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Out & About Calendar

Staff

Friday May 03, 2002

Friday, May 3

Bay Area Tibetans haunt Hu Jintao (China’s soon-to be president)

Tibetans stage protest outside SF City Hall

10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Live Music

Anna De Leon & Ellen Hoffman- Jazz Standards, second show: Bluesman Hideo Date, blues guitarist

8 p.m., second band 10 p.m.

Anna’s Bistro

1901 University Ave.

Berkeley

510-849-ANNA

Lost & Found

1,2,3 Opera Company

Malcolm X Arts & Academics Magnet School

Opera Company comprised or First - Forth Graders original opera, about an adopted child searching for his birth parents.

10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.

RSVP 510-644-6313

Saturday, May 4

Word Beat Reading Series

Featuring "Press 62" starring Johanna Mangahas, You-Fong Benedicte Chang, Anthony Scott and Jason Zahorchak

7-9 p.m.

458 Perkins at Grand, Oakland

For more information: 510-526-5985, www.angelfire.com/poetry/wordbeat

Free

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

Berkeley Rep/UC Berkeley Joint Symposium,

featuring discussions and workshops inspired 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

RAWA- Kabul to Pindi

Recent (March) journey to Afghanistan slides and talk

4 to 6 p.m.

1924 Cedar St.

Berkeley

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

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.

Admission is $2 for adults, $1 for seniors, and $.50 for

children 16 and under- Free to the public on Thursdays.

Sunday, May 5

Cinco De Mayo

Parade to kick off festivities, Mexican cuisine, arts & crafts, cultural exhibits and a children’s zone. Two stages with folkloric dance, mariachi music and more.

11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Oakland’s International Boulevard

510-418-2962

Live Music

Classical jazz singer Vicki Burns. Second show: Ducksan Distones Jazz Sextet

8 p.m., second show 10 p.m.

Anna’s Bistro

1901 University Ave.

Berkeley

510-849-ANNA

Saturday & Sunday, May 4th and 5th

Norway Day Festival

The Festival is a fun day out for all age groups to eat, enjoy, be

entertained, shop, learn and exchange.

San Mateo Expo Center

South Delaware Street

San Mateo

The 9th Annual Benicia Artists Open Studios

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.

10 a.m.- 5 p.m.

Benicia Chamber of Commerce

601 First Street

For more information contact Marie Muscolino at 707-747-0131 or artsbenicia@aol.com

Free

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

Getting Help for Chemical Dependency

Weekly workshops about chemical dependency and how to help someone you love who has this problem.

10 a.m. to noon

Health Education Center

400 Hawthorne

Oakland

510-652-7000

Free

Sunday, May 5

27th Annual House Tour: "The Making of a Streetcar Suburb"

Hosted by The Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association, tour includes the interiors and gardens of ten classic houses from the early 20th century.

1-5 p.m.

Meets at the entrance to the Clark Kerr Campus

The corner of Warring and Parker Streets

For more information call 510-841-7421

$30, $25 for members

Cinco De Mayo

Parade to kick off festivities, Mexican cuisine, arts & crafts, cultural exhibits and a children’s zone. Two stages with folkloric dance, mariachi music and more.

11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Oakland’s International Boulevard

510-418-2962

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.