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Calendar of Events & Activities
Friday, July 28
“KPFA on the air”
7:30 p.m.
U.C. Theater
2036 University Ave.
A film reviewing KPFA’s history from the time community-sponsored radio was just an idea in the head of pacifist Lew Hill to July 13 of last year when KPFA staff were booted out of their studio by Pacifica managers and arrested by Berkeley police.
Teen Poetry at Berkeley
Public Library
7:15 p.m.
2940 Benvenue
Teen poets are invited to share their best work at Berkeley Public Library’s Claremont Branch. Doors open at 7:15 p.m., and sign-ups to read will be taken until 8:11.
All ages are welcome to attend, but poets must be at least 12 and no older than 19 to share their work in this venue. There will be prizes for those who turn in the best performances. This free event is sponsored by Teen Services and the Friends of the Library.
644-6100 x313
Conversational Yiddish with Allen Stross
1:00 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst at MLK Jr. Way
644-6107
Disablity Awareness and
Outreach Subcommitte
Meeting
11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
First Floor Conference Room
Public Works Administration Office
2201 Dwight Way
Items on the agenda will include “Sidewalk Benches and Planters Design Guidelines,” and sidewalk seating and obstacles on the sidewalk.
665-3445 or 548-1351
The Berkeley Gray Panther
1:30 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
Come to this forum, hosted by the Berkeley Gray Panthers, to discuss nursing house reform.
548-9696
Saturday, July 29
63rd Annual Bay Regional Golf Tournament
Saturday and Sunday July 29 and 30 and Saturday and Sunday August 5 and 6
Tilden Park Golf Course
The Tournament consists of 72 Holes with a cut made after 2 Rounds. NCGA player points awarded-over $5000 in Prizes
$115 Entry Fee-Entries Close July 19
925-253-0950
Berkeley State Health
Toastmasters Club
12:10-1:10 p.m.
State Health Building, Eighth Floor, 2151 Berkeley Way
Toastmasters International, a nonprofit educational organization, has been working for over 70 years to help people conquer their pre-speech jitters and improve communication skills. The local club meetings the second, third and fourth Thursdays of each month.
649-7750 or higgins_edie@hotmail.com
15th Annual Berkeley Kite
Festival and West Coast Kite
Championships
11 a.m.–5 p.m.
Cesar Chavez Park at the Berkeley Marina
COmes see hundreds of kites take to the sky in the Berkeley Kite Festival, Saturday and Sunday July 29-30.
235-5483
www.highlineskites.com
Sunday, July 30
“Hammering it out”
7:30 p.m.
La Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Ave
“Hammering It Out” is the story of a community initiated laws that resulted in hundreds of women getting trained and working on a billion-dollar freeway in Los Angeles in the 1980s and 90s.
$7 donation
“The Secret Garden”
3:00 p.m.
Pacific Film Archive
2575 Bancroft Way @ Bowditch
Recommended for ages 8+. Based on the classic children’s book by Francis Hodgson Burnett, this 1949 film version remains a classic in its won right. Margaret O’Brien turns in a marvelous performance as a young girl sent to live with her cranky uncle on a Victorian estate where she finds a glorious Technicolor garden in an otherwise gloomy black and white world.
Tickets $4
642-5249
A Classic Taste of Italy
5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
St. Mary Magdalen Church, 2005 Berryman at Henry
The Kiwanis Club of Berkeley invites you to an evening of fine dining and auction. Pasta, salads and dessert prepared by Mystery Chef Antonio. No Host Wine Bar. Auction includes two signed jerseys from Ronnie Lott. Music by Tina Marzell Quintet. Proceeds will support our local programs: Reading is Fundamental at Head Start, Young People's Symphony Orchestra,
scholarships for high school seniors going on to higher education, and much more.
Free parking in the church parking lot. Cost is $10 for adults, $5 for children under 12. Call 527-3249
Monday, July 31
Newly Diagnosed Breast
Cancer Support Group
Professionally facilitated support group allows members to share their feelings and to support each other in the healing process. Support group held every first, third and fifth Monday of each month.
Call 204-4330 or 204-1769 for time and location.
“Italy: The Land of the Renaissance” with the Julians
1:15 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst at MLK Jr. Way
644-6107
Tuesday, August 1
Genetic Engineering Teach-In
and Strategy Session
6 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Ecology Center
2530 San Pablo Ave
From 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. there will be videos on genetically modified food issues followed by a feneral strategy session on local actions. There will be a detailed discussion of upcoming events by the Organic Consumers Association.
548-2220 ext. 233
erc@ecologycenter.org
www.ecologycenter.org
“Polyamory, monogamy, and other flavors”
7 p.m.-9 p.m.
Jewish Community Center
1414 Walnut Ave.
Come for a free discussion and social group, open to everyone regardless of age, religion or view point.
527-5332
