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16 things to do on 7/19/2008

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Permaculture Design Course
Santa Cruz, CA
805.459.0452
earthflow.com
info at earthflow.com
The Permaculture Design Course with Larry Santoyo and more... Creating the Conditions for Sustainability to Happen-Learn, Work, Play-Repeat!

05.02-07.19
Roots of My Heart
NoneSuch Space
2865 Broadway, 2nd Floor
Oakland, CA 94611
510.625.1600
paragon-media.org/nonesuchspace
nonesuch at paragon-media.org
Paintings, drawings, and banners by Daniel Camacho. Exhibit extended through July 19.

06.18-08.30
The Big Read, Sonoma County Countywide Reading Program To Read To Kill a Mockingbird
www.bigreadsonoma.com or call Robin Metalitz, KRCB Outreach Coordinator at 707-584-2005.
707.584.2005
www.bigreadsonoma.com
The Big Read Sonoma County, countywide reading program. This year’s program, will takes place during September and October. will include activities and book-related projects based upon the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Community Members are encouraged to participate and organize activities related to the Big Read this fall.

07.04-07.28 6-9pm
Conflux Vignettes: Artwork by Julie Oppermann, Brian Lucas and Daniel Glendening
Buzz Gallery
2318 Telegraph Ave. at 23rd St.
Oakland CA 94612
510.465.4073
www.mamabuzzcafe.com
info at mamabuzzcafe.com
Group exhibition of artworks by Julie Oppermann, Brian Lucas and Daniel Glendening. Opening reception Friday, July 4th 6-9pm Buzz Gallery.

http://www.julieoppermann.com
http://www.notabove-notbelow.blogspot.com/

Saturdays 10-11:30am
Tai Chi ~ ongoing Saturday morning class in Bel Marin Keys
Anubhuti Meditation & Retreat Center
820 Bel Marin Keys Blvd, Novato, CA 94949
415.884.2314
www.anubhutiretreatcenter.org
anubhuti at bkwsu.org
Learn and practice tai chi in a meditative environment. Journey inside moving life energy; increase flexibility, relaxation, balance and concentration. Strengthen and enliven the body and spirit. Bring the inner smile out. Fern Jeffcoat has been practicing and teaching the Yang style long form for 17 years.

07.18-07.19 8:30am-5pm
An Age of Gardeners: Mrs. Bancroft & her horticultural contemporaries
Friday Talks at Civic Arts Education Building, Walnut Creek, CA
Reception at The Ruth Bancroft Garden
Saturday Talks at Regional Parks Botanic Garden or Orinda Public Library, TBD
Garden Study Tour, East Bay Hills
415.441.4300
www.gardenconservancy.org
jestey at gardenconservancy.org
In honor of Ruth Bancroft’s 100th Birthday, two days of celebration will include study of the horticultural legacy of Mrs. Bancroft and other revered gardeners by a remarkable cast of horticulturists, garden writers, and designers.

07.18-07.24 9am-5pm
Go Green with Rubbo Art of Energy! Retreat 2008
Sacred Sites and Power Spots, Marin County, California.
415.459.9098
www.CultivateChi.com
info at CultivateChi.com
Eco-therapy: transformational processes in nature through energy work, meditation, qigong, tai chi chuan, shaolin chuan, breathwork and Taoist yoga.

07.19 10am-1pm
Urban Permaculture: An Ethical, Eco-Social Design Response to Climate Change and Peak Everything
UC Berkeley Extension South of Market Center, 95 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
510.642.4111
www.unex.berkeley.edu/cat/course1671.html
landarch at unex.berkeley.edu
Learn the fundamentals of permaculture design - a system of assembling the essential components of the human habitat in an integral organic pattern that benefits humans, animals, and plants in a particular region.

07.19 10am-5pm
Music, Movement, & Meditation ~ Spiritual Day Retreat
Anubhuti Meditation & Retreat Center
820 Bel Marin Keys Blvd, Novato, CA 94949
415.884.2314
www.anubhutiretreatcenter.org
anubhuti at bkwsu.org
These three arts are effective mediums to recreate the beauty of soul and connect to the Divine. Join us for this unforgettable peaceful and healing retreat through the most profound sounds of sacred music, energizing movement of Qigong, and enlightening wisdom of Raja Yoga meditation.

07.19 10-11:30am
Brain Boosters
Elephant Pharmacy, 1607 Shattuck Avenue at Cedar, Berkeley, CA 510-549-9200
800.897.7530
www.BaumanCollege.org
marketing at baumancollege.org
Learn how to improve brain and neurological functionwith an Eating For Health™ diet and lifestyle and very specific combinations of herbs and supplemental nutrients. Presented by Dr. Edward Bauman, M.Ed., Ph.D., Bauman College Director.)

07.19 10-11:30am
Forget the Diet — Live the Lifestyle!
Elephant Pharmacy
909 Grand Avenue at 3rd
San Rafael, CA • 415-462-6000
800.987.7530
www.BaumanCollege.org
info at baumancollege.org
Losing weight is about so much more than being skinny!

Come hear about all the factors that influence successful weight loss, and how you can begin to get a handleon it all. (Presented by Dr. Helayne Waldman, Bauman College Faculty.)

07.19 7pm
Obon Odori
Enmanji Buddhist Temple, 1200 Gravenstein Hwy. So. Sebastopol

408.582.2073
lance.lew@nbcuni.com
lance.lew at sbcglobal.net
This community outdoor dance, honors those who have passed, and return to earth once a year to enjoy the earthly pleasures. Dance practices July 15th through Friday, July 18th from 7-9PM at Enmanji Memorial Hall.

07.19-07.20 10am-6pm
Connoisseurs’ Marketplace
On Santa Cruz Ave in Menlo Park CA
650.325.2818
www.miramarevents.com
live music, fine art, cool crafts, seasonal cooking demos, food tasting and samples in Organic Alley, festive food and drink with premium wines, microbrews and margaritas, street performers, free hand massages, product demos and samples in Burt’s Bees Bee-Utify Your World “hive” and the captivating kids’ fun zone

07.19-07.20 10-6am
Red and White Essence 1: Enlightened Relationship... with Kali Ma
MahaSiddha Center
2328 Channing Way, Berkeley
888.826.8729
www.kalima.org
register at mahasiddhas.org
The Sadhana of the Red & White Essence gives instruction on how the most intimate aspects of our lives - our intimate relationships - can be transformed into a powerful path of liberation from confusion that heals us at all levels.

07.19-07.27
Lifting the Veils Retreat
Institute of Noetic Sciences Retreat Center
Petaluma, California
510.725.2132
www.livingintruth.com
info at livingintruth.com
This 9-day retreat explores elegant and powerful ways to effortlessly transform the patterns of our everyday life experience in ways that best express our deepest truth.

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