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Out & About Calendar

Compiled by Guy Poole

Monday January 28, 2002

Friday, Jan. 25

Women’s Health After
Menopause
10:30 a.m. - noon
Summit North Pavilion, Cafeteria Annexes B & C
350 Hawthorne Ave., Oakland
A comprehensive presentation on women’s health and exams after menopause. 869-6737

City Commons Club
Luncheon
11:15 a.m.
Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave.
Douglas R. Powell presents slides and gives a lecture entitled “A Graphic Portrait of a Tortured Land - Afghanistan”. Social hour begins at 11:15. Lunch is served 11:45 - 12:15. Speaker begins at 12:30. $11 - 12.25 with lunch, $1 otherwise. 848-3533

Dr. Helen Caldicott
8 p.m.
Berkeley First Congregational Church
2345 Channing Way
Nobel Prize Nominee and spokesperson for world anti-nuclear movement speaks about peace, survival, and free speech in dangerous times. $15. 415-437-3425.

Saturday, Jan. 26

Bay Area Women in Black

2 - 3 p.m.

4th & Hearst Streets

A silent vigil to oppose the Israeli Occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. Please wear black, everyone is welcome. 486-2744, bayareawomeninblack@earthlink.net.

Vocal Jazz Workshop and

Jazz Jam

9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Albany Adult School

601 San Gabriel St.

Workshops for singers and instrumentalists led by Richard Kalman to explore Jazz in a small jazz combo format. $5-$12 per class. 524-6796, richkalman@aol.com.

Puberty Seminar for Girls

10:30 a.m.- 2 p.m.

Hall of Health

2230 Shattuck Ave.

For girls 8-14. Understand why your body is changing, and celebrate your rite of passage. Refreshments. $25-$30. (Mothers free. ) 595-3814.

Book Talk and Signing

3 - 5 p.m.

The Berkshire Assisted Living Community

2235 Sacramento Way

Victor Bogart will discuss his new book “Assumptions” and “6 steps for Shifting Gears on the Senior Highway.” 841-4844.

Magic School Bus Video

Festival

10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Lawrence Hall of Science

Centennial Dr., above the UC Berkeley Campus

Watch Ms. Frizzle take her skeptical class from outer space to inside a dog’s noise in seven different video adventures shown on the big screen and lasting for three hours.

Youth and Race:

Issues and Solutions

9:30 a.m. - noon

Elihu Harris State Building Auditorium

1515 Clay St., Oakland

Assemblywoman Dion Aroner (D-Berkeley/Oakland) will convene a town hall meeting of elected representatives, youth advocates, and public policy makers to identify and develop solutions for the problems facing young people. 540-3660.

Sunday, Jan. 27

Neighborhood Clean-Up Day

11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Services Center

1730 Oregon St.

Clean up blocks: Russell St., Oregon St., McGee, Stuart, Grant and California St. 981-6670, www.ci.berkeley.ca.us.

School Open House

10:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

School of the Madeleine

1225 Milvia St.

Applications for K-8 available. Kindergarten informational meeting at noon. 526-4744, www.themadeleine.com.

Organ Music

5 p.m.

MusicSources

1000 The Alameda

Ron McKean performs Ferscobaldi, Froberger and Bach, and improvises in the style of each composer. Reception follows concert. $15 - $18. 528-1685.

Japanese Traditional

Drumming

2 p.m.

Julia Morgan Center

2640 College Ave.

Emeryville Taiko presents a fun and interactive event for children and families. $10 adults, $5 children. 925-798-1300.

Monday, Jan. 28

East Bay Heritage Quilters
7:30 p.m.
First Unitarian Church
1 Lawson Rd., Kensington
Guest Speaker, Alice Kolb, offers instruction on how to narrow many ideas into a focused garment. $3 non-members, free for members. 834-3706

Writing an Ethical Will Workshop
7 - 9 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center
1414 Walnut St.
Writers of ethical wills hope to convey what they have learned in life. All writing levels and native languages welcome. $30. To register call: 848-0237 X127.

Institute of Government Studies
12 p.m.
223 Moses Hall
UC Berkeley Campus
Ronald Rogowski discusses majoritarian electoral systems and consumer power. 642-4608, www.igs.berkeley.edu

Institute of Government Studies
12 p.m.
119 Moses Hall
UC Berkeley Campus
John Skrentny discusses “The Minoriy Rights Revolution”. 642-4608, www.igs.berkeley.edu

Tuesday, Jan 29

Berkeley High School Site Council Meeting

4 p.m.

Berkeley High School

Room H105

2246 Milvia St.

On the agenda will be a vote on staff development and discussion of the school site plan. The meeting is open to the BHS community. www.bhs.berkeley.k12.ca.us/ssc/.

Experimental Music Workshop

7 - 9 p.m.

Tuva Space

3192 Adeline

The Cardew Choir announces three public experimental music workshops led by visiting composer and poet Joseph Zitt. Free and open to the public. 204-0607, www.metatronpress.com/artists/cardewchoir/.

Camera Club Meeting

7:30 p.m.

Northbrae Community Church

941 The Alameda

Weekly meeting of the Berkeley Camera Club offers the opportunity to share slides and prints and learn what other photographers are doing. 547-4514

Dens(c)ity: Two or Three Things

about Architecture

and the New World Order

12:30 - 2 p.m.

UC Berkeley

119 Moses Hall

Lesley Naa Norle Lokko is a Principal Lecturer and Academic Leader in the

School of Architecture and Interior Design, University of North London. Her research focuses on questions of race and cultural identity and their relationship to architectural and urban culture. 642-5992, bcgit@uclink.berkeley.edu.

Wednesday, Jan. 30

Baby Bounce and Toddler Tales

7 p.m.

Public Library, West Branch

1125 University Ave.

A participatory program for families with children up to age 3. Stories, songs and fingerplays as entertainment and as a way for parents to learn some new material to share with their young ones. 981-6270.

Peace Walk and Vigil

7:30 p.m.

North Berkeley BART Station

A peace walk and vigil to demonstrate opposition to U.S. bombing of Afghanistan. Ends at MLK Civic Center Park. www.indymedia.org.

American Political History Seminar

4 p.m.

UC Berkeley

109 Moses Hall

Haynes Johnson, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, will be talking about his new book, “The Best of Times: America in the Clinton Years.” 642-4608, www.igs.berkeley.edu:8880/.

Debtors Anonymous

6:30 - 7:45 p.m.

Mandana Community Recovery Center

3989 Howe St., Oakland

Weekly Meeting. 415-522-9099.

Experimental Music Workshop

7 - 9 p.m.

Tuva Space

3192 Adeline

The Cardew Choir announces three public experimental music workshops led by visiting composer and poet Joseph Zitt. Free and open to the public. 204-0607, www.metatronpress.com/artists/cardewchoir/.