Events: April and May 2009

Update, 04/08/09:

April 1 - September 22: Human/Nature: Artists Respond to a Changing Planet, Univ. of California Berkeley Art Museum (more information)

Saturday, April 28: City of Berkeley Earth Day, 12 Noon - 5 p.m., Civic Center Park, MLK & Allston (contact Karen Hester www.hesternet.net/events.html)

Sunday, May 3: Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour (We are attending!), 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Contact Kathy Kramer http://www.bringingbackthenatives.net/)

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So many events and a lot of overlap. April is Landscape Architecture Month and Earth Day is celebrated this month as well. May brings nice weather and thus plenty to do.

Sunday, April 12: Green Hairstreak Walk, Nature in the City, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., San Francisco (more information & RSVP)

Monday, April 20: Maximizing Your Input on Local Green Space, Berkeley Partners for Parks, 7 - 9 p.m., West Berkeley Senior Center, 1900 Sixth Street at Hearst, Berkeley

Thursday, April 23: Climate of Change: Global to Local Solutions, Bay Localize, 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., First Unitarian Church, 685 14th Street, Oakland (more information and RSVP)

Sunday, April 26: Sunday Streets Waterfront Route running along the Embarcadero - from AT&T Park to Aquatic Park (more information and schedule)

Tuesday, April 28: POPOS (Privately Owned Public Open Spaces), ASLA & San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association, 12 Noon - 1 p.m., 560 Mission Street, San Francisco (more about POPOS)

Saturday, May 2: Hidden Gems of Berkeley Ride and Walk – Treasures of Central Berkeley, Hidden Gems//Berkeley Bicycle Friendly Coalition//Livable Berkeley, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., Ride and walk begin at Civic Center fountain (Allston between Milvia and Martin Luther King Blvd.) and concludes at the meadow by the No. branch of Strawberry Creek (in front of the Life Sciences Building on campus).

Friday, May 8: David Brower Center “Housewarming” Opening Party, 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. ($25), 2150 Allston Way (between Oxford and Shattuck), Berkeley (call 510.486.0286 for tickets or more information)

Sunday, May 10: Sunday Streets Waterfront Route in the Southeast Sector, highlighting the San Francisco Bay Trail, which is celebrating its 20th Anniversary in May - from AT&T Park to the Bayview Opera House, along the Bay (more information and schedule)

Sunday, May 10: E. O. Wilson Biodiversity And Our Future Healing Mother Earth, Canopy Palo Alto, 4 p.m., Spangenberg Auditorium, Gunn High School, Palo Alto (more information)

Sunday, May 10: David Brower Public Open House, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., 2150 Allston Way (between Oxford and Shattuck), Berkeley (call 510.486.0286 for tickets or more information)