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Out & About Calendar
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 Street., 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.berkeley.edu
Book Reading:
21st Century Manzanar
4 p.m.
Eastwind Books
2066 University Ave.
Perry Minyake reads his debut novel, 21st Century Manzanar, a dark portrait of an America gone wrong.
548-2350
Free
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 streets.
527-9905, poetalk@aol.com
National Organization for Women Oakland/East Bay Chapter
6:30 p.m.
Mama Bears Bookstore and Coffeehouse, 6536 Telegraph Ave.
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' and other work.
atalay@sscl.berkeley.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 state 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. Event includes a health fair, food, prizes, live music and free insurance eligibility screening.
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.solanostroll.org
Free
Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Berkeley Farmers' Market
Center Street at Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
Wednesday, September 11
Commemorating the tragedy of Sept. 11
5:30 a.m., Justin Hermann Plaza,
Market Street at the Embarcadero, San Francisco
A day of remembrance with art, culture, spirit, politics, and words of hope
Information: (415) 255-7296, www.initedforpeace.org
Free
Prostate Cancer Lecture
2 to 3:30 p.m.
Maffly Auditorium, Herrick Campus
2001 Dwight Way, Berkeley
Understand the risk of prostate cancer and how to detect early symptoms from a survivor.
869-6737
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.
Caterina Rando discusses her new book Learn to Power Think: A practical Guide to Positive and Effective Decision Making
Boadecia’s Books
398 Colusa Ave. at Colusa Circla, Kensington/North Berkeley
559-9184, www.bookpride.com
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.
Fourth and University avenues
International barbecue 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 Third and Fourth streets
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
Saturday, September 21
BREAD and Roses Garden Party
1 to 5 p.m.
Peralta Community Garden, Berkeley
Hopkins & Peralta, Wheelchair accessible
BREAD's birthday party - five years of dismantling corporate rule through local currency.
644-0376
$12 advance, $15 door, low-income rate $10
Coastal Cleanup Day
10 a.m.
Work at the outflow of Strawberry Creek to clean up the San Francisco Bay coastline.
info@strawberrycreek.org
or 848-4008
Free
Saturday, October 12
Indigenous People's Day Pow Wow, Indian Market & Fall Fruit Tasting
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Berkeley Farmers' Market
Center Street at Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
Free
Tuesday, October 15
Fall Fruit Tasting
Berkeley Farmers' Market
2 to 7 p.m.
Derby Street at Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
Free
Saturday, October 26
Pumpkin Carving & Costume Making
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Berkeley Farmers' Market
Center Street at Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
Free
Sunday, October 27
Spirit Day
11 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Fourth and University avenues
Construct altars in a day of reflection.
Free
Saturday December 7, 14, 21
Holiday Crafts Fair
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Berkeley Farmers' Market
Center Street at Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
Free