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13 things to do on 7/20/2008

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/

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.

Friday - Sunday 10am-6pm
ThetaHealing Basic Workshop
Tri-City Physical Therapy
2805 Whipple Road
Union City, CA
510.931.7488
www.SourceThetaHealing.com
workshops at SourceThetaHealing.com
Increase your intuition, change limiting belief systems, learn new meditation techniques and explore a new paradigm of existence.

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.

07.20 8:30am-1pm
11th Annual Bay to Barkers Dog Run/Walk and Festival
Cesar Chavez Park
11 Spinnaker Way
Berkeley, CA 94710
510.845.7735 x13
www.berkeleyhumane.org
cshelby at berkeleyhumane.org
Come to the largest dog walk/run festival in the East Bay - the 11th Annual Bay to Barkers. This year’s event includes the world’s longest doggie line dance and “Do You Look Like Your Dog?” contest! Proceeds benefit the homeless animals at the Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society.

07.20 9am-5pm
Gateways to Heaven: 9-Gates Intensive
Dolce-Hayes Mansion
200 Edenvale Ave., San Jose
www.sivababa.org/events/calendar.asp
Enlightened master, Dattatreya Siva Baba, reveals extraordinary teachings for opening the “gateways to heaven,” subtle channels in the energetic body. As these sacred gates open, Dattatreya will deliver a series of powerful Grace Light transmissions - transfer of divine energy - for physical, mental and spiritual healing.

07.20 2-6pm
Be Well Integral Healing Space acupuncture and massage clinic GRAND OPENING!
401 29th Street and Summit, Suite 101
Oakland
510.504.2735
acupuncture at prodigy.net
Experience free: acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine, various forms of therapeutic massage (Tui Na, Shiatsu, Swedish, acupressure, Prenatal Massage, and Deep Tissue/Sports Massage).

Come sign up for free demos, and participate in a raffle with the chance to win free or discounted treatments or herbs. Free vegetarian food.

07.20 10am-1pm
The Art of Sustainability--Zooming in to Zero Energy: Residential Energy Efficiency and Solar in California
UC Berkeley Extension South of Market Center, 95 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
510.642.4111
www.unex.berkeley.edu/cat/course1726.html
interiordes at unex.berkeley.edu
To meet its goals of reducing energy use and carbon emissions, California is requiring all new homes to achieve net-zero-energy performance by 2020. This lecture in our six-part series summarizes the framework of the policy and infrastructure promoting zero- energy homes.

07.20-07.21 10am-6pm
Red & White Essence I:Enlightened Relationship... with Kali Ma
MahaSiddha Center - 2328 Channing Way Berkeley, CA 94704
888.826.8729
Web site
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.

07.20-07.26 10am-5pm
Chi Gung Tui Na: Energy Bodywork
Menlo College, Atherton, CA, 94027
415.454.5243
www.energyarts.com
eainfo at energyarts.com
Chi Gung Tui Na: Energy Bodywork: Taoist Lineage Master Bruce Frantzis rarely teaches chi gung tui na, which combines knowledge of chi healing with hands-on bodywork. Therapists of all backgrounds can integrate the techniques.

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