spirituality in the community. $18. 549-4524, vicki@baymca.org. n 

 

 


Thursday, March 21

 

 

Still the Source of Grace?  

Reading the Bible as a Gay Christian 

5 p.m.  

Pacific School of Religion chapel  

1798 Scenic Ave. 

With L. William Countryman, professor in biblical studies at 

Church Divinity School of the Pacific, and co-author with M.R. Ritley of “Gifted by Otherness: Gay and Lesbian Christians in the Church.” Free and open to the public. 849-8206. 

 

Simplicity Forum 

7 - 8:30 p.m. 

Claremont Branch Library 

2940 Benvenue Ave. 

People telling stories about the ways they have changed their lives by finding ways to work less, consume less, rush less, and have more time to build community with friends and family, as well as live more lightly upon the planet. 549-3509, www.simpleliving.net. 

 

– compiled by Guy Poole