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Calendar of Events & Activities
Wednesday, April 5
“Humanitarian Intervention”
10 a.m.-noon
Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave.
This is part of the Great Decisions program sponsored by the City Commons Club of Berkeley. The public is invited. Fee for the eight-week series is $35. Individual meetings may be attended for $5.
510-526-2925
Campus concert
Noon
Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley campus
Jolie Lin, piano solo, will perform Bach’s “Goldberg” Aria & Variations, BWV 988 in this free concert.
Art in the Garden
2-4:30 p.m.
UC Botanical Garden, 200 Centennial Drive
Karen LeGault, a local artist and teacher whose work has been exhibited internationally, is leading this eight-week class in drawing and painting from nature. Both experienced artists and beginners are welcome. Call ahead for more information or to enroll.
510-643-2755
Community Chats
4-6 p.m.
122 Wheeler Hall, UC Berkeley campus
This event, part of a series of workshops, is designed to raise the university community’s awareness of the health, social policy and research concerns that under-represented Bay Area populations define as their priorities. This gathering’s focus is on the Belizian, Dominican, Guatemalan, Honduran, Panamanian and Salvadoran communities.
510-642-3785
Airstream: The History of the Land Yacht
7 p.m.
Builders Booksource, 1817 Fourth St.
Bryan Burkhart shares some of the joys of being an Airstreamer and the history of Wally Byam’s American icon. An Airstream enthusiast (owning a restored 1962 Flying Cloud), Burkhart presents photographs from the company’s archives. This free event will feature a slide presentation, talk and book-signing.
510-845-6874; www.buildersbooksite.com
Citizens Budget Review Commission
7 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Ave.
The commission agenda includes a review of the Living Wage Ordinance Report.
Task Force on Telecommunications
7 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Ave.
The task force discussions will include a proposal on cable rates and telecommunications services in comparable cities.
Baby Bounce and Toddler Tales
7 p.m.
West Branch Berkeley Public Library, 1125 University Ave.
This storytime program is designed for families with children up to 3 years old. The free, participatory program features a half hour of multicultural songs, rhymes, lap jogs and stories to give very young children a lively introduction to the magic of books. Parents also will enjoy the new stories, rediscover old favorites and learn new songs and games to share.
510-644-6870
BUSD school board meeting
7:30 p.m.
Board/Council Chambers, Old City Hall, 2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Agenda items include a revised retention and promotion policy, transitional housing plan for King Middle School and a report on maintenance issues around the district.
Fire Safety Commission
7:30 p.m.
Fire Department Training Facility, 997 Cedar St.
The commission will hear reports on the buffer zone and on undergrounding utilities.
Southside Night Safety Shuttle Meeting
7:30 p.m.
Willard Middle School cafetorium, 2425 Stuart St.
The University of California at Berkeley will host a meeting to discuss changes in the bus routes of the Southside Night Safety Shuttle. Lt. Adan Tejada, UCPD Community Outreach, will present the proposed changes to the routes and schedules of the Safety Shuttle in a meeting open to the public.
510-643-5299
Poetry Flash
7:30 p.m.
Cody’s Books, 2454 Telegraph Ave.
Gary Thompson, Dale Pendell and Laura McCarthy will be the featured poets at the event. Thompson’s new book of poems, “On John Muir’s Trail,” celebrates the California landscape past and present in a cutback, resonant language, a poet’s eye journey through time and terrain. Widely published in literary journals and anthologies, winner of an NEA writing grant, his two previous books are Hold Fast and As for Living. Pendell is a poet and botanist who has published an award-winning book on psychotropic plants. A companion volume will appear later this year. He was founding editor of KUKSU: Journal of Backcountry Writing and has led workshops in ethnobotany and ethnopoetics at Naropa Institute. His latest book of poems is “Living with Barbarians.” McCarthy is a bookmaker and printer as well as a poet; she’s currently an MFA student in Poetry at Mills. Pendell and McCarthy will read from their own work and from their joint translations of Sappho and other Greek lyric poets. A $2 donation is requested.
510-845-7852; 510-525-5476
Thursday, April 6
“Thursday Birdwalk”
7 a.m.
Tilden Regional Park, Canon Drive off Grizzly Peak Boulevard
Look for nesting birds and review last year’s data collection results. For age 10 and older.
510-525-2233
Lunch Poems series
12:10 p.m.
Morrison Room, Doe Library, UC Berkeley campus
National Book Award finalist Carl Phillips will read his poems, following an introduction by Robert Hass. This event is free, and is part of the Lunch Poems series on campus.
510-642-0137
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
Income tax help
2-4 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Ave.
Call ahead for an appointment.
510-644-6107
Asian Women in Theology
6 p.m. reception; 7 p.m. panel discussion
Pacific School of Religion Bade Museum, 1798 Scenic Ave.
The panel will feature Nantawan Lewis, Metropolitan State University “Transforming the Canon of Theological Knowledge;” Seung Ai Yang, University of St. Thomas “Learning from the Tradition and History of Confucian Korea: A suggestion for Teaching and Learning in Theology;” Rita Nakashima Brock, Bunting Fellowship Program, “The Forgotten Asian Pacific Americans;” Jung Ha Kim, Georgia State University, “The First Shall be Last, and the Last, the First: The Reversed Reciprocity in Asian North America,” and Kwok Pui-Lan, Episcopal Divinity School “The Differences between Asian & Asian American Women Students.”
510 849-0653
Public Works Commission
7 p.m.
West Berkeley Senior Center, 1900 Sixth St.
The commission will evaluate the Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Task Force plan in the first half-hour and at 7:30, hold a public hearing on recommendations for the residential street-sweeping program.
Community Environmental Advisory Commission
7 p.m.
Planning Department, Second Floor Conference Room, 2118 Milvia St.
The commission agenda includes a discussion of wood-burning stoves and fireplaces, alleged UC Berkeley stormwater violations and the council air-monitoring project.
Residential Street Sweeping Meeting
7:30-9:30 p.m.
1900 Sixth St.
The city is considering changes in its residential street-sweeping program. The public will have a chance to give input to the changes at the meetings.
510-665-3440
