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Calendar
Tuesday, Oct. 1
Setting Limits: A Mini Crash Course for Busy Parents of Preschool & School-Age Children
7 to 9 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut St.
Jill Shugart, MFT, teaches this course on how to set appropriate boundaries and feel more in charge, while still responding to your children’s needs.
848-0237 Ext. 127
UC Berkeley’s Week of Service
Hours vary (through October 5)
Cal Corps Public Service Center, Eshleman Hall, UC Berkeley
Make new friends while making a differece at local non-profits.
http://students.berkeley.edu/calcorps/cad.html or 643-0326
Wednesday, Oct. 2
Does Anyone Really
Understand Berkeley?
7 p.m.
Berkeley Central Library
2090 Kitteredge St.
Berkeley History Classes, runs every Wednesday through Nov. 13
981-6147
Humanistic Judaism 101
7:30 to 9 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut St.
Marcia Grossman of Kol Hadash facilitates this workshop dealing with humanistic alternatives to conventional judaism.
848-0237 Ext. 127
$5 public/ free for members of BRJCC and Kol Hadash
Thursday, Oct. 3
How to Defeat CommitmentPhobia: In Yourself or the One You Love
7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut St.
Learn a variety of strategies for those who are ambivalent about commitment. Taught by Susan Page.
848-0237 Ext. 127
$10 public/ $8 BRJCC members
Friday, Oct. 4
International Day of No Prostitution
6 to 8 p.m.
Boalt Hall, Booth Auditorium, UC Berkeley
Bay Area rally and march against prostitution.
358-2725
Resist Oil & Mining
6 to 10 p.m.
The roof, 1916A Martin Luther King Jr. Way, at Berkeley Way
Project Underground’s sixth birthday party and annual prize drawing.
Entertainment, music, drinks, childcare. Wheelchair accessible.
705-8981 or maistella@moles.org
$15 suggested donation.
Saturday, Oct. 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 car
Sunday, Oct. 6
Eckanka Worship Service
10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
East Bay ECK Center, 3052 Telegraph, near Whole Foods
“How to Survive Spiritually in Our Times”
549-2807
War Tax Resistance Information and Support Gathering
4 to 6:30 p.m.
1305 Hopkins St., near Peralta in North Berkeley
Join others who refuse to pay taxes for U.S. militarism at this monthly potluck supper.
843-9877
Free: bring food or drink to share
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.
Saturday, Oct. 5
Leon Bates
7:30 p.m.
Calvin Simmons Theatre, 10 Tenth St.
Pianist Leon Bates offers works by Mozart, Brahms and Chopin.
451-0775 or www.fourseasonsconcerts.com
$25-$35.
All Bets Off, Benumb and Uphill Battle
8 p.m.
924 Gilman St.
525-9926
$5.
House Jacks
8 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com
$16.50 in advance. $17.50 at door.
Sunday, Oct. 6
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
8 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 www.freightandsalvage.com
$17.50 in advance. $18.50 at door.
Ledisi and the Braxton Brothers
4:30 p.m.
Jazzschool, 2087 Addison St.
845-5373
$10-15.
Yaphet Kotto, The Fleshies
and Lesser of Two
8 p.m.
924 Gilman St.
525-9926
$5.
Monday, Oct. 7
Holly Gwinn Graham, Joel Landy and Lynda Williams
7:30 p.m.
Freight & Salvage Coffee House, 1111 Addison St.
Benefit concert for the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space.
548-1761
$15.50 in advance. $16.50 at the door.
Sunday, Oct. 13
Jenna Mammina and Andre Bush
4:30 p.m.
Jazzschool, 2087 Addison St.
Jazz standards, obscure cover tunes and original compositions.
845-5373
$10-$15.
"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.
Alarms and Excursions
Nov. 15 through Dec. 22
Aurora Theatre Company,
2081 Addison St.
Michael Frayn's comedy about
the irony of modern technology.
843-4822, www.auroratheater.org for reservations
$26 to $35.
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. 20
Berkeley Rep's Roda Theater
2015 Addison St.
647-2949 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.
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.
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
Friday, Oct. 11
Beth Glick-Rieman
7:30 p.m.
Boadacia’s Books, 398 Colusa Ave.
at Colusa Circle
Glick-Rieman shares her findings on the status of women around the world, reading from her book, “Peace Train to Beijing and Beyond”.
559-9184
Free.
Saturday, Oct. 12
“Antarctica and the Breath of Seals”
7:30 p.m.
Boadacia’s Books, 398 Colusa Ave.
at Colusa Circle
Lucy Jane Bledsoe presents a slide show based on travels in Antarctica.
559-9184
Free.
Sunday, Nov. 3
“Focus”
2 to 4:30 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut St.
William H. Macy stars in this early 1940’s period piece.
848-0237
$2 donation.
