Events in Berkeley

MICHIO KAKU "Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives By the Year 2100"

Date of the Event: 
Thursday, February 23, 2012 - 7:30pm - 10:00pm

MICHIO KAKU "Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives By the Year 2100"

Hosted by Philip Maldari

Thursday, February 23, 7:30 pm

First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley

$12 advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com  t: 800-838-3006
or: Pegasus Books (3 locations), Mrs. Dalloway's, Moe's Books, Walden Pond, DIESEL, A Bookstore, in SF - Modern Times Bookstore  ($15 door)

 

 

Next LSB Meeting

Date of the Event: 
Sunday, March 7, 2010 - 11:00am - 3:00pm

Next LSB MeetingSunday, March 7, 11 - 3, North Berkeley Senior Center upstairsMartin Luther King Jr. at HearstBerkeley

NICHOLAS CARR, THE SHALLOWS: "What the Internet Is Doing To Our Brains"

Date of the Event: 
Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 7:30pm - 10:00pm

Thursday, June 24, 2010,  7:30 pm The Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley $10 advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com :: 800-838-3006 or: Pegasus Books, Pendragon, Mrs. Dalloway's, Moe's, Walden Pond, DIESEL, A Bookstore, and Modern Times  ($15 door) $7.50 HSC members Information: www.kpfa.org/events    KPFA benefit

Norman Finkelstein and Lowkey's Rendezous of Victory Tour

Date of the Event: 
Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 7:30pm - 10:30pm

Norman Finkelstein and Lowkey's Rendezous of Victory TourThursday, May 13, 7:30pm - 10:30pmThe Middle East Children’s Alliance is proud to present historian Norman Finkelstein, celebrating the release of This Time We Went Too Far: Truth & Consequences of the Gaza Invasion.In a double-bill with Iraqi/UK hip-hop phenomenon LOWKEY!Co-sponsored by KPFA, 94.1fm

Occupy the Truth: Whistlebolowers Conference: Exploring truth and transparency in an age of terror.

Date of the Event: 
Friday, February 17, 2012 - 6:00pm - Sunday, February 19, 2012 - 10:00pm


Occupy the Truth: Whistlebolowers Conference: Exploring truth and transparency in an age of terror.
 

Friday, February 17, 2012 at 6:00 PM - Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 4:00 PM (PT)

Berkeley, CA

Who is the Conference for? Anyone who really cares about truth and transparency. (Practitioners and academics in the information, communication, media, computer, and library domains, members of NGOs working on civil society and good governance issues, and all who are interested in ethical, legal and regulatory aspects of information and communication.)

http://occupythetruth.eventbrite.com/

 


Oscar Hijuelos Thoughts Without Cigarettes, A Memoir

Date of the Event: 
Friday, June 17, 2011 - 7:30pm - 10:00pm

KPFA Radio 94.1FM and La Peña present:

Oscar Hijuelos

Thoughts Without Cigarettes, A Memoir

Hosted by Nina Serrano

Friday, June 17, 7:30 pm

LaPena Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley

$12 advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com :: 800-838-3006

or: LaPena, Pegasus Books (3 locations), Moe’s Books, Walden Pond, and Modern
Times ($15 door) Benefits KPFA & La Peña.


Pacifica National Board Meeting

Date of the Event: 
Friday, July 16, 2010 - 9:00am - Sunday, July 18, 2010 - 10:00pm

Pacifica National Board Meeting
July 16-18, 2010
Location: Hotel Durant
2600 Durant Street (at Bowditch Street)
Berkeley, CA 94704

Parking Lot Sale, KPFA Fundraiser, October 16, 9 to 3 pm

Date of the Event: 
Saturday, October 16, 2010 - 9:00am - 3:00pm

Parking Lot Sale
KPFA Fundraiser
Saturday October 16, 9 to 3 pm
Food, Live Music, On Air broadcast 9 to 10 am and 11 to 12 pm
On Air premiums for sale, books, CD's, DVD's, clothing, household items...
1929 Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA.
Bring your own bag!

PHILOSOPHY FOR A COMPLEX LIFE

Date of the Event: 
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 7:19pm

Berkeley Arts & Letters presents: PHILOSOPHY FOR A COMPLEX LIFE   MARK VERNON, author of "PLATO'S PODCASTS: The Ancients' Guide to Modern Living",  and  ASTRA TAYLOR, author of "EXAMINED LIFE: Excursions with Contemporary Thinkers"   in a philosophical conversation Monday, March 1  7:30 PM @ Hillside Club (2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley) $12 advance (Brown Paper Tickets or 800-838-3006), $15 at the door (Hillside members half price)

Planning for the End of Life: A WORKSHOP ON Conscious and Compassionate End-of-Life Choices with Ann-Ellice Parker

Date of the Event: 
Sunday, February 12, 2012 - 2:00pm - 5:00pm

 

Planning for the End of Life

A  WORKSHOP  ON
Conscious and Compassionate End-of-Life Choices

with 

Ann-Ellice Parker


2-5 pm  •  Sunday, February 12, 2012

The Hillside Club

 2286 Cedar Street (at Arch), Berkeley  94709



Empower yourself and your loved ones by preparing for the eventual end of life.
Explore options—possible decisions you and/or your loved ones can make now and may

not be able to make nearer death. Living well includes preparing for a compassionate death.

The workshop will include:
    •  an overview of the key end of life issues   •   critical health decision making

    •  resolving family differences  •  advanced directives  •  home funerals and ecological burials  
    •  extensive discussion of your questions  •  time to fill out forms such as designating your Health Care Power of Attorney.

Each participant will receive a packet with facts about dying, costs, green burials, home funerals, Advanced Directives, DNRs and Living Wills.

Led by Ann-Ellice Parker, CEO of Seasons of Change and death education counselor dedicated to providing safe spaces for courageous discussions about death and dying.


Advance Registration (till February 9th):  $25 ($20 Club members)

Registration (February 10th–12th):  $30 ($25 Club members)

Tickets available at Brown Paper Tickets online and at 800-838-3006

 Also checks can be sent to:  Hillside Club c/o End of Life Workshop, 2286 Cedar St., Berkeley CA 94709


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