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Calendar
Wednesday, Oct. 2
North Berkeley Senior Center
Advisory Council Meeting
10 a.m.
1901 Hearst St.
981-5190
Does Anyone Really
Understand Berkeley?
7 p.m.
Berkeley Central Library
2090 Kitteredge St.
Berkeley History Classes, runs every Wednesday through Nov. 13
981-6147
South and west Berkeley Community Action Team Advisory Group
7 p.m.
Over 60’s Center, 2031 Sacramento, at Alcatraz
Refreshments provided
981-5362
Walk to School Day
Join around 200 other Berkeley students in the city’s second annual Walk to School Day.
www.walktoschool.org
848-0305
Humanistic Judaism 101
7:30 to 9 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut St.
Marcia Grossman of Kol Hadash facilitates this workshop dealing with humanistic alternatives to conventional judaism.
848-0237 Ext. 127
$5 public/ free for members of BRJCC and Kol Hadash
Thursday, Oct. 3
Nutrition Career Open House - Institution of Educational Therapy
7 to 8:30 p.m.
706 Gilman St.
558-1711
Free.
Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Master
Berekley Shambhala Center
7 p,m.
2288 Fulton St.
(415)887-2820 for more info.
Investing in the Future
7:30 p.m.
St. Mary Magdalen Church
2005 Berryman St.
Learn how to invest to meet more than your financial needs.
Call to reserve space: (925) 417-6654
Free.
How to Defeat Commitment Phobia:
In Yourself or the One You Love
7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish
Community Center, 1414 Walnut St.
Learn a variety of strategies for those who are ambivalent about commitment. Taught by Susan Page.
848-0237 Ext. 127
$10 public. $8 BRJCC members.
Wednesday, Oct. 2
Hookslide
8 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 www.freightandsalvage.com
$15.50 in advance. $16.50 at door.
Divit/The Locals/B9/Tragedy Andy 9:30 p.m.
Blakes on Telegraph, 2367 Telegraph Ave.
848-0886
$6.
Thursday, Oct. 3
Pete & Joan Wernick featuring Dr. Banjo
8 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 www.freightandsalvage.com
$15.50 in advance. $16.50 at door.
Figa Productions DJ Night
9:30 p.m.
The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave.
$7. $10 after 11 p.m. 21 and over.
Saturday, Oct. 5
Leon Bates
7:30 p.m.
Calvin Simmons Theatre, 10 10th St.
Pianist Leon Bates offers works by Mozart, Brahms and Chopin.
451-0775 or www.fourseasonsconcerts.com
$25-$35.
All Bets Off, Benumb and Uphill Battle
8 p.m.
924 Gilman St.
525-9926
$5.
House Jacks
8 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com
$16.50 in advance. $17.50 at door.
Sunday, Oct. 6
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
8 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 www.freightandsalvage.com
$17.50 in advance. $18.50 at door.
Ledisi and the Braxton Brothers
4:30 p.m.
Jazzschool, 2087 Addison St.
845-5373
$10-15.
Yaphet Kotto, The Fleshies
and Lesser of Two
8 p.m.
924 Gilman St.
525-9926
$5.
Monday, Oct. 7
Holly Gwinn Graham, Joel Landy and Lynda Williams
7:30 p.m.
Freight & Salvage Coffee House
1111 Addison St.
Benefit concert for the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space.
548-1761
$15.50 in advance. $16.50 at the door.
Sunday, Oct. 13
Jenna Mammina and Andre Bush
4:30 p.m.
Jazzschool, 2087 Addison St.
Jazz standards, obscure cover tunes and original compositions.
845-5373
$10-$15.
Sunday, Oct. 20
Madeline Eastman with
the Matt Clark Trio
4:30 p.m.
Jazzschool, 2087 Addison St.
845-5373
$10-$15.
Wednesday, Oct. 23
$18, $14 for members - need to reserve tickets.
"Balancing Acts"
Through Oct. 10
Gallery 555, 555 12th St.,
Oakland City Center
Oakland's 'Third Thursday' art night
features Ann Weber's works
made of cardboard.
http://www.oaklandcitycenter.com.
Free.
“Hunger: What will you do about it?”
Through Oct. 30
Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Civic Center Building
2180 Milvia St., 5th floor
Featuring 40 photographs
by Berkeley artist David Bacon.
834-3663, Ext. 338,
uchanse@secondharvest.org
Richard Misrach, Berkeley Work
Though Oct. 13
UC Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, 2626 Bancroft Way
On view in Gallery 2, presents two photographic series by this internationally recognized Berkeley-based artist.
642-0808, www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
$7. $5 BAM/PFA members.
$4 UC Berkeley students.
“Recent Acquisitions”
Oct. 13 through Dec. 14
Thurs., Fri., and Sat., 1 to 4 p.m.
Berkeley Historical Society, Veterans Memorial Building, 1931 Center St.
848-0181
Free.
Misch Kohn - Celebrating
60 Years of Printmaking
Through Oct. 16. Tues.-Fri., Noon to 5:30 p.m.; Sat., noon to 4:30 p.m.
Kala Arts Institute, 1060 Heinz Ave.
549-2977, kala@kala.org
Nancy Salz
Through Oct. 23, Tues.-Fri.,
10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Sat 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Barbara Anderson Gallery, 2243 Fifth St.
848-3822
Timoteo Ikoshy Montoya
Through Nov. 1
Reception Sept. 20, 6 to 8 p.m.
Gathering Tribes Gallery
1573 Solano Ave.
Acrylic/air brush paintings
by this Native American artist.
528-9038
Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar
Through Oct. 12
Thurs. through Sat. 8 p.m.
LaVal’s Subterranean Theatre
1834 Euclid Ave.
234-6046
$10.
The House of Blue Leaves
Through Oct. 20
Berkeley Rep's Roda Theater
2015 Addison St.
647-2949 or 888-4BRTTIX
$10-$54.
The Shape of Things
Through Oct. 20
Aurora Theatre Company
2081 Addison St.
Play by writer/director Neil LaBute's spins a morality tale of a young art student, his art major girlfriend, and the Pygmalion-like changes that bring into question how far one should go for love.
843-4822, www.auroratheater.org for reservations
$26-$35.
Wednesday, Oct. 2
Poetry Slam
8:30 p.m.
The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave.
Nazelah Jamison and Karen Ladson host this slam. $90 cash prizes.
841-2082
$7/ $5 with student ID. 21 and over.
Thursday, Oct. 3
Brenda Hillman
12:10 p.m.
Morrison Library in Doe Library, UCB
UC Berkeley’s Lunch Poems Reading Series. Author’s six books include “Loose Sugar” and “Cascadia”.
http://www.berkeley.edu/calendar/events
Free.
Nathaniel Mackay and Trane Devore
6 p.m.
Maud Fife Room,
315 Wheeler Hall, UC Berkeley
Part of Holloway Poetry Series for Fall 2002.
jscape@socrates.berkeley.edu
Free.
Friday, Oct. 4
Katherine Forrest
7:30 p.m.
Boadecia’s Books, 398 Colusa Ave. at Colusa Circle
Reading from “Daughters of the Amber Moon”
559-9184
Free.
Saturday, Oct. 5
“Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual African American Fiction”
7:30 p.m.
Boadecia’s Books, 398 Colusa Ave. at Colusa Circle
Led by co-editors Devon W. Carbado and Donald Wiese, and several of the book’s writers.
559-9184
Free.
Sunday, October 6
Ledisi and The Braxton Brothers
4:30 p.m.
Berkeley Jazz School, 2087 Addison St.
845-5373
$15. $12 students & seniors.
$10 Jazz school students.
Tuesday, Oct. 8
Daniel Wilkinson
7:30 p.m.
Cody’s Books, 2454 Telegraph Ave.
Author Wilkinon and panelists from Global Exchange and Equal Exchange will discuss Guatemala, globalization, and book “Silence on the Mountain.”
(617) 351-3243
Thursday, Oct. 10
Daniel Wilkinson
7:30 p.m.
Easy Going Travel Shop & Bookstore, 1385 Shattuck Ave.
Wilkinson, author of “Silence on the Mountain” will present slide show.
843-3533
Free.
Friday, Oct. 11
Beth Glick-Rieman
7:30 p.m.
Boadacia’s Books, 398 Colusa Ave.
at Colusa Circle
Glick-Rieman shares her findings on the status of women around the world, reading from her book, “Peace Train to Beijing and Beyond”.
559-9184
Free.
Friday, Oct. 18
Storyteller Nancy Schimmel
Poets, singers, musicians and storytellers are invted.
7:30 to 10 p.m.
Fellowship Cafe, 1924 Cedar St.
540-0898
$5 to 10 donation.
Saturday Nov. 9, 16
Alice Walker and Dorothy Allison appear in support of Boadecia’s Books
8 p.m.
Northbrae Community Church
941 The Alameda at Solano
559-9184
$25, sliding scale.
Film
Sunday, Oct. 6
Cinemath Films
Pacific Film Archive Theater
5:30 p.m.
2575 Bancroft Way
642-1412
$7 for one film. $ 8.50 for double bills.
Tuesday, Oct. 8
Saturday, Oct. 12
“Antarctica and the Breath of Seals”
7:30 p.m.
Boadacia’s Books, 398 Colusa Ave.
at Colusa Circle
Lucy Jane Bledsoe presents a slide show based on travels in Antarctica.
559-9184
Free.
Friday, Oct. 18
Working for the Mouse
Fantasy about playing at Disneyland.
8 p.m. Fri. and Sat., 7 p.m. Sun.
La Val’s Subterranean Theater
1834 Euclid
464-4468
$12 general, $7 students.
Sunday, Nov. 3
“Focus”
2 to 4:30 p.m.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut St.
William H. Macy stars in this early 1940’s period piece.
848-0237
$2 donation.
Sunday, Dec. 8
“Annie Hall”, by Woody Allen
2 to 4:30 p.m.
An autobiographical love story.
Berkeley Richmond Jewish Center
1414 Walnut St.
848-0237
$2 donation.
