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Calendar of Events & Activities
Wednesday, July 11
What’s Cooking?
Noon - 2 p.m.
Lawrence Hall of Science
UC Berkeley
Part of the Lawrence Hall of Science Wednesday FUN-days. Fun experiments you can do in your own kitchen. Museum admission $3 - $7. 642-5132
“Global Banquet”
7:30 p.m.
La Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Avenue
Part of the Anti-Globalization series. Tonight a presentation of “Global Banquet,” a look at farmers both local and in developing countries trying to survive in the global economy. Discussion led by Anuradha Mittal. Small donation requested.
849-2568 www.lapena.org
Board of Library Trustees
7 p.m.
South Branch Library
1901 Russell Street
Regular meeting. Among items to be discussed are the ADA Renovation and Building/Expansion.
644-6095 or 548-1240 (TDD)
Police Review Commission
7:30 p.m.
South Berkeley Senior Center
2939 Ellis Street
Regular meeting with continued discussion on Marijuana Arrests.
644-6480 pr 644-6915 (TDD)
Thursday, July 12
Summer Noon Concerts 2001
Noon - 1 p.m.
Downtown Berkeley BART Plaza
Shattuck at Center St.
Weekly concert series. This week East Bay Science and Arts Middle School evoke the sounds of Trinidadian Carnival with a steel drum performance.
Hiking the Tahoe Rim Trail
7 p.m.
Recreational Equipment, Inc.
1338 San Pablo Ave.
Slide Presentation.
Twenty years in the making, the 150-mile Tahoe Rim Trail is now complete. Tahoe Rim Trail Association board member Trena Bristol joins TRT through-hikers Steve Andersen and Art Presser for a slide presentation on great day hikes and backpacking trips on the TRT. Free. 527-4140
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
Pain: The Fifth Vital Sign
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1902 Hearst Avenue
A public hearing on AB 487, Remediation of Under Prescribing Pain Medication, with Assemblywoman Dion Aroner, medical experts, and patients. 540-3660
art.SITES SPAIN
7:30 p.m.
Easy Going Travel Shop and Bookstore
1385 Shattuck Avenue
Sidra Stitch, author of “art.SITES SPAIN: Contemporary Art and Architecture Handbook,” will present a slide show and talk on the most recent trends in art and architecture in Spain. Free. 843-3533
Friday, July 13
Therapy for Trans Partners
6 - 7:30 p.m.
Pacific Center for Human Growth
2712 Telegraph Ave. (at Derby)
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; The Arts,
Herstory and Literature
1:15 - 3:15 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave. (at MLK Jr. Way)
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. Free. Call 549-2970
Friday the 13th Dance
7:30 - 10 p.m.
Berkeley Arts Festival Gallery
2200 Shattuck Avenue
Celebrating the success of this years Berkeley Arts Festival, supporters can dance to jazz, swing and slow songs at this Friday the 13th Dance: The post hoc ergo propter hoc Hop. “Just Friends” will provide the music. Admission by donation, to benefit the Festival. 486-0411
Saturday, July 14
Berkeley Farmers’ Market
10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Center Street at Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Regular market plus annual peach tastings. Free.
548-3333
Sunday, July 15
Hands-On Bicycle
Repair Clinics
11 a.m. - Noon
Recreational Equipment, Inc.
1338 San Pablo Ave.
Learn drive train maintenance and chain repair from one of REI’s bike technicians. Bring your bike. Free 527-4140
Buddhist Practice
6 p.m.
Tibetan Nyingma Institute
1815 Highland Place
Mark Henderson on “Fearlessness on the Bodhisattva Path.” Free.
843-6812
Second Annual
Wobbly High Mass
7:30 p.m.
La Pena Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck (@ Prince St.)
Presented by Folk This! and friends, an evening of musical satire, subversion and sacrilege. This year’s theme is “Reclaiming Tomorrow,” a historical journey toward a future society without classes or bosses. $8 849-2568
West Berkeley Market
11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
University Ave., between 3rd and 4th Streets
Family-oriented weekly market. Crafts, music, produce, and specialty foods. 654-6346
Skronkathon BBQ
1 - 11 p.m.
Tuva Space
3192 Adeline
The First Annual Transbay Skronkathon Barbecue. Dozens of Bay Area musicians will play “multi-conceptual-deconstructed-creative-music.” Charcoal provided, bring your own items to barbecue. Free. 649-8744
The Wizard School of Magic
1:30 p.m.
Lawrence Hall of Science
UC Berkeley
Part of the LHS Top of the Bay Family Sundays, “Benny and Bebe and The Wizard School of Magic” is inspired by the Harry Potter stories. Learn what it takes to become a real wizard. Museum admission $3 - $7. 642-5132
— compiled by Sabrina Forkish and Guy Poole
dalPower
8:30 a.m.
Lake Merritt Garden Center
666 Bellevue Avenue, Oakland
Bike ride and pancake brunch fundraiser for the Asian Domestic Violence Clinic which provides free or low-cost legal services for abused women and children in the East Bay. Fourteen mile ride from Lake Merritt to Portview Park and back. $5 - $25.
415-567-6255
