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Out & About Calendar
Friday, May 2
Fiddle Down the FBI!
Rally to Commemorate the 12th Anniversary of the car bombing of Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney and Celebrate the end of their federal civil rights trial against the FBI and Oakland Police Department.
Noon
Oakland Federal Building
13th and Clay St., near 12th St BART stop
Bring musical instruments
663-6330, www.judibari.org
Cherokee Artist: John Balloue
paintings depict scenes from historic & contemporary Cherokee history, as well as pow-wow and spiritual images.
Gathering Tribes
1573 Solano Ave.
528-9038 or www.gatheringtribes.com
Saturday, May 25
Word Beat Reading Series
All kinds of entertainers come together. Featuring Kera Abraham and Ruth Levitan
7-9 p.m.
458 Perkins at Grand, Oakland
Free
Alice Waters "Chez Panisse Fruit" book signing
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Berkeley Farmers' Market
Center Street at Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
Children's Movies
Pinnochio (in English)
Shows at noon & 2 p.m.
The Actor's Studio
3521 Maybelle Ave.
Oakland
510-530-0551
$3
6th Annual Sidewalk Chalk Art Festival
Everyone's welcome to participate in covering Solono's sidewalks with chalk art. Featuring refreshments and entertainment. Artist's chalk and a Polaroid of the finished work are available for a fee. To encourage early registration, a raffle for merchandise by local business will be held for the artists at noon.
Registration at Peralta Park, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., 1561 Solano Ave. Berkeley.
For more information: 510-527-5358, www.solanoave.org.
Free
Cain & Abel- 1st Annual Stop the Violence Gospel Festival
In Memory of Children Killed by Senseless Violence
St. Andrews Baptist Church Gospel Choir, Family in Unity Gospel Choir, Our lady of Lourdes’ Men Gospel Choir, Lorrain Taylor, Michael Nelson, Praise Dancers, Testimonials, Display of Homicide Quilt, presentation by Students of Malcolm X Academy, Sermon by Rev. Ishmael Burch Jr., LeDoursey’s “Gone But Not Forgotten” Sky, Ronald DeVoyce Blackburn’s From-the-Cradle-to-the- Grave memorial candles, The Homicide Names Banner and Holman “Bob” Turner’s photographs of parents at the graveside or location where their child was killed.
Noon- 6 p.m.
St. Andrews Baptist Church
2565 Post Street (at Lyon)
San Francisco
415- 292-5157 or 415-346-6500
Free- contributions and donations appreciated
Chocolate & Chalk Art Festival
Chalking takes place on Saturday only. Viewing the artwork all week end.
Chocolate Festival begins by picking up a chocolate menu from business on Solano Ave. flying a festival banner. Chocolates are available for purchase from merchants as you stroll. Professor Gizmo, a one-man -band on Saturday from 2-4 at Peralta park and Berkeley Police operation Kid-print will be set up for finger printing your kids to keep in a file at home. Dog Fashion Show on Sunday at Solano & Key Route at 2 p.m., all animals must pre-register at 236-0588. Pet adoptions in Peralta Park 11:30-2:30 p.m., Sunday. Solano Avenue Gift Certificate Raffle anytime from May 22-29. Winner drawn May 29.
The entire length of Solano Avenue, Berkeley & Albany
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-$7 Donation
unday, May 26
Prayer to Shakyamuni Buddha
A traditional prayer and meditation
6 p.m.
Tibetan Nyingma Institute
1815 Highland Place
843-6812
Free
Children's Movies
Pinnochio (in Spanish)
Shows at 1 & 3 p.m.
The Actor's Studio
3521 Maybelle Ave.
Oakland
510-530-0551
$3
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-$7 Donation
Chocolate & Chalk Art Festival
Chalking takes place on Saturday only. Viewing the artwork all week end.
Chocolate Festival begins by picking up a chocolate menu from business on Solano Ave. flying a festival banner. Chocolates are available for purchase from merchants as you stroll. Professor Gizmo, a one-man -band on Saturday from 2-4 at Peralta park and Berkeley Police operation Kid-print will be set up for finger printing your kids to keep in a file at home. Dog Fashion Show on Sunday at Solano & Key Route at 2 p.m., all animals must pre-register at 236-0588. Pet adoptions in Peralta Park 11:30-2:30 p.m., Sunday. Solano Avenue Gift Certificate Raffle anytime from May 22-29. Winner drawn May 29.
The entire length of Solano Avenue, Berkeley & Albany
Wednesday, May 29
Paul Geremia
Country Blues
Doors 7:30, show 8 p.m.
Freight & Salvage
1111 Addison St.
510-548-1761
$15.50 advance, $16.50 at the door
Thursday, May 30
Human Rights At Home and Abroad: A Strategy For Peace
An educational forum to probe the relationship of the U.S. and the U.N.
7 to 9 p.m.
Fellowship Hall of Humanity
390 27th Street (between Broadway & Telegraph)
Oakland
Free
Bob Dylan Song Night
An evening of Dylan Songs revisited
Doors 7:30, show 8 p.m.
Freight & Salvage
1111 Addison St.
510-548-1761
$12.50 advance, $13.50 at the door
May 30- June 1
White Oak Dance Project
Mikhail Baryshnikov & the White Oak Dance Project exploring the boundaries of modern dance. Three Berkeley performances.
8 p.m.
Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley Campus
Bancroft Way at Telegraph
Tickets through Cal Performances 642-9988 or www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
$36, $48, $62 and half-price to CAL students, $2 discount to others.
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
Blue Riders of the Purple Sage
Classic cowboy harmonies
Doors 7:30, show 8 p.m.
Freight & Salvage
1111 Addison St.
510-548-1761
$16.50 advance, $17.50 at the door
Saturday, June 1
50th anniversary of the Little Train at Tilden Regional Park
Grizzly Peak Boulevard and Lomas Cantadas in Berkeley
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
The Bluegrass Intentions
Innovative traditionalists
Doors 7:30, show 8 p.m.
Freight & Salvage
1111 Addison St.
510-548-1761
$16.50 advance, $17.50 at the door
Sunday, June 2
Healing/Tibetan Yoga
"Stimulating Healing and Renewal through Tibetan Yoga"
Tibetan Nyingma Institute
1815 Highland Place
843-6812
Free
Ice Cream Social
An annual school PTA fundraiser
Includes a student talent show, auction, cake walk and field games
Rosa Parks Elementary School
Noon to 4 p.m.
Free
Diablo Symphony Orchestra
Verdi Spectacular!
Soloists: Lyric soprano Karen Anderson, soprano Aimee Puentes and tenor Min-sheng Yang. Conducted by Barbara Day Turner
2 p.m.
Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Center at Locust Dr.
Walnut Creek
925-7469, website: www.dlrca.org
Tickets $8, $15 and $18
Casey Neill
Celtic American folk roots
Doors 7:30, show 8 p.m.
Freight & Salvage
1111 Addison St.
510-548-1761
$15.50 advance, $16.50 at the door
