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Calendar
Wednesday, Oct. 9
Berkeley Free Folk Festival Tour
3 p.m.
Meet at Malcom X School
1731 Prince St.
Join the Berkeley Free Folk Festival for a tour of possible festival locations.
649-1423
Free.
Thursday, Oct. 10
Public School Finance Discussion - League of Women Voters
Noon to 2 p.m.
Albany Public Library, 1247 Marin Ave.
843-8824
Free.
Natural Building and Permaculture Slide Show
7 p.m.
Ecology Center, 2530 San Pablo Ave. near Dwight Way
Slide show and presentation by Kat Steele and Erin Fisher.
548-2220 x233
Free
Grandparent Support Group
10 to 11:30 a.m.
Malcom X Elementary Arts & Academics School, 1731 Prince St. Rm.105A
644-6517
Free.
Come and Take a New Look at the Catholic Church
7:30 to 9 p.m.
Norton Hall at St. Mary Magdalen Parish, 2005 Berry St.
For those feeling alienated from the Catholic Church, combined teams from four parishes offer this opportunity to ask questions and talk.
653-8631
Friday, Oct. 11
Celebration of completion of the “Channing and Popai Liem Archival Collection”
6 p.m. Reception
7 p.m. Program begins
Morrison Room, Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley’s first Korean American archive has been completed.
“Iraq and the Looming War”
11:45 a.m. luncheon, 12:30 p.m. speaker
City Commons Club, 2315 Durant Ave.
Professor Bruce E. Cain, PhD, department of political science at UC Berkeley will speak.
526-2925 or 665-9020
$11.50 or $12.50 luncheon
$1 speaker only / students free
Saturday, Oct. 12
Indigenous Peoples Day
7:30 a.m.
Shellmound run to the Indigenous Peoples Day Pow Wow - 1st Annual Run
615-0603
Free
Autumnal Equinox Picnic
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
“Big Leaf” field in Tilden Park
East Bay Atheists host this day of fun, food, and games.
652-8350
$5 donation
“Toward Realizing Our Dream: Overcoming the Obstacles to Korea’s Peaceful Reunification”
1 p.m.
Morrison Room, Bancroft Library
UC Berkeley
Congresswoman Barbara Lee speaks,
followed by guest speakers and a reception.
See Elephants Fly
Noon to 5 p.m.
Lawrence Hall of Science,
Centennial Drive above the UC Berkeley campus.
A day of special activities and events about the Asian elephant and the Asian cultures where these beasts live.
643-5961
babcock@uclink4.berkeley.edu
$8 adults. $6 youth 5-18. $4 for 3-4.
Indigenous People's Day Pow Wow Indian Market & Fall Fruit Tasting
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Berkeley Farmers' Market
Center Street
at Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Free.
Sunday, Oct. 13
People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo Banquet
1 p.m.
Hs Lordship’s Restaurant, 199 Seawall Dr., Berkeley Marina
531-1729
$40 reservations required.
Celebrate the Lives of Photographers Galen Avery Rowell and Barbara Cushman Rowell
3 p.m.
Berkeley Community Theater, 1930 Allston Way
Speakers include Conrad Anker, Kathryn Fuller, Bob Hansen and more, with special messages from Tom Brokaw and novelist Barry Lopez
644-8957
October Swimfest
1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Willard Pool, 2701 Telegraph Ave.
Come out to swim, laugh, float and make a splash, while showing support for keeping Willard Pool open year-round.
981-5150
$4.20 general / $1.50 seniors and children
Thursday, Oct. 10
M Headphone w/ Lowrise
8:30 p.m.
Bear’s Lair Brewpub
704-4492
$5, 18 and over.
Saturday, Oct. 12
Rilo Kiley (saddle creek) and Arlo (subpop)
5:30 p.m.
Bear’s Lair Brewpub
704-4492
$5, 18 and over.
Kira Allen
6:30 p.m. Open mic sign-up
7:00 p.m. Reading
Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut St.
Presented by Rhythm & Muse
527-9753
Free / donations accepted
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.
“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.
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"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.
“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
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.
Alarms and Excursions
Nov. 15 through Dec. 22
Aurora Theatre Company,
2081 Addison St.
Michael Frayn's comedy about
the irony of modern technology.
843-4822, www.auroratheater.org for reservations
$26 to $35.
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.
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.
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, Oct. 27
Benefit screening for “Bums’ Paradise”
8 p.m. screening followed by party with live music from Marc Black / Funky Sex Gods
Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave.
Film explores the story of the homeless men and women who turned the former Albany Landfill into a community.
525-5054
Sliding scale / All welcome.
