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Out & About Calendar

Compiled by Guy Poole

Friday April 05, 2002

Friday, April 5

City Commons Club

12:30 p.m.

2315 Durant Ave.

“Reporting from Berkeley” Charles Burres, staff reporter, San Francisco Chronicle. $1. 848-3533.

Oakland Museum Teacher Open House

“First Friday Teacher Features” Try your hand at Gold Panning, and find out about our popular Gold Rush Program. Free for Teachers.

4-6 p.m.

10th & Oak streets, Oakland

238-3818 to register

Oakland Museum Artist Gallery Talks

Free with Museum Admission

Jamie Brunson, Milton Komisar and Amy Evans McClure, artists in the exhibition “Being There: 45 Oakland Artists”, discuss their works in the gallery

7 p.m.

10th & Oak streets, Oakland

238-2200, www. museumca.org

Berkeley Women in Black

noon - 1 p.m.

Bancroft Way and Telegraph Ave.

Stand in solidarity with Israeli and Palestinian women to urge an end

to the occupation, which will give greater hope for an end to the

violence. 548-6310, wibberkeley.org.

Saturday, April 6

Library Grand Opening

1 p.m.

Berkeley Public Library

The celebration will include a ribbon cutting ceremony, a keynote speech by Alice Walker, musical guests, and building tours. 548-7102

Graduate Theological Union presents Suavecito — The Politics and Poetics of Asian American Soul Music in he 1970s.

5 p.m.

UC Berkeley Krutch Theater,

Clark Kerr Campus

2601 Warring Street in Berkeley

A panel discussion and musical offering explore the interplay between soul music and community politics.

For more information, call 849-8244.

Noche Latina in Berkeley

7-11 p.m.

The Bay Area Hispanic Institute for Advancement (Bahia, Inc.)is holding its second annual Noche Latina event. This fund raiser will feature food catered by Cafe de la Paz, music and a silent auction. Bahia is an after-school program for children ages 5-10. This year's event will be held at the Law Offices of Duran, Ochoa & Icaza, which are located at 1035 Carleton Avenue.

For more information, contact Estrella Fichter at 510.549.3506 or

estrella.fichter@earthlink.net

Emergency Preparedness Class

9 - 11 a.m.

Emergency Operations Center

997 Cedar St.

A class in basic personal preparedness for emergency situations. 981-5605

3rd Annual Mad Scientist Sale

and Open House

noon - 6 p.m.

The Crucible

1036 Murray St.

Industrial-grade materials and machines that have been appropriated for a second life as materials for art. Demonstrations in welding, neon, blacksmithing and ceramics. 843-5511, www.thecrucible.com.

Sunday, April 7

Peace it Together

1 - 5 p.m.

2218 Acton St.

Fundraising festival hosted by Minding the Body, Inc. Participatory Booths, Jugglers, Storytellers, Performance Art, Co-creation of Music, Poetry and Art and a Vegetarian Potluck. mindingthebody.org.

3rd Annual Mad Scientist Sale

and Open House

noon - 6 p.m.

The Crucible

1036 Murray St.

Industrial-grade materials and machines that have been appropriated for a second life as materials for art. Demonstrations in welding, neon, blacksmithing and ceramics. 843-5511, www.thecrucible.com.

“Remedios” — Benefit for Poet Aurora Levins Morales

11-2 p.m.

Berkeley

For more information, contact: 415-285-9734

Weekly Peace Walk around Lake Merritt

7-3 p.m.

Oakland

For more information, contact: 415-285-9734

Mission 911: Bay Area Poets for Peace

2-5 pm

Berkeley

For more information, contact: 415-285-9734