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Dec. 1: Five Things You Need to Know This Wednesday in Alameda

Hannukah starts tonight, no matter how you spell it...plus free legal advice and a great old movie.

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  1. Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah, or Hannukah or Chanukah. One of those. Check out the Temple Israel website to catch up on the background of the holiday and recipes for potato latkes, cheesecake and Israeli donuts. Mmmm.
  2. Tonight the Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority meets at 7 p.m. This is the panel that is made up of City Council members and makes plans for Alameda Point. Tonight's agenda includes a discussion about "options for a new structure" of the ARRA. Note that a separate special City Council meeting that was scheduled for tonight has been canceled.
  3. Artist Joan Clair de Stefano will talk about her new exhibit of works called "Visual Meditations," and show a DVD about a day in the life of Trappist monks. At the , 6:30 p.m.
  4. While Joan is handling the left-brain artistic stuff, volunteer attorneys will be addressing the drier, more right-brain issues of life during their monthly event, offering legal advice from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the . Sign-ups start at 5:30 p.m. at the reference desk upstairs.
  5. My daughter and I always watch Miracle on 34th Street this time of year, and we'll be catching it tonight on the big screen at . Showings today and tomorrow at 2 p.m., 4 p.m., 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Plan ahead: For one night only, Altarena Playhouse will host Brian Copeland's really touching and funny one-man show, Not a Genuine Black Man. It's the story of his childhood in San Leandro. Playing just one night, Saturday at 8 p.m.

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