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Calendar of Community Events
Tuesday, September 17
Berkeley Fibromyalgia Support Group
Arthritis Foundation - “Easy and Fun Things To Do In The Water”
Noon to 2 p.m.
Alta Bates Medical Center, Maffly Auditorium - Herrick Campus
2001 Dwight Way
Video presentation. Group meets every third Tuesday of each month.
644-3273
Free
Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Globalization Debate
7:30 p.m.
Cody’s Books, 2454 Telegraph Ave.
Naomi Klein, one of Ms. Magazine’s Women of the Year, will speak on her new book.
845-7852
“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
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
Community Prostate Screening
Appointment required (through Thursday)
At the Markstein Cancer Education Center, on the Summit Campus of Alta Bates Summit Medical Center.
In honor of National Prostate Cancer Awareness Week.
869-8833
Free
Peace Walk and Vigil
6:30 p.m. - Every Wed.
Meet at Downtown Berkeley
Bart Station
Join us for a peace walk
along Shattuck Avenue for one hour.
528-9217
Free
Thursday, September 19
Freedom From Tobacco
6 to 8 p.m.
South Berkeley Senior Center
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.
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
Buddhist Peace Fellowship with The Deer Park Monastery - Public Lecture
7 p.m.
Berkeley Community Theater
1930 Allston Way
Join Vietnamese peace activist Zen master Thich Nhat Hahn for a public lecture, “Deep Listening: the heart of compassionate action.”
433-9928
$20 suggested donation
Saturday, September 21
Buddhist Peace Fellowship with The Deer Park Monastery - Public Lecture
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Lake Merritt, Oakland
Join Vietnamese peace activist Zen master Thich Nhat Hahn for a public lecture; “Coming Home: a day of community and healing”.
433-9928
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
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
Memorizing Windows
8 p.m.
Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut St.
Dancer Lucinda Weaver and writer Alan Bern host an evening of dance, poetry and stories.
526-7901 or abbern@sbcglobal.net
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
East Bay Shoreline Clean Up
9.am. to 12 p.m.
Sea Breeze Market and Deli
meeting/staging area.
On the corner of West Frontage Rd. and University Ave., Berkeley.
Arrive promptly to sign appropriate waivers , get coffee and listen to safety talk. We will provide bags, tally cards and a raffle of donated prizes; groups of ten or more need to pre-register by calling 644-8623.
Free
Sunday, Semptember 22
Yoga/Tibetan Jack van der Meulen on “The Theory and Practice of Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga.””
3 to 5 p.m. - Introduction; 6 to 7 p.m.- Lecture by Jack van der Meulen
Tibetan Nyingma Institute, 1815 Highland Place
Kum Nye is a system of movement, breath, and awareness exercises.
843-6812
Free
Tuesday, September 24
Sustainable Business Alliance of the East Bay
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Panoramic Room of the Gaia Building in Berkeley
Reception and talk by Mal Warwick of Mal Warwick Associates, entitled: “You Don’t Have to Choose: How One Company Does Good While Doing Well”
282-5151
Members $8, Non-Members $12
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
