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Out and About

Staff

Tuesday June 11, 2002

Tuesday, June 11

Art for the Earth!

6 to 8 p.m. special guests: Literacy for Environmental Justice

The Ecology Center, 2530 San Pablo Ave

A celebration of Eco-Art opening and slide show with Julianne Skai Arbor, Julia Weaver and Mike Floyd

(510) 548-2220 x233.

Free

Berkeley Camera Club Weekly Meeting

7:30 p.m.

Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda

Share slides, prints with other photographers

(510) 525-3565

Free

Grizzly Peak Flyfishers

7 p.m. for dinner, 7:30 for meeting

Kensington Community Center, 59 Arlington Ave.

Beginners and 'wannabes' welcome to monthly meeting

(510) 524-0428

$4.00 for dinner, meeting free.

Adopt A Special Kid (AASK)

7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

7700 Edgewater Drive, suite 320, Oakland

A workshop for singles or couples, gay and lesbian, experienced or older parents, interested in adoption.

(510) 533-1747, ext. 12, or www.adoptaspecialkid.org

Free

Wednesday, June 12

Natural Highs:

7:30 to 10:00 p.m.

Sunrise Center, 45 San Clemente Drive, Suite C-200, Corte Madera

Supplements, nutrition and mind/body techniques with Dr. Hyla Cass

415-924-5483 orwww.sunrise-center.org

$15 (Includes refreshments)

Thursday, June 13

"Centering Prayer, An Introduction"

7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

St. Mary Magdalen Parish, 2005 Berryman St.

Brother Bryan Dolejsi, OP, speaks on Catholicism

(510) 526-4811, ext. 19

Free

Jack Ball Retirement Party

King Middle School PE teacher’s retirement

7 p.m., at Tilden’s Brazil room

Former students, friends, faculty invited

Call Teri Gerritz (510) 644-6377

$48 for dinner, $20 for desert

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

Free

Friday, June 14

Judaism Workshop

7 to 8:30 p.m.

The Ecology Center, 2530 SanPablo Ave

Earth Traditions: Judaism Rooted in the Earth... Healing the World in Jewish Thought and Practice

(510) 548-3402

$10 Ecology Center members, $15 others, no one turned

away for lack of funds.

“The Million Dollar Question”

11:45 for lunch. Speaker begins 12:30

Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave.

Robert Osserman, Ph.D. from the Mathematical Science Research Institute

$11.00/$12.25, students free.

Berkeley Women in Black

Noon to 1 p.m.

Telegraph and Bancroft

A vigil for peace for Palestine and Israel

(510) 548-6310, or www.wibberkeley.org

Saturday, June 15

Emergency Preparedness Classes in Berkeley

9 to 11 a.m.

997 Cedar Street

Basic Personal Preparedness: Learn how to take care of yourself, your family and your home.

981-5605

Free

The Great Rummage Sale

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society, 2700 Ninth Street

Household items, glassware, clothing, furniture for sale.

(510) 845-7735

Chu Ko's Late Afternoon Adventure in International Art

4 p.m.

Berkeley Public Library Meeting Room, 2090 Kittredge

Artist Chu Ko discusses his Chinese ink brush painting.

(510) 981-6100

Free

Sierra Club Northern Alameda County Group Forum

10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. a

Berkeley Public Library

Forum on the benefits and problems of urban density with Rachel Peterson, John

Holtzclaw and Martha Nicoloff.

Call Jonna Anderson at (510)848-0800 x312 to reserve space

Free

The Sierra Student Coalition

A retreat and planning meeting at Point Reyes National Seashore for high school and college-age students working to address local environmental issues. Meet other student activists, exchange ideas, and become more involved. All East Bay students are welcome at this event. Space

is limited.

For Reservations, call Jonna Anderson at 510-848-0800 x312

Sunday, June 16

Field Trip to Remnant East Shore Habitats

Visit a selection of critically rare habitats in and adjacent to the new East Shore State Park

Meet at 10 a.m. at El Cerrito BART, southwest corner of parking lot (towards Albany Hill), then carpool to various sites, returning mid-afternoon.

(925) 372-0687, e-mail elainejx@mindspring.com

Free

Buddhism

Lee Nichol on "Sacred Dimensions of Time and Space."

6 p.m.

Tibetan Nyingma Institute

1815 Highland Place

843-6812

Free

Restoration Clinic

9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

1051 5th Ave. Studio C at E.11th St.

Suigetsukan, a non-profit martial arts collective in Oakland, is raising funds for a new dojo. Massage

therapists, chiropractors, acupuncturists, and other health professionals conduct yoga and stress management classes.

(510) 452-3941 or www.suigetsukan.org.

Food is the Earth's Way of Love

Noon

The Fellowship of Humanity, 390 27th St. Oakland

Joy Moore, CoDirector of the Farm Fresh Choice program of Berkeley's Ecology Center

(510) 451-5818 or HumanistHall@yahoo.com

Monday, June 17th

Multiple Sclerosis Support Group

Rockridge Library

Self-help support group. Meets the third Monday each month

(510) 521-2436, or Rickpete99@yahoo.com

“An Uncommon Friendship: From Opposite Sides of the Holocaust”

Join Bernat Rosner, a Holocaust survivor as he reads from and discusses his counterpoint memoir co-authored with Fritz Tubach, the son of a German Army officer.

7:30 to 8:45 p.m.

Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center

1414 Walnut Street

848-0237 x127

Free

Lesbian, Gay, Bi- Sexual, Transgender National Day to Honor loved ones lost on 9/11

The LGBT National Day of Honor, about creating a Day when all Lesbian,

Gay, Bi- Sexual, Transgender, & questioning people and our supporters,

can come together to help further our fight against continued second class

citizen treatment in the United States.

For more information, call 802.859.9604

Poetry Express - Nance Wogan, followed by open mike