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FEBRUARY CALENDAR
ONGOING PEACE EVENTS
Every Day
Women In Black Vigil
12 noon - 1:00pm
UC Berkeley
Bancroft at Telegraph
wibberkeley@yahoo.com
548-6310, 845-1143
Every Tuesday
Vigil In Protest Of The Ongoing Sanctions Against Iraq
12 noon - 1:00pm
Oakland
Thousands of children die each month as a result of the US sanctions against Iraq. Join the vigil Tuesdays in front of the Oakland Federal Building (located on Clay Street in downtown Oakland between 12th Street and 13th Street) opposing these sanctions.
Carolyn Scarr epicalc@earthlink.net 527-8370
Sponsored By: Ecumenical Peace
Institute Mustardseed Affinity Group http://www.peacehost.net/EPI-Calc/
Every Wednesday
Berkeley Peace Walk and Vigil
Wednesdays, 6:30pm
Downtown Berkeley BART Station at Shattuck and Center
528-9217
vigil4peace@yahoo.com
www.geocities.com/vigil4peace/vigil
“Not in Our Name” General Meeting
First and Third Wednesday of every month.
6:30pm
1611 Telegraph Ave.
Every Friday
Meditation, Peace Vigil and Dialogue
Every Friday at noon in Berkeley, members of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship hold a Meditation, Peace Vigil, and Dialogue. We gather on the grass close to the West Entrance to UC Berkeley, on Oxford Street near University Avenue. People of all traditions are welcomed to join us.
Buddhist Peace Fellowship bpf@bpf.org
496-6000, ext.135
Sponsored By: Buddhist Peace Fellowship http://www.bpf.org/
Every Sunday
Peace Walk Around Lake Merritt
Every Sunday 3:00pm Oakland
Weekly Peace Walk every Sunday beginning at the Columns at the East End of the lake between Grand and Lakeshore Avenues, Oakland.
Location: Lake Merritt between Grand and Lakeshore Avenues Oakland
Beth Wagner LMNOPbulletinboard@yahoo.com
763-8712
Sponsored By: Lake Merritt Neighbors Organized for Peace www.webwm.com/LMNOP
Saturday, February 15
Children
Puppet Show
Kids on the Block
Puppets from diverse cultures, for children of all ages and their parents
2:00pm $2 suggested
Hall of Health
2230 Shattuck Ave (Entrance on Kittridge - Lower Level)
549-1564
Magic School Bus Video Festival
Lawrence Hall of Science
Seven different Magic School Bus video adventures with Ms. Frizzle and her calls on our big auditorium screen
10:30am - 1:30pm
$8 adults/$6 for youth 5-18, seniors and disabled/$4 for children 3-4/Free for children under 3
Lawrence Hall of Science
Centennial Drive, above the UC Campus
642-5132
www.lawrencehallofscience.org
Film
PFA: Czechoslovakian Gems
7:00pm: "The Joke"- based on a Milan Kundera novel.
8:40pm: "Larks on a String"- Jiri Menzel
$4-$8
Pacific Film Archive
2575 Bancroft Way
642-1124 www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Music
Los Amiguitos de La Peña
Gary Lapow: singalong for the family
10:30am $4 adults; $3 children
La Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Ave
849-2568 www.lapena.org
Flamenco Festival USA 2003
"Flamenco Puro" with Farruquito and Juana Amaya
8:00pm $20, $28, $36
Zellerbach Hall UC Campus
642-9988 www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Salsa Dancing
with Quimbombo
10:00pm-1:30am
Lessons 8:00pm-9:00pm $12/$10 student
Maiko
1629 San Pablo Ave
527-8226 www.salsasf.com
Collective Soul
Hip Hop for Black History Month:
MISSION: Lunar Heights Pitts & Kits, DJ Treat.U.Nice
8:30pm $10
La Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Ave
849-2568 www.lapena.org
Zé Manel
from Guinea Bissau
9:00pm $12
Ashkenaz
1317 San Pablo Ave.
535-5054 www.ashkenaz.com
Blues House Trio
Australian women’s singing group
8:00pm $15.50 adv/$16.50 door
Freight and Salvage Coffee House
1111 Addison St.
548-1761
www.freightandslavage.org
Faun Fables presents
First Love Songs
A night of confessions and first kisses
with members of Rube Waddell, Birdsaw, Mumble and Peg, Sleepy Time Gorilla Museum and more
9:30pm $7 door
The Starry Plough
3101 Shattuck Ave
841-2082
Sunday, February 16
PEACE MARCH
Against the War in Iraq
11:00am
Embarcadero Center
San Francisco
Film
PFA: Czechoslovakian Gems
"Marketa Lazarova"
Vlacil's medieval epic.
5:30pm $4-$8
Pacific Film Archive
2575 Bancroft Way
642-1124 www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Readings
Lewis Robinson
"Officer Friendly and other Stories"
7:30pm free but limited seating
Black Oak Books
1491 Shattuck Ave
486-0498
www.blackoakbooks.com
William Gould IV
“Diary of a Contraband: The Civil War passage of a Black Sailor”
7:30pm free
Cody's Books
2454 Telegraph Avenue
845-7852
Poetry at Cody's
Nellie Hill and Lynne Knight
7:30pm free
Cody's Books
2454 Telegraph Avenue
845-7852
Music
Jazzschool Concert
Raz Kennedy and Friends, jazz, r&b, world music and old favorites
4:30pm $18-$12
Jazzschool
2087 Addison Street
845-5373 www.jazzschool.com
Shashamani Sound System
Rastafarian-Euro-Jamaican mix,
turntablist Selecta Ras Gilbert
9:30pm $6
Ashkenaz
1317 San Pablo Ave.
525-5054 www.ashkenaz.com
Dry Branch Fire Squad
Traditional bluegrass
8:00pm $16.50 adv/$17.50 door
Freight and Salvage Coffee House
1111 Addison St.
548-1761
www.freightandslavage.org
Tuesday, February 18
Film
PFA: Visionary Film
"Apocalypses, Picaresques, and Recovered Innocence"
7:00pm: Part 1: Films of Christopher MacLaine, Bruce Conner, Larry
Jordan, and Ken Jacobs.
8:50pm: Part 2: Films of Owen Land and Michael Snow.
$4-$8
Pacific Film Archive
2575 Bancroft Way
642-1124 www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Readings
Phoebe Gloeckner
“The Diary of a Teenage Girl:
An Account in Words and Pictures”
7:30pm free but limited seating
Black Oak Books
1491 Shattuck Ave
486-0498
www.blackoakbooks.com
Eric Alterman
“What Liberal Media? The Truth about Bias and the News”
7:30pm free
Cody’s Books
2454 Telegraph Avenue
845-7852
Music
Fling Ding with Alice
Gerrard & Friends
Bluegrass Intentions, clogging
with Evie Ladin
7:30pm
Ashkenaz
1317 San Pablo Ave.
525-5054 www.ashkenaz.com
20th Century Music & Beyond
Keiko Nosaka,
25 string koto
8:00pm
First Congregational Church
2345 Channing Way
642-9988 www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Wednesday, February 19
Lectures
Foreign Policy Association
Great Decisions Lecture
Jason Mark, Communications Director, Global Exchange
“Alone or together: the US and the world”
10:00am $5
Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave
Bert Wilson: 526-2925
New Directions in African Diasporic Thought
“The Paradox of Black Identities in the Information Age”
12 noon - 2:00pm
Albert Johnson Conference Room
654 Barrows Hall
642-7084
Edward Said
"The US, the Islamic World, and the Question of Palestine"
5:30pm
Zellerbach Hall UC Campus
642-9988 www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Readings
Sally B. Woodbridge
“John Galen Howard and the University of California: The Design of a Great Public University Campus”
7:30pm free but limited seating
Black Oak Books
1491 Shattuck Ave
486-0498
www.blackoakbooks.com
Andro Linklatter
“Measuring America: how an untamed wilderness shaped the United States and fulfilled the promise of liberty”
7:30pm free
Cody’s Books
2454 Telegraph Avenue
845-7852
Music
Courtableu
Cajun dance hall music
8:00pm $9
Ashkenaz
1317 San Pablo Ave.
525-5054 www.ashkenaz.com
Thursday February 20
Annual Black History Month Celebration
City of Berkeley Young Adult Project
“Our Future, Our Responsibility”
Refreshments, entertainment, presentation of awards
5:30pm
Berkeley Yacht Club
1 Seawall Drive
981-6670, ext 3006 or 3009
Lunch Concert
Inning Chen & Linda Wang
Piano: Rachmaninoff & Chopin
12:15pm Free
Hertz Hall, UC Campus
642-4864 http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/music/noon.html
Lecture
Prof Timothy Mitchell
“McJihad: Islam in the US Global Order”
5:00pm
340 Stephens Hall
642-8208
Film
PFA: Czechoslovakian Gems
"A Case for the New Hangman"
Dreamlike satire freely inspired by Gulliver's Travels
7:30pm $4-$8
Pacific Film Archive
2575 Bancroft Way
642-1124
La Peña Film/Video
“Rebels with a Cause”.
film on the SDS by Helen Garvey, discussion with the filmmaker
7:30pm $5-$10
La Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Ave
849-2568 www.lapena.org
Readings
Aminatta Forna
“The Devil that Danced on the Water: a Daughter's Quest”
7:30pm free
Cody’s Books
2454 Telegraph Avenue
845-7852
Betsy Buckley
“The Greatest Gift”
7:30pm
Barnes and Noble
2352 Shattuck Avenue
644-0861
Music
Planet Groove with DJ Omar and Guests
African and World Beat music
9:30pm $6
Ashkenaz
1317 San Pablo Ave
525-5054 www.ashkenaz.com
Venison Book, Rogue Wave, Eric Shea
9:30pm $5 door
The Starry Plough
3101 Shattuck Ave.
841-2082
Friday, February 21
Lectures
City Commons Club
Rev. Paul Young
“Pakistan”
11:00am $11.50 for lunch
Lecture 12:30pm $1.00
Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave
526-2925/665-9020
“Navigating the Murky Waters of Conflict of Interest: Public Controversies at Home and Abroad”
Conference: 9:00am - 3:00pm
sponsored by the Institute for Governmental Studies
642-5006
www.igs.berkeley.edu
Disability Law Forum
Silvia Yee and Mary Lou Breslin “Disability Rights Law and Policy: International
and National Perspectives”
Co-sponsored by the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
7:30pm free
Cody’s Books
2454 Telegraph Avenue
845-7852
Film
Deaf Film Festival
"I Love You, But..."
Peter Wolf and Lawrence Fleischer in person. Directed, written, and acted by Deaf artists, performed in ASL.
7:00pm $4-$8
Pacific Film Archive
2575 Bancroft Way
642-1124 www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Readings
Danyel Smith
“More Like Wrestling”
7:30pm free
Cody’s Books
1730 Fourth Street
559-9500
Dance
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
with music by Peter Gabriel, Steve Reich and others
8:00pm $26-$34
Zellerbach Hall UC Campus
642-9988 www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Music
"Barran Después"
Mochi Parra
Chilean singer performs with
Argentinean guitarist Martin Quaglia
8 pm $10.
La Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Ave
849-2568 www.lapena.org
Trinity Chamber Concerts
Collegium Musicum. A Feast of Basses, Passacaglias, Chaconnes
8:00pm donation
Trinity Chapel
2320 Dana Street
549-3864 www.naturalhorn.com/tcc
Swing Session Band
Music of ‘30s, ‘40s, ‘50s
8:00pm $13
Ashkenaz
1317 San Pablo Ave.
525-5054 www.ashkenaz.com
daniland presents
Bitesize, Sin in Space
9:30pm $6 door
The Starry Plough
3101 Shattuck Ave
841-2082
Phenomenauts, Rock and Roll Adventure Kids, Teenage Harlots, 8-Track Mind, Tronn
Berkeley Liberation Radio benefit
8:00pm $5
924 Gilman Street
An all-ages, member-run, no alcohol, no drugs, no violence club.
525-9926
Burnt Ramen
Dischord Tribute
7:00pm $5
The Long Haul
3124 Shattuck Ave
540-0751
Saturday, February 22
Children
Math Game Challenge
Lawrence Hall of Science
1:00- 4:00pm
Try some of our most popular math games including Equate, Prime pak and 1-2-3 Oy. Challenge representatives from game makers and museum staff.
$8 adults/$6 for youth 5-18, seniors and disabled/$4 for children 3-4/Free for children under 3
Lawrence Hall of Science
Centennial Drive, above the UC Campus
642-5132
www.lawrencehallofscience.org
Los Amiguitos de La Peña
Juanita Ulloa: Mexican songs for the whole family
10:30am $4 adults; $3 children
La Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Ave
849-2568 www.lapena.org
Lecture
Global Exchange and KPFA present Ward Churchill
Perversions of Justice
8:00pm $10 advance/$12 door
First Congregational Church of Oakland
2501 Harrison (at 27th Street)
1-415-255-7296
Dance
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Music by Keith Jarrett, Duke Ellington and others
2:00pm $26-$48
Zellerbach Hall UC Campus
642-9988 www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Music by Peter Gabriel, Steve Reich and others
8:00pm $26-$34
Zellerbach Hall
642-9988 www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Film
Deaf Film Festival
7:00pm: "I Love You" Akihiro Yonaiyama in person.
9:30pm: "Bangkok Dangerous"
Thai thriller. $4-$8
Pacific Film Archive
2575 Bancroft Way
642-1124 www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Music
Kotoja
1:00pm $13
Ashkenaz
1317 San Pablo Ave.
525-5054 www.ashkenaz.com
Composer Portraits:
Jerome Kitzke
Monthly series devoted to new music, hosted by Sarah Cahill
8:00pm $10
Jazzschool
2087 Addison St
845-5373 www.jazzschool.com
San Francisco Early Music Society
The Pleasures and Follies of Love
Interpreted by Orinda
works by Dowland, Lanier, Blow and Purcell
8:00pm $22 $19 members and student discount
St. John's Presbyterian Church
2727 College Avenue
528-1725 www.sfems.org
Montuno Groove
Dance to Cuban Son, Puerto Rican salsa, and R&B
9:30pm $10
La Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Ave
849-2568 www.lapena.org
Mighty Prince Singers, Talk of da Town
African American a capella
8:00pm $15.50 adv/$16.50 door
Freight and Salvage Coffee House
1111 Addison St.
548-1761 www.freightandsalvage.org
Red Planet, One of Many, Charmless, Sonic Orange
9:30pm $6 door
The Starry Plough
310 Shattuck Ave.
841-2082
Rhythm and Muse
with Valentine Pierce
7:00pm open mic signup 6:30pm
Berkeley Art Center
1274 Walnut Street
644-6893
www.berkeleyartcenter.org
All Bets Off, Scissorhands, For the Crown, Walken, Time for Living
Nick Traina Foundation benefit
8:00pm $5
924 Gilman Street
An all-ages, member-run, no alcohol, no drugs, no violence club.
525-9926
Sunday, February 23
Children
Caribbean Music for Kids with Asheba
3:00pm $3 kids/$5 adults
Ashkenaz
1317 San Pablo Ave.
525-5054 www.ashkenaz.com
Lecture
Larry Everest
“Oil, Power & Empire: Iraq & the US”
Global Agenda
6:30pm
Revolution Books
2425 Channing Way - underneath Sather Gate Parking Garage
848-1196
Poetry at Cody's
Peter Richards and Matthew Zapruder
7:30pm free
Cody's Books
2454 Telegraph Avenue
845-7852
Dance
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Music by Dizzy Gillespie, Branford Marsalis and others
3:00pm $26-$48
Zellerbach Hall
642-9988
www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Film
Deaf Film Festival
3:00pm: Hollywood Speaks
llustrated lecture by John S. Schuckman, 5pm: Deaf Shorts from Europe
$4-$8
Pacific Film Archive
2575 Bancroft Way
6421124 www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Music
Recital
Cal Performances presents
Mezzo-Soprano Angelika Kirchlager and Baritone Simon Keenlyside, with Graham Johnson, piano
Works by Schubert, Schumann, Cornelius, and Wolf
3:00pm $48
Hertz Hall
UC Berkeley
642-9988
www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Crowden Music Center
David Abel & Julie Steinberg
violin and piano duo
4:00pm $10/18 and under free
The Crowden School Great Hall
1475 Rose St. at Sacramento St.
559-6910
Jazzschool Concert
Michael Wolff Trio
jazz and world music
4:30pm $12
Jazzschool
2087 Addison Street
845-5373 www.jazzschool.com
Cuba Orquesta Maravilla de Florida
Dance to legendary charanga band. Direct from Camaguey (pending visa approval).
5pm & 7pm $20 adv/$22 door
La Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Ave
849-2568 www.lapena.org
F.T.B. presents Activate:DJs/Breakbeat
9pm - 2am
$4 before 11pm/$6 after 11pm
Ashkenaz
1317 San Pablo Ave
525-5054 www.ashkenaz.com
Starry Irish Music Session
led by Shay Black
8:00pm sliding scale
The Starry Plough
3101 Shattuck Ave
841-2082
Cascada des Flores
Traditional Mexican Music
8:00pm $15.50adv/$16.50door
Freight and Salvage Coffee House
1111 Addison St.
548-1761 www.freightandsalvage.org
Monday, February 24
Readings
AuroraStories,
Martin Cruz-Smith
A benefit reading
7:30pm
suggested donation $20
Aurora Theatre
2081 Addison Street
843-4822 www.auroratheatre.org
John Horgan
“Rational Mysticism: Dispatches from the Border Between Science and Spirituality”
7:30pm free
Cody’s Books
2454 Telegraph Avenue
845-7852
Tuesday, February 25
Film
Visionary Film
"From the Seventies to the End of the 20th Century"
Works by Hollis Frampton, Ernie Gehr, James Broughton, and more
7:30pm $4 - $8
Pacific Film Archive
2575 Bancroft Way
642-1124 www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Readings
Bert Katz: “And When I Dream: Faces in San Francisco”
7:30pm
Barnes and Noble
2352 Shattuck Ave
644-0861
Steven Saylor:
Have You Seen Dawn?
7:30pm free but limited seating
Black Oak Books
1491 Shattuck Ave
486-0498
www.blackoakbooks.com
Music
Atash
Original music inspired by Spain, Middle East, and India
8:30pm $12
Ashkenaz
1317 San Pablo Ave.
525-5054 www.ashkenaz.com
Nashville Underground
with Chuck Gannon, Chuck Jones and Pam Rose, songwriters
8:00pm $15 adv/$16 door
Freight and Salvage Coffee House
1111 Addison St.
548-1761
www.freightandsalvage.org
Wednesday, February 26
Lectures
Foreign Policy Association
Great Decisions Lecture
Prof. Siddieg Noorzoy, Emeritus, Univ. of Alberta, Canada
“Afghanistan, A Fragile Peace”
10:00am $5
Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave
Bert Wilson: 526-2925
Readings
Gilbert Achcar
“The Clash of Barbarisms: September 11 and the Making of the New World Disorder”
7:30pm free
Cody’s Books
2454 Telegraph Avenue
845-7852
Dance
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Music by Keith Jarrett, Duke Ellington and others
8:00pm $26-$48
Zellerbach Hall
642-9988 www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Music
Faculty Recital
Michael Seth Orland & Karen Rosenak
Works for Two Pianos
Debussy, Ravel, Stravinsky & Busoni
12:15pm Free
Hertz Hall, UC Campus
641-4864 http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/music/noon.html
Gator Beat
Blend of Cajun and Zydeco.
8:00pm $9
Ashkenaz 1317 San Pablo Ave.
525-5054
www.ashkenaz.com
The Mammals
trad, rad trio
Suzy’s Floozies
with Suzy Thompson
8:00pm $15.50 adv/$16.50 door
Freight and Salvage Coffee House
1111 Addison St.
548-1761
www.freightandsalvage.org
Berkeley Poetry Slam
Tenants’ Rights Night
With host Charles Ellik
$300 for best poem on tenants’ rights
8:30pm $7 door/$5 w/student ID
The Starry Plough
3101 Shattuck Ave
841-2082
Thursday, February 27
Lecture
California Attorney General Bill Lockyer
League of Women Voters
Annual Community Luncheon
11:30am - 1:30pm
$45 reservations required
Radisson Hotel
Berkeley Marina
843-8824 or fax to 843-8828
Readings
Reg Theriault
“The Unmaking of the American Working Class”
7:30pm free
Cody’s Books
2454 Telegraph Avenue
845-7852
Film
PFA: Czechoslovakian Gems
"The Maple and Juliana"
A dark Slovakian fairy tale
7:30 pm $4-$8
Pacific Film Archive
2575 Bancroft Way
642-1124 www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Readings
Foreign correspondent Reese Erlich & Norman Solomon, executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, “Target Iraq: What the Media Won’t Tell You.”
7:30pm free but limited seating
Black Oak Books
1491 Shattuck Ave
486-0498
www.blackoakbooks.com
Royce Richardson
“The Blissmaker”
7:30pm
Barnes and Noble
2352 Shattuck Avenue
644-0861
Dance
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Music by Dizzy Gillespie, Branford Marsalis and others
8:00pm $26-$48
Zellerbach Hall
642-9988 www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Music
Comedy: Dave Lippman & Price Myshkins
Sing along with the world's only known singing CIA agent.
7:30pm $10
La Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Ave
849-2568 www.lapena.org
Grateful Dead DJ Nite
10pm - 2am $6
Ashkenaz
1317 San Pablo Ave.
525-5054 www.ashkenaz.com
Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen
Original and traditional folk
8:00pm $15.50 adv/$16.50door
Freight and Salvage Coffee House
1111 Addison Street
548-1761
www.freightandsalvage.org
Kid Glove Entertainment.com presents
All Ages Show!
Autopunch, The Caps, Growth of Alliance
9:30pm $6door, $5 with UCB student ID
The Starry Plough
3101 Shattuck Ave.
841-2082
Friday, February 28
Lecture
City Commons Club
Tom Bates, Mayor
“Opportunities in Berkeley in 2003”
11:30am Lunch $11.50
Lecture 12:30pm $1.00
Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave
Bert Wilson: 526-2925
Readings
Dr. Seuss's Read Across America
Celebrating Dr. Seuss's birthday
3:30pm
Barnes and Noble
2352 Shattuck Avenue
Film
PFA:Czechoslovakian Gems
7:30 pm: "Diamonds of the Night"
9:00pm: "The Cremator"
$4-$8
Pacific Film Archive
2575 Bancroft Way
642-1124 www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Dance
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Music by Dizzy Gillespie, Peter Gabriel and others
8:00pm $26-$48
Zellerbach Hall
642-9988 www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Music
Jaranon y Bochinche's Carnaval Negro de Peru
CD release party
8:30pm $15
La Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Ave
849-2568 www.lapena.org
Lutsinga
9:00pm $11
Ashkenaz
1317 San Pablo
525-5054 www.ashkenaz.com
Eric McFadden, Lemon Lime Lights, Brian Kenney, Fresno
9:30pm $6 door
The Starry Plough
3101 Shattuck Ave.
841-2082
Junious Courtney Big Band
19-piece swing band
8:00pm $16.50 adv/$17.50 door
Freight and Salvage Coffee House
1111 Addison St.
548-1761
www.freightandslavage.org
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Berkeley Camera Club
7:30pm
Northbrae Community Church
941 The Alameda
Share your slides and prints and learn what other photographers are doing. Meets every Tuesday evening. Monthly field trips.
Don 525-3565
www.berkeleycameraclub.org
Community Dances in Berkeley
Traditional English & American Dances
8:00pm every Wednesday $9
7:00pm first Sunday $10
Grace North Church
2138 Cedar Street
Mary 233-5065 www.bacds.org
“So how’d you become an activist?”
A monthly series in which local activists share their experiences and influences that helped them become effective forces for change.
Sponsored by U.U. Social Justice Committee
Thursday, Feb. 6, 7:00pm
Featuring Barbara Lubin, Director, Middle East Children’s Alliance and Robert Lipton, Human Shield and International Solidarity Movement participant.
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists
1924 Cedar Street (at Bonita)
Donation $5
(415) 927-1645
Amnesty International Berkeley Community Group
First and third Wednesdays of the month. 7:00pm Come join fellow friendly human rights activists to help promote social justice one individual at a time.
Berkeley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
1606 Bonita Ave, at Cedar
872-0768
Berkeley Liberation Radio 104.1 FM
Holds public meetings for all interested people twice a month
Thursdays 7:00pm
Long Haul Info Shop
3124 Shattuck Avenue
595-0190
Hall of Health Benefit
Silent Auction and Raffle
February 26
5:30-8:30pm $10
Hall of Health
2230 Shattuck, entrance on Kittridge, lower level
549-1564
www.hallofhealth.org
EXHIBITIONS
Berkeley Art Center
Annual Members' Showcase
A non-juried show of
240 artists’ work in all media
12 noon - 5:00pm
1275 Walnut Street
644-6893 www.berkeleyartc.earthlink.net
Berkeley Historical Society
“Time's Noblest Offspring”
George Berkeley and the Naming of Berkeley, California
February 14 - April 29
Thurs-Sat: 1:00pm-4:00pm
1931 Center Street
510-848-018
www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/histsoc/
Center for Ceramic Arts
“Short Stories -
Narrative Ceramic Art”
February 19 - March 30
Thursday - Sunday
11:00am - 5:00pm
1306 Third Street
526-8440
Kala Art Institute
“Cross Cuts: The Contemporary Woodcut”
February 13-March 29
Tues-Fri: noon-5:30 pm;
Saturday: noon - 4:30pm
1060 Heinz Street
www.kala.org
Free Speech Movement Cafe
Photography: The Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Photographs by Helen Nestor, Douglas Wachter, Jeffrey Blankfort, and Howard Harawitz through March 20
daily from 9 am
Free Speech Movement Cafe
Moffitt Library
UC Campus
482-3336
www.berkeley.edu/calendar
Judah Magnes Museum
through February 16:
Hidden in the Walls: The Time Capsule from San Francisco’s Last Sanctuary.”
Also: Stephanie Snyder: “Hamakom” (The Place)
And: “Sharing the Screen: Israelis and Palestinians in the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, 1981-2002”
Mon-Thurs: noon - 5:00pm
2911 Russell St
549-6950
www.magnesmuseum.org
Lawrence Hall of Science
Playing with Time
February 1 - May 4
Interactive exhibit in which you can watch yourself move in slow motion and control the speed at which things change.
10:00am - 5:00pm
$8 adults/$6 for youth 5-18, seniors and disabled/$4 for children 3-4/Free for children under 3
Lawrence Hall of Science
Centennial Drive, above the UC Campus
642-5132
www.lawrencehallofscience.org
Traywick Gallery
Amy Kaufman: New Work
paintings and works on paper
February 22 – March 29
Weds - Sat 11:00am - 6:00pm
Reception, February 22,
5:00pm – 7:00pm
1316 Tenth St.
527-1214
www.traywick.com
UC Berkeley Art Museum
Through March 16:
John Cage “Intaglio Prints”
works on paper by the late
avant-garde composer.
Through March 23:
Berni Searle “Matrix 202: A matter of Time”
Through June 29:
“A Brush with Truth”, 13th c.
Chinese ink paintings; “Haboku” Japanese landscape paintings; “Painted Tales from India”, 300 .miniatures from16th to 18th c; and Yehudi Sasportas installation “By the River.”
Through March 30: Fred Wilson: “Objects and Installations, 1979-2000”.
Through July 20 :Fred Wilson: “Aftermath” selected objects on war and conflict from the
collection of the Berkeley Art Museum, and the Hearst Museum of Anthropology.
$5-$7--free 1st Thurs
Wed-Sun: 1:00am - 7:00pm
2626 Bancroft Way
642-0808 www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
THEATER
Aurora Theater Company
The Chairs
Written by Eugene Ionesco
Directed by Cliff Mayott
January 31 - March 9
Wed-Sat 8:00pm,
Sun 2:00 and 7:00pm
$32- $34
2081 Addison St
843-4822 www.auroratheater.org
Berkeley Repertory Theater
Suddenly Last Summer
By Tennessee Williams
Directed by Les Waters
February 7 - March 23
Tues - Sun call for starting times
$10 - $54
The Roda Theater
2016 Addison St
647-2918
888-4BRTix www.berkeleyrep.org
Fräulein Else
World Premiere
Adapted by Francesca Faridany from the novella by Arthur Schnitzler
Directed by Stephen Wadsworth
February 28 - March 28
Thrust Stage
2025 Addison St
888-4BRTix www.berkeleyrep.org
Central Works Theater Ensemble
The Importance of Being Oscar
by Michael mac Liammoir
The life of Oscar Wilde in his own words.
February 14 - March 23
8:00pm $8-$20 sliding scale
Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave., between Shattuck and Telegraph
558-1381 www.centralworks.org
La Vals Subterranean Theater
Champion!
by Thessaly Lerner
February 7 - 22
one woman, multiple roles comedy
8:00pm $12 - $20 sliding scale
La Val’s Subterranean Theater
1834 Euclid at Hearst
415-789-8370
Shotgun Players Theater Lab
The Pintucci Family Christmas: a bleak comedy
Mondays and Tuesdays, February 10 - 25
8:00pm $10
La Vals Subterranean
1834 Euclid at Hearst
704-8210
www.shotgunplayers.org
Transparent Theater
The Rehearsal
Comedy by Mark Chappell and Alan Connor Hamilton
February 21 - March 23
Thurs - Sat 8:00pm $20
Sun 7:00pm pay what you can
1901 Ashby Ave
883-0305
www.transparenttheater.org
TheaterFIRST
Via Dolorosa
A play about the period of the British mandate in Israel and Palestine
February 15 and 16
8:00pm $19
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center
1414 Walnut St, between Rose and Vine
436-5085
clive@theaterfirst.com
Traveling Jewish Theatre
The Chosen
by Chaim Potok
Adapted from one of the most celebrated American Jewish
novels of the 20th century
February 20 - March 2
8:00pm
Sundays at 2:00pm & 7:00pm
$12.50 - $25.00
Julia Morgan Center for the Arts
2640 College Ave
925-798-1300
www.juliamorgan.org
UC Berkeley Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies
MARISOL
Written by José Rivera
Directed by Peter Glazer
February 28 - March 16
8:00pm, Sundays 2:00pm
$14 general admission/$10 UCB faculty, staff/$8 students, seniors
Zellerbach Playhouse
UC Campus
1-866-468-3399 www.ticketweb.com
CITY OF BERKELEY MEETINGS
CITY COUNCIL AND COMMISSIONS
Washington's Birthday - City Offices Are Closed
February 17
Dian Pittam 981-6525
2180 Milvia Street
City Council Special Meeting
February 18
City Council Chambers
2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Wy.
5:00pm - 6:30pm
Sherry M. Kelly, City Clerk
981-6900
www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/citycouncil/default.htm
City Council
February 18
City Council Chambers
2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Wy.
7:00pm
Sherry M. Kelly, City Clerk
981-6900
www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/citycouncil/default.htm
Berkeley Housing Authority
February 18
City Council Chambers
2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Wy.
6:30pm - 7:00pm
Sherry M. Kelly, City Clerk
981-6900
www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/commissions/housingauthority/default.htm
Commission on Disability February 19
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave
6:30pm
Paul Church 981-6342 www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/commissions/disability/default.htm
Human Welfare & Community Action Commission
February 19
South Berkeley Senior Center
2939 Ellis Street
7:00pm
Marianne Graham 981-5416
www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/commissions/welfare/default.htm
Transportation Commission
February 20
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
7:00pm
Peter Hillier 981-7000
www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/commissions/transportation/default.htm
Design Review Committee
February 20
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave
7:30pm - 10:00pm
Anne Burns 981-7415
www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/commissions/designreview/default.htm
Housing Advisory Commission
February 20
South Berkeley Senior Center
2939 Ellis Street
7:30pm
Oscar Sung 981-5410
www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/commissions/housing/default.htm
City Council
February 25
City Council Chambers
2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Wy.
7:00pm
Sherry M. Kelly, City Clerk
981-6900
www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/citycouncil/default.htm
Energy Commission
February 26
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave
6:30pm - 10:00pm
Neal De Snoo 981-5434 www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/commissions/energy/default.htm
Human Welfare & Community Action Commission Special Meeting
February 26
South Berkeley Senior Center
2939 Ellis Street
7:00pm
Marianne Graham 981-5416
www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/commissions/welfare/default.htm
Volunteeer Opportunities
Berkeley Meals on Wheels
Food packers and drivers needed.
For information call Faye Coombs 981-5250
Women’s Cancer Resource Center
Volunteers needed for information and referral helpline, library, in-home support, and more.
Next training begins March 15th. Interviews of interested volunteers are currently taking place.
For information call Emily 601-4040, x 109 or emily@wcrc.org
Bicycle Library
The Bicycle Library is a free, volunteer-run bicycle workshop located in North Oakland. For six years we have been providing education, tools, free used parts, even whole bikes to anyone willing to do their own repairs. We are now open regularly again, but we could still use a few more volunteers to make it sustainable. Any time you can give is useful, whether you can commit a few hours a week or just an occasional errand. Staffing a biweekly 4-hour shift is the highest level of commitment, and is an incredibly rewarding chance to build a relationship with the neighborhood. You don't need to be an expert on bike repair -- but this is a great way to learn.
5912 Genoa Street, near the Ashby BART station.
595-1803
East Bay Food Not Bombs
We serve a healthy free vegetarian meal 6 days a week. Join us as we gather, cook, serve, clean and compost our way to a healthier and more just world. Call us at 644-4187, come to a meeting Wednesday nights at 8:30pm at the Long Haul, (3124 Shattuck Ave), or join us for lunch at 2:30 Mon-Fridays in People's Park in Berkeley, Sundays at 14th & Jefferson in downtown Oakland.
644-4187
Berkeley Farmers' Markets
Help to bring more education and the tools for action to consumers at the Berkeley Farmers' Markets. Gather info/conduct research on current issues (genetic engineering, threats to organic standards, and other relevant topics). Create postcards, fact sheets and educational displays, and coordinate tabling at the markets.
Berkeley Farmers' Markets
548-3333
Environmental Resource Center Research
Help produce fact sheets for distribution to the public on issues such as: local drinking water quality & water filters; the deregulation of electricity; and the "real" costs of commercial produce.
Information Hotline
Become an expert on local resources in the Bay Area and learn the answers to commonly asked questions. Topics cover an incredibly wide range from community gardening, non-toxic pest control, recycling, composting, toxins, air & water quality and alternative energy to current events, legislative updates and information on other resources and organizations.
Library
Help with maintaining materials, and goals for this year: creation of self-help instructional displays; developing links with other local specialized libraries; seeking donations/additions to collection; creating display/publicity materials highlighting different portions of the library.
Sustainable Living Series Classes
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