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Out & About Calendar

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Tuesday August 20, 2002

Tuesday, August 20

Berkeley Camera Club

Weekly Meeting

7:30 p.m.

Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda

Share slides, prints with other photographers.

525-3565

Free

Berkeley Special Education

Parents Network (BSPED)

7 to 9 p.m.

Ala Costa Center, 1300 Rose St.

Guest, BUSD Superintendent Michele Lawrence will answer questions regarding re organization of the BUSD Special Education administration and the new Special Education Task Force comprised of parents, teachers, professionals and administrators. BSPED meets each month.

525-9262, tmelton@uclink.berkeley.edu

Free

Escape to the Wine Country:

California’s Napa, Sonoma and

Mendocino

Fodor’s text by Thom Elkjer, photography by Robert Homes

7:30 p.m.

Easy Going Travel Shop & Bookstore, 1385 Shattuck Ave.

Slide presentation and talk on the best wineries, vineyards, activities and dramatic countryside found in Napa, Sonoma and Mendocino County.

843-3533

Free

Thursday, August 22

Free Melanoma Update

11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Summit North Pavilion, Cafeteria Annex B & C, 350 Hawthorne Ave., Oakland

Information on melanoma skin cancer, detection and treatment.

869-6737

Free

Friday, August 23

Teen Playreaders present Bizarre Shorts

Through Aug. 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

Berkeley Art Project Celebration

2 to 6 p.m.

Berkeley Art Project on the corner of Adeline St. and Stuart St.

Event to gather community support for long-time Berkeley artist co-op. Festivities include puppet show, art raffle, silly animals, jugglers, music, free ice cream.

548-5349

Free

UC Berkeley Circle K Garage Sale

8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday)

Berkeley ACE Hardware parking lot, 2145 University Ave.

Garage sale fundraiser held by UC Berkeley, non-profit community service organization to raise money for pediatric trauma patients.

(858) 335-9021

Fuel Cell Car Experiments

1 to 3 p.m.

Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California Campus (Just below Grizzly Peak Blvd.)

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.

642-5132

Admission: $8 for adults; $6 for youth; $4 for children 3-4

Vegan Food Party

11:30 a.m.

Lake Anza in Tilden Park

Social, food party event presented by Contra Costa Vegetarians and SFBAVeg.

dhermit4424@yahoo.com

Free with Vegan dish

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

Tuesday, August 27

A House of Straw: a Natural

Building Odyssey Slideshow

7 to 9 p.m.

Ecology Center, 2530 San Pablo

Carolyn Roberts presents slides and talks about her experiences building her straw bale house.

548-2220 Ext. 233

Free

Thursday, August 29

2nd Annual LGBT Elders

Conference

9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

First Unitarian Church, 685 14th St., Oakland

Workshops and conference for LGBT elders to learn about senior services.

705-8918

$20 registration, no one denied for lack of funds

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

Labor Day Potluck Picnic and Poetry Reading

Hosted by Bay Area Poets Coalition

Noon to 4 p.m.

Live Oak Park, Walnut and Rose St.

527-9905, poetalk@aol.com

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

Thursday, September 5

Nutrition Career Open House

7 to 8:30 p.m.

Institute of Educational Therapy, 706 Gilman St.

Learn how to become a nutrition educator or consultant.

558-1711 for reservations and information

Free

Friday, September 6

'The Winona LaDuke Reader' lecture and reception

Presented by the American Indian Graduate Program

5 p.m. Reception, 7 p.m. Lecture

Native American environmental and Indigenous Rights activist and author

of several books and articles, Winona LaDuke, will discuss the topics of

her new book 'The Winona LaDuke Reader' as well as other current work.

atalay@sscl.berkeleyl.edu

Free

Saturday, September 7

Travel Careers Seminar

8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Vista Community College, 2020 Milvia St., Room 306

The day’s program will include travel industry speakers covering a variety of career possibilities: Cruise specialists, tour leaders, tour operators, adventure operators, home-based travel agents and more.

981-2931

$5.50 for California residents

Sunday, September 8

Lifelong Medical Care First Annual 5K Fun Run/Walk Fundraiser

9 a.m. to noon

West Berkeley

Individual and team participation, a health fair, food, prizes, live music, free insurance eligibility screening - fun for all ages.

704-6010

28th Annual Solano Avenue Stroll

10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Solano Avenue

A mile-long block part featuring “Journey of a Thousand Cranes’ Parade” at 11 a.m.

527-5358 or www.salonstroll.org

Free

Watershed Environmental

Poetry Festival

10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Berkeley Farmers' Market

Center Street at Martin Luther King, Jr. Way

Free

Thursday, September 12

The 14th Small Business

Development Trade Fair

10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Pauley Ballroom in the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union, near Telegraph Ave. and Bancroft Way, UC Berkeley

The event will introduce small businesses to the UC Berkeley community and give campus departments a glimpse of the services and products small businesses have to offer.

Saturday, September 14

Basic Personal Preparedness

9 to 11 a.m.

Fire Department Training Center, 997 Cedar St.

Learn five critical steps to take care of yourself, your family and your home. Classes open to those 18 or older who live or work in Berkeley.

981-5605, www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/fire/oes.html

Free

Heritage Day

11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

4th and University Ave.

International BBQ and beer festival

Free

Spin for the Stars Fund-raiser

9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Spieker Aquatics Complex, Recreational Sports Facility on UC Berkeley campus

Noncompetitive swimming and stationary cycling event. Proceeds will help Cal STAR enhance its facilities and programs for the disabled.

$20 registration fee, $35 for biathlon challenge

West Berkeley Open Air Market

11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

University Avenue between 3rd and 4th St.

West Berkeley celebrates Neighborhood Heritage Day with crafts, food, live music, art and family entertainment.

841-8562 or sfbayshellmounds@yahoo.com

Free

Thursday, September 19

Sukkot Holiday Workshop

7 to 8:30 p.m.

Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut St.

Join Dawn Kepler, director of Building Jewish Bridges, for hands-on crafts, food projects, creative sukkah decorations and tips for making your own sukkah (hut).

848-0237 Ext. 127

$10 BRJCC members/$12 public