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Issue date: 5/14/09 Last update: 5/18/09 at 12:04 PM PST Section: Features

Thursday, May 14
Asian Heritage Month Festivity Free food, dance performances and entertainment.
Laney College Quad
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Friday, May 15
The Way We Move The Laney Dance Department will perform their annual spring concert.
Laney College Theater
7:30 p.m.

Monday, May 25
Memorial Day (No classes)

Tuesday, May 26
Chaucer to Pynchon in 90 Min
The Berkeley City College English Department will host a presentation on literature from Chaucer to Pynchon.
BCC Auditorium
11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Wednesday, May 27
Ask Not Filmmaker Johnny Symons exposes the effects of the US military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, the tangled political battles that led to the discriminatory law, and the societal shifts that have occurred since its passage in 1993.
Q & A following the film with filmmaker Johnny Symons. The ITVS Community Cinema Series is shown captioned. Free.
Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak St. at 10th St.

Saturday, May 30
Malcolm X Jazz and Arts Festival Sponsored by the East Side Arts Alliance, the event will feature performances by Howard Wiley and the Freedom Now! Band. There will also be dancers, poets, MCs, vocalists, DJs, graffiti battles and live music. For more information about the event, go to www.eastsideartsalliace.org.
San Antonio Park
18th Ave. and Foothill Blvd.
Oakland, CA
11 - 7 p.m.

Ross Dance at Laney This season, Ross Dance will be presenting 'To Evolve and Stay Young,' an evening featuring a delightful fusion of hip hop movement and contemporary jazz. The program will include two world premiers and work by critically acclaimed choreographers Barry Webster, Antoine Hunter (director of urban jazz), New Style Motherlode's Neopolitan, Natasha Johnson and Tecsia Evans. $20 at the door.
Laney College Theater
7:30 p.m.

Friday, June 5
Art Roots Here Reception for the Laney College EcoArts Class exhibition featuring installations and other forms of art that address environmental and
social justice issues.
Big Daddy's Complete Rejuvenating Community Garden, 3601 Peralta Street Emeryville,
8 p.m.

Sunday, July 19
The United African Club at Laney College will be participating in the San Francisco Aids Walk. For more information about the club, contract Adesola Oshinoiki at (925) 234-0033 or email aoshinoiki(at)yahoo(dot)com. For more information about the Aids Walk, go to www.aidswalk.net or call (415) 615-WALK.

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