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Out & About
Saturday, August 3
10th Annual Stroll for Epilepsy
8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Six Flags Marine World, Vallejo
The public is invited to join the Epilepsy Foundation of Northern California at Six Flags Marine World for a 5K walk/fundraiser.
1-800-632-3532 for registration
Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society's Great Rummage Sale
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society, 2700 Ninth Street Warehouse full of household items, books, records, clothing furniture, and more. All proceeds go to support Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society. First and third Saturday of each month. All proceeds go to support of our shelter.
845-7735
Storytelling at the Berkeley Public Library
10:30 a.m.
Berkeley Public Library, Central Branch
2090 Kittredge St.
Storyteller Joel Ben Izzy will present a variety of stories filled with warmth, humor, drama in the Children's Story Room.
981-6223
Sick Plant Clinic
9 a.m. to noon
200 Centennial Drive
UC Botanical Garden; First Saturday of every month. UC plant pathology and entomology experts will diagnose what ails your plant.
643-2755.
Free
Sunday, August 4
Movement Marathon
10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Live Oak Park, Henry St. at Rose St.
Bodywork session to raise money for Rosen Method School's diversity scholarship.
Free
Top of the Bay Family Days
1 to 3 p.m.
Lawrence Hall of Science, Centennial Drive, above UC campus
Enjoy an afternoon outdoor concert in our family picnic area as well as art and science activities and hands-on exhibits inside LHS.
643-5961
$8 adults
Monday, August 5
Berkeley Gray Panthers Home Owners Meeting
3 p.m.
Berkeley Gray Panthers Office, 1403 Addison St.
Janet Brush of Senior Alternatives tells about planning for future housing and long term care.
548-9696
National Organization for Women East Bay Chapter monthly meeting
6:30 p.m.
Mama Bears Bookstore and Coffeehouse, 6536 Telegraph Ave.
Discussion of harassment of females employed by the City of Oakland Fire Department
Monthly meeting: National Organization for Women Oakland.
549-2970, 287-8948
Arts Education Department Open House
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Ave., Richmond
Meet teachers, see studios/galleries, info about classes in the arts.
620-6772
Free
Public Meeting to Plan a New National Park in Richmond
1:30 p.m.
Richmond Public Library, Whittlesey Room
325 Civic Center Plaza (near MacDonald Ave. and 25th St.)
Meeting to gather input for National Park Service to prepare plans that will guide development of historic W.W.II sites in Richmond.
817-1517
Free
Friday, August 9
Community Skin Cancer Screening Clinic
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Markstein Cancer Education Center, Summit Campus, 2450 Ashby Avenue
Skin cancer screenings offered to people with limited or no health insurance. By Appointment only.
For more information or to make an appointment call 869-8833
Saturday, August 10
Poetry in the Plaza
2:30 p.m.
Berkeley Public Library, Central Branch, 2090 Kittredge
Quarter hour readings by well-known poets, dedicated to June Jordan.
981-6100
Free
Tomato Tasting
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Berkeley Farmers' Market
Center Street at Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
Tasting and cooking demonstrations
548-3333
Free
Tea Bag Folding
2 to 4 p.m.
Albany Library, 1247 Marin Ave., Albany
Drop-in crafts program for ages 5 to adult.
526-3720 ext 19.
Free
Tree Stories
2 to 4 p.m.
Ecology Center, 2530 San Pablo, Berkeley
Come join us as author Warren David Jacobs reads from his book "Tree Stories."
548-2220 x233
Free
Sunday, August 11
Hands-on Bicycle Repair
11 a.m.-noon
REI Berkeley, 1338 San Pablo
Learn from an REI bike technician basic repairs such as brake adjustments and fixing a flat.
527-4140
Free
“Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport”
2:00 p.m.
Berkeley-Richmond Jewish Community Center
1414 Walnut St., Berkeley
Screening of Oscar-winning documentary about child holocaust survivors who were sent, without their parents, out of Austria, Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia to Great Britain.
848-0237
$2 suggested donation
West Berkeley Arts Festival
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
4th and University Ave.
Explore the many resident artists located in Berkeley
Free.
Monday, August 12
The First East Bay Senior Games
10:30 a.m. clinic, 12:30 p.m. tee-off (approximate times)
Mira Vista Golf and Country Club
7901 Cutting Blvd. El Cerrito
A golfing event for the 50+ crowd, in association with the California and National Senior Games Association.
891-8033 (registration deadline July 29)
Varying entry fees.
Tuesday, August 13
Tomato Tasting
2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Berkeley Farmers' Market
Derby Street at Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
Sample 35 different Tomato varieties
548-3333
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
Wednesday, August 14
Holistic Exercises Sharing Circle
3:30 to 6:30 p.m.
wrpclub@aol.com or 595-5541 for information
Holistic Practitioners, Teachers, Students & Anyone who knows Holistic exercises take turns leading the group through an afternoon of exercises.
$20 for six-month membership
Thursday, August 15
Power for the People
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Ecology Center, 2530 San Pablo Ave.
A forum on public power, solar power and community control of energy. Speakers include Paul Fenn, Director of Local Power and publisher of American Local Power News and energy economist Eugene Coyle.
548-2220 x233
$5 to $15, sliding scale
Tapping into the Hidden Job Market: Networking & Informational Interviewing
Noon to 1 p.m.
YWCA Turning Point Career Center, 2600 Bancroft Way
Cal Martin will speak on networking and informational interviewing.
848-6370
$3 at door
Friday, August 16
Deasophy: Wisdom of the Goddess
7:30 p.m.
Redwood Gardens Community Room, 2951 Derby St., Berkeley
Max Dashu presents a slide show on Goddess cosmologies and female creators from a global perspective.
654-9298 or maxdashu@LMI.net
$7-15 donations
Saturday, August 17
Cajun & More Festival
10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Civic Center Park, Center St. at Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
4 live bands, crafts fair, outdoor dance floor, micro-brewery beer, Cajun food and free Cajun dance lessons.
548-3333
Admission is free
Tour for Blind, Low-Vision Library Patrons
10:30 a.m. to noon
Berkeley Public Library, Central Branch
3rd Floor Meeting Rm, 2090 Kittredge St.
Tour of the new central branch for blind and low-vision patrons.
981-6121
Free
Author Reading and Signing: Haunani-Kay Trask
3 p.m.
Eastwind Books, 2066 University Ave., Berkeley
Meet Hawaiian author Haunani-Kay Trask.
548-2350
Free
Cajun & More
10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Berkeley Farmers' Market
Center Street at Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
Four Live Bands, crafts fair, Cajun food, dance lessons, micro-brewery beer & dance floor.
548-3333
Free
Sunday, August 18
Bike Tours of Historic Oakland
10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Oakland Museum of California, 10th St. entrance, at Fallon
Leisurely paced 5 1/2 mile bike tour about Oakland's history and architecture, led by docents.
238-3514
Free: Reservations Required
Jewish Genealogy Educational Meeting
1 p.m.
Learn about research resources available from the S.F. Bay Area Jewish Genealogy Society. Open to all.
Berkeley-Richmond JCC, 1414 Walnut St.
For info visit www.jewishgen.org/sfbajgs
Free
Top of the Bay Family Days
1 to 3 p.m.
Lawrence Hall of Science, Centennial Drive, above UC campus
Enjoy an afternoon outdoor concert in our family picnic area as well as art and science activities and hands-on exhibits inside LHS.
643-5961
$8 adults
Hands-on Bicycle Repair
11 a.m. to noon
REI Berkeley, 1338 San Pablo
Learn from an REI bike technician basic repairs such as brake adjustment and fixing a flat.
For more information: (510) 527-7470
Friday, August 23
Teen Playreaders present Bizarre Shorts
(through August 24) 7 p.m.
Berkeley Public Library - North Branch
1170 The Alameda
Playreaders present 20 short, bizarre plays, contemporary and classic.
981-6250
Free
Saturday, August 24
Fuel Cell Car Experiments
1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Observe a miniature car operating on solar energy and water, and help conduct physics experiments to learn more about this environmentally friendly new technology. For ages 12 and up.
Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California Campus (Just below Grizzly Peak Blvd.)
642-5132
Admission: $8 for adults; $6 for youth; $4 for children 3-4: Free for children under 3
Sunday, August 25
Destination Telegraph
Noon to 5 p.m.
Durant Ave., between Telegraph Ave. and Bowditch Ave.
Live music, beer and wine garden, street artists, community booths, art and prizes.
649-9500 or www.telegraphyberkeley.org for information, booth space or to volunteer
Saturday, August 31
Berkeley Youth Orchestra Auditions (Wind, Brass, Percussion)
All day
Laney College Music Dept., Fallon St., Oakland
Berkeley Youth Orchestra will audition musicians aged 10-15 for the 2002-2003 season.
For an application or more information call Penny Boys at 540-0812 or e-mail her at philiph@seismo.kerkeley.edu
Monday, September 2
National Organization for Women Oakland/East Bay Chapter
6:30 PM.
Mama Bears Bookstore and Coffeehouse, 6536 Telegraph Avenue
Chapter’s monthly meeting. Speaker: Multicultural historian, Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum, received the prestigious Valitutti Award for non-fiction.
549-2970
Free
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