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Out & About
Saturday, September 21
Buddhist Peace Fellowship with The Deer Park Monastery - Public Lecture
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Lake Merritt, Oakland
Lakeside Park, Bandstand Area
Join Vietnamese peace activist Zen master Thich Nhat Hahn for a public lecture: “Coming Home: a day of community and healing”
433-9928
$45, $25 - seniors, $65 - donor level
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
Puppet Shows
1:30 and 2:30 p.m.
Hall of Health, 2230 Shattuck Ave.
Shows promote acceptance,
understanding of physical,
mental and medical differences.
549-1564
$2 suggested donation
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
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
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 Road and University Avenue,
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, September 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
Candidates Forum
4 to 7 p.m.
UC Berkeley Faculty Club, Heyns Room
Candidates forum for District 8 City Council and Berkeley mayor.
Women’s Cancer Resource Center
Seeking volunteers to help support women with cancer, their families
and friends.
601-4040 Ext. 109
emicly@wcrc.org
Tuesday, September 24
Sustainable Business
Alliance of the East Bay
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Panoramic Room of the Gaia Building
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, nonmembers $12
Vitamins, Minerals, and Nutritional Supplements: Possible Interactions with Medications
1 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst St.
Discussed by Alic Meyers, RN
981-5190
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
Berkeley Gray Panthers
1:30 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst St.
Berkeley Gray Panthers general meeting.
Thursday, September 26
Medical Marijuana
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Berkeley Central Library
2090 Kittredge St.
From Prop. 215 to Health and Safety Code 11362.5, a review of its history to present day current events.
981-6100
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
Garage Sale/ Car Wash
Belize/ Berkeley Scouts
10 to 2 p.m.
Epworth UMC, 1953 Hopkins St.
International exchange fundraising effort for scouts.
525-6058
A Forum on the Arts with the Berkeley Mayoral Candidates
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Aurora Theater, 2081 Addison St.
558-1381
Free
Sunday, September 29
Tibetan Buddhism
“Healing Mind”
6 p.m.
Tibetan Nyingma Institute
1815 Highland Place
Sylvia Gretchen discusses how the teachings cultivate the mind and redefine what healing means.
843-6812
Free
“Iron Chef” Style Cook-Off
3 to 4 p.m.
(followed by reception, 4 to 6 p.m.)
Spenger’s Fresh Fish Grotto
1919 Fourth St.
In this “Crabby Chef” Competition 2002, top East Bay chefs vie for this year’s title by creating the tastiest crab dish. Master of Ceremonies will be KGO-AM’s Gene Burns.
845-7777 or 845-7771
Free
City of Berkeley - 2002 Public Art Competition
1 to 3 p.m.
Berkeley Central Public Library
2090 Kittredge St.
A public art informational workshop will be open to all artists regarding public art site proposals.
981-6100
Free
