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Calendar of Events & Activities
Saturday, July 29
63rd Annual Bay Regional Golf Tournament
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
Underhill Movie Night
9 p.m.
Underhill lot: Channing Way and College Avenue
Features will include "Who Killed Roger Rabbit?" and "Taken for a Ride", both about the theft of the trolley cars by motor vehicle special interests.
The movie night is a weekly bike-in/walk-in/skate-in event sponsored by a group supporting housing on the Underhill Lot and protesting the university’s proposal to build a parking structure, offices and a dining commons there.
Socialist Dialog
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Room 2060 in the Valley Life Sciences Building on the UC Berkeley campus
The Committees of Correspondence, the Democratic Socialists of America,
& Solidarity will discuss questions such as “What should the
Socialist Left be working on?” and “What are some of the obstacles that
keep the Socialist Left from working together?” Call: 415-922-5297
Cuban Dance Music
9:30 p.m.
La Pena
3105 Shattuck
Original contemporary Cuban dance music. At 8:15 p.m. there will be a salsa lesson with Jose ‘Cheo’ Rojas. $15 for lesson and show. $12 show only.
Call 849-2568
Sunday, July 30
63rd Annual Bay Regional Golf Tournament
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
“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,
Funds go to 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
All Camp Day
Noon - 1 p.m.
Lake Anza, Tilden Park
There will be games such as tug of war, sack races and relay races. The event combines fun competition, while providing elected officials with the opportunity to see YMCA kids in action.
The event is sponsored by the Berkeley-Albany YMCA. Call 549-4524.
