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Out & About

Monday June 25, 2001

Monday, June 25

Tectonic Theater Project

7 p.m.

Berkeley Rep’s Roda Theater

2015 Addison Street

“Page to Stage: Surviving the Media” is a conversation with the Tectonic Theater Project and professor Douglas Foster. The Tectonic Theater Project traveled to Laramie, Wyoming after the murder of openly gay student Matthew Shepard and wrote a play about the impact Shepard’s death, and the following media scrutiny, had upon the small community. The Laramie Project is running through July 8 at the Berkeley Rep.

647-2900

What You Need to Know

Before You Build or Remodel

7 - 9 p.m.

The Building Education Center

812 Page Street

Free seminar by professional builder Glen Kitzenberger.

525-7610

NOW Meeting

6:30 p.m.

Mama Bears Book Store

6537 Telegraph Avenue

The general meeting of the National Organization for Women.

Parks and Recreation

Commission

7 p.m.

North Berkeley Senior Center

1901 Hearst Avenue

Regular meeting, including the Civic Center Park Draft Environmental Impact Report and the Draft General Plan. Also, Director’s Update on Eastshore State Park Planning Process.

981-6707 or 981-6903 (TDD)

Tuesday, June 26

Saranel Benjamin of

Globalization

7 p.m.

Oakland YMCA

1515 Webster Street, Oakland

Saranel Benjamin, trade unionist from South Africa, will discuss the impact of corporate globalization on South African workers. Sponsored by Berkeley’s Women of Color Resource Center.

848-9272

Berkeley Camera Club

7:30 p.m.

Northbrae Community Church

941 The Alameda

Share your slides and learn what other photographers are doing. Monthly field trips.

Call Don, 525-3567

Wednesday, June 27

Conversations in Commedia

7:30 p.m.

La Pena

3105 Shattuck Ave.

The series pairs radical theater “elders” to share memories of their years in Commedia. This week with former Mime Troupe actress Audrey Smith and Ladies Against Women character Selma Spector. $6 - $8.

849-2568

Disaster Council

7 p.m.

Emergency Operations Center

997 Cedar Street

Update on Measure G.

644-8736

Socratic Circle Discussion

5 p.m.

Cafe Electica

1309 Solano Avenue

Gather for espresso and discussion at the “green” teen cafe. Open to all. Free.

527-2344

Thursday, June 28

Quit Smoking Class

6 - 8 p.m.

South Berkeley Senior Center

2939 Ellis Street

A six week quit smoking class. Free to Berkeley residents and employees.

Call 644-6422 or e-mail at: quitnow@ci.berkeley.ca.us

Summer Noon Concerts 2001

Noon - 1 p.m.

Downtown Berkeley BART Plaza

Shattuck at Center St.

Weekly concert series. This week Berkeley Opera performs pieces of Carmen.

Pink Slip Party and Career

Mixer

6 - 9 p.m.

Pyramid Brewery and Alehouse

901 Gilman Street

Meet with East Bay job seekers while listening to music by DJ and Emcee Marty Nemko. Also, cash bar, free hors d’oeurves, and prize giveaways. Free and open to the public. Call 251-1401.

www.eastbaytechjobs.com/mixer/

Take the Terror Out of

Talking!

Noon to 1:30 p.m.

California Dept. of Health Services

2151 Berkeley Way

Room 804

Open house at State Health Toastmasters Club to celebrate its 40th anniversary. Free.

649-7750

Friday, June 29

Living Philosophers

10 a.m. - Noon

North Berkeley Senior Center

1901 Hearst Ave.

Hear and entertain the ideas of some modern day philosophers: Jacob Needleman, J. Revel, Hilary Putnam, John Searle, Saul Kripke, Richard Rorty and others. Every Friday except holidays. Facilitated by H.D. Moe.

Therapy for Trans Partners

6 - 7:30 p.m.

Pacific Center for Human Growth

2712 Telegraph Ave.

A group open to partners of those in transition or considering transition. The group is structured to be a safe place to receive support from peers and explore a variety of issues, including sexual orientation, coming out, feelings of isolation, among other topics. Intake process required. Meeting Fridays through August 17.

$8 - $35 sliding scale per session

Call 548-8283 x534 or x522

Strong Women: Arts, Herstory

and Literature

1:15 - 3:15 p.m.

North Berkeley Senior Center

1901 Hearst Ave.

Taught by Dr. Helen Rippier Wheeler, author of “Women and Aging: A Guide to Literature,” this is a free weekly cultural studies course in the Berkeley Adult School’s Older Adults Program.

Call 549-2970

Carefree/Carfree Tour

3 p.m.

Sather Gate

UC Berkeley

Telegraph at Bancroft

Walking tour from Sather Gate to People’s Park entitled “Berkeley in the Sixties.” Led by Free Speech veterans and Berkeley residents Kate Coleman and Michael Rossman, the tour will include important locations and discussions of the Free Speech movement, the Vietnam Day Committee, the rise of affirmative action, and other events and movements. Free.

486-04 11

Saturday, June 30

Berkeley Farmers’ Market

10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

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

548-3333

Science of Spirituality

5 p.m.

St. John’s Presbyterian Church

2727 Collage Avenue

Professor Andrew Vidich will speak on “Rumi: Mystic and Romantic Love, Stories of Masnavi.” Childcare and vegetarian food provided. Free.

925-830-2975