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Calendar of Events & Activities
Friday, April 28
BHS Hall of Fame induction
9:30 a.m.
Berkeley Community Theater
Six graduates of Berkeley High will be inducted into the school’s hall of fame. This year’s honorees will be Jacqueline White, Philip Elwood, Sylvia and Stephen Sharnoff, Gregory Hoblit and Kenneth Cameron. The BHS Hall of Fame was established in 1990 to recognize and honor graduates who have distinguished themselves in their chosen field or fields of endeavor and who serve as excellent role models for current students.
Meet California Senior Legislature North County candidate Sue Schock
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Ave.
The California Senior Legislature, created in 1981, consists of persons aged 60 and over who advocate for inclusion of their concerns in the state Legislature’s proposals. Every two years, 120 Senior Senators and Assembly members are elected by their peers. There will be a run-off election for North County candidates on May 2. People can vote in the election if they live in Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland or Piedmont. They must be registered to vote in California and 60 years of age or older.
510-549-2970
“Trash Bridges, A Science Discovery Theatre Show”
Noon and 1:30 p.m.
Lawrence Hall of Science, Centennial Drive above UC Berkeley campus
This is part of a series of family events being held through April 28. “Celebrate Spring” events are included with admission to the science center.
510-642-5132; www.lhs.berkeley.edu
Traditional Taiwanese Dancers, on tour from Taiwan
1 p.m.
“The Joys of Yiddish”
1 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Ave.
510-644-6107
Earth Week 2000
1-4 p.m.
UC Berkeley campus
This weeklong event features a series of activities and workshops each day. Call organizers to get a detailed list of each day’s program, or visit the group’s web site. The group’s office is in 303 Eshleman Hall.
510-643-9703;
www.earthweek2000.org
Stoney Burke 20th Anniversary Film & Video Festival
8 p.m.
Berkeley Arts Festival headquarters, 2216 Shattuck Ave.
Maverick street performer and UC iconoclast Stoney Burke will celebrate 20 years of free speech satire, as a prelude to the upcoming Berkeley Arts Festival. Tonight’s event will feature the full-length Swedish documentary “An American in America.” Saturday will feature the award-winning PBS short “Stoney Does Houston.” Both evenings will include live performances. Tickets are $5-$8, and the event is free for “Friends of the Festival” members.
510-665-9496; www.berkeleyartsfestival.com
Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony
8 p.m.
Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley campus
Under the direction of David Milnes, the University Symphony Orchestra, the University Chorus and the University Alumni Chorus will perform Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, the “Resurrection Symphony.” New works by Berkeley composers also will be performed.
“The Beethoven Enneagram”
8 p.m.
Unitarian Universalist Church, 1 Lawson Road, Kensington
“The Beethoven Enneagram: The 9 Enneagram Personality Types as Heard in the Beethoven Piano Sonatas” is written by Elizabeth Wagele and will be performed by Elizabeth Wagele and Jacqueline Divenyi, guest pianist. Tickets are $10 and $7, and are available at the door.
510-524-3664
Saturday, April 29
Earth Week 2000
9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
UC Berkeley campus
This weeklong event features a series of activities and workshops each day. Call organizers to get a detailed list of each day’s program, or visit the group’s web site. The group’s office is in 303 Eshleman Hall.
510-643-9703;
www.earthweek2000.org
Berkeley Farmers’ Market
10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Center Street between Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Milvia Street
510-548-3333
The Summit Road - Selby Path Loop
10 a.m.-noon
Tour begins at the intersection of Grizzly Peak Boulevard and Summit Road.
Paul Grunland will lead this tour exploring Berkeley’s highest residential street, which serves as an interface between the Berkeley urban setting and Tilden Park. This is part of the Spring Walking Tours sponsored by the Berkeley Historical Society. The price is $5 per tour or $20 per season ticket for Berkeley Historical Society members. The price is $10 per tour for non-members. Limit of 30 people on this tour.
510-848-0181
West Coast Live
10 a.m.
Freight and Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
Join the studio audience as Sedge Thompson hosts musical guests, authors and others for his live radio broadcast. This week’s guests will be authors Edna O’Brien and Diane Johnson, folk trio Rebecca Riots and actor Tanya Shaffer. Cost is $12.
415-664-9500
Adios! Plum City Players
10:30 a.m.
La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave.
After more than 20 years of performing, writing, and recording songs, stories, and music games for children and families, The Plum City Players are bidding farewell to generations of audiences with a final show. Founded by Annie Hershey, Bonnie Lockhart, and Nancy Schimmel, The Plum City Players have woven storytelling, original songs, and multi-cultural music games into a unique entertainment for children and families. Tickets are $4 adults, $3 children.
UC Berkeley Pow-wow
11 a.m.-11:30 p.m.
North Field (behind Hearst Gym near Bancroft Way), UC Berkeley campus
The 16th annual pow-wow will feature open gourd dancing at 11 a.m., the grand entry at noon and 6:30 p.m. and a series of events and activities throughout the day. Sponsors for the event include the Native American Advisory Council, the Native American Recruitment and Retention Center, the Inter-Tribal Student Council, the American Indian Science and Engineering Association, the Cal Alumni Association, the Berkeley Pledge and ASUC.
510-643-6592; 510-642-6613
Asthma and Allergy Community Health Festival
11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Lake Merritt Lakeside Garden Center, Oakland
The Alameda Alliance for Health is sponsoring this event, where people can learn how to manage asthma through interactive games, educational workshops and seminars. Music, entertainment and activities for kids of all ages will be offered, and the festival is free.
510-895-9355
Berkeley Bay Festival
11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Berkeley Marina
The Berkeley Bay Festival has been an (almost) annual event at the Berkeley Marina since 1937. In the past 22 years that environmental education programs have been taught at the Berkeley Marina, the Festival has had an environmental education and boating theme. Exhibitors from recreational and educational organizations will be staffing booths offering games and activities, selling merchandise, and making presentations.
“Calling a truce to the War on Drugs”
11 a.m.-5 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Ave.
Speakers at this city forum include Alexander Cockburn, speaking on the “CIA, the U.S. Government and the Drug Trade;” Chris Conrad, co-author of “Shattered Lives;” Superior Court Judge James P. Gray of Orange County; and Robert MacCoun, professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley.
510-594-4088
