Page One
Out & About Calendar
Saturday, March 16
76th Annual Poets’ Dinner
11:30 a.m.
Holiday Inn, Emeryville
1800 Powell
David Alpaugh will speak about “The Professionalization of Poetry,” followed by the reading of winning poems and prizes. 841-1217.
Copwatch
11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Copwatch
2022 Blake St.
Know your rights workshop. 548-0425.
4th Annual Gay & Lesbian
Family Night at the YMCA
6 - 9 p.m.
YMCA
2001 Allston Way
Open to all LGBT families and their friends. Pizza party, swimming, juggling demo and instruction, clowning, face painting, soccer, floor hockey, music, karate demo, and more for toddlers through teens. Free, donation requested. 665-3238, www.ourfamily.org.
“Hooked”
1:15 p.m.
Alta Bates Hospital, Auditorium
2450 Ashby Ave.
A talk and slide show from the author of “Hooked: Five Addicts Challenge Our Misguided Drug Rehab System.” 763-0779, www.unhooked.com.
Tax-Aid: Bay Area Free Tax Service for Low-income Taxpayers
10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Lincoln Recreation Center
250 10th St., Oakland
Tax-Aid offers free tax return preparation to Bay Area families with incomes of less than $32,000. Eligible families simply bring their W-2s, other proofs of income and tax forms. Spanish, Chinese and Russian translators are available.
St. Patrick’s Day Community
and Family Contra Dance
7:45 p.m.
Grace North Church
2138 Cedar
7 p.m., Contra dance music teaching session. All levels welcome, easy dances for all ages. $10 adults, $5 kids. 482-9479.
Special Education Workshop
10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
1901 Hearst Ave.
Navigating the System: Understanding Legal Responsibilities. Get a working sense of relevant special education law, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Learn to advocate for your child in assessments and IEP meetings. 558-8933, sandstep@earthlink.net.
The Effect of Sept. 11
on Working People
noon
Albany Library
1247 Marin Ave.
LaborParty—East Bay with speakers: Ethel Long-Scott, Mario Santos and Warren Mar. 273-9219.
Sunday, March 17
Art of Enlightenment:
Symbolism, Visualization and
Mandalas
6 p.m.
Tibetan Nyingma Institute
1815 Highland Place
Rosalyn White, art director for Dharma Publishing, will discuss Tibetan paintings and how they are used in meditation. 843-6812.
Women’s Day
9:30 a.m.
St. Paul AME Church
2024 Ashby Ave.
Women Excelling in the Grace of Giving; Speaker: Dr. Sarah F. Davis, Pastor
Bethel AMEC, San Antonio, TX.
Sara’s Children: The
Destruction of Chmielinik
3 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish
Community Center
1414 Walnut St.
Suzan Hagstrom will talk about her book, Sara’s Children, and host a discussion. 848-0237 x127.
Stagebridge’s 11th Annual
Family Matinee Theatre and
Ice Cream Social
3 p.m.
First Congregational Church
2501 Harrison, Oakland
Premiere of Linda Spector’s “Chicken Sunday and Other Grandparent Tales,” followed by an old fashioned ice cream social. $8 general, $4 children. 444-4755, www.stagebridge.org.
Fundraiser
7:30 p.m.
Berkeley Art Center
1275 Walnut St.
A fundraiser benefiting Bay Area Classical Harmonies and the Berkeley Art Center. $20. 219-5400, sarahfinley@hotmail.com.
Monday, March 18
Conscientious Objection to War
7 - 9 p.m.
Friends’ Meetinghouse
2151 Vine St.
The Berkeley Society of Friends will discuss the 1965 U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of the conviction of Daniel A. Seeger. Also a reading and discussion of Seeger’s pamphlet, The Seed and the Tree.
Berkeley Gray Panthers Home
Owners Committee
1:30 p.m.
Berkeley Gray Panthers Office
1403 Addison St.
Finding good repair people, good tenants, locating resources for low and middle income home owners. 548-9696, graypanthers@hotmail.com.
Thwarting the Next Energy Crisis
7 - 8:30 p.m.
Berkeley Adult School Room 7
1222 University Ave.
Learn to install your own basic home weatherization measures. Class will cover selection of materials and the proper installation of door weather stripping, attic insulation, duct tape, caulking and more. Lecture includes hands-on demonstrations. 981-5435, Energy@ci.berkeley.ca.us.
Tuesday, March 19
Berkeley Garden Club
1 p.m.
The Berkeley Garden Club will hold its Benefit Spring Tea and Professional Floral Design Demonstration. Sakae Sakaki will create both Ikebana and Western style arrangements. $7.50, 526-1083, bgardenclub@aol.com.
Self Help Strategies and Techniques from Feldenkrais and Pilates
noon - 2 p.m.
Alta Bates, Auditorium — Herrick Campus
2001 Dwight Way
Arthritis Foundation Northern California Chapter fibromyalgia support group. 644-3273.
The Destruction of Land and People: The Industry of Genocide
6 - 8 p.m.
UC Berkeley
Tilden Room, 5th Floor of
Martin Luther King Jr. Student
Union Building
Second symposium of the annual Breaking the Cycle, Mending the Circle Conference: Contemporary Issues of Genocide. This particular symposium is entitled The Destruction of Land and People: The Industry of Genocide. 642-4270.
Wednesday, March 20
City Commons Club,
Great Decisions Program
10 a.m. - noon
Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave.
Nunu Kidane, Epidemiologist, UC San Francisco; “AIDS in Africa.” $5. 848-3533.
Prose Writers’ Workshop
7 - 9 p.m.
Berkeley/Richmond Jewish
Community Center Library
1414 Walnut St.
From Op-ed to fiction, memoir to the feature article. Workshop format. Free. 524-3034.
African Philosophy
7 p.m.
The Fellowship of Humanity
390 27th St., Oakland
We will interpret Nkrumah as a philosopher. Brief presentations followed by open discussion. 451-5818, HumanistHall@yahoo.com.
Cealo is Coming
7 - 9 p.m.
St. John’s Presbyterian Church
Fireside Room
2727 College Ave.
Gayuna Cealo is a Burmese monk who’s mission is to lead people to their true selves. $10 donation. 525-6472.
Community Prayer Breakfast
7:30 a.m.
H’s Lordships Restaurant
Berkeley Marina, 199 Seawall Dr.
The 62nd year of the interfaith prayer breakfast celebrating spirituality in the community. $18. 549-4524, vicki@baymca.org. n
Thursday, March 21
Still the Source of Grace?
Reading the Bible as a Gay Christian
5 p.m.
Pacific School of Religion chapel
1798 Scenic Ave.
With L. William Countryman, professor in biblical studies at
Church Divinity School of the Pacific, and co-author with M.R. Ritley of “Gifted by Otherness: Gay and Lesbian Christians in the Church.” Free and open to the public. 849-8206.
Simplicity Forum
7 - 8:30 p.m.
Claremont Branch Library
2940 Benvenue Ave.
People telling stories about the ways they have changed their lives by finding ways to work less, consume less, rush less, and have more time to build community with friends and family, as well as live more lightly upon the planet. 549-3509, www.simpleliving.net.
– compiled by Guy Poole
