Name: Bike-A-Thon 2026
Start: 2026-10-25T10:00:00-07:00

<ul><li>Event Date: Sunday, October 25, 2025</li><li>Time: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM </li><li>Ride: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Family friendly, mostly flat 6.1 mi loop around the scenic <a target="_blank" href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/uRdu9uvYVoUX4aXMA" rel="nofollow noopener">Berkeley Marina)</a></li><li>Location: Albany Beach (<a target="_blank" href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/1100+Eastshore+Fwy,+Albany,+CA+94710/@37.8885824,-122.3160739,249m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x808578d7478a04b7:0xfbb913200e6cfc6f!8m2!3d37.888518!4d-122.315603!16s%2Fg%2F11zk41n5wk!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDgxMC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D" rel="nofollow noopener">beach entrance)</a>, Albany, CA</li></ul>Join us for the seventh annual Bike-a-Thon! This community bike ride and fundraiser brings together community members to celebrate bike joy and fundraise for Cycles of Change's transit justice and youth empowerment programs in Oakland and across the East Bay. This year, our goal is to raise $30,000 for the Bikery, to make sure the only community bike shop in the flatlands of East Oakland can blossom through the coming year. Learn more about our work here: givebutter.com/bikeathon2026

Local Event: Bike-A-Thon 2026

Alameda County

Fernando Haro

Bay Area

Berkeley

California

Bike-A-Thon 2026

Event Date: Sunday, October 25, 2025Time: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM Ride: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Family friendly, mostly flat 6.1 mi...

Book Society

<h2>About the event</h2>
Join us for our monthly Journaling Club&nbsp;— a welcoming space to cultivate creativity, reflection, and connection through the practice of journaling. Each month we’ll gather for a guided 90-minute session designed to inspire your writing, nurture mindfulness, and build community among fellow journalers.

Tickets include:
<ul><li>A guided journaling session</li><li>Mimosas or NA bubbly</li><li>Light morning treats</li></ul>

Whether you’re a lifelong writer or simply looking for a creative outlet, our Journaling Club offers a moment to pause, connect, and explore your inner world — one page at a time.

No need to have read The Book of Alchemy&nbsp;(the book that inspired this gathering) to participate! If you’d like to explore it, you can still support Book Society by purchasing a copy:
<ul><li>In-Store:&nbsp;We have copies available in store. Email us at <a target="_blank" href="mailto:hello@booksociety.social">hello@booksociety.social</a> if you would like us to set a copy aside for you.</li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/shop/BookSociety" rel="nofollow noopener">Bookshop.org</a>:&nbsp;Order online, and have it shipped to you.</li><li><a target="_blank" href="https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781666671285-i-who-have-never-known-men" rel="nofollow noopener">Libro.fm:</a>&nbsp;A great option for audiobook listeners!</li></ul>
Get your ticket here! <a href="https://www.booksociety.social/event-details/journaling-club-a-reflective-morning-inspired-by-the-book-of-alchemy-8" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">booksociety.social/event-details/journaling-club-a-reflective-morning-inspired-by-the-book-of-alchemy-8</a>
PLEASE NOTE:&nbsp;Book Society Journaling Club tickets are non-refundable. If you’re unable to attend, you may transfer your ticket to another person by giving Book Society written notice at least 24 hours before the event.

Local Event: Journaling Club

Journaling Club

About the event
Join us for our monthly Journaling Club — a welcoming space to cultivate creativity, reflection, and connection...

Brower Center

The Berkeley Bird Festival Sunday, October 18th <a href="https://berkeleybirdfestival.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://berkeleybirdfestival.org/</a>The David Brower Center | 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley (between Oxford and Schattuck) 12-5pm&nbsp;
Birding Field Trips | Various Parks Around Berkeley 8am-5pm&nbsp;
Free | Family-Friendly | All Ages
Every bird holds a memory. Every memory holds a meaning. Across different cultures and communities, across time and space, birds have played a significant role in shaping our understanding of the world, ourselves, and our relationship in nature.&nbsp;&nbsp;
On Sunday, October 18th, this year’s Berkeley Bird Festival invites you to celebrate our incredible birdlife here in the Bay Area through the theme of&nbsp; “Myth and Memories”.
Get outside and witness the birds and our shared environment. Engage with the Myth of the Flying Africans. Fold a crane for peace and longevity. Hear the story of SF’s Wild Parrots. Watch the street “split the sky” through a dance inspired by migration. Listen to the science behind wildlife and remember, every feather, past and present, is a portal to a world where all of us thrive.&nbsp;
This year two award-winning journalists and authors, Lauren Markham and Ed Yong, will share the stage and talk about what it means to “Bear Witness” through their most recent and forthcoming works!
This festival brings science, art, and culture under its wing to inspire our collective imagination and action in protecting birds and our environment. We hope you’ll join us whether you're bird-curious or a long-time advocate.&nbsp;
All performances and presentations are drop-in with the exception of birding trips that require advanced registration. Gather your flock, swoop in, and dive into a world of birds, Myth and Memory.
#MythandMemory #BerkeleyBirdFest2026 #BBF2026


Transportation: We highly recommend taking public transit via BART to the Downtown Berkeley BART station to get here! We’re also big proponents of biking to your favorite bird festival if possible.
Directions: From the <a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/bU5aXfSwMxqy98iv8" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Downtown Berkeley BART station</a> the David Brower Center is a four minute walk away. Head south from the station and turn left onto Allston Way.&nbsp;
Parking: The street along Allston between Oxford and Shattuck will be closed for the festival and street parking is very limited near the venue. There is a <a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/L8FEu1UTCLY6HGeH7" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">parking garage</a> at 2165 Kittredge St., just around the corner of the venue with a $3/hr fee or $22 for the day.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Sponsors
This event is made possible by<a href="https://bonolok.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Bonolok</a>, <a href="https://berkeleyca.gov/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The City of Berkeley</a>, <a href="https://www.berkeley.edu/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">UC Berkeley</a> Chancellor’s Community Partnership Fund, The Wood Foundation, <a href="https://www.blueheronbikesberkeley.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Blue Heron Bikes</a>, <a href="https://pleasanthill.wbu.com/?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=local&amp;utm_campaign=localmaps&amp;utm_content=91" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Wildbirds Unlimited</a>, and <a href="https://www.nocsprovisions.com/?srsltid=AU7gw4WN4JYUd7uXAd13udkJCAjgWh3y8EQ3HN-QFIUy-gjNAVK8z0Hn" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">NOCS</a>.&nbsp;
Website: <a href="https://www.berkeleybirdfestival.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.berkeleybirdfestival.org</a>

Local Event: The 5th Annual Berkeley Bird Festival 

The 5th Annual Berkeley Bird Festival 

The Berkeley Bird Festival Sunday, October 18th https://berkeleybirdfestival.org/The David Brower Center | 2150 Allston Way,...

La Val's Subterranean Theater, 1834 Euclid Ave, Berkeley, CA, 94709

Descend down to La Val’s Subterranean Theater and delve into a vivid story woven from several lesser-known European fairy tales that reflect the dark and dangerous undercurrents of childhood and all of its enchantment. In Mary Zimmerman’s The Secret in the Wings, a child is left with a frightening ogre, a basement becomes an enchanted kingdom, and one strange story gives way to the next in a kaleidoscopic unfolding of fairy tale as nightmare, memory, and theatrical spell. Embracing Lunatico’s physical, ensemble-driven style, director Michael Barr, creates a grimy, beautiful, and unsettling dreamscape that emerges from the shadowy corners of La Val’s Subterranean Theater. This Halloween season, join Lunatico in the basement for a night of fairy-tale lunacy…if you dare. Playing October 10th-November 1st, with a costume contest on the Halloween night performance!

Local Event: THE SECRET IN THE WINGS at Theatre Lunatico with talkback with the Director 

THE SECRET IN THE WINGS at Theatre Lunatico...

Descend down to La Val’s Subterranean Theater and delve into a vivid story woven from several lesser-known European fairy tales...

THE SECRET IN THE WINGS at Theatre Lunatico with talkback with the Director 

Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts, 10 10th St., Oakland, CA 94607

Maestro Kent Nagano, Berkeley Symphony's Music Director Laureate, returns to the East Bay for a program tracing the enduring legacy of J.S. Bach through the works of Felix Mendelssohn and into the present day. The curtain rises on Mendelssohn's haunting overture The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave), followed by the world premiere of Vater unser, a new work by Argentine composer Alex Nante which takes a Bach chorale as its point of departure, transforming inherited musical material into a luminous new sound world. Pianist Mari Kodama, renowned for her "delicate virtuosity," joins Nagano onstage for Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No. 1, and the composer's magnificent Symphony No. 5, "Reformation," brings the program to a powerful conclusion.$25-118.Presented by Berkeley Symphony

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Inheritance

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Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704

The internationally renowned Telegraph Quartet returns to the Berkeley Chamber Performances stage this October to launch its 34th season - an acclaimed Bay Area ensemble whose artistry has graced Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Philharmonie de Paris. Winners of the Naumburg Chamber Music Award and the Fischoff Grand Prize, the four ensemble members - two violins, viola, and cello - are known for the precision and fire they bring to the stage.Their program celebrates three emotionally gripping composers spanning two centuries of musical brilliance: Mendelssohn's radiant elegance, Shostakovich's searing emotional depth, and Korngold's gloriously Romantic splendor.&nbsp;A bold, brilliant evening of chamber music you can't miss.$40 General Admission, $20 College Students, Free for K-12.Presented by Berkeley Chamber Performances

Local Event: Telegraph Quartet, presented by Berkeley Chamber Performances

Telegraph Quartet, presented by Berkeley...

The internationally renowned Telegraph Quartet returns to the Berkeley Chamber Performances stage this October to launch its...

Telegraph Quartet, presented by Berkeley Chamber Performances

University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley 200 Centennial Drive, Berkeley, CA 94720

New Art Eco-models: Reclaiming Creativity in the Age of Infinite Content
In this lecture, Giovanni Aloi follows the making of the artist myth, from the Renaissance master to the modern rebel and creative entrepreneur, exposing institutions, wealth, and exclusions that have sustained it. Against this exhausted genealogy, his book I’m Not an Artist (2025) proposes an eco-cultural model for artistic life. Creativity precedes art. It exceeds galleries and markets, emerging as a generative force through which living beings continually reshape their worlds. Seen ecologically, the artist can no longer be imagined as an isolated genius. The artist becomes an organism among organisms, entangled with collaborators, audiences, materials, economies, and more-than-human agencies. From this perspective, the art world itself begins to resemble a habitat: diverse, interdependent, sustained through exchanges whose value cannot always be measured.
How can ecologically minded artists lead the way to a complete reconsideration of the art world and the future of creativity?
About the Presenter <a href="https://www.aloi.info/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Dr. Giovanni Aloi</a>&nbsp;is an author, educator, and curator whose work focuses on the representation of nature and the environment in art. Aloi is the editor-in-chief of Antennae: The Journal of Nature in Visual Culture and editor of the University of Minnesota Press series ‘Art after Nature’. He has written and edited numerous books on the representation of the natural world, with a particular focus on vegetal imagery, including Why Look at Plants? (2018), Botanical Revolutions (2025), and Lawn (2025). He has collaborated with institutions such as the BBC, PBS, Whitechapel Gallery, Tate, and the Art Institute of Chicago, and has curated exhibitions across the United States and Europe.

Local Event: New Art Eco-models: Reclaiming Creativity in the Age of Infinite Content

New Art Eco-models: Reclaiming Creativity in...

New Art Eco-models: Reclaiming Creativity in the Age of Infinite Content
In this lecture, Giovanni Aloi follows the making of...

New Art Eco-models: Reclaiming Creativity in the Age of Infinite Content

Northbrae Community Church

<h4>Sensational Seniors and Northbrae Community Church invite you to our Gratitude Gathering!</h4>
<h4>Celebrate the season of gratitude with an uplifting day designed especially for older adults and their families. Discover local resources, wellness services, educational opportunities, and community organizations while enjoying festive fall experiences, seasonal treats, and meaningful connections. It’s the perfect place to learn, explore, and celebrate all that makes our community stronger together.</h4>
<h4>What to expect: Festive booths, crafts, giveaways, demos, mini educational workshops, raffle prizes, light refreshments, and more!</h4>
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<h4>FREE MINI WORKSHOPS:</h4>
<h4>9:30 am – 10:00am:</h4>
<h4>“Aging’s Hidden Challenges &amp; Solutions” with Bevi Kothare, GM of East Bay for enABLE Care Management</h4>
Explore the essential factors that contribute to a longer, healthier, and more meaningful life. In this seminar, we’ll examine how physical wellness, cognitive vitality, social connection, purpose, and daily habits work together to shape lifelong resilience.
<h4>10:15 am to 10:45 am:</h4>
<h4>“Planning with Purpose: Taking the Stress Off Your Family” with Jackie Scoggins, Founder/Owner of Serenity Funeral Planning Consultants</h4>
Gain the tools and confidence to plan ahead, communicate your wishes, and help your family navigate the future with less stress and greater peace of mind.
<h4>11:00 am to 11:30 am:</h4>
<h4>“Simplifying Holiday Decor &amp; Stress” with Glen Riggs, Senior Real Estate Specialist with Glen Riggs Realtor</h4>
Simplify your holiday season with practical strategies for organizing décor, streamlining gifting, and creating simple, meaningful spaces.

Local Event: Sensational Seniors™ Gratitude Gathering

Sensational Seniors™ Gratitude Gathering

Sensational Seniors and Northbrae Community Church invite you to our Gratitude Gathering!
Celebrate the season of gratitude...

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