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Out & About Calendar

Compiled by Guy Poole

Friday February 15, 2002

Friday, Feb. 15

Berkeley Women in Black

noon - 1 p.m.

Telegraph Ave. and Bancroft

Standing in solidarity with women in Israel and Palestine to urge the end of Israeli occupation of West Bank and Gaza. 548-6310, www.wibberkeley.org.

Hip-Hop Music Workshop

6 - 8 p.m.

South Berkeley Community Church

1802 Fairview Ave.

Friday Night Art and Dinner Program for youths ages 5 to 14 years old. Hands on experience in various artistic styles. 6 - 7 p.m. art, 7 - 8 p.m. dinner. 652-1040.

Still Stronger Women

1:15 - 3:15 p.m.

North Berkeley Senior Center

1901 Hearst Ave.

Life of Isadora Duncan, plus film on contemporary creative, therapeutic dances. 232-1351.

Saturday, Feb. 16

Puppet Show

1:30 and 2:30 p.m.

Hall of Health, Children’s Hospital Oakland

2230 Shattuck Ave.

Includes puppets from diverse cultures and with such conditions as cerberal palsy, blindness, and Down syndrome. Free. 549-1564.

Launch Party for War Times

4 p.m.

Mandela Village

1357 Fifth St., West Oakland

A new national anti-war newspaper covering an alternative truth. 869-5156.

BANA, Berkeley Alliance of

Neighborhood Associations

9:30 - ll a.m.

Live Oak Park, Fireside Room

l30l Shattuck Ave.

Neighbors are welcome to network and connect on issues with groups across the city. 848-3l75, HCMuir@mindspring.com.

Judi Bari Takes on the FBI

7:30 p.m.

Unitarian Fellowship

Cedar and Bonita St.

Benefit for the Judi Bari suit against the FBI. $5 - $15. 415-927-1645.

Habitual Avoidance of Intimacy?

5 - 6:30 p.m.

Twelve-step meeting for sexual, social, and emotional anorexia. Open to anyone who wants to recover from habitual avoidance of intimacy. Call first, 548-1285.

Fund Raiser for BHS Common Ground Costa Rica trip

9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

1924 Cedar St.

Humongous multi-family Berkeley High School indoor garage sale. Marciagoodman@aol.com.

Sunday, Feb. 17

Jewish Learning Seminar

10 a.m. - noon

Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center

1414 Walnut St.

K’Tanim: A Celebration of Jewish Learning for Families with Young Children, Birth to 3. Family activities, songs, stories, crafts, and discussions. $10. To register call: 549-9447 x 104.

Plant Meditations: Cultivating Your Relationship with the Healing Power of Herbs

7:30 p.m.

The Berkeley Psychic Institute

2018 Allston Way

Spend the evening exploring the many ways of communicating with the healing presence of the plants. $10 donation, 644-1600.

Monday, Feb. 18

BART Operates Regular Saturday

Service for “President’s Day”

Beginning at 6 a.m. until midnight on all five lines. 465-2278.

The East Bay Coalition Against the War Movie/Speaker and Discussion Night

7 - 9 p.m.

Fellowship of Humanity

390 27th St., Oakland

We will show the Noam Chomsky Video on 9/11 and the War on Terror. Plus guest speaker, Denny Riley, Vietnam Veteran and a member of the Veterans Speaker's Alliance. The film and speaker will take about one to one and a half hours. The rest of the time will be devoted to small and large group discussion about our current struggle in response to “the war on terrorism.”

Tuesday, Feb. 19

Berkeley Garden Club

Hosts “Crystal Palaces”

1 p.m.

Epworth United Methodist Church

1953 Hopkins St.

Ann Cunningham, author of “Crystal Palaces” will present slides of glass houses from the turn of the century to the present. Scott Medburry, Director Strybing Arboretum & Botanic Garden, will talk about the history of San Francisco’s Conservatory of Flowers including an update on its recent renovation. 524-4374.

21st Century McCarthyism & The Rise of the Global Police State

6 - 8 p.m.

UC Berkeley

Wheeler Auditorium

The following speakers present their interpretations of September 11 and its aftermath: Angela Davis, Diane Clemens and Jennifer Terry. Sponsored by the Departments of Women's Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, & Ethnic Studies, and Professors for Peace. xperales@uclink.berkeley.edu.

Pioneering Woman Federal Judge

4:30 p.m.

UC Berkeley

Boalt Hall, Room 100

The Hon. Mary M. Schroeder, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, speaks on “Justice and Mercy.” Inaugural event of American Constitution Society for Law & Policy, Boalt Hall Chapter. 642-1741, amconstsoc@law.berkeley.edu.

Berkeley Camera Club

7:30 p.m.

Northbrae Community Church

941 The Alameda

Share your slides and prints and learn what other photographers are doing. 525-3565.

Wednesday, Feb. 20

Staying Connected: Building A Secular Jewish Life

7:30 - 9:15 p.m.

Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center

1414 Walnut St.

An evening of discussion and song with a Klezmer/Yiddish musician. $5. 848-0237 x 127

Institute of Government Studies

4 p.m.

119 Moses Hall

UC Berkeley Campus

Gerald Gamm lectures as part of the Historical Institutionalism Seminar. 642-4608, www.igs.berkeley.edu

Colonial Courts, African Conflicts,

and the End of Slavery in the French Souda

4 - 6 p.m.

UC Berkeley

3335 Dwinelle, Level “C”

A talk by Richard Roberts of Stanford University. Sponsored by Department of History, Department of African-American Studies, and Center for African Studies. 642-8338.

Cultural Competency in Healthcare

6 - 7:30 p.m.

Berkeley YWCA

2600 Bancroft Way

Racial Justice Lecture Series and discussion on overcoming ethnic and gender differences to deliver healthcare in under-served populations. 848-6370, www.ywca-berkeley.org.

East Bay Job Fair

noon - 6 p.m.

Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center

10 10th St., Oakland

The United Way of the Bay Area, Economic Development Alliance for Business, and Bay Area Works are hosting a job fair. Free and open to everyone. 238-2410, www.uwba.org.

Thursday, Feb. 21

Barbara Lee

8 p.m.

UC Berkeley

145 Dwinelle Hall

Rep. Barbara Lee will be on campus. Sponsored by the Commonwealth Club and the Center on Politics. 642-9355, www.igs.berkeley.edu:8880/.

Purim Lecture

7:30 - 9 p.m.

Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center

1414 Walnut St.

Discover the deeper meaning of Purim as Rabbi Alexander Sheinfeld uses the lens of Kabbalah to explore what Purim has to do with being Jewish and with being human. $10, $8 members. 848-0237 x127

Zimbabwe Wildlife

7 p.m.

Recreational Equipment, Inc.

1338 San Pablo Ave.

Julie Edwards of Rhino Girl Safaris gives a slide presentation showcasing Zimbabwe’s remarkable variety of birds and mammals, and discusses the future of wildlife and the safari industry in Africa. 527-7377

Travel Photography Workshop

7 - 9 p.m.

Easy Going Travel Shop & Bookstore

1385 Shattuck Ave.

An intensive workshop that focuses on travel photography, with an emphasis on film and equipment security, light and weather conditions, methods to make the most of well-known sites, and ways to approach and photograph strangers. $15. 843-3533

Simplicity Forum

7 - 8:30 p.m.

Claremont Branch Library

2940 Benvenue Ave.

"TV and Media” - Several people who have given up their TV's will talk about the difficulties and benefits. 549-3509, www.seeds of simplicity.org.

Take the Terror Out of Talking

noon - 1:10 p.m.

Calif. Dept. Health Services

2151 Berkeley Way

Room 804

State Health Toastmasters Club is presenting a six-week Speechcraft workshop to help you overcome your fear of speaking in public and improve your communication skills. Cost is $36 for six sessions, Feb. 21, 28 & March 7, 14, 21. 649-7750.

Friday, Feb. 22

Grand Canyon Splendor: Rafting the Colorado

7 p.m.

Recreational Equipment, Inc.

1338 San Pablo Ave.

Guidebook author and former river guide, Tyler Williams, presents the dramatic beauty of the Grand Canyon in his slide presentation on rafting the Colorado. 527-7377

Still Stronger Women

1:15 - 3:15 p.m.

North Berkeley Senior Center

1901 Hearst Ave

Short stories. 232-1351.

Saturday, Feb. 23

Archaeological Institute of America

3 p.m.

Shorb House

2547 Channing Way

Lecture by Dr. Stuart Swiny discussing Cypriot rituals surrounding fertility, life and death from the Neolithic to the Roman era. 415-338-1537, barbaram@sfsu.edu.

Paying for Public Education:

Whose Job Is It?

3 - 5:30 p.m.

Ocean View Elementary School

Multi-Purpose Room

1000 Jackson St., Albany

A forum with Kevin Gordon of the Education Coalition, who will explain state-level funding for K-12 schools. Candidates for the California Assembly 14th District seat Debate: Dave Brown (D), Loni Hancock (D), and Charles Ramsey (D). 524-7004, hao_kco@pacbell.net.

Sunday, Feb. 24

Monday, Feb. 25

A Rose Grew in Brooklyn: Stories from a Jewish Girlhood

7:30 - 9 p.m.

Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center

1414 Walnut St.

Local author and therapist, Rose Fox reads from her memoir.

Institute of Government Studies

12 p.m.

119 Moses Hall

UC Berkeley Campus

John Matsasuka presents a lecture entitled “For the Many or the Few: How the Initiative Process Changes American Government”. 642-4608, www.igs.berkeley.edu

Tuesday, Feb. 26

Berkeley Camera Club

7:30 p.m.

Northbrae Community Church

941 The Alameda

Share your slides and prints and learn what other photographers are doing. 525-3565.

Wednesday, Feb. 27

Berkeley Gray Panthers

1:30 p.m.

North Berkeley Senior Center

1901 Hearst Ave.

Defending and improving Medicare. 548-9696, graypanthers@hotmail.com.

Berkeley Mental Health Commission

6:30 p.m.

2640 Martin Luther King Jr. Way

Auditorium

Berkeley mental health clinic. 644-8562.

Thursday, Feb. 28

Cody's Evening for Parents and Teachers

7 p.m.

Cody's Books

1730 Fourth St.

Rosemary Wells, children's author of dozens of books including Max and Ruby and Noisy Nora, will discuss children, books, and the importance of reading to your children. 527-6667, www.parentsnet.org.

Trekking in Bhutan

7 p.m.

Recreational Equipment, Inc.

1338 San Pablo Ave.

Seasoned traveler, Ruther Anne Kocour will share slides and stories of her adventures trekking in this majestic country. 527-7377

Take the Terror Out of Talking

noon - 1:10 p.m.

Calif. Dept. Health Services

2151 Berkeley Way

Room 804

The Writing Life

4:30 p.m.