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Out & About Calendar
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
Avotcja's Birthday Bash
7:30 p.m.
Mama Bear's Books, 6536 Telegraph Avenue
Poetry, music and dance in celebration of poet Avotcja Jiltonilro's 61st birthday. Reservations are suggested.
428-9684
$10 donation
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
Kiwanis Club of Berkeley: A Classic Taste of Italy
4 to 7 p.m.
St. Mary Magdeline Church, Fellowship Hall. Berryman St. Berkeley
Spaghetti dinner and auction to raise money for children's programs.
527-3249
Kids $5, Adults $15
Free Radio Berkeley Benefit
7 to 10 p.m.
Benefit for new Free Radio Berkeley home. Speakers include Berkeley City Council member Kriss Worthington, Andrea Buffa of Media Alliance and Pierre Labossiere of the Haiti Support Group.
533-0401, www.freeradio.org
$15 to $25, sliding scale
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 photos with other photographers
(510) 525-3565
Free
Nuclear War: Then and Now, Part II
The Decision to Drop the Bomb on Hiroshima
7 p.m.
Friends' Meeting House, 2151 Vine Street
Screening of two network documentaries on the subject.
705-7314 or BerkMM@Earthlink.net
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
Unique Presentation Styles
Noon to 1 p.m.
State Health Toastmasters Club, 2151 Berkeley Way
Learn to use the unique attributes of your personality to improve your public speaking skills. Visitors must preregister.
595-1594
Free
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
Berkeley Alliance of Neighborhood Associations (BANA) Meeting
9:l5 a.m. to ll a.m.
Live Oak Park, Fireside Room, l30l Shattuck Ave.
Citywide meeting concerning local issues. All are welcome.
849-46l9 or mtbrcb@pacbell.net
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
