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Saturday, June 10 

Spring Yard Sale 

Pacific Center, 2712 Telegraph Ave. 

The Pacific Center holds this annual Yard Sale as a fund-raiser for its programs. Clean out your closets and donate all that usable stuff you don’t need anymore (please no computer equipment or old electronics). Donations can be left at the Pacific Center through Friday. Sale continues through Sunday. 

510-548-8283; www.pacificcenter.org 

Berkeley Farmers’ Market 

10 a.m.-3 p.m. 

Center Street between Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Milvia Street 

510-548-3333 

East Bay Open Studios 

11 a.m.-6 p.m. 

Various sites around the East Bay 

Artists will open their doors to the public this weekend for the 18th annual event. A number of artists are located here in Berkeley, as well as in other communities throughout the East Bay. 

510-763-4361; www.proartsgallery.org 

Live Oak Park Fair 

11 a.m.-6 p.m 

Live Oak Park, North Shattuck at Berryman 

This free event will feature dozens of booths with original art and handmade crafts. A variety of food and entertainment will be offered. Scheduled entertainers include Colibri, family music from Latin America; Culture Shock, a hip hop dance troupe; Jean-Paul Valjean, an Algerian world champion master of balance; Zappo the Magician, from the Bay Area; and Fat Chance Belly Dance, also from the Bay Area. This is the fair’s 30th anniversary. The event continues through Sunday. 

510-986-9337 

La Peña Cultural Center’s 25th anniversary 

Noon 

Shattuck Avenue and Prince Street. 

The center celebrates 25 years of presenting world class talent and bringing arts and artists together to work for social change. Performers include spoken word, hip-hop, Andean music, flamenco and salsa. The indoor children’s stage will feature more performances. Valet bike parking will be provided. 

Rebel 

3 p.m. 

Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley campus 

Part of the Sixth Biennial Berkeley Festival & Exhibition. Tickets $26. 

510-642-9988 

Flanders Recorder Quartet 

8 p.m. 

Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley campus 

Part of the Sixth Biennial Berkeley Festival & Exhibition. Tickets $26. 

510-642-9988 

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra 

8 p.m. 

First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way 

Paul Goodwin will be the guest conductor. 

Part of the Sixth Biennial Berkeley Festival & Exhibition. Tickets $30, $40, $45. 

510-642-9988 

Pedestrian “Bike-In” Movie Night Party and Protest 

9 p.m. 

Underhill parking lot, Channing and College 

This week’s feature: “Clerks,” plus video activist shorts. Help transform a parking lot into a paradise every Saturday night this summer in protest of the University’s plan to build a new parking structure on the site. 

510-CREW-CUT; www.geocities.com/rickisyoung 

Ensemble Anonymus 

10:30 p.m. 

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft Way 

Part of the Sixth Biennial Berkeley Festival & Exhibition. Tickets $18. 

510-642-9988 

Sunday, June 11 

Spring Yard Sale 

Pacific Center, 2712 Telegraph Ave. 

The Pacific Center holds this annual Yard Sale as a fund-raiser for its programs. Clean out your closets and donate all that usable stuff you don’t need anymore (please no computer equipment or old electronics). 

510-548-8283; www.pacificcenter.org 

Berkeley Hiking Club Hike 

8:30 a.m. departure, Shattuck Ave. and Berkeley Way 

Reconvene and meet leader at the steam train in Tilden Park. Hike will be a scenic eight-mile loop. 

510-548-4905 

Berkeley Hiking Club Mini-Hike 

9:30 a.m. departure, Shattuck Ave. and Berkeley Way 

Once reaching Sibley Volcanic Preserve on Skyline Boulevard, participants should meet in the parking lot. The hike will travel through mostly shaded trails to Redwood Park. On return, there will be a climb toward the end. Route runs about six miles. 

925-376-5095 

Live Oak Park Fair 

11 a.m.-6 p.m 

Live Oak Park, North Shattuck at Berryman 

This free event will feature dozens of booths with original art and handmade crafts. A variety of food and entertainment will be offered. Scheduled entertainers include Colibri, family music from Latin America; Culture Shock, a hip hop dance troupe; Jean-Paul Valjean, an Algerian world champion master of balance; Zappo the Magician, from the Bay Area; and Fat Chance Belly Dance, also from the Bay Area. This is the fair’s 30th anniversary. 

510-986-9337 

East Bay Open Studios 

11 a.m.-6 p.m. 

Various sites around the East Bay 

Artists will open their doors to the public this weekend for the 18th annual event. A number of artists are located here in Berkeley, as well as in other communities throughout the East Bay. 

510-763-4361; www.proartsgallery.org 

Rhyme and Reason Open Mike Series 

2:30 p.m. 

UC Berkeley Art Museum, 2621 Durant Ave. 

The public and students are invited. Signups for the open mike begin at 2 p.m. Poets Juan Sequeira and Wanna Thibideux Wright are scheduled to participate. 

510-234-0727; 510-642-5168 

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra 

3 p.m. 

First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way 

Paul Goodwin will be the guest conductor. 

Part of the Sixth Biennial Berkeley Festival & Exhibition. Tickets $30, $40, $45. 

510-642-9988 

Green Party Politics presentation and discussion 

6-7 p.m. 

Berkeley Grass Roots House, 2022 Blake St. 

Bud Dickinson will be giving his version of the History of the National Green Party: Why are there TWO? Discussion on Unity between Association of State Green Parties (ASGP) and Green Party USA (GPUSA). He has prepared a chart of the history, particularly the split between GPUSA and ASGP. County general meeting will follow at 7 p.m. 

510-644-2293; www.greens.org/cal/alameda