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Calendar of Events & Activities
Tuesday, May 16
Berkeley police answer seniors’ questions
11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Ave.
510-644-6107
Free computer class for seniors
1-4 p.m.
South Berkeley Senior Center, 2939 Ellis St.
This free course offers basic instruction in keyboarding, Microsoft Word, Windows 95, Excel and Internet access. Space is limited; class is offered Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. Call ahead for a reservation.
510-644-6109
Berkeley Farmers’ Market
2-7 p.m.
Derby Street between Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Milvia Street
510-548-3333
Berkeley Living Wage demonstration
6:30 p.m.
Old City Hall, 2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Activists will hold a demonstration before the City Council meeting to show their support for a Living Wage Ordinance for Berkeley.
Redevelopment Agency/City Council Meeting
7 p.m.
City Council Chambers, 2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
The council will hold public hearings on the 170-foot communication tower at the new Public Safety Building and increases in permit fees.
“What Makes You Laugh?”
7-9 p.m.
Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut Ave.
This is a discussion group that is open to everyone regardless of age, religion or viewpoint. Even though the group meets at the JCC, there is no religious bent to the discussions. The group is led informally by Robert Berend, an investment adviser and stockbroker in Kensington. He has been involved with these discussion groups for eight years. He helped establish similar groups in several other communities. A different topic is discussed during each session. The event is free.
510-527-5332
BAHA Spring Lecture Series
7:30 p.m.
The Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar St.
Richard Mohr will discuss “West By Northwest: Great Lodges in the Arts & Crafts Tradition.” This is the final lecture in the spring series sponsored by the Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association. Tickets are $10 each. Tickets available at door or in advance.
510-841-2242; 510-652-0975
Berkeley Camera Club
7:30 p.m.
Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda
Share your slides and prints with other photographers. Critiques by qualified judges. Monthly field trips.
510-531-8664
Yiddish Humor and Jewish Humor
7:30-9 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut St.
This two-session course will examine the humor of East European Jews as one form of adaptation to their lives from the pre-World War I period to today. Cost is $15 for BRJCC members, $18 for public. The second session will be held May 23.
510-848-0237, ext. 236
Berkeley Chamber Performances
8 p.m.
Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave.
Citywinds will present a wind quartet program of works by Hyo-shin Na, David Maslanka, Paquito d’Rivera, and Paul Hindemith. Tickets $15 general; $12 seniors and students.
510-525-5211
Wednesday, May 17
Chinese Club meeting
1:15 p.m.
Caregivers group for Alzheimer’s/Dementia
1:30 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Ave.
510-644-6107
Commission on Aging
1:30 p.m.
South Berkeley Senior Center, 2939 Ellis St.
The agenda includes discussion of the warm water and the rent ordinance proposal which would protect seniors and the disabled from owner move-in evictions.
Berkeley Housing Authority meeting
6 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Ave.
This is the first in a series of Town Hall meetings to discuss the Berkeley Housing Authority - how it operates now, how we as tenants can help to improve it and impact its planning process for the federally-required Public Housing Authority.
1-800-773-2110; 510-549-2970
Citizens Humane Commission
7 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Ave.
The agenda will include the euthanasia policy at the Berkeley Animal Shelter and a discussion of a revised spay/neuter ordinance.
Special Planning Committee Meeting
7 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Ave.
The commission will hold a public workshop on the relationship between the Southside plan and the Underhill Area Project and continue the public hearing on the Underhill Area Project.
BUSD school board meeting
7:30 p.m.
Board/Council Chambers, 2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Improvisational theater
7:30-9:30 p.m.
The “Improvsters” is a group of intermediate-level improvisational players who meet weekly. The group is looking for additional members; there is no charge to join them. Call the group for specific location.
510-848-4357
The French Revolution, Napoleon and the Jewish People
7:30-9 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut St.
This two-session course will be led by Lee Marsh, chair of the Jewish Learning Center. Cost is $12 for BRJCC members, $15 for the public. The second session will be held May 24.
510-848-0237, ext. 236
Thursday, May 18
Free computer class for seniors
1-4 p.m.
South Berkeley Senior Center, 2939 Ellis St.
This free course offers basic instruction in keyboarding, Microsoft Word, Windows 95, Excel and Internet access. Space is limited; the class is offered Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. Call ahead for a reservation.
510-644-6109
Film: “Housing is a Human Right: Housing and Section 8”
1 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Ave.
The film will be shown and housing activist Helen Lima, will discuss this documentary. The video is closed-captioned, and the program is free. Lima began the Save Low-Income Seniors’ Section 8 Housing movement in 1997 as a self-help, grassroots effort in behalf of low-income “seniors” who rent – or need to be able to rent – federally-subsidized apartments.
510-549-2970
Prostate support group
3 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Ave.
510-644-6107
“Education for Social Justice: Teaching the Next Generation of Activists”
7:30 p.m.
La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave.
As part of its 25th anniversary series, La Peña is sponsoring this event for and by teachers. Educators will share and discuss ideas that connect students to issues in their world and motivate them to work for social justice. Admission is $3 donation at the door.
510-653-7882
Design Review Committee
7:30 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
Among the projects to be reviewed by the board is the construction of a four-story, 47 unit mixed-use project, with ground floor retail space at 2700 San Pablo Ave. and the design of 801 Grayson St.
Jews ‘n’ Jazz
7:30-9 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut St.
This three-session course will examine the role that Jewish immigrants at the turn of the century played in the developing musical genre of jazz. The first session examines “Background and Theory.” The second session, on May 25, looks at “Early Jewish Jazz Pioneers.” The third session, on June 1, focuses on “Swing, Bebop, Latin and Modern.” Performer and educator Mark Levy leads the series. Cost is $25 for BRJCC members and $30 for the general public.
510-848-0237, ext. 236
