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Out & About

Friday September 13, 2002

Friday, September 13

Lecture by Dr. Paul Farmer

7:30 p.m.

St. Joseph the Worker Church

1640 Addison St.

Dr. Farmer will speak on Health Care and Human Rights: Solidarity with the Haitian People. Benefit for Partners in Health. Music by Vukani Mawethu Choir.

558-0371

$5 to $15 donation

Saturday, September 14

Basic Personal Preparedness

9 to 11 a.m.

Fire Department Training Center

997 Cedar St.

Learn five critical steps to take care of yourself, your family and your home. Classes open to those 18 or older who live or work in Berkeley.

981-5605, www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/fire/oes.html

Free

Congressman Dennis Kuchinich

7 p.m.

Wheeler Auditorium, UC Berkeley Campus, near University Avenue

Chair of the House Progressive Caucus will speak. Keith Carson, Country Joe McDonald and performance artist Shelly Glaser will also be on hand.

http://www.bfuu.org/rscongress

$10 in advance, $12 door

Heritage Day

11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Fourth Street and University Avenue

International BBQ and beer festival

Free

Spin for the Stars Fund-raiser

9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Spieker Aquatics Complex, Recreational Sports Facility on UC Berkeley campus

Noncompetitive swimming and stationary cycling event. Proceeds will help Cal STAR enhance its facilities and programs for the disabled.

$20 registration fee, $35 for biathlon

Sukkot Holiday Workshop

7 to 8:30 p.m.

Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut St.

Join Dawn Kepler, director of Building Jewish Bridges, for hands-on crafts, food projects, creative sukkah decorations and tips for making your own sukkah (hut).

848-0237, Ext. 127

$10 BRJCC members/$12 public

“Standing Together for Trees”

9 a.m. to noon

Fellowship Hall, Cedar St. near Bonita St.

Updates on local and world forestry issues. Presentations by Kevin Koenig of Amazon Watch, and Kristen Kirk or Forest Forever.

636-7659

Free

West Berkeley Open Air Market

11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

University Avenue between

Third and Fourth streets.

West Berkeley celebrates Neighborhood Heritage Day with crafts, food, live music, art and family entertainment.

841-8562 or sfbayshellmounds@yahoo.com

Free

Sunday, September 15

Knowledge of Freedom/Undoing Negativity

6 p.m.

The Tibetan Nyingma Institute

1815 Highland Place

Nyingma Institute instructor Abbe Blum reads from “New Beginnings”

843-6812

Monday, September 16

Berkeley Ecological and Safe Transportation (BEST) Coalition

meeting, 6 to 8 p.m.

Central Library, Kitteredge Street and Shattuck Avenue.

Group joins pedestrians, bicyclists, mass transit users and land-use advocates. Topics of discussion include: Berkeley height initiative, pedestrian issues and employer incentive plans. Potluck.

652-9462, imgreen@jps.net

Tuesday, September 17

“How to Grow Dahlias”

1 p.m.

Epworth United Methodist Church, 1953 Hopkins St.

A presentation by Dr. Erik Gaensler, vice president of the California Dahlia Society.

524-4374

Free

Breast Self Exam for Seniors

10 to 11:30 a.m.

Maffley Auditorium, Herrick Campus, 2001 Dwight Way

Workshop to educate women with physical limitations about accessing breast health care and do-it-yourself exam education.