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Calendar

Wednesday October 02, 2002

Wednesday, Oct. 2 

North Berkeley Senior Center 

Advisory Council Meeting 

10 a.m. 

1901 Hearst St. 

981-5190 

 

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 

Nutrition Career Open House - Institution of Educational Therapy 

7 to 8:30 p.m. 

706 Gilman St.  

558-1711 

Free. 

 

Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Master 

Berekley Shambhala Center 

7 p,m. 

2288 Fulton St.  

(415)887-2820 for more info. 

 

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. 

 

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. 

 

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. 

 

Saturday, Oct. 5 

Leon Bates 

7:30 p.m. 

Calvin Simmons Theatre, 10 10th 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. 

 

 

Sunday, Oct. 20 

Madeline Eastman with  

the Matt Clark Trio 

4:30 p.m. 

Jazzschool, 2087 Addison St. 

845-5373 

$10-$15. 

 

Wednesday, Oct. 23 

$18, $14 for members - need to reserve tickets. 

 

"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 

 

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. 

 

Wednesday, Oct. 2 

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. 

 

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 Jazz school 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. 

Easy Going Travel Shop & Bookstore, 1385 Shattuck Ave. 

Wilkinson, author of “Silence on the Mountain” will present slide show. 

843-3533 

Free. 

 

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. 

 

Friday, Oct. 18 

Storyteller Nancy Schimmel 

Poets, singers, musicians and storytellers are invted. 

7:30 to 10 p.m. 

Fellowship Cafe, 1924 Cedar St. 

540-0898 

$5 to 10 donation. 

 

Saturday Nov. 9, 16 

Alice Walker and Dorothy Allison appear in support of Boadecia’s Books 

8 p.m. 

Northbrae Community Church  

941 The Alameda at Solano 

559-9184 

$25, sliding scale. 

 

 

Film 

 

Sunday, Oct. 6 

Cinemath Films 

Pacific Film Archive Theater 

5:30 p.m. 

2575 Bancroft Way 

642-1412 

$7 for one film. $ 8.50 for double bills. 

 

Tuesday, Oct. 8 

 

 

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. 

 

Friday, Oct. 18 

Working for the Mouse 

Fantasy about playing at Disneyland. 

8 p.m. Fri. and Sat., 7 p.m. Sun. 

La Val’s Subterranean Theater  

1834 Euclid 

464-4468 

$12 general, $7 students. 

 

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. 

 

Sunday, Dec. 8 

“Annie Hall”, by Woody Allen 

2 to 4:30 p.m. 

An autobiographical love story. 

Berkeley Richmond Jewish Center  

1414 Walnut St.  

848-0237 

$2 donation.