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Calendar
Saturday, Sept. 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, Sept. 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.
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
Friday, Sept. 27
The Cracked Normans,
Paradigm & Soul Americana
9:30 p.m. (21 and over)
The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave.
841-1424
$5.
Eric Bogle
8 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com
$16.50 in advance. $17.50 at door.
Fair Weather, Liars
Academy and Open Hand
8 p.m.
924 Gilman St.
525-9926
$5.
Reggae Angels with Earl Zero
and Jah Light Music
9:30 p.m.
Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave.
$15 door. 12 and under free.
Saturday, Sept. 28
Barry & Alic Oliver
8 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 www.freightandsalvage.com
$16.50 in advance. $17.50 at door.
From Monument to Masses,
Victory at Sea and Yesterday’s Kids
8 p.m.
924 Gilman St.
525-9926
$5.
Sunday, Sept. 29
Si Kahn
8 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 www.freightandsalvage.com
$15.50 in advance. $16.50 at door.
Cellist Gianna Abondolo
4 p.m.
Crowden Music Center, 1475 Rose St.
Classical favorites and original
compositions for cello.
559-6910
$10 general. 18 and under free.
Weber Iago and Harvey Wainaple
4:30 p.m.
Jazzschool, 2087 Addison St.
845-5373
$10-$15.
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David Friesen and Uwe Kropinski
8 p.m.
Jazzschool, 2087 Addison St.
845-5373
$10-$15.
Blowing Zen: A Performance of Shakuhachi
7:30 p.m.
St. John’s Presbyterian Church
2626 College Ave.
528-2027
$12 at door. Children $5. Seniors $10.
Chamber Music
4 to 5:15 p.m.
Crowden Music Center 1475 Rose St.
Gianna Abondolo & Friends
celebrate the release of their
classical and jazz CD.
559-6910
$10. 18 and under free.
Tuesday, Oct. 1
Toshi Reagon
8 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 www.freightandsalvage.com
$15.50 in advance. $16.50 at door.
Wednesday, Oct. 2
Hookslide
8 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 www.freightandsalvage.com
$15.50 in advance. $16.50 at door.
Thursday, Oct. 3
Pete & Joan Wernick featuring Dr. Banjo
8 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 www.freightandsalvage.com
$15.50 in advance. $16.50 at door.
"Balancing Acts"
Through Oct. 10
Gallery 555, 555 12th St.,
Oakland City Center
Oakland's 'Third Thursday' art night features Ann Weber's works made of cardboard.
http://www.oaklandcitycenter.com.
Free.
“Hunger: What will you do about it?”
Through Oct. 30, Mon.-Fri.,
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Civic Center Building
2180 Milvia St., 5th floor
Featuring 40 photographs
by Berkeley artist David Bacon.
834-3663, Ext. 338, uchanse@secondharvest.org
Richard Misrach, Berkeley Work
Though Oct. 13
UC Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, 2626 Bancroft Way
On view in Gallery 2, presents two photographic series by this internationally recognized Berkeley-based artist.
642-0808, www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
$7. $5 BAM/PFA members.
$4 UC Berkeley students.
“Recent Acquisitions”
Oct. 13 through Dec. 14
Thurs., Fri., and Sat., 1 to 4 p.m.
Berkeley Historical Society, Veterans Memorial Building, 1931 Center St.
848-0181
Free.
Misch Kohn - Celebrating Sixty Years of Printmaking
Through Oct. 16. Tues.-Fri., Noon to 5:30 p.m.; Sat., noon to 4:30 p.m.
Kala Arts Institute, 1060 Heinz Ave.
549-2977, kala@kala.org
Nancy Salz
Through Oct. 23, Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Barbara Anderson Gallery, 2243 5th St.
848-3822
Timoteo Ikoshy Montoya
Through Nov. 1
Reception Sept. 20, 6 to 8 p.m.
Gathering Tribes Gallery
1573 Solano Ave.
Acrylic/air brush paintings
by this Native American artist.
528-9038
Threads: Five artists who
use stitching to convey ideas
Oct. 6 through Dec. 15, Wed.-Sun., noon to 5 p.m.
Berkeley Art Center
Live Oak Park, 1275 Walnut St.
Information: www.berkeleyartcenter.org, 644-6893
Free.
A Thousand and One Arabian Nights
Through Sept. 28, Fri.-Sun. 8 p.m.; Sun. 4 p.m.
Forest Meadows Outdoor Amphitheater, Grand Avenue at the Dominican University, San Raphael
Marin Shakespeare Company’s
presents this classic story with
original Arabic music.
415-499-4488 for tickets
$12 for youth. $20 for seniors. $22 general.
Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar
Through Oct. 12
Thurs. through Sat. 8 p.m.
LaVal’s Subterranean Theatre
1834 Euclid Ave.
234-6046
$10.
The House of Blue Leaves
Through Oct. 27
Berkeley Rep's Roda Theater
2015 Addison St.
647-2917 or 888-4BRTTIX
$10-$54.
The Shape of Things
Through Oct. 20
Aurora Theatre Company
2081 Addison St.
Play by writer/director Neil LaBute's spins a morality tale of a young art student, his art major girlfriend, and the Pygmalion-like changes that bring into question how far one should go for love.
843-4822, www.auroratheater.org for reservations
$26-$35.
Ceramics - Opening Reception
Through Nov. 17
3 to 5 p.m.
A New Leaf Gallery, 1286 Gilman St.
525-7621
Free.
Sunday, Sept. 29
Margaret Kaufman & Robert Funge
7:30 p.m.
Cody’s Books, 2454 Telegraph Ave.
845-7852, www.poetryflash.org
$2 donation.
Thursday, Oct. 3
Brenda Hillman
12:10 p.m.
Morrison Library in Doe Library, UCB
UC Berkeley’s Lunch Poems Reading Series. Author’s six books include “Loose Sugar” and “Cascadia”.
http://www.berkeley.edu/calendar/events
Free.
Nathaniel Mackay and Trane Devore
6 p.m.
Maud Fife Room, 315 Wheeler Hall, UC Berkeley
Part of Holloway Poetry Series for Fall 2002.
jscape@socrates.berkeley.edu
Free.
Friday, Oct. 4
Katherine Forrest
7:30 p.m.
Boadecia’s Books, 398 Colusa Ave. at Colusa Circle
Reading from “Daughters of the Amber Moon”
559-9184
Free.
Saturday, Oct. 5
“Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual African American Fiction”
7:30 p.m.
Boadecia’s Books, 398 Colusa Ave. at Colusa Circle
Led by co-editors Devon W. Carbado and Donald Wiese, and several of the book’s writers.
559-9184
Free.
Sunday, October 6
Ledisi and The Braxton Brothers
4:30 p.m.
Berkeley Jazz School, 2087 Addison St.
845-5373
$15, $12 - students & seniors, $10 Jazzschool students
Tuesday, Oct. 8
Daniel Wilkinson
7:30 p.m.
Cody’s Books, 2454 Telegraph Ave.
Author Wilkinon and panelists from Global Exchange and Equal Exchange will discuss Guatemala, globalization, and book “Silence on the Mountain”
(617) 351-3243
Thursday, Oct. 10
Daniel Wilkinson
7:30 p.m.
Cody’s Books, 2454 Telegraph Ave.
Wilkinson will read from his book “Silence on the Mountain”
(617) 351-3243
