Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • 19

wiSDsittlmh irtfUitim. 1 SUNDAY, Novmbw 1 7,2002 LOCAL 3 THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE THE LANDMARK Scottish Rita Center, 75-years-oW this year, hosts upcoming holiday events, including the 10th Thanksgiving for the hungry and homeless, organized by Oakland's Hunger Program. The center wee constructed for $1.5 million, and Its grand opening was the subject of a 12-page special section in the Dec. 12, 1927 edition of The Oakland Tribune. ball, where the Thanksgiving meal win be served.

Is noted for Us eluant coffered celling. Traditionally the Revela dress rehearsed performance is opened to social service providers tor certain cUeatsThis year the preview performance wlU be Dec. 12, says Zakls. The number to caU for ordering tickets Is 893-9853, or order online at www.calrevel-s.org. For Infcxmatlon on free bus transportation fior flu Nov.

26 Thanksgiving feast, call 238-6590. A directory of local organizations seeking contributions amVor volunteer help for food distribution to families in need la available at www.accfb.org or caU 834-3663. To volunteer to help with the dinner, caU 238-6680. To arrange a tour of the Scottish Rite Center, 1547 Lakeside Drive, contact rental director Willie Hamm, 000 MelBntaVSOi for only 199 AftwSSBiutol abut uPmU pUn) One of our hottest selling phones for our lowest price ever. Hurry, offer ends 120102! Web Browser A 2-way text messaging capable Voice-Activated Hafing Weighs only 3.9 oz.

NE OF OAKLANDS most staled landmark buildings, the ScotttahRlte Center, Is officially 75 years old.The site overlooking Lake Merritt, and offering rental facilities for a host of activities, la the location for two upcoming holiday events. Rae Mary, of Oaklands Hunger Program, says the 10th annual Thanksgiving Dinner for the hungry and homeless will take place at the center from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 26.

The free turkey feast will provide a nutritious meal and entertainment for more thaw 2,000 children win adults. Free bus transportation from various points throughout Oakland will be provided, Mary said. A collaboration of emergency food and community service providers Including soup kitchens, senior centers and food pantries that combat hunger In Alameda County year round have formed a central clearinghouse, the past fiscal year, die oratlve has distributed more than 12 million pounds of food to those In need. The network provides food assistance to 120,000 Individuals monthly, she said. Many of our network members depend on volunteers, and we are planning on 125 volunteers helping us on that day.

The Scottish Rite Center also wlll host the annual Christmas Revels, a theatrical celebration of the Winter Sol-atice, 'offering 10 performances this year, Dec. 13, 15, 20, 22. According to managing director Kelly Zakls, this will be the 15th year die Revels will be performing at the center. We started this production 17 years ago in Berkeley and moved to Oakland two years later. The Scottish Rite Center has been a great venue for us." I Community Calendar Chances to learn Today STRESS MANAGEMENT Uoanad paychotogbt Ed SchmooUv, PhD, pa-am riuiQ tout wwm onryn limn of Siam 2 to pun, him ths latanbw Branch of OtoM Pubic U-' buy.

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Fax: 206-6477. CflfarfaapbfcSMMsepiBitaly. rnfli LANDMARKS Considered by die Cultural Heritage Survey researchers to be (me of the East Bays best add Imposing classically derived buildings, the center was designedly MIT-tralned architect Cad Werner In 1927. Werner (1875-1943) la noted for other lodges throughout California, but none, say library files, can compare with the monumental quality of the Oakland struct ture, with its Incomparable setting by the It was constructed for $1JS million, and Its grand opening was the subject of a 12-page special section In die Dec. 12, 1927, edition of the Oakland TYlbune.

The 110-foot, gra-nlte-foced edifice Is square, with a five-stonr steel frame and Imposing front stair leading to burnished, bronzed panel doors. The Interiors are virtually unchanged, reflecting Italian Renaissance as well as Spanish-Moorish influences. The Revels performances take place In the auditorium, a vast circular space with domed ceding. Two-tiered, sloped seating, arranged In stadium configuration, extend around die perimeter, beneath dramaHr Inntp ralnnnnHwt and wihiljhhirBL Aiywntlng fn die files, suspended between the colonnades are oversized, cast-bronze Venetian lamps. The stage curtain, said to weigh IK tons.

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