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Calendar of Events & Activities
Thursday, May 2
A Taste of Oakland
5- 7 p.m.
A celebration of Oakland’s diversity and culture through its ethnic cuisine
RSVP by April 19, call 839-9000
The Amigos Chicano Latino Employees Association of the City of Oakland
Live Music, DJ and a Mexican American singing duo
11:30 - 1:15 p.m.
Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
Oakland
Free
A Century of Collecting
Drawing from 3.8 million objects collected over a century, A Century of Collecting examines artifact collecting as a form of cultural representation. At the same time, the display explains how anthropology museums go
about their work of preserving and interpreting the world’s diverse cultures.
In conjunction with the exhibit
A Century of Collecting- Panel Discussion:
Collecting the World
A discussion about how three anthropologists
made their collections for the Hearst Museum.
A reception will follow the program.
6:30 PM-8:30 PM
160 Kroeber Hall
Thursday, May 2
Jai Uttal with Stephen Kent and Jim Santi Owen
Ayurveda International Symposium
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Ticket prices vary
For registration and questions: 800-292-4882
www.ayurveda-caam.org
or email to: mamtal@aol.com
Event runs May 2 - 5.
Thursday-Saturday, May 2-4
Volunteer Opportunity
“Through the Looking Glass”, a community based non-profit serving families with disabilities - babies, children, parents, grandparents - is holding it’s 2nd annual International Conference on Parents with Disabilities. Volunteers are needed to assist in registering conference participants. Work alongside staff, meet conference participants, learn about important social issues affecting families.
Marriott City Center in downtown Oakland
For further information or to volunteer call 848-1112, ext. 110
Saturday, May 4
Word Beat Reading Series
7-9 p.m.
458 Perkins at Grand, Oakland
Entertainers of all kinds come together for this free show featuring “Press 62” starring Johanna Mangahas, You-Fong Benedicte Chang, Anthony Scott and Jason Zahorchak
For more information: 510-526-5985, www.angelfire.com/poetry/wordbeat
Shelter Operations: Emergency Preparedness Class.
Learn how to take care of yourself before the disaster.
9 a.m. - noon
Office of Emergency Services
997 Cedar Street
Berkeley
to register: 510-981-5605
Saucy Sounds Community Event
Oakland Youth Chorus Preview Concert
2 p.m.
First Congregational Church of Oakland
27th & Harrison
Oakland 510-287-9700
Free
Children’s Movies
Tom & Jerry, The Movie (in English)
Shows at noon & 2 p.m.
The Actor’s Studio
3521 Maybelle Ave.
Oakland
510-530-0551
$3
The Oakland Symphony Chorus
8:45 a.m.- 2:30 p.m.
6013 Lawton Ave., Oakland.
STYLES SAMPLER Workshop. Three music workshops presented on Spirituals with Trente Morant, Barbershop with Dr. Robert Campell and Feasts and Seasons, Music of Spain and America with Juan Pedro Gaffney.
Morning snacks and lunch will be provided. $30. $25 in advance. 465-4199.
Berkeley Rep/UC Berkeley Joint Symposium,
featuring discussions and workshops inspeired by HOMEBODY/KABUL
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
2025 Addison St., Berkeley
Free & open to the public, call 510-647-2966 for reservations (not required)
Low-Cost Hatha Yoga Class
6:30 p.m.
James Kenney Recreation Center
1720 8th St.
$6 per class. 981-6651
Meet the Candidates Convention
For a new Berkeley Mayor
Chris Worthington, Rob Wrenn, Elliot Cohen, Barbara Lubin and Tom Bates have been invited & asked to share their vision for Berkeley’s future.
1 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst (at MLK)
Berkeley
510-540-8543
Free
Saturday, May 4-5
The 9th Annual Benicia Artists Open Studios
10 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Benicia Chamber of Commerce
601 First Street
Over sixty local artists will display their work from many different art forms including drawing, painting, photograph, collage, jewelry, glass works, digital art and video. Free.
For more information contact Marie Muscolino at 707-747-0131 or artsbenicia@aol.com
Saturday, May 4th-June 9th
“What Cats Know” by Lisa Dilman
Directed by Rebecca J. Ennals. Four thirty-somethings play a game of gotcha with unexpected consequences.
Thursdays- Saturdays 8 p.m. $20,
Sundays 7 p.m.- Pay what you can
Transparent Theater
1901 Ashby Avenue
510-883-0305
www.transparenttheater.org
Native Californian Cultures
A major focus of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum
of Anthropology has been the Native peoples of California. Today, with 260,000 catalogue entries, the museum preserves the world’s largest and most comprehensive collection devoted to the region. In this gallery, we present an overview of Native Californian cultures demonstrating the great diversity of the Californian peoples.
The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Kroeber Hall at the corner of Bancroft Way and College
The phone number is (510) 643-7648.
#00020000062D00001DBE627,Admission is $2 for adults, $1 for seniors, and $.50 for
children 16 and under- Free to the public on Thursdays.
Sunday, May 5
27th Annual House Tour: “The Making of a Streetcar Suburb”
1-5 p.m.
Meets at the entrance to the Clark Kerr Campus
The corner of Warring and Parker Streets
Hosted by The Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association,tour includes the interiors and gardens of ten classic houses from the early 20th century. $30. $25 for members.
For more information call 510-841-7421
20+ Person Yard Sale benefit for “We The People”
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
We The People Auditorium
200 Harrison (at 2nd)
Oakland
510-836-3273
Children’s Movies
Tom & Jerry, The Movie (in Spanish)
Shows at 1 & 3 p.m.
The Actor’s Studio
3521 Maybelle Ave.
Oakland
510-530-0551
$3
Thursday, May 9
FBI & Local police: partners in Repression
Forum, Speakout & Music
7 p.m.
Unitarian Hall
1924 Bonita
Berkeley
For Info: Copwatch, 510-548-0425
$5-$15
Saturday, May 11
Word Beat Reading Series
7-9 p.m.
458 Perkins at Grand, Oakland
Entertainers of all kinds come together for this free show featuring readers Rita Flores Bogaert and Ann Hunkins
For more information: 510-526-5985, www.angelfire.com/poetry/wordbeat
3-on-3 Basketball Tournament
Fun for everyone, whether competing or watching. At the New Gym at Albany High in Albany California. Hosted by and benefiting Athletics at Albany High School. Players sign up today to play in one of four divisions. 64 teams compete for $500 First Prize & $250 Second Prize in each division with final game to be played Sunday, May 12
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Children’s Movies
Beauty & the Beast (in English)
Shows at noon & 2 p.m.
The Actor’s Studio
3521 Maybelle Ave.
Oakland
510-530-0551
$3
Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS) Events:
Paper Flower Making
Get ready for Mother’s Day with the Klutz “Tissue Paper Flower” kit and learn to make tissue paper flowers. Age 8 and up.
LHS Film- Happy Birthday, Mr. Feynman
Film Plays Continuously from 12:00 to 3:30 p.m.
To celebrate the birthday of Nobel laureate, maverick physicist, author, and teacher extraordinaire Richard Feynman,
LHS presents the film, The Pleasure of Finding Things Out. This fifty-minute film presents Feynman telling fascinating
stories from his life and research. Produced by Christopher Sykes.
LHS- The Idea Lab
Opens May 11
See what LHS is developing as new hands-on exhibits. Test out exhibit prototypes of activities and give your opinion of them. Testing and experimenting is the idea behind the Idea Lab. This new permanent exhibit begins with explorations of magnetism.
10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
$8 for adults; $6 for youth 5-18, seniors, and disabled; $4 for children 3-4.
Free for children under 3, LHS Members and full-time UC Berkeley students.
LHS is on Centennial Drive-
above the UC Berkeley campus
Parking is 50¢/hour.
LHS is accessible by AC Transit
and the UC Berkeley Shuttle.
Saturday, May 11-12
33rd Annual California Wildflower Show
Saturday, 10 a.m. -5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m.
Oakland Museum of California
Exibit with 150 species of freshly gathered native flowers
$6 general admission, $4 senior and students with ID, free fo five and under. 1-888-OAK-MUSE.
Saturday, May 11
Valley Christian Schools Discovery Center will present
an English Song Recital featuring Kirk Eichelberger, bass, with Christopher
Luthi, piano
7:00 p.m.
Valley Christian High School, 100 Skyway Drive, San Jose.
Tickets are available for a $100 tax-deductible donation.
All proceeds benefit the Discovery Center’s educational therapy program.
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Jurassic Park: Dinosaur Auditions
Live Science Demonstrations
In this directed activity, children “audition” to be a dinosaur in an upcoming dinosaur movie. They learn about the variety of dinosaurs in the Jurassic Park exhibit as well as dress up, act, and roar like a dinosaur. These demonstrations explore recent discoveries, fossils, and how scientists know what they know about dinosaurs
Monday-Friday at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m.
Saturdays, Sundays & Holidays at 12:00, 1:00, 2:00, and 3:00 p.m.
$8 for adults; $6 for youth 5-18, seniors, and disabled; $4 for children 3-4.
Free for children under 3, LHS Members and full-time UC Berkeley students.
Lawrence Hall of Science
Centennial Drive-above the UC Berkeley campus
Parking is 50¢/hour.
LHS is accessible by AC Transit
and the UC Berkeley Shuttle.
Sunday, May 12
Children’s Movies
Beauty & the Beast (in Spanish)
Shows at 1 & 3 p.m.
The Actor’s Studio
3521 Maybelle Ave.
Oakland
510-530-0551
$3
Monday, May 13
Jai Uttal with Bhima-Karma
A Celebration of Devotion: An Evening of Chanting and Dialogue
7:00 p.m.
California Institute of Integral Studies
#0002000005300000302752A,1453 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA
$20.00
For questions and tickets: 415-575-6150
www.ciis.edu
or e-mail info@ciis.edu
Saturday, May 18
Word Beat Reading Series
7-9 p.m.
458 Perkins at Grand, Oakland
All kinds of entertainers come together for this free show. Featuring readers Dancing Bear and C. J. Sage
For more information: 510-526-5985, www.angelfire.com/poetry/wordbeat
Children’s Movies
Fern Gully (in English)
Shows at noon & 2 p.m.
The Actor’s Studio
3521 Maybelle Ave.
Oakland
510-530-0551
$3
Writer as Publisher: Independent Publishing Seminar
Learn how at this all day seminar.
9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Asian Cultural Center
Pacific Renaissance Plaza
388 Ninth Street
Oakland
510-839-1248 or www.writeraspublisher.com
The Oakland East Bay Gay Men’s Chorus third annual spring concert, “Turn the World Around,” which celebrates spring and welcomes summer with love songs and traditional favorites.
May 18, 8 p.m., Lake Merritt United Methodist Church, 1330 Lakeshore Ave., Oakland;
May 19, 7 p.m., Crowden School, 1475 Rose St.
Suggested donation is $15 at the door; $12 in advance. (510) 239-2239, ext. 2576, www.oebgmc.org.
Saturday, May 18-19
3rd Annual Satsuki Arts Festival and Bazaar
The Berkeley Buddhist Temple
Featuring Bay Area and National Taiko drumming ensembles and Kenny Endo from Hawaii
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Sunday, May 19
Jazz On 4th
6th Annual jazz on Forth, a benefit for Berkeley High School Performing Arts. Balloons, Raffle, Face Painting.
Free Live Performances by The Berkeley High Jazz Ensemble & Combo, Big Belly Blues Band, Jenna Mammina Quartet, Jesus Diaz with Sabor A Cuba.
12:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Forth Street Between Hearst and Virginia
For more information 510-526-6294
Children’s Movies
Fern Gully (in Spanish)
Shows at 1 & 3 p.m.
The Actor’s Studio
3521 Maybelle Ave.
Oakland
510-530-0551
$3
Saturday, May 25
Word Beat Reading Series
7-9 p.m.
458 Perkins at Gand, Oakland
All kinds of entertainers come together for this free show. Featuring Kera Abraham and Ruth Levitan
Children’s Movies
Pinnochio (in English)
Shows at noon & 2 p.m.
The Actor’s Studio
3521 Maybelle Ave.
Oakland
510-530-0551
$3
Saturday & Sunday, May 25 & 26
19th Annual Himalayan Fair
Outdoor celebration of the great Mountain Cultures! Authentic Himalayan Art, craft, Music & Dance, exotic food & stage entertainment. Benefits Himalayan Grassroots projects.
Sat. 10-7, Sun. 10-5:30
Live Oak Park
Shattuck & Berryman
$5 Donation
Children’s Movies
Pinnochio (in Spanish)
Shows at 1 & 3 p.m.
The Actor’s Studio
3521 Maybelle Ave.
Oakland
510-530-0551
$3
Friday, May 31
Paramount Movie Classics-
Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo, 1958
Doors at 7, Mighty Wurlitzer at 7:30, Newsreel, Cartoon, Previews, and Prize give-away game Dec-O-Win and feature Film
2025 Broadway
Oakland
$5
Saturday, June 1
50th anniversary of the Little Train at Tilden Regional Park
Grizzly Peak Boulevard and Lomas Cantadas in Berkeley
#00020000033C00003B8A336,For more information, call 544-2200
Sand Castle and Sand Sculpture Contest
9 a.m. for participants registration
9- 12 p.m. (Judging starts at noon)
Crown Beach, Otis and Shore Line Drives
Alameda
For more information, call 521-6887 or 748-4565
Free
Anthropology Museum Opening
Native Californian Cultures - Family Day
Sunday, June 2, 1:30 PM-3:30 PM
Hearst Museum Courtyard
Storytelling, children’s games and basketry
with Julia and Lucy Parker. Julia Parker, a cultural
interpreter, supervises the Indian Cultural Program
in Yosemite. Lucy Parker is a traditional artist who
crafts jewlery and baskets as well as games.
The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Kroeber Hall at the corner of Bancroft Way and College
The phone number is (510) 643-7648.
Admission is $2 for adults, $1 for seniors, and $.50 for
#0002000004ED00003EC04E7,children 16 and under- Free to the public on Thursdays.
Sunday, June 9
Concert of Traditional Persian Music
Hossein Alizadeh and Madjid Khaladj
Julia Morgan Theatre, 2640 College Avenue, Berkeley
7:30 PM
$22
925-798-1300, www.theatrebayarea.org.
JUNE 9-12
The 2nd Annual California Bluegrass Association MUSIC CAMP
Nevada County Fairgrounds, GRASS VALLEY, CA
INSTRUCTORS:
Banjo—Pete Wernick and Avram Siegel, Fiddle—Laurie Lewis and Jack Tuttle, Mandolin—John Reischman and Tom Rozum, Guitar—Jim Nunally and Dix Bruce, Dobro—Sally van Meter Bass—Trisha Gagnon, Oldtime fiddle—Bruce Molsky, Oldtime, guitar—Tom Sauber, Oldtime banjo—Evie Ladin, Autoharp-Ray Frank
Beginner and intermediate instrumental classes; jam classes; electives including vocal harmonies, music theory, band rhythm, critical listening, clogging, and more!
http://www.cbamusiccamp.org
Monday, June 17th
Lesbian, Gay, Bi Sexual, Transgender National Day of Honor Planned to honor LGBT loved ones lost on 9/11
The LGBT National Day of Honor, about creating a Day when all Lesbian,
Gay, Bi Sexual, Transgendered, & questioning people and our supporters,
can come together to help further our fight against continued second class
citizen treatment in the United States.
#0002000004E1000043A74DB,For more information, call 802.859.9604
Friday, June 21
Paramount Movie Classics-
The Mummy, with Boris Karloff, 1932
Doors at 7, Mighty Wurlitzer at 7:30, Newsreel, Cartoon, Previews, and Prize give-away game Dec-O-Win and feature Film
2025 Broadway
Oakland
$5
Friday, June 28
Paramount Movie Classics-
The General (1927), starring Buster Keaton, a silent film with live Wurlitzer organ accompaniment by Jim Riggs, playing his original score.
Doors at 7, Mighty Wurlitzer at 7:30, Newsreel, Cartoon, Previews, and Prize give-away game Dec-O-Win and feature Film
2025 Broadway
Oakland
$5
Saturday, June 29
Stanford Jazz Festival, June 29-August 10
Early Bird jazz for kids and families with Jim Nadel & Friends
10:30 a.m. kids 7 & under, 11:30 a.m. kids 8-12
Campbell Recital Hall, Stanford Campus
Free
July 6
Stanford Jazz Festival
Hirahara/Sickafoose/Amendola Trio
8 p.m.
Campbell Recital Hall, Stanford Campus
With Art Hirahara on Piano, Todd Sickafoose on Acoustic Bass and Scott Amendola on drums, this Bay-Area based Trio draws on the eclectic influences and masterful playing of its members to re-interpret jazz standards and bring fresh, new compositions to the bandstand.
$20 General, $18 Students/Seniors/PAJA members
