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Calendar of Community Events & Activities
Monday, September 2
Labor Day Potluck Picnic and Poetry Reading
Hosted by Bay Area Poets Coalition
Noon to 4 p.m.
Live Oak Park, Walnut and Rose St.
527-9905, poetalk@aol.com
National Organization for Women Oakland/East Bay Chapter
6:30 p.m.
Mama Bears Bookstore and Coffeehouse, 6536 Telegraph Ave.
Chapter’s monthly meeting. Speaker: Multicultural historian, Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum, received
the prestigious Valitutti Award for non-fiction.
549-2970
Free
Tuesday, September 3
The Listening Post
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Wesley Student Center on Bancroft Way near Dana Dr.
The Listening Post is a safe, non-judgmental, non-denominational place for students to talk about whatever may be on their minds, or weighing on their hearts.
549-1244
Free
Opening of Classes, Berkeley City Ballet
1800 Dwight Way
First day of classes at BCB. Classes Monday through Friday for children 5 and up. Student performers are invited to audition annual Nutcracker performance.
841-8913
Wednesday, September 4
Green Party Meeting
6:30 p.m.
Grassroots House, 2022 Blake St.
Discussion of the Berkeley races and measures as part of the Green Party of Alameda County endorsement process. All Greens are welcome regardless of Berkeley residency.
http://cagreens.org/alameda/county
Free
Lecture: Hitching a Lame Horse to a Broken Wagon
7 p.m.
126, Barrows Hall, UC Berkeley Campus
lecture on the the government’s attempt to link the drug war to the war on terror—featuring Sanho Tree from the Institute of Policy Studies.
stopdrugwarnow@cs.com
Free
Thursday, September 5
Nutrition Career Open House
7 to 8:30 p.m.
Institute of Educational Therapy , 706 Gilman St.
Learn how to become a nutrition educator or consultant.
558-1711
Free
Friday, September 6
'The Winona LaDuke Reader' Lecture and Reception
Presented by the American Indian Graduate Program
5 p.m. Reception, 7 p.m. Lecture
Native American environmental and Indigenous Rights activist and author of several books and articles, Winona LaDuke, will discuss the topics of her new book 'The Winona LaDuke Reader' as well as other current work.
atalay@sscl.berkeley.edu
Saturday, September 7
Sick Plant Clinic
9 a.m. to noon
University of California Botanical Garden, 200 Centennial Dr.
UC plant pathology and entomology experts will diagnose what ails your plant.
643-2755
Free
Travel Careers Seminar
8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Vista Community College
2020 Milvia St., Room 306
The day’s program will include travel industry speakers covering a variety of career possibilities: Cruise specialists, tour leaders, tour operators, adventure operators, home-based travel agents and more.
981-2931
$5.50 for California residents
Sunday, September 8
Lifelong Medical Care First Annual 5K Fun Run/Walk Fundraiser
9 a.m. to noon
West Berkeley
Individual and team participation. Event includes a health fair, food, prizes, live music and free insurance eligibility screening.
704-6010
28th Annual Solano Avenue Stroll
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Solano Avenue
A mile-long block part featuring “Journey of a Thousand Cranes’ Parade” at 11 a.m.
527-5358 or www.solanostroll.org
Free
Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Berkeley Farmers' Market
Center Street at Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
Free
Prostate Cancer Lecture
2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Maffly Auditorium, Herrick Campus
2001 Dwight Way
Understand the risk of prostate cancer and how to detect early symptoms from a survivor.
869-6737
Free
Tuesday, September 9
Arts Education Network
6 to 8 p.m.
James Irvine Foundation Conference Ctr., 353 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
208-0842
Free
Berkeley Gray Panthers Home Owners Meeting
3 p.m.
1403 Addison St.
All welcome.
548-9696
Free
Tuesday, September 10
Brown Bag Career Talk
Noon to 1 p.m.
YWCA Turning Point Career Center, 2600 Bancroft Way
Cynthia Weekly, Senior Recruiter with UC Berkeley Office of Human Resources will provide information on the process of seeking temporary and permanent employment at UC Berkeley.
848-6370
Free
Michael Newdow: Lecture
8 p.m.
2050 Valley Life Sciences Building, UC Berkeley Campus
Michael Newdow is a Sacramento physician with a law degree whose case against the common procedure of reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools fueled national uproar last summer.
USE-SANE, sane@ocf.berkeley.edu, http://www.BerkeleySANE.org
Wednesday, September 11
One Year Later, a Peace Vigil and Meditation
6 to 7:30 p.m.
West entrance of UC Berkeley Campus near the corner of University Ave. and Oxford St.
The Buddhist Peach Fellowship invites people of all traditions to bear witness to the continued suffering related to Sept. 11, 2002.
223-0683, www.bpf.org
Thursday, September 12
The 14th Small Business
Development Trade Fair
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The Pauley Ballroom in the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union, near Telegraph Ave. and Bancroft Way, UC Berkeley
The event will introduce small businesses to the UC Berkeley community and give campus departments a glimpse of the services and products small businesses have to offer.
Caterina Rando discusses her new book Learn to Power Think: A Practical Guide to Positive and Effective Decision Making
Boadecia’s Books, 398 Colusa Ave.
559-9184, www.bookpride.com
Friday, September 13
Lecture by Dr. Paul Farmer
7:30 p.m.
St. Joseph the Worker Church, 2640 Addison St.
Dr. Farmer will speak on Health Care and Human Rights: Solidarity with the Haitian People. Benefit for Partners in Health. Music by Vukani Mawethu Choir.
558-0371
$5 to $15 donation
Saturday, September 14
Basic Personal Preparedness
9 to 11 a.m.
Fire Department Training Center, 997 Cedar St.
Learn five critical steps to take care of yourself, your family and your home. Classes open to those 18 or older who live or work in Berkeley.
981-5605, www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/fire/oes.html
Free
Congressman Dennis Kuchinich Appearance
7 p.m.
Wheeler Auditorium, UC Berkeley Campus, near University Ave.
Chair of the House Progressive Caucus will speak. Keith Carson, Country Joe McDonald and performance artist Shelly Glaser will also be on hand.
http://www.bfuu.org/rscongress
$10 in advance, $12 door
Heritage Day
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
4th and University Ave.
International BBQ and beer festival
Free
Spin for the Stars Fund-raiser
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Spieker Aquatics Complex, Recreational Sports Facility on UC Berkeley campus
Noncompetitive swimming and stationary cycling event. Proceeds will help Cal STAR enhance its facilities and programs for the disabled.
$20 registration fee, $35 for biathlon challenge
West Berkeley Open Air Market
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
University Avenue between 3rd and 4th St.
West Berkeley celebrates Neighborhood Heritage Day with crafts, food, live music, art and family entertainment.
841-8562 or sfbayshellmounds@yahoo.com
Free