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Calendar of Community Events & Activities
Wednesday, August 21
Kepa Junkera
8 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com
$15.50 in advance, $16.50 at door
Steve Riley and the Maou Playboys
9 p.m.
Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave.
8:30 p.m. dance lesson with Diana Castillo.
525-5024 or www.ashkenaz.com
$14 door/ Free for 12 and under
Tangria Jazz Trio
8 p.m.
Anna’s Bistro, 1801 University Avenue
This week’s nightly music feature.
849-ANNA
$4
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
Anton Barbeau, The Bellyachers & Darling Clementines
9:30 p.m.
The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave.
841-1424
Freight and Salvage Fiddle Summit
Featuring Alasdair, Fraser, Ellika Frisell, Darol Anger and Mike Marshall
8 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com
$15.50 in advance, $16.50 at door
Lost Weekend
Harbor Lights and Cowboy Blues Tour
9 p.m.
Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave.
525-5024 or www.ashkenaz.com
$10 door/ Free for 12 and under
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
7:30 p.m.
The Crowden School, 1475 Rose St.
Mozart, Vivaldi and “Summertime” by violinists Karla Donehew and Jeremy Cohen.
(415)255-9440 0r www.sfchamberorchestra.org
$20 suggested donation
Friday, August 23
The Damnations & Loretta Lynch
9:30 p.m.
The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave.
841-1424
$7
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
Anthony Brown Ensemble
Doors open 7:30 p.m. Show 8 p.m.
Berkeley Public Library 2090 Kittredge at Shattuck
Free Jazz Concert explores inspiration of Ralph Ellison.
981-6100
Free
California Brazil All-star Band
Brazil Camp Benefit
9 p.m.
Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave.
525-5024 or www.ashkenaz.com
$10 door/ Free for 12 and under
John McCormick
8 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com
$15.50 in advance, $16.50 at door
New Millennium Strings, conducted by Laurien Jones
8 p.m.
A concert featuring The Hebrides, Op. 26 (Fingal’s Cave) by Mendelssohn; Mendelssohn’s Concerto for Violin, Op. 64, E minor, Loretta Taylor, soloist; Debussy’s Afternoon of a Faun; and Children’s Corner Suite by Debussy.
526-3331
$10 General admission, $7 students and seniors, under 12 free
Phantom Limbs, Dead and Gone & Pitch Black
8 p.m.
924 Gillman St.
525-9926
$5
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
Free for children under 3
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
Dan & Dale Zola Present
The Great Night of Rumi
8 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
Celebrating Persian poet Jelaluddin Rumi with spoken word, music and dance.
548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com
$15.50 in advance, $16.50 at door
Benefit for the Neibyl Proctor Library
Featuring Red Dust
3 to 5 p.m.
6501 Telegraph Ave.
Benefit for a progressive research center for teachers, students and activists.
595-7417
$5 to $10, sliding scale
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
