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NEW PLANET APPEARS ON HORIZON

Becky O'Malley Executive Editor
Tuesday February 18, 2003

Dear Readers and Advertisers: As the owners and publishers of the new Berkeley Daily Planet, Mike O’Malley and I would like to report to you on our progress in getting the paper going again. We didn’t exactly get a functioning paper—more like a do-it-yourself kit for putting a paper together without an instruction manual. Nevertheless, we’re getting there. We’ve located the computer archives, and, as you can see, we’ve figured out how to do the Web page. Several staffers from the old Planet are back, and Diane De Roo, a dynamic advertising sales manager with long experience in the newspaper business, has joined our team. She’s even a graduate of Berkeley High. 

 

The most amazing aspect of this transition is the enormous support we’ve gotten from the community. We’ve had so many volunteers that we haven’t been able to use everyone who offered to help. We’ve made great strides— we’ve moved to a brighter and less expensive new office in a lively neighborhood at 3023 Shattuck. Now that we’ve moved in (well, there are still about fifty boxes to unpack…) we’re ready to get to work on actually publishing a paper.  

 

Every day brings enthusiastic letters and calls from people eager to see the new paper. The purpose of this Web Preview is to give you, our potential readers and advertisers, a look at our plans so far. It’s also your chance to tell us what you want from the new Planet. Write directly to me, Becky O’Malley: bomalley@berkeleydailyplanet.com 

 

 

We liked many aspects of the old Planet, and we’d like to keep them. On the other hand, we do want to see some improvements in the aspects which were not as strong as they could be. My main job for this period is to define editorial policy and to hire new staff to carry it our. Mike O’Malley as Publisher is working with Diane and others on our business plan. 

 

As the founders of Berkeley Speech Technologies, Inc., Mike and I know that “Berkeley” is a great brand. Nationally and internationally, as well as in the Bay Area, the Berkeley name connotes intellectual leadership coupled with a sophisticated international lifestyle. Berkeley is famous both for our Nobel Prize winners and for our food. Berkeleyans are also renowned (and sometimes derided) for our political vision. We hope to create a new and improved Planet which reflects all that we’re proud of about Berkeley, where we’ve lived, off and on, since about 1958.  

 

Berkeley is a very interesting place, an international destination and a cultural icon for many. Papers like the Martha’s Vineyard Gazette and the New York Observer reach not only locals, but readers who are interested in reading good writing about the unique locales where they’re published. A Berkeley paper should have the same kind of appeal.  

 

We want the new Planet to attract readers and advertisers from what we think of as Greater Berkeley. That includes not only current Berkeley residents, but people who used to live here, people who wish they lived here, and of course people who shop here. It means people who love Berkeley, and even people who hate Berkeley and all that it stands for. With the new Planet, we expect to serve advertisers from everywhere who want to reach all of these diverse readers. 

 


PLEASE LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT CONTINUING THIS WEB CATAGORY

Tuesday February 18, 2003

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ED AND OP-ED TO EXPAND.

Tuesday February 18, 2003

An overwhelming majority of readers of the old Planet that I’ve talked to tell me they turned to the Opinion pages first. They loved the letters column and the long “Perspectives” in the original Planet, and were disappointed when Perspectives shrank and eventually almost disappeared. For the new Planet we want many more Op-Ed (“Opposite Editorial”) pieces and many more letters.  

 

To that end, we won’t focus on what criteria we can use to EXCLUDE contributions: how long, how often, etc. On the contrary, we’re working on how to encourage even more contributions to the Opinion pages. I do think that the best Op-Eds tend to be about 600 words long, but even that might be too long for some subjects. Lively, interesting writing will be the main criterion for inclusion. Click on “Opinions & Letters” to see a sample of the kind of diverse pieces we hope to get. 

 

I also plan to write an occasional editorial myself, of the traditional kind, representing the opinion of the owners of the paper. This was not done in the old Planet. People who know me know that this will create controversy, which is exactly what we want. Op-Ed isn’t as much fun if there’s no Ed to fulminate against.


CALENDAR OF ARTS

Tuesday February 18, 2003

A good comprehensive calendar is one of the most essential services of a local paper. A team of dedicated community people is working on outreach strategies, to make sure we include everything we can. Bonnie Hughes of the Berkeley Arts Festival is concentrating on Arts coverage, Anne Wagley is working with membership and service organizations of all kinds, and Fred Lupke is even looking for overlooked announcements on telephone poles and other unusual places. Click on the “Calendar of Events” button to see the results of their efforts. Let us know what you’d like to see in the Calendar.


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CALENDAR PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION! 

(please excuse incorrect listings) 

 

SEND NEW CALENDAR LISTINGS TO: 

awagley@berkeleydailyplanet.com 

 

 

 

 

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Friday, February 21 calendar 

 

 

 

 

Friday, February 21

 

 

 

Lecture

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

Deaf Film Festival

 

"I Love You, But..."--Peter Wolf and Lawrence Fleischer  

in person. Directed, written, and acted by Deaf artists, performed in ASL.  

 

7pm      $4-$8

 

Pacific Film Archive

 

2575 Bancroft Way

 

642-1124     www.bampfa.berkeley.edu

 

 

 

"Barran Despues"

 

Mochi Parra

 

Chilean singer performs with

 

Argentianian guitarist Martin Quaglia

 

8 pm     $10.   

 

La Peña Cultural Center

 

3105 Shattuck Ave

 

849-2568        www.lapena.org

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Saturday, February 22 

 

                                

 

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

 

             

 

Kotoja

 

1 pm      $13 Ashkenaz

 

1317 San Pablo Ave.

 

525-5054      www.ashkenaz.com

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Composer Portraits:

 

Jerome Kitzke

 

Monthly series devoted to new music, hosted by Sarah Cahill

 

8:00pm      $10

 

the Jazzschool  

 

2087 Addison St

 

845-5373     www.jazzschool.com

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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 acapella

 

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

 

 

 

Sunday, February 23

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Caribbean Music for Kids with Asheba

 

3:00pm      $3 kids/$5 adults

 

Ashkenaz

 

1317 San Pablo Ave.

 

525-5054      www.ashkenaz.com

 

 

 

Deaf Film Festival

 

3pm:  Hollywood Speaks--illustrated lecture by John  

S. Schuckman, 5pm: Deaf Shorts from Europe $4-$8

 

Pacific Film Archive

 

2575 Bancroft Way

 

6421124      www.bampfa.berkeley.edu

 

 

 

Crowden Music Center:

 

David Abel & Julie Steinberg

 

The Bay Area's own world-class 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

 

 

 

AuroraStories,

 

Martin Cruz- Smith

 

A benefit reading

 

7:30pm   

 

suggested donation $20.

 

Aurora Theatre

 

2081 Addison Street

 

843-4822   www.auroratheatre.org

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, February 25

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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 Rosesongwriters

 

8:00pm $15.50adv/$16.50 door

 

Freight and Salvage Coffee House

 

1111 Addison St.

 

548-1761

 

www.freightandsalvage.org

 

 

 

Readings/Book Signing

 

 

 

Bert Katz: “And When I Dream: Faces in San Francisco”

 

7:30pm

 

Barnes and Noble

 

2352 Shattuck Ave

 

644-0861

 

 

 

Wednesday, February 26

 

 

 

Lectures

 

 

 

Foriegn 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

 

 

 

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 Thmpson

 

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 tenant’s rights

 

8:30pm $7 door/$5 w/ student ID

 

The Starry Plough

 

3101 Shattuck Ave

 

841-2082

 

 

 

Thursday, February 27

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Jaranon y Bochinche's Carnaval Negro de Peru

 

CD release party

 

8:30      $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

 

1111 Addison St.

 

548-1761

 

www.freightandslavage.org

 

 

 

 

 

Recurring 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

 

or www.berkeleycameraclub.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

 

 

 

“Leave a Life Legacy with Audio Memoirs”

 

An alternative  for people who would like an alternative  

to written memoirs.  Participate with others reminiscing and reflecting  

on their lives in a supportive group.  Create a gift for family and future  

generations of your life stories and an elder with wisdom and life experience  

to share. For age 55 and older

 

Thursdays

 

10:00-11:30am

 

North Berkeley Senior Center

 

1901 Hearst

 

Begins Feb 6th

 

Elizabeth Forrest (510) 526-0148

 

 

 

 

 

League of Women Voters Speaker Series

 

Thursday Feb 13, Lois Brubeck on Alameda County Juvenile  

Justice System

 

Thursday March 13,

 

Redevelopment  of University Village in Albany

 

12 noon – 2pm

 

Albany Public Library,

 

Edith Stone Room

 

1247 Marin Ave, at Masonic

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Exhibitions

 

 

 

Berkeley Art Center

 

Annual Members' Showcase

 

A non- juried show of

 

240 artists’ work in all media

 

12 noon - 5 pm

 

1275 Walnut Street

 

510.644-6893  www.berkeleyartc.earthlink.net

 

 

 

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 to 4:30 pm

 

1060 Heinz Street

 

www.kala.org

 

 

 

UC Berkeley Art Museum

 

through March 16:

 

John Cage “Intaglio Prints”

 

works on paper by the late,

 

avant-garde composer.

 

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, the Hearst Museum  

of

 

Anthropology.

 

$5-$7--free 1st Thurs

 

Wed-Sun:  11am-7pm

 

2626 Bancroft Way   #51

 

510.642-0808                                                   

www.bampfa.berkeley.edu

 

 

 

 

 

Berkeley Historical Society

 

February 14-April 29

 

  “Time's Noblest Offspring"-George Berkeley and  

the Naming of

 

Berkeley,

 

California

 

Thurs-Sat: 1 pm-4pm

 

1931 Center Street

 

510-848-018

 

www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/histsoc/

 

 

 

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 amFree Speech  

Movement Cafe University ofCalifornia482-3336          

www.berkeley.edu/calendar

 

 

 

 

 

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  

 

  

 

 

 

League of Women Voters Speaker Series

 

Thursday Feb 13, Lois Brubeck on Alameda County Juvenile  

Justice System

 

Thursday March 13, Redevelopment  of University Village  

in Albany

 

12 noon – 2pm

 

Albany Public Library, Edith Stone Room

 

1247 Marin Ave, at Masonic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Traywick Gallery

 

Amy Kaufman:  New Work

 

Paintings and works on paper

 

February 22 – March 29

 

Reception, Saturday February 22, 5:00 – 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 June 29:

 

“A Brush with Truth”, 13th c.

 

Chinese ink paintings; “Haboku” Japanese landscape paintings;  

“Painted

 

Tales from India”, 300 .miniatures from

 

16th 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, the Hearst Museum  

of

 

Anthropology.

 

$5-$7--free 1st Thurs

 

Wed-Sun:  11am-7pm

 

2626 Bancroft Way   #51

 

510.642-0808                                                   

www.bampfa.berkeley.edu

 

 

 

 

 

Berkeley Historical Society

 

February 14-April 29

 

  “Time's Noblest Offspring"-George Berkeley and  

the Naming of

 

Berkeley, California

 

Thurs-Sat: 1 pm-4pm

 

1931 Center Street

 

510-848-018

 

www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/histsoc/

 

 

 

Theater

 

 

 

The Chosen by Chaim PotokAdapted from one of the most celebrated  

American Jewish novels of the 20th centuryTraveling Jewish TheatreFebruary  

20 through March 28pm except Sundays at 2 & 7 pm        

$25.00-$12.50Julia Morgan Center for the Arts2640 College Av925-798-1300 www.juliamorgan.org    

 

 

 

 

 

Lectures

 

 

 

“Every Time We Say Goodbye”:  The Denouement of Postcolonial  

Racism

 

Wednesday  Feb. 12 12noon – 2pm

 

Albert Johnson Conference Room

 

654 Barrows hall

 

For more information:  Department of African Studies  

642-7084

 

 

 

 

 

Volunteer 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.  Emily 601-4040, x 109 or emily@wcrc.org  

 

 

 

 

 

Bicycle Library Active, Needs Volunteers

 

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.   

595-1803.

 

 

 

 

 

Volunteer with 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 and on Sundays at 14th & Jefferson  

in downtown Oakland.  644-4187.

 

 

 

INTERNSHIP AVAILABLE:

 

SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE RESEARCH, OUTREACH AND EDUCATION

 

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

 

Saturday morning class topics have recently expanded beyond  

gardening to include a wider range of topics such as beekeeping, raising chickens,  

soap making, etc. Help develop, advertise & coordinate our calendar of  

classes throughout the year.

 

548.2220 ext. 233

 

Tues - Sat 11am-6pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neighborhood Meetings

 

 

 

Monday, February 24, 2003

 

7pm - 9pm

 

West Berkeley Neighborhood Development Corporation Annual  

Meeting

 

WBNDC's objective is to bring the City together with strategic  

partners, including the U.C. Berkeley, School District, community leaders  

and other parties to discuss ways to benefit West Berkeley community, and  

to share already existing resources. Everyone, who is interested in making  

a positive change in our community, are welcome to attended Annual Meeting  

and Board Elections. COME TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

 

Location:         Rountree's  

R&B Museum, 2618 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley.

 

Info:    510/845-4106, wbndc@westberkeley.com.

 

 

 

Events at the Berkeley Public Library

 

 

 

Views of Afghanistan is the title of the photography display  

hanging at the Central Library through February 15. A discussion of the background  

of the photos and current events in Afghanistan, presented by Tamim Ansary,  

David Fleishhacker, and Hime Levine, will be held in the Central Library’s  

Community Meeting Room on Thursday, February 6, at 7 PM.

 

 

 

Children's Programs

 

 

 

*          Diane  

Ferlatte tells stories about ”Brer Rabbit and Friends“ at 4 PM at West Branch,  

and again at 7 PM at North Branch, on Tuesday, February 18.

 

*          Ji  

Li Jiang, author of Red Scarf Girl, speaks at Claremont Branch, on Wednesday,  

February 19, at 3:30 PM. She will also visit the Central Library on Saturday,  

February 22, at 3 PM, and South Branch, on Thursday, February 27, at 3:30  

PM.

 

*          Kids’  

Book Club meets at Claremont Branch, on Thursday, February 20, at 3:30 PM.  

E. L. Konigsburg’s Silent to the Bone is under discussion by this group of  

6th to 8th graders.

 

*          Cuentos  

juveniles, Spanish Story Time en español, is Saturday, February 22, at 11  

AM, at West Branch.

 

*          Central  

Children’s Library offers Wild About Books every Saturday morning at 10:30  

AM. Baby Bounce is at 10:15 AM on Mondays, February 3, 10, and 24. The program  

is repeated at 11 AM on those days. Preschool Story Time is at 10:30 AM on  

all Tuesdays, in February.

 

*          South  

Branch offers Baby and Toddler Tales at 10 AM on all Tuesdays in February.  

The program repeats at 10:30.

 

*          Claremont  

Branch offers Preschool Story Time at 10:30 AM on Tuesdays, February 4, 11,  

and 25. Story Time is 3:30 PM on all Wednesdays in February. Baby Bounce and  

Toddler Time is at 10:30 AM on Saturdays, February 1 and 22.

 

*          North  

Branch offers Family Story Time at 7 PM on Tuesdays, February 4, 11, 25, and  

28. Picture Book Time is at 11 AM on all Wednesdays in February. Toddler Time  

is at 10:15 AM on all Thursdays in February

 

·                

West Branch offers Baby Bounce at 7 PM on all Wednesdays in February.

 

·                

 

 

Teen Programs

 

 

 

*          High  

School Book Discussion Group meets at Central Library, Sundays, February 9  

and 23, at 1:30 PM. February’s book is The Breadwinner, by Deborah Ellis.  

Call (510) 981-6139 for more information.

 

*          Teen  

Playreaders meet every Wednesday in February at 5 PM, at North Branch.

 

 

 

Adult Programs

 

 

 

*          Lawyers  

in the Library are available  at North Branch on Thursday, February 6,  

at 6 PM; at South Branch on Thursday, February 13, at 6 PM; at Claremont Branch  

on Thursday, January 20, at 6 PM; and at West Branch on Tuesday, February  

25, at 6 PM.

 

*          El  

Café Literario’s Thursday, February 27, at 7 PM, at West Branch. Manuel Puig’s  

Eternal Curse on the Reader of These Pages is available for readers to pick  

up at West Branch after January 17. You must register to participate in this  

Spanish language program. Call (510) 981-6270 or (510) 981-6140 for more information.  

.

 

 

 

all programs are free

 

 

 

Wheelchair accessible. To request a sign language interpreter,  

real-time captioning, materials in large print or Braille, or other accommodations,  

call (510) 981-6121 (voice) or (510) 548-1240 (TDD) one week before the program.  

Please refrain from wearing scented products to public meetings.

 

 

 

Central Library @ 2090 Kittredge @ 981-6100

 

Claremont Branch @ 2940 Benvenue @ 981-6280

 

North Branch @ 1170 The Alameda @ 981-6250

 

South Branch @ 1901 Russell @ 981-6260

 

West Branch @ 1125 University @ 981-6270

 

 

 

Berkeley Public Library is open:

 

Monday through Thursday from 10 AM to 9 PM,

 

Friday and Saturday from 10 AM to 6 PM,

 

Central Library also is open on Sunday from 1 to 5 PM.

 

 

 

 

 

City Of Berkeley Meetings

 

City Council And Commissions

 

 

 

Washington's Birthday - City Offices Are Closed

 

Date(s):            

2/17/03 - 2/17/03

 

Times: 12:00 - 12:00

 

Contact:           

Dian Pittam

 

Telephone:      510-981-6525

 

Location:          

2180 Milvia Street

 

 

 

City Council Special Meeting

 

Date(s):            

2/18/03 - 2/18/03

 

Times: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

 

Contact:           

Sherry M. Kelly, City Clerk

 

Telephone:      (510) 981-6900

 

Sponsor:           

Berkeley City Council

 

Location:          

2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Wy.

 

Website:           

http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/citycouncil/default.htm

 

 

 

City Council Meeting

 

Date(s):            

2/18/03 - 2/18/03

 

Times: 7:00 PM -

 

Contact:           

Sherry M. Kelly, City Clerk

 

Telephone:      (510) 981-6900

 

Sponsor:           

Berkeley City Council

 

Location:          

2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Wy.

 

Website:           

http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/citycouncil/default.htm

 

 

 

Berkeley Housing Authority Meeting

 

Date(s):            

2/18/03 - 2/18/03

 

Times: 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM

 

Contact:           

Sherry M. Kelly, City Clerk

 

Telephone:      (510) 981-6900

 

Sponsor:           

Berkeley Housing Authority

 

Location:          

2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Wy.

 

Website:           

http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/commissions/housingauthority/default.htm

 

 

 

Commission on Disability Meeting

 

Date(s):            

2/19/03 - 2/19/03

 

Times: 6:30 PM -

 

Contact:           

Paul Church

 

Telephone:      510) 981-6342

 

Sponsor:           

Commission on Disability

 

Location:          

1901 Hearst Ave

 

Website:           

http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/commissions/disability/default.htm

 

 

 

Human Welfare & Community Action Commission Meeting

 

Date(s):            

2/19/03 - 2/19/03

 

Times: 7:00 PM -

 

Contact:           

Marianne Graham

 

Telephone:      (510) 981-5416

 

Sponsor:           

Human Welfare & Community Action Commission

 

Location:          

2939 Ellis Street

 

Website:           

http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/commissions/welfare/default.htm

 

 

 

 

 

Design Review Committee Meeting

 

Date(s):            

2/20/03 - 2/20/03

 

Times: 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm

 

Contact:           

Anne Burns

 

Telephone:      (510) 981-7415

 

Sponsor:           

Design Review Committee

 

Location:          

1901 Hearst Ave

 

Website:           

http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/commissions/designreview/default.htm

 

 

 

Transportation Commission Meeting

 

Date(s):            

2/20/03 - 2/20/03

 

Times: 7:00 PM -

 

Contact:           

Peter Hillier

 

Telephone:      (510) 981-7000

 

Sponsor:           

Transportation Commission

 

Location:          

1901 Hearst Ave

 

Website:           

http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/commissions/transportation/default.htm

 

 

 

Housing Advisory Commission Meeting

 

Date(s):            

2/20/03 - 2/20/03

 

Times: 7:30 PM -

 

Contact:           

Oscar Sung

 

Telephone:      (510) 981-5410

 

Sponsor:           

Housing Advisory Commission

 

Location:          

2939 Ellis Street

 

Website:           

http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/commissions/housing/default.htm

 

 

 

City Council Meeting

 

Date(s):            

2/25/03 - 2/25/03

 

Times: 7:00 PM -

 

Contact:           

Sherry M. Kelly, City Clerk

 

Telephone:      (510) 981-6900

 

Sponsor:           

Berkeley City Council

 

Location:          

2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Wy.

 

Website:           

http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/citycouncil/default.htm

 

 

 

Energy Commission Meeting

 

Date(s):            

2/26/03 - 2/26/03

 

Times: 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM

 

Contact:           

Neal De Snoo

 

Telephone:      (510) 981-5434

 

Sponsor:           

Energy Commission

 

Location:          

1901 Hearst Ave

 

Website:           

http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/commissions/energy/default.htm

 

 

 

Human Welfare & Community Action Commission Special Meeting  

 

Date(s):            

2/26/03 - 2/26/03

 

Times: 7:00 PM -

 

Contact:           

Marianne Graham

 

Telephone:      (510) 981-5416

 

Sponsor:           

Human Welfare & Community Action Commission

 

Location:          

2939 Ellis Street

 

Website:           

http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/commissions/welfare/default.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 MARCH  

 

 

 

Unavailable As Of Yet

 

 

 

 


WHEN WILL THE PLANET BE IN PRINT?

Tuesday February 18, 2003

Whew! We’ve done an enormous amount this month, but there’s still a bit to be done before re-launch. Current plans: we’ll start out in a couple of weeks with two editions a week, down from the previous six. We suspect that a semi-weekly schedule is actually a better deal for advertisers, since papers will stay around longer and be read more carefully. We want to hear what readers and advertisers think. 

 

Will the name change if the schedule stays at two per week? We get pros and cons on that topic. Pros: “The Daily Planet was Superman’s paper.” “If it’s not at least a little quirky, it’s not really Berkeley.” Cons: “Don’t be ridiculous. If it’s not daily, why call it the Daily Planet?” “Let’s lose the Beserkeley image.” It will certainly continue to be The Berkeley Planet. Berkeleyans are interested in the whole world, and many of us think we have the job of advising the whole planet on how to conduct itself. What’s your opinion?


FEBRUARY CALENDAR

staff
Tuesday February 18, 2003

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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Tuesday February 18, 2003


A Call for Creative Thinking in Education

By Rick Ayers
Tuesday February 18, 2003

Last June I was sitting in a rather barren classroom in the Amsterdam School in Hanoi, Vietnam, speaking to English teacher Nguyen Hong Hanh about her students. I was so amazed by the respect and discipline the students showed when they walked into class and when they spoke with us, the foreign visitors. The Vietnamese teenagers were effusive, excited and quick to engage our students. But they were always deferential to the teacher, giving her the first place, responding to her slightest suggestion. 

After the ceremony of welcome for the Berkeley High School students and 

teachers, the Vietnamese students quickly paired up with our students and, in their studied English which they wanted to practice, left for a tour of the Amsterdam School grounds. Impressed by this behavior, I offered a compliment to Hanh: “Your students are certainly respectful. It seems that you don’t have much of a problem with discipline.” 

She was quick to respond. “Yes, but perhaps they are too respectful. I’m afraid sometimes our students only want to learn what we tell them, only want to prepare for the tests. We would like our students to be more independent, to learn to think for themselves and to work in groups, as you do in the United States.” Hanh made it clear to me that they were dissatisfied with their educational traditions, that there was too much passivity in class. 

A week later, we were in central Vietnam and I had a chance to speak to Bao Kham, a prince in the royal family who has worked for 20 years in the education department at Hue University, preparing new teachers for the classroom. Again I found myself complimenting my counterpart on the serious discipline I’d seen in Vietnamese students. Kham picked up right where Hanh had left off: “Yes, but we are afraid that students are only learning rote memorization. We have to change our methods to encourage more deep learning. We need to think about changing the forms of assessment.” Instead of high-stakes tests, he suggested, the introduction of portfolios, exhibits and independent research projects would encourage more thorough learning. 

Finally, on the day before we left, a few of us had a chance to meet Nguyen Thi Binh, famous for the work she did at the Paris Peace Talks and now a vice president of the country. We spoke about the very moving meeting between American and Vietnamese high school students and how close they had become. She asked our students in some depth to describe what they were studying, the books they were reading and the projects they were doing. 

When we asked what the Vietnamese students study, Binh chuckled and said, “Well, they get quite a good dose of the classics. But perhaps they need more modern literature and more varied interpretations. I think our students could learn quite a bit from your 

students.” 

I think back on these Vietnamese discussions now. We have been dealt a real blow to education with the local and statewide budget crisis. But this should not be used to shut down all efforts at effective school reform and reorganization. The truth is that the Vietnamese operate schools with less than a tenth of the funds we have. But they still have to decide what kind of schedule works best, how to group students to create learning communities and the most effective approaches to pedagogy and assessment. 

It seems that our politicians are rushing us toward a culture of regurgitation, of enshrined truths, of passive learning just when the schools of Vietnam are turning away from such methods. Whether we have money or not, we still have to educate our children; we still have to create learning communities; and we still have to create contexts where every student is known well and pushed hard by some adult. We are in trouble in education but we won’t test our way out of the crisis and we won’t punish our way out of it. Now, more than ever, we need to be creative and engaged with the broader community to make education work for our kids. 

By Rick Ayers


LOCAL NEWS.

Tuesday February 18, 2003

The old Daily Planet reporters were justly respected for the unbiased and straight-forward stories they did about what was going on in Berkeley, particularly about what local government was up to. That’s what Berkeley readers simply can’t get from the regional or national press. That’s what we most want to keep and strengthen, which is why we’ve re-hired reporter David Scharfenberg, and have made offers to other previous staffers. The local hard news will continue to be the backbone of the Planet. 

Toward the goal of making the good even better, we’ve put David on salary while the rest of us work on the technical means of producing the paper. He’s been spending a good deal of extra time unraveling the city budget and the effect of the economic crisis on the schools and the county. We’re searching for an experienced managing editor who understands the importance of local reporting to Berkeley’s sophisticated readers.


A New Year. A New Planet! A New Berkeley?

By Harry D. Weininger
Tuesday February 18, 2003

Berkeley, in spite of its allure, has an eccentric reputation. Berkeleyans delight in their quirkiness and would never aspire to be conventional.  

Berkeley is a unique place, full of contrast and contradiction. It’s blessed with awesome assets and great natural appeal. It’s the birthplace of the Free Speech Movement, and home to strict political correctness. It’s a city with tacky buildings next to architectural jewels. It’s a secular city with dozens of religious congregations of all types. One of the world’s great universities facilitates a rich and varied intellectual life. Berkeleyans care as much about the big issues – peace, the environment – and the little-known ones – organic coffee, rights of naked people – as they do about potholes and parking meters. The national media chides Berkeley whenever they have nothing else to do, but their quips about the city do not deter passionate advocacy. 

Berkeley has more than its share of aging revolutionaries, bold innovators and creative thinkers. Its productivity is a tribute to the people of Berkeley, since Berkeley’s countless capabilities are not publicly supported. Longstanding conflicts make for poor civic planning and use of public resources. 

Intense partisan quarrels have been a persistent feature of Berkeley politics for decades, and the city has paid a heavy price. Political gridlock works its way down to boards, commissions and city staff, who get mixed signals – or no signals at all – about priorities and expectations.  

Berkeley politics is dominated by two political organizations: the Berkeley Democratic Club (BDC) and Berkeley Citizens Action (BCA). Neither organization provides strong civic leadership or holds its endorsed, elected officials accountable. Yet without their help it is extremely difficult to get elected to the City Council and only a bit easier for school board.  

The BDC is liberal, the BCA progressive. There is no formal communication between the two. While it was possible for Soviet and American officials to have dinner together during the Cold War, I’m not aware that the BDC president and the BCA chair have ever had lunch.  

In the 40 years that I’ve lived in Berkeley, the political left and right have become distinguishable from each other less by issues than by labels and personalities. When I first came to Berkeley, the right talked about business and the left talked about real property – mostly how to distribute it. Today, the left raps about profits and the right has discovered the electoral potency of affirmative action.  

Berkeley inspires passion. Its unconventional informality, its nonviolent diversity and its crusty loveliness are not much diminished by its convoluted politics. But Berkeley needs strong leadership to flourish. Shirley Dean, the former mayor, managed to accomplish a lot in spite of an often hostile City Council. The new mayor, Tom Bates, has a friendlier council, and he is highly motivated to leave a sterling legacy. We should wish him well.  

 

By Harry D. Weininger  


ED AND OP-ED.

Tuesday February 18, 2003

An overwhelming majority of readers of the old Planet that I’ve talked to tell me they turned to the Opinion pages first. They loved the letters column and the long “Perspectives” in the original Planet, and were disappointed when Perspectives shrank and eventually almost disappeared. For the new Planet we want many more Op-Ed (“Opposite Editorial”) pieces and many more letters.  

 

To that end, we won’t focus on what criteria we can use to EXCLUDE contributions: how long, how often, etc. On the contrary, we’re working on how to encourage even more contributions to the Opinion pages. I do think that the best Op-Eds tend to be about 600 words long, but even that might be too long for some subjects. Lively, interesting writing will be the main criterion for inclusion. Click on “Opinions & Letters” to see a sample of the kind of diverse pieces we hope to get. 

 

I also plan to write an occasional editorial myself, of the traditional kind, representing the opinion of the owners of the paper. This was not done in the old Planet. People who know me know that this will create controversy, which is exactly what we want. Op-Ed isn’t as much fun if there’s no Ed to fulminate against. 

 


IN-LAW UNITS ARE COMING TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD

By Barbara Gilbert
Tuesday February 18, 2003

The state of California, in response to the housing crisis, recently adopted AB 1866, a measure that aims to eliminate local discretionary review, the public discussion process and most existing development standards relating to the creation of in-law units in R-1 single-family neighborhoods. If implemented as intended by its backers, your neighbor will be able to create an in-law unit with no discretionary review or public hearing if the proposed unit does not exceed 30 percent of the main living area if attached to the main dwelling, and the total floor area of the proposed unit does not exceed 1200 square feet. Tandem parking and parking in otherwise deemed “setback areas” will be allowed. The only way to generally preclude such proposals for in-law units would be for the governing jurisdiction to make official findings that acknowledge that the relevant zoning ordinances “may limit housing opportunities of the region” and that “specific adverse impacts on the public health, safety, and welfare…justify…the ordinance.” To reject a specific in-law unit proposal, findings must be made that the proposed unit is not feasible based on site, topographical and fire and life safety issues for that site. No provision is made for “detriment” to neighbors. 

There are advantages to this policy, including increased income and on-site companionship for elderly and/or financially-strapped homeowners; increased opportunity for extended families to live together; possible reduction in residences housing numerous unrelated adults and their automobiles; possible reduction in the need and authorization for large and costly housing developments with substantial city-wide impacts; dispersion of new housing units throughout the city, thereby minimizing and sharing negative impacts; and, in general, a serious increase in housing availability and affordability.  

The negative aspects include: increased density in already-impacted neighborhoods, particularly with respect to automobiles; more bad feeling among neighbors; further detriment to neighborhood amenities such as light, air, appearance, etc.; and abandonment of Berkeley’s traditional democratic process with respect to development matters. 

There are related issues that need to be considered as well. Parking is a limited resource and is usually the main “density” concern of Berkeley residents. If we can better manage our parking in a fair way, we can perhaps decrease objections to in-law units. In overparked residential permit parking (RPP) areas, in-law units could work only if RPPs are generally limited to a set maximum per address (say four), only to one registered vehicle per occupant (up to the four maximum) and only issued when there is an actual driver with an actual registered vehicle. In the less-impacted non-RPP residential areas, some reasonable limits would need to be imposed on the number of vehicles parked on the streets by all residential owners. 

Also, no sane homeowner would admit the rent control board and more than minimal city regulations into their life and personal space. For in-law units to be viable, there would need to be an exemption from the purview of the city’s rent control machinery and only minimal other regulatory health and safety measures.  

In addition, under current circumstances, there are hundreds if not thousands of single-family residences that house several unrelated adults, most of whom have automobiles that take up street space. There is apparently no regulation of these “households” (no business license tax for owner/landlords, no rent board registration and fee payment, and no health and safety inspections) and, most significantly, no enforcement of existing zoning code requirements for one off-street parking space per two boarders.  

Competing needs and desires for land use are at the heart of Berkeley’s politics and disputes. Current regulations provide both a healthy democratic process and a serious impediment to change. If in-law units are to be increased, a way must be found to mitigate their negative effects and educate neighbors as to the more draconian alternatives being put forth by the affordable housing lobby. 

Many Berkeleyans do not want big housing developments with big impacts, certainly not in their own neighborhoods. However, I believe that most Berkeleyans would like to be able to support more affordable housing.  

Are in-law units the way to mesh these competing goals? 

Perhaps a deal could be made whereby, over time, we could add a large part of the requisite new housing through in-law units scattered throughout the city at the same time that we decrease the number of housing units added in large-scale projects. The new in-law units would need to be embodied in an envelope that seriously addresses and mitigates legitimate concerns relating to neighborhood detriment, parking and rent control. 

 

By Barbara Gilbert 

 

(Barbara Gilbert, a 34-year Berkeley resident, was a legislative aide to former Berkeley Mayor Shirley Dean and has extensive public policy experience.)  


THE WORLD OUTSIDE BERKELEY.

Tuesday February 18, 2003

In the old Planet, most of these stories came from conventional news services, principally Associated Press and Bay City News. We’ve been informally surveying readers about their likes and dislikes, and the role of news service copy is very controversial.  

 

We certainly want to get more outside news from the many alternative news services that now exist, such as AlterNet and Pacific News Service. Tell us what good ones you’ve spotted. 

 

Some Berkeley readers seem to feel insulted by seeing AP stories, though there’s always interesting stuff on the AP wire which doesn’t get into the regional dailies. Is there any argument for continuing AP? What about Bay City News? Let us know what you think.


COLUMNS:

Tuesday February 18, 2003

We want to have locally written columns of all kinds. We’re delighted to announce that Susan Cerny has agreed to continue her very popular columns on Berkeley’s world famous architectural heritage. Click on the “Rediscovering Berkeley” button at the left to read her latest. Other categories which have been suggested so far: local history, food, home maintenance, gardening, travel, health, education, environment, human rights, conflict resolution, landlord-tenant relations, film, books ...and there are many more possibilities. What categories can you suggest? 

 

In each category, we’ll look for contributions from a variety of writers. These could contain information, advice or opinion. For example: on gardening, one writer has proposed an informational column about U.C.’S sick plant clinic. Another suggests a column on taking care of your street trees, with some pointed criticism of how poorly the city maintains them. No rigid lines between advice and opinion on this topic! (We promise never to run garden filler pieces from national sources on protecting your roses from snow.)  

 

The new Planet will also look for “foreign correspondents” from all kinds of places, near and far. Berkeleyans would like to hear about how the peace movement is doing in Indiana. They’re interested in how Santa Cruz is handling medical marijuana. They travel a lot, and want reports from people in exotic places, but they also want to know what’s going on in Albany, especially as it affects our shared shoreline. Can you suggest correspondents?


CALENDAR:

Tuesday February 18, 2003

A good comprehensive calendar is one of the most essential services of a local paper. A team of dedicated community people is working on outreach strategies, to make sure we include everything we can. Bonnie Hughes of the Berkeley Arts Festival is concentrating on Arts coverage, Anne Wagley is working with membership and service organizations of all kinds, and Fred Lupke is even looking for overlooked announcements on telephone poles and other unusual places. Click on the “Calendar of Events” button to see the results of their efforts. Let us know what you’d like to see in the Calendar.


WHAT ELSE?

Tuesday February 18, 2003

What do you think about comics? Puzzles? Horoscopes? Personal ads? Reviews? Community Resources listings? Sports?  

 


THE PLANET ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB

Tuesday February 18, 2003

We want to take full advantage of the almost unlimited space available on the Internet. We expect to get national and international readers there. Classified ads on the Web will be an even better value for advertisers than print ads, since potential customers can quickly search for exactly what they want.  

 

Print pages have to be paid for with advertising dollars, but since Web space is not so costly we can expand coverage online. For example, we might be able run almost all the Opinion submissions we receive on the Web pages, even if we have to be more selective for the print paper. Sports scores can be reported in great detail. A Web-based Calendar doesn’t have to leave anything out. We’ll be working on our Web strategy over the next few months. What do you think we can do with the Web?


WEB SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION!

Please excuse any incorrect information.
Tuesday February 18, 2003

We are currently in the process of improving the existing Berkeley Daily Planet web-site. Please be patient. 

 

We welcome all suggestions: 

email us @berkeleydailyplanet.com 

 

Thank you for visiting our site! 

 

Be sure to check our local news stands in early April for our upcoming debut issue. 

 

THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND SUPPORT! 

BDP_WEBMASTER 


Opinion

Editorials

BERKELEY STARS WILL SHINE.

Tuesday February 18, 2003

Berkeley’s a Mecca for excellent writers. A recent Public Library benefit dinner featured 29 famous local authors. We also have fine writers here who aren’t yet famous, but should be. We hope to showcase local talent as much as we can. We want to develop an inventory of excellent feature material by local writers which can be used when we have enough advertising to pay for some extra space.  

 

What are we looking for? Previews (of arts events, University lectures, even city meetings on hot topics) are particularly useful for readers who have limited time or money to spend. Background stories about current news, human interest articles that are not particularly timely, stories about high school sports--- tell us what you’d like to read or write. 

 

Our principal criterion for acceptance, given our small staff, is that a writer is able to deliver good usable copy which requires little or no editing. If you’re an expert on some interesting topic, but not a confident writer, we might be able to find you a co-author. 

 

We welcome articles from student journalists, and we expect them to meet the same high standards as other contributors. We’ve met with Dean Orville Schell at the U.C. Journalism School to discuss ways the Berkeley Planet can cooperate with the program there. We’re also looking for fledgling journalists at area high schools.