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Out & About Calendar

Staff

Saturday June 01, 2002

Saturday, June 1

Folk Festival Meeting

All musicians, artists and others interested in volunteering are invited to a general meeting

3 p.m.

City Hall Building, 6th Floor

2180 Milvia Street

Wheelchair accessible

649-1423, halih@yahoo.com

Growing Food in the City

An afternoon talk with Daniel Miller

Discussion about releasing the bounty of your backyard, organically and sustainably

1 to 4 p.m.

Ecology Center

2530 San Pablo at Dwight

548-2220 x233

Free

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

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

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

Sunday, June 2

West Berkeley Open Air Craft Market

Enjoy locally made crafts, food and beverages along with street performances by the Technomania Circus

11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

4th and University

845-4106

Albany Food Fest and Music

Enjoy a peaceful afternoon sampling food, listen to four live bands and a free eclectic art show

Noon to 5 p.m.

Memorial Park

1325 Portland Avenue, Albany

$20 in advance, $25 festival day

525-1771

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

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 jewelry 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

16 and under- Free to the public on Thursdays.

Monday, June 3

Poetry Express - Theme Night: "love and marriage"

7-9 p.m.

A community open mic welcoming all artists

Berkeley Bakery & Cafe

1561 Solano Avenue

Free

Thursday, June 6

Freedom From Tobacco

A quit smoking class

5:30-7:30 Thursday Evenings, June 6-July 18

South Berkeley Senior Center

2939 Ellis Street, (510) 981-5330

QuitNow@ci.berkeley.ca.us

Spencer Bohren

New Orleans Bluesman

Doors 7:30, show 8 p.m.

Freight & Salvage

1111 Addison St.

510-548-1761

$15.50 advance, $16.50 at the door

Big Brother is Watching

Speaker James Bamford, author of "Body of Secrets, anatomy of Ultra-Secret National Security Agency"

6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

The Independent Institute

100 Swan Way, Oakland

RSVP 632-1366

Cost: $35 includes the book, $14 lecture only, $10 members.

Friday, June 7

Fundraiser for Commond Ground

Featuring Julia Butterfly Hill, a renowned and inspirational environmental activist

7 p.m.

St. Joseph The Worker School

On the corner of Addison, b/w California and McGee

$7 students, $12 everyone else

CGJuliaEvent@hotmail.com

What Does It Mean To Be Human?

Debate between Princeton Professor and author Peter Singer and Chairman for Center for Bioethics & Culture, Nigel M. de S. Cameron. Moderated by host of KQED Forum, Michael Krasny

Calvin Simmons Theater / Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium

10 Tenth Street, Oakland

$25 in advance, $45 at the door

Friday & Saturday, June 7 & 8

Cats & Jammers

Doors 7:30, show 8 p.m.

Freight & Salvage

1111 Addison St.

510-548-1761

$16.50 advance, $17.50 at the door

June 8-9

Live Oak Park Fair

Original fine crafts & art, tasty food, live entertainment including: Splash Circus, The Prescott Clowns, Jean-Paul Valjean (circus performance), Fat Chance Bellydance, Urban Harmony, Johnny Casino (children's lounge lizard), Zappo the Magician, with M.C. Wavy Gravy. Benefit for Camp Winnarainbow.

11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Live Oak Park

Shattuck & Berryman

Further information: 898-3282

Free Admission

Sunday, June 9

"Listening to Her Voice"

Join Miki Raver in Sacred Circle to study Scripture, pray, dance, meditate and write for the soul's delight, and to connect with your foremothers and the feminine divine within.

1 to 5 p.m.

Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center

1414 Walnut Street

848-0237 x127

$30/public, $25 BRJCC and members of co-sponsoring organizations

Tibetan Nyingma Institute Open House

Introduction to Tibetan Buddhist Culture

3 to 5 p.m.

Erika Rosenberg and Abbe Blum on "Creativity and Emotion"

6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Tibetan Nyingma Institute

1815 Highland Place

843-6812

Free

Traditional Persian Music Concert

Hossein Alizadeh and Madjid Khaladj

Julia Morgan Theatre, 2640 College Avenue, Berkeley

7:30 PM

$22

925-798-1300, www.theatrebayarea.org.

Austin Lounge Lizards

Unbashed Texas Lunacy

5 p.m. & 8 p.m. shows

Freight & Salvage

1111 Addison St.

510-548-1761

$16.50 advance, $17.50 at the door

JUNE 9-12

The 2nd Annual California Bluegrass Association MUSIC CAMP

Nevada County Fairgrounds, GRASS VALLEY, CA

INSTRUCTORS:

Banjo-- Pete Wreck 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, Old-time fiddle-- Bruce Molsky, Old-time, guitar-- Tom Sauber, Old-time 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