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SUNDAY May 2 2004 GowunhyCalewar wapw Zr Today AWARD CEREMONY Results of tie 'Teens Dare to Dream essay contest wi be revealed at a scholarship award ceremony Museum of California Oak and HOth streets Oakland 238 2200 AMILY CONCERT The Community Orchestra performs works by RaveL Dvorak Christmann and Mozart $5 4 pm Zkm Lutheran Church 5201 Park Bod ward Piedmont 653 1616 PANCAKE BREAKAST The Sequoia Elementary Schools Dads Club will presentits 17th annual Pancake Breakfast fund raiser $3 $4 8 ajn to noon Sequoia School Cafeteria 3730 Lincoln Ave Oak land 531 6476 Today PASSION POWER AND PROGRESS The Nabonai Political Caucus wil name Joan Blades co founder of McveO norg as its Woman of the Year 4 to 7 pm Hater Highland Country Oub 110 HSerDove Oakland 452 1600 i HIDDEN GEMS BERKELEY Berkeley Bike Month hosts 'Hidden Gems of Berkeley: A Magical Mystery Tour of Berkeley's Private and Public Vernacular 10 am to 3:30 pm Halcyon Commons Halcyon Court and Prince Street Berkeley 847 0575 ROTARY NATURE CENTER The Ro tary Nature Center is hosting a community gathering to share personal stones reflec tions and memories of visits to Lakeside Park and Lake Merritt's Bird Refuge 6:30 to 8:30 pm Rotary Nature Center 600 Bellevue Ave Oakland 238 3739 SPRING CONCERT The Patten Sym phonette win have its annual spring concert 6 pm Christian Cathedral 2433 Coolidge Ave Oakland 261 8500 ext 7738 A new musical comedy by Judith Offer and Joyce Whitelaw asks if a casino in downtown Oakland's ox Theatre Have a listing for the daily cal endar? Send it two weeks in advance to the Community Calendar Desk the Oakland Tribune 401 13th St Oakland 94612 or call 208 6451 ax: 208 6477 is possible $20 2 and 7 pm Glenview Per forming Arts Center 1318 Glenfield Ave Oakland 531 0511 POETRY PERORMANCE Alan Bern will read from his new collection of poetry "No No The and Lucinda Weaver will perform dance choreographed for the poems 2 pm DIESEL A Bookstore 5433 College Ave Oakland 653 9965 GRAND OPENING The ruitvale Vil lage Retail will have its grand opening with live entertainment children's games and ac tivities and the opening of restaurants and shops 10 amto 6 pm ruitvale Village Oakland 535 6900 BRAZILIAN JAZZ The Dick Hindman Trio will perform an evening of original music jazz standards and Brazilian favorites $12 $18 Jazzschool 2087 Addison St Berkeley 845 5373 DIGITAL ARTS EST International digital filmmakers and artists discuss their sKTOPTVeosr Today's government programming on Oakland's KTOP TV (cable Channel 10) in cludes: 8:30 am Info Access 9 am Rules and Legislation 42904 1 11am Public Works Committee 42704 1 1 pm inance and Management Committee 42704 1 3 pm Community and Economic De velopment Committee 42704 1 5 pm Life Enrichment Committee 42704 1 6 pm Exploring The Titanic 1 6:30 pm Public Safety Committee 4'2704 8:30 pm rom The Vault: Bay Area Society 10 pm Info Access pioneering works at Berkeley's first Indepen dent estival of Digital Arts $4 $15 9 am Belladonna Gallery 2436 Sacramento St Berkeley 981 2818 E3SZS1 Today's programming on the Oakland Public Schools' educational access station Chances to learn Today MALCOLM CONSCIOUSNESS Laney College's Club Knowledge will have its Malcolm Consciousness Conference 1 8 pm I Parent Education Hour which will include panel discussions ow is 9 pm KDOL Indie Hour sues affecting the black community and tnKSj East Bay community at large 900 allon or a complete schedule visit http: Oakland 347 2301 wwwkdolorg Channel 27 on Comcast Cable includes: 8 am KDOL Newsreel 9 am TEAMS Distance Learning Noon KDOL Newsreel 1 2 pm Title I Parent Education Hour 1 3 pm KDOL Indie Hour 4 pm Oakland Talent Showcase 1 6 pm KDOL Newsreel 7 pm CCC Live a THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE LOCAL 3 Heritage week celebrates Oakland Berkeley EW rontiers in Preserva I tlon" is the theme for this I 1 year's National Historic Preservation Week 2004 sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and co sponsored locally by the Oakland Heritage Alliance and Berkeley Architectural Heritage As sociation Oakland Councilmember Nancy Nadel will read a proclamation at Tues City Council meeting marking the ongoing efforts to rehabilitate and pro mote the city's historic legacy Two 19th century era structures in District Three are up for land mark status approval at council meeting: the Cooper House and Corner Store on 8th Street and the Victorian Legal Center on 11th Street across from historic Lafayette Park Tuesday also marks the 152nd anni versary of Oakland's founding A dis play in the Dalziel Building next to City Hall (250 rank Ogawa Plaza) as sembled by volunteers from the Heri tage Alliance will be on view starting Monday says board member and or ganizer Cynthia Shartzer hope people will stop by if they are coming to City Hall or the plaza this coming Berkeley Architectural Heritage is sponsoring a house tour and lecture this week as part of its ongoing efforts to celebrate Berkeley's unique history and buildings May 9 we will be hosting 1890 At featuring 12 Victorian era houses built between 1889 and 1900 all on ulton Street and adjoining side streets" says Wendy Markel a BAHA board member A lecture Wednesday will preview tour Roberts will be LANDMARKS Aimalee ALLEN NICK LAMMERS Staff BROOKE LEVIN is the new interim assistant director of the Public Works Agency in charge of all city owned buildings including City Hall talking about AW Pattiani a designer builder of the period who produced a number of these wonderful houses" says Markel The lecture will be at the Church by the Side of the Road 2108 Russell St Berkeley starting at 7:30 pm Tickets are $7 and can be purchased at the door Tickets for the Sunday house tour also may be purchased at Wednes day's lecture According to Cultural Heritage Survey Oakland holds title to an impressive number of historic land marks The survey project (in the Planning Department) maintains an ex tensive historic resources data base developed during the past two decades with grant funding provided in part by the state Office of Historic Preservation throughout Oakland have been made available on the in house com puter network and permit tracking system enabling staffers to access po tential historical information when in quiries come in from interested callers When the City Council gave its ap proval to a Historic Preservation Ele ment for the General Plan in the mid 1990s which outlined policies and goals for older properties it became necessary to step up efforts to collect as much data as possible According to the files there are some 160 historic structures rep resenting approximately 23 percent of the city owned building inventory Thirty three are already landmarks Several historic properties came into neer Deremery Mosswood Camron Stanford and Dunsmuir houses ac quired for park and museum use and later the Ladies Relief Society Child (Studio One Arts Center) The Talbot Durant estates (now the Knowland Zoo) also became city prop erty earliest and most promi neht civic buildings are considered to be among the most significant and dis tinctive in California They iouse public activities and represent Oakland to residents in and outside the city in cluding City Hall (1914) the Henry Kaiser Auditorium (1915) and the former Greene Library (now the African American Museum and Library 1903) Recently City Administrator Deb 1 orah Edgerly named Brooke Levin as new interim assistant director to the Public Works Agency charged with overseeing the care and maintenance of city owned properties Levin who served previously in the agency as man: ager of the Environmental Services Di vision and as a policy analyst to former Mayor Elihu Harris during his first term will now be looking out for city owned landmarks am looking forward to facing the challenge of assuming the stewardship of these important examples of our her says Levin I first moved here one of the things that drew me to Oakland was the incredible buildings and parks throughout the city This is truly a special place and I am proud to have the opportunity to help take care of To learn more about city owned landmarks contact Cultural Heritage Survey coordinator Betty Marvin at 238 6879 Information is available about the upcoming BAHA lecture and house tour at 841 2242 or by visiting wwwberkeleyheritagecom on the Web The Oakland Heritage Alliance can be reached at 763 9218 OHA Summer Walks will be starting in July (the web siteiswwwoaklandheritageorg) The city sponsored Oakland Tours of downtown get under way this month continuing every Wednesday and Sat urday through October The free 90 minute tours scheduled for this week are Chinatown on Wednesday and Jack London Waterfront on Saturday All tours start at 10 am Reservations are recommended but not required Call the tours 24 hour hot line at 238 3234 or go online to wwwoaklandnetcom To learn about ongoing preservation efforts throughout the United States visitwwwnationaltrustorg The survey research and field notes on city ownership after serving previously more than 60000 structures for other uses These include the pio 2446 Teagarden Street San Leandro Of ree Estimates Custom fabrication Sf Complete installation ST Choose from over 60 varieties of granite slabs Tearout of old countertops Various design options Cabinet refacing New cabinet installation Of Plumber referrals Sf Contractor referrals Personal professional customer service tm Why Shop Anywhere Else? 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