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Out & About Calendar
Monday, April 8
Respite Caregiver Volunteer Training
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Catholic Charities
433 Jefferson St., Oakland
Part one of a two day training for anyone interested in becoming a respite care volunteer. 768-3147, betty@cceb.org
Tuesday, April 9
Respite Caregiver Volunteer Training
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Catholic Charities
433 Jefferson St., Oakland
Part two of a two day training for anyone interested in becoming a respite care volunteer. 768-3147, betty@cceb.org
Berkeley Camera Club
7:30 p.m.
Northbrae Community Church
941 The Alameda
Share your slides and prints and learn what other photographers are doing. 525-3565.
9-5:30 p.m.
Sultan Room
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
340 Stephen’s Hall, University of California at Berkeley
Center for Jewish Studies and the UC Berkeley welcomes Robert Alter, on rhetoric in Deuteronomy and collective memory; Galit Hasan-Rokem, on midrash between experience and myth; Ron Hendel on memory and the Hebrew bible; Dina Stein on rabbinic discourse and the destruction of the temple and Yair Zakovitch on post-traumatic memory.
For more information, call 649-2482.
Spring Travel Writer’s Workshop
7:30 p.m.
Easy Going Travel Shop & Bookstore
1385 Shattuck Ave.
The Fire Escape is Locked For Your Safety
Wednesday, April 10
Toastmasters on Campus Club
6:15 - 7:30 p.m.
2515 Hillegass Ave.
Free, on-going meetings 2nd and 4th Wednesdays.
Spring Travel Writer’s Seminar
Linda Watanabe McFerrin (Award-winning poet, travel writer, author of Namako: Sea Cucumber and The Hand of Buddha)
Topic: Mechanics of Travel Writing
Easy Going Travel Shop and Bookstore
For more information 843-6725
Berkeley Peace Walk and Vigil
6:30 p.m.
Berkeley
415-285-9734
A Community Dialogue and
Lecture on Islam
7:30 p.m.
Luthern Church of the Cross
1744 University Ave.
A presentation followed by a question and answer period. 848-1424.
Proposed Amendment to
Zoning Ordinance
7 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
Proposal to prohibit the use of sharp material on top of fences in residential districts. Proposal to modify the Zoning Ordinance Amendment Process. 705-8189.
Disaster Preparedness
Awareness Forum
7 - 8:30 p.m.
South Berkeley Senior Center
2939 Ellis St.
Speakers share their disaster experiences. Real life earthquake group activities. 883-5280, disasterresistant@ci.berkeley.ca.us.
Thursday, April 11
Bicycle Maintenance 101
7 p.m.
REI
1338 San Pablo Ave.
Rodian Magri will teach participants how to perform basic adjustments on their bikes to keep them in good working condition. 527-7377
Witnessing War
6 - 7:30 p.m.
UC Berkeley
Boalt Hall
A speaking event co-sponsored by Doctors without Borders and UC
Berkeley, International Human
Rights Law Clinic, Boalt Hall School of Law. 643-7654.
Scratching the Surface:
Impressions of Planet Earth,
from Hollywood to Shiraz
7:30 p.m.
Easy Going Travel Shop Bookstore
1385 Shattuck Ave.
Spring Travel Writer’s Seminar. 843-3533