From Friday, February 10th through Sunday, February 20th The 13th Annual San Francisco Bluegrass Festival will take place in various locations throughout the Bay Area. Tickets range from $0 to $25.
For details, call (510) 669-9832.
On Saturday, February 11th at 11am, Aguilera & Associates present: Baby Boomer Senior Expo, a free, full day Expo including seminar topics such as affordable housing for independent living, wealth creation, home care assistance, home improvements, long term care, real estate, reverse mortgages and more.
For details, call (408) 972-1985.
On Saturday, February 11th, at 6:30pm, a free Speak Out Forum titled, "The Arab Revolt -- Past, Present and Future?" will take place at the South Berkeley Senior Center, 2939 Ellis Street in Berkeley. $3 Donation Suggested.
For details, call (510) 698-2412
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
On Friday, February 17th at 2pm, Strawberry Creek Lodge Tenants Association presents “Rally For Peace!”. This free event will take place at Acton St and University Ave in Berkeley.
For details, call (510) 841-4143
Occupy the Truth: Whistlebolowers Conference: Exploring truth and transparency in an age of terror.
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/
On Saturday, February 18th at 9am, The Disco Volante presents Hot Einstein performing live. This event will take place at 347 14th Street in Oakland. Tickets are $5.
For details, call (510) 663-0271.
On Saturday, February 18th at 8pm, KlezCalifornia's Yiddish Culture Festival presents the
The Klez-X a masterful and imaginative combination of Klezmer music, Yiddish folk and art song and
modern jazz that renders a brilliantly original sound. Tickets are $25-45. This event will take place at
the Jewish Community Center at 3200 California Street in San Francisco.
For details, call (415) 789-7679
On Sunday, February 19th, at 1pm, Carlos Montes, a former Brown Beret and long-time anti-war and equal rights activist, will speak at the San Jose Peace And Justice Center, 48 South 7th Street in San Jose. Donations suggested.
For details, call (408) 297-2299.
On Sunday, February 19th, at 2 p.m, the of the California Writers Club, Berkeley Branch will hold a free, public meeting at the Oakland Public Library, Bailey C. Walter Communuity Room at 125 - 14th Street in Oakland. Author Fred Setterberg will be present.
For details, call (510) 238-3134.
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