Halcyon Commons Tenth Anniversary
Block Party & Celebration in the Park!
Sunday, October 1, 1-4 p.m.
Music * Food * Brief Program * Fun for Kids
Autumnal Equinox Gathering, Solar Calendar
Autumnal Equinox Gathering
Saturday, September 23rd
6:15 to 7:15 p.m.
Sunset at 7 p.m.
The Interim Solar Calendar
Cesar Chavez Park
Led by Rabbi David Cooper
Bring your questions about the working of the sun, moon and earth.
Update on the Chavez Memorial.
David Cooper will talk on the subject of Fall Equinox rituals of the world and the values that these rituals enforce. This year the Fall Equinox falls just after the new moon, which also means just as the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and the Jewish holy month of Tishrei are beginning. This is one of the rare years when Tishrei and Ramadan exactly coincide. Why do they coincide only every 4 decades? The manner in which the lunar calendar is linked (or not linked) to the solar calendar is what determines this phenomenon. More about this as we gather on September 23rd.
Berkeley BPFP update: late September 2006
Greetings BPFP Members and Friends,
September has been good to Berkeley Partners for Parks, our member groups have enjoyed a flurry of grant awards:
Both Young Artists Workspace and The Ohlone Greenway Project won Berkeley Civic Arts Grants.
The University of California Chancellor’s Community Partnership has awarded grants to:
- Berkeley Pathwanderers Association
- Friends of Schoolhouse Creek Common
- The Commuity Orchard Project
- Aquatic Park/EGRET
- Friends of 5Creeks
- Halcyon Commons
The Alameda Countywide Clean Water Project has made an award for Strawberry Canyon Creek.
The Strong Foundation has made an award to Berkeley Pathwanderers Association.
Congratulations to all grant recipients!
HALCYON COMMONS REJUVENATION PROJECT
DESIGN CHARETTE OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY
SUNDAY OCTOBER 8, 2:30-5:00PM
Planning for features funded by the UC Chancellor’s Community Partnership Grant to Halcyon Neighborhood Association (fiscal sponsor: Berkeley Partners for Parks), including Animal Cutout Entry Arbor at north end of park, redesign/replanting of south end of Park and Halcyon Bird Sculpture.
*If you would like to participate in planning or facilitating the Design Charette, or wish to cover the Rejuvenation Project as a class project, please contact Nancy Carleton ncg.2 AT mindspring DOT com ahead of time. Students welcome!
Also, we want to invite all of you to attend our Tenth Anniversary Celebration of Halcyon Commons Park (note date change)
HALCYON COMMONS TENTH ANNIVERSARY
BLOCK PARTY & CELEBRATION IN THE PARK!
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1-4pm
MUSIC*FOOD*BRIEF PROGRAM*FUN FOR KIDS
Nancy Carleton expresses, ” thanks to all of you for your help and support.”
Want to find our more about Berkeley Partners for Parks? Visit our website at www.bpfp.org
Are you part of BPFP member group who wants to add to content, BPFP’s calendar, or have bpfp.org “host” your web page? Please contact Lee at webweaver AT bpfp DOT org
10th anniversary of the Westbrae Neighborhood
Come celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Westbrae Neighborhood Commons. Enjoy Food, Live Music, and Tile Painting and more!
Music by: KC Jiang (harmonica), the Swing Monkeys (acoustric trio), and Michael Wilson & friends (acoustic quartet)
A brief program will be held at 2:45
Date: Sunday, September 17
Time: 2-5 p.m.
Place: Peralta Community Garden (on Peralta between Hopkins St. & Gilman St.)
Cost: Free
Wheelchair accessible
The Westbrae Neighborhood Commons includes the Peralta, Northside, and Karl Linn Community Gardens, the Ohlone Greenway Natural and Cultural History Exhibit, and the Berkeley EcoHouse. These unique community spaces feature artwork and eco-friendly technologies amidst lush vegetable gardens and native California vegetation. A network of beautiful common spaces invites visitors to enjoy nature and each other’s company. A testament to the spirit of community, these commons were created and are maintained by volunteers and neighbors.
See you there!
Nicole Becker, coordinator
Friends of the Westbrae Commons
The 22nd Annual Shoreline Cleanup
All groups and individuals should meet at the Berkeley staging area located behind the Seabreeze Market at the corner of University and Frontage Rd. Here, everyone needs to sign waivers, we give you trash /recycle bags, pencils, tally cards and a map of the areas we need to clean. THERE ARE SEVEN BERKELEY SITES, visit http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/marina/marinaexp/cleanup.htm for complete details. Most are within walking distance of this area. Here is a map. For children under 18yrs, there is a waiver for their parents/legal guardians to sign, that they can bring to the clean-up.
Clean-up ends at 12:00- At this point, you turn in your tally cards at the main staging area and show us your most unusual items for judging. Each person will get a ticket to be part of our raffle. It usually starts by 12:30. Great Items are donated by local merchants.- If you would like to donate please let us know.
SPECIAL AGAIN THIS YEAR!
There will be a FREE drop off for volunteers of Electronic and Computer parts at the main site at University and Frontage Rd in the Dirt area behind Seabreeze Market- last year over 100 people came and donated 12 tons of e-waste!
The focus of the clean-ups are where the runoff from East Bay streets and creeks flows into the Bay covering the shorelines with litter. Most of the litter we pick up comes from inland, not the ocean. The new Bay trail runs along Frontage Rd. from Ashby Ave-to University, the site of the Berkeley Beach, connects the East Shore State Park. Some of the areas are part of the Eastshore State Park, which extends along the shoreline between Emeryville and Richmond. The clean-up provides a wonderful excuse to connect the cities, to make a difference and to explore the unique shoreline areas. We encouraged neighbors to do community service to clean up the Aquatic Park.