BERKELEY TIMES

On the morning of Friday, May 20, BerkeleyX will be visiting Rob Allen of Blue Heron Bikes at one of the BIKE TO WHEREVER DAY Energizer Stations. Look for us at the intersection of Ohlone Greenway & Solano Ave. Here's the link (https://bikeeastbay.org/find-your-energizer-station-bike-wherever-day-2022). Join us!

Here's the link to a recent post on YouTube about "changes afoot" at Berkeley Times.

Berkeley Times UPDATE "Shelter in Place" 31May2020 Dear readers,This video is a quick update from Todd Kerr, the editor and publisher of Berkeley Times (Berkeley, CA), highlighting some of the changes stemmin...

These images are from a video Berkeley Times Update "Shelter in Place - May 2020," available soon on YouTube. Check it out and let me know what you think.

Ross Todd Kerr with Miguel Siegal of Power On: LIVE! live-streamed at the recent Momentum Expo (Ed Roberts Campus, Berkeley)

RESILIENCY FAIR 15-minute Courses

But that’s not all. To encourage exploration of the community, there will be a morning and afternoon session of 15-minute courses, demarked with the sounding of a GONG. The course list keeps growing, but so far, here’s the preliminary list of courses that will be offered in the name of resiliency:

Pimp My Bug Out Bag
Intro to Tai Chi
Intro to Mindfulness Meditation
Intro to Cyber Security
Intro to IRA Accounts
Intro to Acupressure
Sound Healings of all sorts
Intro to Moving Qi
Intro to Feldenkrais
Intro to Exercising Your Memory
Intro to Portuguese
Electric Motorcycle demonstrations
Duct Tape First Aide

In addition, there will be "adults only" sessions in the Bouncy House, when the kids will have to defer to the silliness of their parents and guardians.

More about the FAIR
This year’s FAIR combines a wide variety of activities provided by a wide variety of groups that were SMOKED OUT by the North Bay fires in October. The FAIR will open with a blessing offered by the Indigenous Peoples’ Day Powwow Committee. Later in the day, there will be a speech by Mayor Jesse Arreguín and poetry reading by City of Berkeley Poet Laureate Rafael Jesús González.

Partial list of activities:

FOOD CONTEST, hosted by the BYA Youth Gardeners
SEED SWAP, hosted by Transition Berkeley with support from Ecology Center
CROP SWAP, hosted by Transition Berkeley
DIY Garden Exhibition, hosted by Spiral Gardens
CHIA, hosted by David Drummond
Bilingual Health Fair (Spanish/English), hosted by Multicultural Institute; LifeLong Medical Care, & Berkeley Healthy Families
Emergency Evacuation Prep, hosted by BFD and Berkeley Disaster Prep Neighborhood Network
Family Preparedness, hosted by Octagon Consulting
Innovations in Expedition Gear, by SlingFin
“People Growing Food Growing People,” a free book of recipes will be distributed by the Berkeley Community Gardening Collaborative (while supplies last)
KING MIDDLE SCHOOL Close-Up Trip fundraiser
KIDS FUN ZONE, hosted by the Rec Division
ADULT FUN ZONE, hosted by the event Committee
Berkeley Folk Dancers, hosted by Melvin Mann
Sound Healing Instrument Petting Zoo, hosted by Emile Janse & Jordan Blake
Breath Experience, hosted by Gretchen Vandersice & Marty Barclay
Cartoons for our Times, hosted by Damon Guthrie
FRESH TACOS by familia Chavez

RESILIENCY FAIR – schedule of the day

Saturday, December 2, 2017, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Berkeley Adult School Multi-Purpose Room

8 a.m.: doors open, set up begins

9:30 a.m.: Food Contest entries welcome

10 a.m.: Ceremonial blessing offered by the Indigenous Peoples’ Day Powwow Committee
Welcoming Remarks by BAS Principal Tom Reid

Note: the first hour will be left unstructured time to accommodate longer activities, like the CROP SWAP, FOOD CONTEST, etc. Also, this would be a good time for FAIR visitors to canvas the room, and figure out what 15-courses they may want to attend. Fresh tacos will be served by the Chavez family throughout the FAIR.

Morning session
11 a.m.: (gong will sound) first 15-minute course session
11:15 a.m.: horn will sound ending first session

11:20 a.m.: (gong) 15-minute course II
11:35 a.m.: (horn) end

11:40 a.m.: (gong) 15-minute course III
11:55 a.m. (horn) end

Noon: Comments by Mayor Jesse Arreguín
Presentation by City of Berkeley Poet Laureate Rafael Jesus Gonzalez
Announcement of Food Contest winners

Afternoon session
12:45 p.m.: (gong) 15-minute course IV
1 p.m.: (horn) end

1:05 p.m.: (gong) 15-minute course V
1:20 p.m.: (horn) end

1:25 p.m.: (gong) 15-minute course VI
1:40 p.m.: (horn) end

1:55 p.m.: Closing Remarks and Gratitudes

2 p.m.: FAIR ends

INSIDE this week's edition

cover: last call for Mythos Firehouse North (featuring the paintings of Jerome Carlin, and "Joy in Pool" (1982), a painting inspired by Joy Carlin (think Aurora Theatre) / Q & A with Sue Steel

pg02: Berkeley Community Fund to honor Dr. Vicki Alexander with the Wheeler Medal on Saturday, Oct. 28

pg03: City Council update / Berkeley Adult School announces Resiliency Fair - December 2 / Linda Maio update on oil trains

pg04: Tipitaka Chanting Ceremony (photo essay by Ella Newtown) / Combatants for Peace - Tuesday, Nov. 7

pg05: Berkeley Blue

pg06: Community Calendar

pg07: Stroller Brigade to save Alta Bates - Nov. 5 / Solano Ave. Parklet ribbon-cutting ceremony - Friday, Oct. 27

pg08: BUSD enrollment + TABLE (BUSD enrollment, 2008-2017)

pg09: Jefferson Elementary send fire relief / Panther News

pg10/pg11: Berkeley Video & Film Festival 2017 program + previews by Alex Senauke

pg12: Features: "From the Garden" by Toni Martin / UC astronomers discover gold

pg13: Telegraffiti

pg14: A & E: Harris Guitar Foundation house concert / BVFF to premiere QUEST - Nov. 5

pg15: Thread Heads at Berkeley Art Center, photo essay + mini-review

pg16: Last call for Mythos: "Sightings on Land," image essay

pg17: Arts Calendar

pg18: Real Estate: Regulation 1017

pg19: more Real Estate + jump

pg20: Poem by Phyllis Henry-Jordan / Dedication