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Calendar of Community Events
Tuesday, September 10
Brown Bag Career Talk
Noon to 1 p.m.
YWCA Turning Point Career Center
2600 Bancroft Way
Cynthia Weekly, Senior Recruiter with UC Berkeley Office of Human Resources will provide information on the process of seeking temporary and permanent employment at UC Berkeley.
848-6370
Free
Michael Newdow: Lecture
8 p.m.
2050 Valley Life Sciences Building,
UC Berkeley Campus
Michael Newdow is a Sacramento physician with a law degree whose case against the common procedure of reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools fueled national uproar last summer.
USE-SANE, sane@ocf.berkeley.edu, http://www.BerkeleySANE.org
Free
Wednesday, September 11
One Year Later,
a Peace Vigil and Meditation
6 to 7:30 p.m.
West entrance of UC Berkeley Campus near the corner of University Avenue and Oxford Street.
The Buddhist Peach Fellowship invites people of all traditions to bear witness to the continued suffering related to Sept. 11.
223-0683, www.bpf.org
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 Avenue 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.
559-9184, www.bookpride.com
Lecture by Rev. Richard Gilbert
Noon
UC Berkeley Faculty Club on UC Berkeley Campus
Visiting professor at Starr King School for the Ministry will speak on “The Difficult Art of Being Gentle in a Violent Time”
leehenalawrence@yahoo.com
Friday, September 13
Lecture by Dr. Paul Farmer
7:30 p.m.
St. Joseph the Worker Church
1640 Addison St.
Dr. Farmer will speak on Health Care and Human Rights: Solidarity with the Haitian People. Benefit for Partners in Health. Music by Vukani Mawethu Choir.
558-0371
$5 to $15 donation
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
Congressman Dennis Kuchinich
7 p.m.
Wheeler Auditorium, UC Berkeley Campus, near University Avenue
Chair of the House Progressive Caucus will speak. Keith Carson, Country Joe McDonald and performance artist Shelly Glaser will also be on hand.
http://www.bfuu.org/rscongress
$10 in advance, $12 door
Heritage Day
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Fourth Street and University Avenue
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
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
“Standing Together for Trees”
9 a.m. to noon
Fellowship Hall, Cedar St. near Bonita St.
Updates on local and world forestry issues. Presentations by Kevin Koenig of Amazon Watch, and Kristen Kirk or Forest Forever.
636-7659
Free
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
Sunday, September 15
Knowledge of Freedom/Undoing Negativity
6 p.m.
The Tibetan Nyingma Institute
1815 Highland Place
Nyingma Institute instructor Abbe Blum reads from “New Beginnings”
843-6812
Free
Monday, September 16
Berkeley Ecological and Safe Transportation (BEST) Coalition
meeting, 6 to 8 p.m.
Central Library, Kitteredge Street and Shattuck Avenue.
Group joins pedestrians, bicyclists, mass transit users and land-use advocates. Topics of discussion include: Berkeley height initiative, pedestrian issues and employer incentive plans. Potluck.
652-9462, imgreen@jps.net
Tuesday, September 17
“How to Grow Dahlias”
1 p.m.
Epworth United Methodist Church, 1953 Hopkins St.
A presentation by Dr. Erik Gaensler, vice president of the California Dahlia Society.
524-4374
Free
Breast Self Exam for Seniors
10 to 11:30 a.m.
Maffley Auditorium, Herrick Campus, 2001 Dwight Way
Workshop to educate women with physical limitations about accessing breast health care and do-it-yourself exam education.
869-6737
Free
Freedom From Tobacco
6 to 8 p.m.
South Berkeley Senior Center
2939 Ellis St.
A quit smoking class. First of six Thursday evenings through Oct. 24.
981-5330, quitnow@ci.berkeley.ca.us
Free to Berkeley and Albany residents, students and employees.
Simplicity Forum
7 to 8:30 p.m
Claremont Branch Library
2940 Benvenue Ave.
A panel of people who will share their experiences and ideas for living inexpensively but richly.
549-3509, www.simpleliving.net
Free
Wednesday, September 18
Kick Off Party for the Berkeley Coffee Initiative
7 p.m.
La Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Ave.
Music, speakers and events in support of the Berkeley coffee initiative, Measure O.
(415) 575-5338
$5 at door
Saturday, September 21
Berkeley Alliance of Neighborhood Associations (BANA)
9:15 to 11 a.m.
St. John’s Church, 2727 College Ave.
mtbrcb@pacbell.net
Free
Do-It-Yourself all-Natural
Body Care from Your Kitchen
Ecology Center, 2530 San Pablo Ave. Learn how to make your own all-natural skin care from products you might already have in your own kitchen.
548-2220, Ext. 233, erc@ecologycenter.org
$10 for members, $15 for nonmembers
Third Annual David Brower
Youth Awards
6 p.m.
Schwimley Theater, 1920 Allston Way
Celebrate the next generation of environmental activists at Earth Island Institute’s award ceremony. R.S.V.P.
(415) 788-3666, Ext. 260
www.earthisland.org/bya
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
Fall Plant Sale
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
200 Centennial Dr.
Annual plant sale featuring rare and unusual plants. Members-only preview and auction from 9 to 11 a.m.
643-2755, www.mip.berkeley.edu/garden/
Free
Sunshine Workshop
10 a.m. to noon
Sixth floor, City Hall, 2180 Milvia St.
Get up to speed on open records laws, open meetings laws and sunshine ordinances. Experts, including Terry Francke of the California First Amendment Coalition, will speak.
BerkeleySunshine@Yahoo.com
Free
Wednesday, September 25
“Healing Our Hearts for the Sake of the World”
7:30 p.m
First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way
A reading by Sylvia Boorstein. Proceeds support The East Bay Dharma Center.
595-0408
$5 to $10
Saturday, September 28
Free Legal Workshop:
“Crossroads: Health and the Law.”
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
514 58th St. at Telegraph Avenue
Navigate your way through legal issues when living with cancer or any serious illness. Panel presentation on employment, insurance and public benefits and one-on-one sessions with attorneys. Please, pre-register.
601-4040, Ext. 102 for information
or Ext. 103 to register
Free
Saturday, October 5
East Bay Solar Home Tour
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cedar Rose Park (first stop)
Attendees collect a map to guide them on the self-guided tour—eight homes in Albany, Berkeley and Oakland in all.
531-1184
$15 per carload
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 Street and University Avenue
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
Saturday December 14
Holiday Crafts Fair
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Berkeley Farmers' Market
Center Street at Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Free
Saturday, December 21
Holiday Crafts Fair
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Berkeley Farmers' Market
Center Street at Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Free