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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
Discounted Book Sale
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
UC Press headquarters
2120 Berkeley Way
Paperbacks for $3, hardcovers for $7. Over 300 titles to choose from.
642-4247
“A Biblical Perspective of War, Peace and Justice”
12:45 to 1:45 p.m.
Pacific School of Religion, Mudd 103, 1798 Scenic Ave.
Brown bag discussion.
849-8229
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
South and west Berkeley Community Action Team Advisory Group
7 p.m.
Over 60’s Center, 2031 Sacramento, at Alcatraz
Refreshments provided
981-5362
Walk to School Day
Join around 200 other Berkeley students in the city’s second annual Walk to School Day.
www.walktoschool.org
848-0305
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
Investing in the Future
7:30 p.m.
St. Mary Magdalen Church
2005 Berryman St.
Learn how to invest to meet more than your financial needs.
Call to reserve space: (925) 417-6654
Free.
How to Defeat Commitment Phobia:
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.
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.
Open Mic
7:30 p.m.
The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave.
841-2082
Free. 21 and over.
Cracked Normans
9:30 p.m.
Blakes on Telegraph
2367 Telegraph Ave.
Jazz-funk jam.
848-0886
$3.
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.
Poetry Slam
8:30 p.m.
The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave.
Nazelah Jamison and Karen Ladson host this slam. $90 cash prizes.
841-2082
$7/ $5 with student ID. 21 and over.
Divit/The Locals/B9/Tragedy Andy 9:30 p.m.
Blakes on Telegraph, 2367 Telegraph Ave.
848-0886
$6.
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.
Figa Productions DJ Night
9:30 p.m.
The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave.
$7/ $10 after 11 p.m. 21 and over.
"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
60 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 Fifth 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.
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.
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.
