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Calendar

Friday October 04, 2002

Friday, Oct. 4

Earth Traditions: Buddhism and Ecology

7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Ecology Center, 2530 San Pablo Ave.

548-2220

Free.

Social Issues Roundtable

12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

202 Chavez Center - UC Berkeley

Post Sept. 11 Srvice Surge

643-0306

Free.

Service and Leadership Opportunities Fair

12 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Upper Sproul Plaza - UC Berkeley

Get involved with 40 nonprofit agencies.

643-0306

Free.

Peace Corp. Volunteer Returns

Triple Rock Brewery “Happy Hour”

5 p.m.

1920 Shattuck Ave.

(800)424-8580

Free

“The Complex Troika: Pakistan, Kashmir, India”

11:45 a.m. luncheon, 12:30 speaker.

City Commons Club, 2315 Durant Ave.

Professor Thomas R. Metcalf, PhD, of the department of history at UC Berkeley will speak.

526-2925 or 665-9020

$11.50 or $12.50 luncheon

$1 speaker only / students free

International Day of No Prostitution

6 to 8 p.m.

Boalt Hall, Booth Auditorium,

UC Berkeley

Bay Area rally and march

against prostitution.

358-2725

Resist Oil & Mining

6 to 10 p.m.

The roof, 1916A Martin Luther King Jr. Way, at Berkeley Way

Project Underground’s sixth birthday party and annual prize drawing.

Entertainment, music, drinks, childcare. Wheelchair accessible.

705-8981 or maistella@moles.org

$15 suggested donation.

Saturday, Oct. 5

Day of Service

10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Cal Corps Public Serice Center joins for a day of service projects in Berkeley.

643-0306

Free.

Berkeley National Lab Open House

10a.m. to 4 p.m.

1 Cyclotron Rd.

Live music, food, lectures, job fair, etc.

495-2222

Free.

Leading Edge Technology Conferece

9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Haas School of Business, Arthur Andersen Auditorium, 2200 Piedmont Ave.

594-748 for more info.

Berkeley Historical Society Walking Tour

10 a.m.

Call for meeting point information.

Photographer Allen Stross will lead a tour of the various art institutions located near San Pablo Ave. and Ashby Ave.

Call for reservations: 848-0181

www.ci.berkeley.ca.us./histsoc/

$10 donation

Elmwood Neighborhood Fall Festival

10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave.

This “giant block party” includes Korean BBQ, tap dancing, Baroque organ recital,

the Pacific Mozart Ensemble, and seminars on health and Japanese food.

845-6830

Free

East Bay Solar Home Tour

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Cedar Rose Park (first stop)

Attendees collect a map to guide them

on the self-guided tour—eight homes in Albany, Berkeley and Oakland in all.

531-1184

$15 per car.

Sunday, Oct. 6

Eckanka Worship Service

10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

East Bay ECK Center, 3052 Telegraph, near Whole Foods

“How to Survive Spiritually in Our Times”

549-2807

“A Jewish Religious Perspective on the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict and Prospects for Peace”

12 p.m.

First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way

Rabbi Michael Lerner will speak.

848-3693

War Tax Resistance Information

and Support Gathering

4 to 6:30 p.m.

1305 Hopkins St., near Peralta.

Join others who refuse to pay taxes for U.S. militarism at this monthly

potluck supper.

843-9877

Free: bring food or drink to share.

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.

African Children’s Choir

9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

First Presbyterian Church, 2407 Dana St.

These African children, ages 5 to 12, are staging a series of concerts across the U.S. as a gesture of hope towards victims of Sept. 11.

Free

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.

“Please Pay Attention”

Tuesday, Oct. 8 through Oct. 25

4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Worth Ryder Gallery, 116 Kroeber Hall

UC Art graduates feature drawings, video, etc.

DepartmentofArtPractice

"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.

Ceramics - Opening Reception

Through Nov. 17

3 to 5 p.m.

A New Leaf Gallery, 1286 Gilman St.

525-7621

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.

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

Threads: Five artists who

use stitching to convey ideas

Oct. 6 through Dec. 15, Wed.-Sun., noon to 5 p.m.

Berkeley Art Center

Live Oak Park, 1275 Walnut St.

Information: www.berkeleyartcenter.org, 644-6893

Free.

Berkeley Ballet Theater’s

Youth Company

Sunday, Oct. 6

2 p.m.

Julia Morgan Center, 260 College Ave.

The Youth Company has been selected to perform in an Austrian dance festival in 2003. This is a special performance to raise travel funds.

843-4687

$10 general / $5 under 14

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.

Escape From Happiness

Through October 20

Zellerbach Playhouse, UC Berkeley Campus

UC Berkeley’s department of theater, dance, and performance studies presents this dark comedy exploring the interactions of a highly dysfunctional urban working-class family.

www.ticketweb.com or (866) 468-3399

http://theater.berkeley.edu

$8-$14

Friday, Oct. 4

Rosemary Wells

6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Cody’s Books, 1730 Fourth St.

“Getting to Know You” - songbook signing and singing.

559-9500

Free.

Katherine Forrest

7:30 p.m.