Berkeley Path Wanderers: North Berkeley Churches and Paths Walk Wednesday December 3rd. Meet at 10 a.m. at Live Oak Park at the center picnic table in the area closest to Shattuck Ave. 848-9358. www.berkeleypaths.org
Holiday Power Walk from Rose Garden up to Atlas Path
Berkeley Path Wanderers: Holiday Power Walk from the Rose Garden up to Atlas Path, high in the hills and return. Saturday December 6th. Meet at 10 a.m. at the Rose Garden sign on Euclid near Eunice. 848-2944. www.berkeleypaths.org
Tuesday for the Birds
Tuesdays for the Birds Tranquil bird walks in local parklands, led by Bethany Facendini, from 7 to 9:30 a.m. Today we will visit the Berkeley Meadow in Eastshore State Park. Call for meeting place and if you need to borrow binoculars. 525-2233.
Winter Solstice Community Labyrinth Walk by Candlelight
East Bay Labyrinth Project
SUNDAY, December 21, 2008
Winter Solstice Community Labyrinth Walk by Candlelight from 6 to 8 p.m., Willard Middle School (Telegraph Ave. between Derby & Stuart, Berkeley). Hot mulled cider & refreshments. Everyone welcome. Wheelchair accessible. Rain cancels. Contact info@eastbaylabyrinthproject.org , 510-526-6032
Festival of Lights
Celebrate light in the darkness on Monday, Dec. 1, 3-6 p.m. at the Festival of Lights in Civic Center Park circling the fountain in Berkeley. Make a luminaria to light the walkways, build a gingerbread house, write a letter to Santa, draw your hopes for the future on Berkeley’s giant New Year’s Card, get your face painted, donate a warm coat or canned food. Enter a raffle for Twelve Nights Out in Berkeley – 12 free passes for two to a dinner out or performance from Buy Local Berkeley. There’s holiday music and entertainment, hot chocolate and cookies, and Santa and his elves arrive on a Fire Engine at 5 p.m. with treats for good little girls and boys. And when it gets really dark at 6 p.m., watch as the redwood tree behind City Hall glows in the night as Vice Mayor, Laurie Capitelli turns on the lights.
Sponsored by the City of Berkeley, Berkeley Business District Network, Berkeley Chamber of Commerce, Berkeley Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Buy Local Berkeley. Produced by Another Bullwinkel Show. Visit www.buylocalberkeley.com for more info.