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Urban Guide Listings to plan your week by Record-Breaking Breastfeeding Fest This Saturday, Bay Area mothers will earn a place in the Guinness Book ... with their mammeries. Vying to beat the Australian record of 536 women breastfeeding at the same time in the same place, Berkeley Women Infants and Children (WIC) has coordinated an event that expects over 1,000 (!) mothers to congregate at Martin Luther King, Jr. Park in Berkeley, annihilate the record, enjoy a summer afternoon, and celebrate World Breastfeeding Week 2002. The party's not just for mama either. Featuring the live music of Gwen Avery and the Blues Sistahs, a maternity fashion show, food, health, and craft booths, face painting, storytelling, a bouncy room, talk by "Mr. Dad" columnist, Armin Brott, and free gifts -- this event will truly be for the entire breastfeeding-supportive community. And, as Berkeley WIC director, Ellen Sirbu, points out, breastfeeding is definitely worthy of the support: "Breastfeeding is ... the most important nutritional bioactive substance available. It has been shown to save lives, reduce illness, foster optimum development, and protect the environment ... Recent studies have also demonstrated an increase in breastfed babies' I.Q., and a reduction in the risk of obesity." Wow. Sat/3, 12-4pm (official count at 2pm). Martin Luther King, Jr. Park, Allston and MLK Way, Berk. Free. 981.5360; www.wicworks.ca.gov. (EL) Audio Delight: Downtown Oakland Record show has it all. Downtown Oakland Record Show Wearing out that first Led Zepplin LP you scored in high school? Time to give your Michael Jackson Thriller a rest? Searching for that rare B-side? Itching to find some strange, off- the-beaten tracks to add to your music collection? Well then, the Downtown Oakland Record Show is the place to be. For seven years (and counting), Funky Soul Stop record store owner, Ed Harris, has spearheaded this every-two-month mingling of old-school LP col-lec-ting heads, DJs, producers, and buyers on a budget to create one of the most well-attended, all-the crate-diggin'-you-can-handle extravaganzas in the East Bay. And with booths and more booths overflowing with everything from the rare, hard-to-find 12" and 45's, to Soul, Jazz, Rock, Pop, and Funk favorites, this show is bound to offer up enough vinyl to satisfy the auditory fantasies of just about any persuasion. Get there early, or stay late while DJs E Natural, Colt 45, and Disco Duck work up a groove on the ones and twos and let your nibble fingers do the walking. Booth space is also available for all you music aficionados who wanna share the wealth. Sat/3, 10 am-5 pm. Hafbrau, 2221 Broadway at Grand, Oakl. $2. 452.2452. (CS) Detail of Prophesy Rock. The Great Spirit is represented by the large human figure at left. Life or...? Visions of the Hopi Prophesy Tens of thousands of years ago, the Hopi of the Southwest detailed their vision of the world's future in a large rock drawing that exists today at Prophesy Rock near Oraibi, Arizona. Most of its signs and prophecies have already been fulfilled. Fair-skinned conquistadors, covered wagons, cattle, railroads, a great spider web of telephone and electric wires, concrete rivers, oil spills, and the hippie movement were all foretold in the prophesy as interpreted by tribal elders. They say that the Fourth World is ending, making way for the Fifth World. But any apocalyptic future will not befall the world by green alien hands, scapegoats for our own destructive potential. Elders warn that choice, will, and the divergent paths of materialism and spirituality are the true culprits of demise. The Pro Arts Gallery invites you to envision a Fifth World with an open call for artwork. Use painting, poetry, music, or sculpture to manifest your alternative to a world of ashes. There is no fee for entry, and no restrictions on artwork submitted. Mail your vision in, or deliver it to the gallery by August 17th. An exhibition showcasing selected works will be held at Pro Arts from August 28th to October 5th. "The past grows longer, and the future grows shorter." Sat/17, 5pm. Pro Arts Gallery. 461 9th St, Oakl. Free. 763.9425; www.welcomehome.org/rainbow. (EP) Picks by Eve Lotter (EL), Erica Pedersen (EP), and Cicely J. Sweed (CS). [ East Bay | Metroactive | Archives ]