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Calendar of Events & Activities

Saturday October 28, 2000

Saturday, Oct. 28

Shakespeare Festival’s annual costume and garage sale

9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Featuring one-of-a-kind costumes, props, and set pieces from previous productions. Free. 701 Heinz Ave., Berkeley. (510) 548-3422 ext. 120.

Buddhist Peace Fellowship

9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

A Day of Mindfulness with Claude Anshin Thomas

A day of meditation, dialogue, teachings and reflection on transforming violence in ourselves an in the world.

We the People Auditorium, 200 Harrison St.

Donations excepted

496-6072

Community Workshop to

discuss the strengths and

weaknesses of Berkeley High

School

9 a.m. – noon

Florence Schwimley Little Theater at Berkeley High School

Students, parents, teachers, business owners, neighbors, and others are invited to a discussion on that will help set the course for future school improvements and provide the basis for accreditation review.

Iris Starr, AICP, 540-1252

tinstarr@earthlink.net

“Grassroots Globalization vs.

Elite Globalization”

2 p.m.

Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library

6501 Telegraph Ave.

595-7417

“Halloween Mask Making”

Tilden Regional Park

2 p.m.

Come learn the origins of Halloween and make a plaster-gauze mask. Registration required. $4. Take Canon Drive off Grizzly Peak Boulevard, Berkeley. (510) 525-2233.

Pedaling the Green City

11 a.m. -3:30 p.m.

Take a leisurely bike ride along the future San Francisco Bay Trail. One in a series of free outings organized by Greenbelt Alliance.

Call: 415-255-3233 for reservations

Wild About Books?

10:30 a.m.

Berkeley Central Library

2121 Allston Way

Halloween for the little guys with (not so) scary stories, music, and more.

Call 649-3943

Haunted House

6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

1818 5th St.

Free

Donations benefiting youth activities in Berkeley appreciated.

644-3305

St. John’s Church and Camp

Elmwood Haunted House

6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Party for teens from 8:45 to 10 p.m.

Free. Wear a costume and bring a canned good, book or toy donation.

845-2656

“The 3rd annual Habitot

Halloween”

Habitot Children’s Museum

10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

A not-too-spooky Halloween event for young children with entertainment, parades, games, magic and songs. Come in

costume. Registration strongly suggested. $4 general; $6 for the first child age 7 and under; $3 for each additional child age 7 and under. Kittredge Street and Shattuck Avenue

647-1111

“Not Very Scary Halloween

Celebration”

10:30 a.m. at La Pena

Betsy Rose performs songs and activities to celebrate the harvest season and the ancestral spirits. Children are invited to come in costume. $4 general; $3 children. 3105 Shattuck Ave. 849-2572.

New School’s Halloween

Bazaar

10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

1606 Bonita St. (at Cedar)

Free to the public, this annual event features face painting, mask-making, children’s games, apple bobbing, pumpkins, live entertainment, and a vast array of other delights. Proceeds benefit the New School’s scholarship fund and the playground project. Free.

Call 548-9165

Run Your Own Landscape Business: Part 3

11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Ecology Center

2530 San Pablo Ave. (at Blake)

Local horticultural consultant and UC Master Gardener Jessie West will teach you how to plant, prune, control weeds, and more. This is the final class in the series.

$15 general; $10 for members; $5 materials fee

Call 548-2220 x223

West Coast Live Comes to Berkeley

10 a.m. - Noon

Freight & Salvage

1111 Addison (at San Pablo)

Broadcast around the world this live, on-stage radio show will feature The Austin Lounge Lizards, author Anne Lamott, and others. The show can be heard on KALW at 91.7 FM.

Reservations: 415-664-9500 or www.TicketWeb.com

Battle of the Drills

2 p.m.

Veterans Hall

1931 Center St.

Presented by the Flaming Five this fifth annual battle will feature drums squads, fancy trick, precision, and dance.

Denice Cox, 841-1126