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Thursday, May 8 | 8:00 - 10:00 pm
Phil's Sliders | 2024 Shattuck Ave | FREE
We had so much fun last summer that we thought we'd do it again! Join us for the Berkeley Spark 2014 Meet & Greet as we build on what we started last year and as we plan for another really fun-filled community-supported summer festival.
We welcome your thoughts, ideas, innovations, creativity, contribution and passion for this year's event. We are looking for volunteers to assist with programming, volunteer coordinating, web development, social media assistance and of course angel donors.
We also invite artists, DJs, performers, art car fabricators, Burning Man theme camps, technology specialists, hackers, makers, poets, filmmakers, storytellers, local artisans, beer and wine makers and anyone else from the community who would like to share their innovative projects and/or perform at this year's event.
For more information or to RSVP, please contact Kat at berkeleyspark@gmail.com.
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Saturday, May 10 | 1:00 - 4:30 pm
Berkeley City College Auditorium | 2050 Center St. | FREE
Join us for the 12th Annual Berkeley Poetry Festival featuring Lifetime Achievement Award for Poetry is given by the City of Berkeley to Avotcja, an Invocation by Adam David Miller, and readings by wonderful local poets. Come hear original poetry by the authors themselves: Nanette Deetz, Tim Donnelly, Rosa Lane, Baruch Porras-Hernandez, Maisha Johnson, Grace Marie Grafton, Arisa White, Harold Terezón, Denise Jolly, Jezebel Delilah X, Rafael Jesús González, Aya de Leon, and by Milvia Street journal poets: Wilfred Galila, Nusaibah Coleman, Michael Hartman & Fred Dodsworth.
Come early and put your name in the hat for an Open Mike slot!!!
This year's festival is hosted by Mk Chavez. and is co-directed by Sharon Coleman and MK Chavez. It was founded by Louis Cuneo and Marcia Poole. It is co-sponsored by the City of Berkeley, Councilperson Kriss Worthington & Berkeley City College.
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Monday, May 12 | 5:00 pm Reception | 5:30-7:00 pm Program
Skydeck Berkeley | 2150 Shattuck Ave Penthouse | FREE
You are warmly invited to join UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive Director Lawrence Rinder and Board of Trustees President Noel Nellis, Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates, and our co-hosts for a presentation about BAM/PFA's new building at Oxford and Center Streets, scheduled to open in early 2016. Come and hear how BAM/PFA plans to be an energetic, engaging, and transformative part of the downtown community.
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Tuesday, May 13 | all day
Berkeley Dine Out is a fun, citywide fundraiser to support cooking and gardening in Berkeley Public Schools. On Tuesday, May 13th, we encourage the community to dine out in support of our work, and restaurants donate a percentage of sales to our program. To learn more and check out a list of participating restaurants, please visit: www.berkeleydineout.com www.berkeleyschools.net/cgp
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Bike East Bay will be hosting hundreds of Energizer Stations throughout the East Bay, distributing goodie bags and celebrating the joy of biking. Last year over 15,000 cyclists participated throughout Bike to Work Day. We had a record number of children bike to school and mayors leading by example and biking to city hall. We hope you'll be biking to work, school, or even around your neighborhood on the day of.
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Please be advised, on June 2nd, the City of Berkeley will adjust parking rates and time limits at on-street meters in Downtown Berkeley and Telegraph/Southside, as well as in Center Street Garage. The goal of these changes is to:
- Increase number of available parking spaces in Premium Zones by increasing rates from $2.25 to $2.75
- Attract parkers to Value Zones with longer time limits by extending time limits from 4 hours to 8 hours
- Encourage short-term parking at Center Street Garage by increasing flate rate fees for monthly permits ($170/mo to $190/mo), early bird ($9 to $10) and the daily maximum rate ($17 to $20).
For more information please go to: http://www.goberkeley.info/parkchanges.php
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email: info@downtownberkeley.com web: downtownberkeley.com Tel: 510.549.2230
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