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Calendar of Events and Activities
Tuesday, April 11
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
Berkeley Farmers’ Market
2-7 p.m.
Derby Street between Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Milvia Street
510-548-3333
Income tax help
2-4 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Ave.
Call ahead for an appointment.
510-644-6107
“Cities in Civilization: Culture, Innovation and Urban Order”
4:10 p.m.
International House Auditorium, Piedmont and Bancroft
Planning Professor Emeritus Sir Peter Hall will deliver this lecture, part of the Charles M. and Martha Hitchcock Lectures.
510-643-7413; www.grad.berkeley.edu/lectures
City Council executive closed-session meeting
5:30 p.m.
1900 Addison St., Third Floor Conference Room
City Council meeting
7 p.m.
Council Chambers, Old City Hall, 2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Blue Ribbon Budget committee
7 p.m.
Berkeley Alternative High School auditorium, corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Derby Street
BAHA Spring Lecture Series
7:30 p.m.
College Avenue Presbyterian Church, 5951 College Ave., Oakland
Wendy Hitchmough will speak on “The Arts & Crafts Home: A Quiet Revolution in Lifestyle.” This is the second of four spring lectures sponsored by the Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association. Cost is $10 per person. Tickets are available in advance or at the door.
510-841-2242; 510-652-0975
Wednesday, April 12
Three piano solos
Noon
Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley campus
Ivan Ilic will perform Copland’s Piano variations; Yi-Fang Tsai will perform Chopin’s Etude No 7, op. 25 and Debussy’s Prélude, Book I, No XII; and Brian Christian will perform Prokofiev’s Sonata No 7 in B-flat major, op. 83.
Harris Seminar
Noon
119 Moses Hall, UC Berkeley campus
Jeannette Money from UC Davis will speak on “Xenophobia and Xenophilia: Immigrant Voters as counterweights to the Extreme Right.”
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
“The End of the City? ‘The report of my death was an exaggeration’”
4:10 p.m.
International House Auditorium, Piedmont and Bancroft
Planning Professor Emeritus Sir Peter Hall will deliver this lecture, part of the Charles M. and Martha Hitchcock Lectures.
510-643-7413; www.grad.berkeley.edu/lectures
“The Spare Part and the Machine”
7 p.m.
160 Kroeber Hall, UC Berkeley campus
Friedman Visiting Professor Charles Correa will be the featured lecturer.
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.
510-644-6870
“Kiss Me, Kate”
7:30 p.m.
Willard Middle School, 2425 Stuart St.
The middle-school “innocents” present this not-so-innocent play complete with its incorrect sexual politics. The Cole Porter score for this 1950 “Taming of the Shrew” takeoff is “scandalous,” cynical - wonderful. The musical is performed by seventh- through ninth-graders from Berkeley public schools. Admission is a donation.
510-848-1797; pwp.value.net/bwicinas
Poetry Flash
7:30 p.m.
Cody’s Books, 2454 Telegraph Ave.
Julie Bruck and Patti Trimble will be the featured poets, with jazz by Bill Horvitz.
510-845-7852; 510-525-5476
Thursday, April 13
“Should E-Commerce Be Taxed?” Luncheon and Speakers
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Spenger’s Fresh Fish Grotto, 1919 Fourth St.
The Berkeley Chamber of Commerce has assembled a panel of speakers, both for and against taxation of e-commerce: Professor Hal R. Varian, Dean of the School of Information Management and Systems, UC Berkeley; Michael Nelson, CEO of SacWeb, Inc., Sacramento; and Bill Petrocelli, Vice President of Book Passage, a Corte Madera bookstore. Cost is $25 per person.
510-549-7000; chamber@dnai.com
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
“Smart Investments: Ideas to Actions”
3 p.m.
Goldman School of Public Policy living room, 2607 Hearst Ave.
California State Treasurer Phil Angelides will be the featured speaker. As California faces unprecedented growth in the years ahead, it cannot achieve sustained economic success if the environment is degraded and if there are pockets of poverty throughout the state. The state treasurer’s office is supporting a strategic and fiscally prudent approach to investment which calls for: investments that support livable communities, sustainable development and sound environmental practices; and investment in struggling communities to reverse a dangerous trend towards “two Californias” - one in poverty and the other enjoying an economic boom.
510-642-1303; cecille@socrates.berkeley.edu
Community Health Commission
6:45 p.m.
Mental Health Clinic, 2640 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
The commission’s agenda includes a discussion of the final health access report, crisis in East Bay hospital care and the midwife crisis.
