October 2

Walkoberfest; 7:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.; Pavilion Stage;

Jack London Square at the foot of Broadway and

Embarcadero West; 814-6000.

Annual Black Cowboys Parade and Festival; 11:00

a.m.; deFremery Park; 1651 Adeline with viewing

stand in front of City Hall; the famous Clydesdale

Horses will be featured; parade continues down

Adeline to 14th Street, then down to City Hall and

October 3

Saving the Past for the Future; 12:00 p.m.-5:00

p.m; Dunsmuir House & Gardens Historic Estate; 2960

Peralta Oaks Court; 615-5555.

October 10

Timeout for Fun & Games Playday; 11:00 a.m.-3:00

p.m.; Jack London Square; at the foot of Broadway

and Embarcadero West; 814-6000.

Oakland Lyric Opera Showcase Series; Der

Rosenkavialier in concert; 3:00 p.m.; First

Congregational Church; 27th and Harrison Streets;

531-4231.

October 15

Oakland Lyric Opera Showcase Series; Der

Rosenkavialier in concert; 8:00 p.m.; First

Congregational Church; 27th and Harrison Streets;

531-4231.

October 16

Oakland Zoo Jane Goodall Day; 12 noon-3:00 p.m.;

9777 Golf Links Road in Knowland Park; 632-9525.

October 22-24

Oakland Ballet 1999 Fall Season Program 2; World

Premiere by Ronn Guidi, Nijinska Les Biches and

Betsy Erickson's Beneath the Wake; 8:00 p.m.,

Sunday matinee at 2:00 p.m.; Paramount Theatre;

2025 Broadway; 286-8914.

October 23

United Nations Day; 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Jack

London Square; at the foot of Broadway and

Embarcadero West; 814-6000.

October 30

Halloween at the Square; 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.; Jack

London Square; at the foot of Broadway and

Embarcadero West; 814-6000.

October 31

Head of the Estuary; 7:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.; Jack

London Square; at the foot of Broadway and

Embarcadero West; Estuary & Meadow 500; 814-6000.

Oakland Zoo's Boo at the Zoo; 11:00 a.m.-3:00

p.m.; 9777 Golf Links Road in Knowland Park;

632-9525.