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Ebony Museum of Arts
The museum specializes in the art and history of Africa.
Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 6 p.m.
30 Jack London Village, Suite 209. (510) 763-0745.
Habitot Children’s Museum
Kittredge Street and Shattuck Avenue
“Back to the Farm.”
Ongoing
An interactive exhibit gives children the chance to wiggle through tunnels like an earthworm, look into a mirrored fish pond, don farm animal costumes, ride on a John Deere tractor and more.
Cost: $4 adults; $6 children age 7 and under; $3 for each additional child age 7 and under.
Monday and Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Tuesday and Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
647-1111 or www.habitot.org
Judah L. Magnes Museum
2911 Russell St.
549-6950
Free
Sunday through Thursday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
“Telling Time: To Everything There Is A Season”
Through May 2002.
An exhibit structured around the seasons of the year and the seasons of life with objects ranging from the sacred and the secular, to the provocative and the whimsical. Highlights include treasures from Jewish ceremonial and folk art, rare books and manuscripts, contemporary and traditional fine art, video, photography and cultural kitsch.
“Spring and Summer.”
Through Nov. 4.
“Chagall: Master Prints and Posters, Selections from the Magnes Museum Collection.”
Through Sept. 28.
UC Berkeley Art Museum
2626 Bancroft Way, Berkeley
“Mandala: The Architecture of Enlightenment,” through Sept. 17.
An exhibit of rare and exquisite works featuring more than forty mandalas and related objects including sculptures and models of sacred spaces.
“Doug Aitken/MATRIX 185: Into the Sun,” through Sept. 3.
An exhibit of works primarily in video and film, using the interplay of art and media to evoke deserted landscapes.
“Autour de Rodin: Auguste Rodin and His Contemporaries,” through August.
An exhibit of 11 bronze maquettes on loan from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation in Los Angeles. The bronzes range in style from the artist’s classically inspired “Torso of a Woman” to the anguish of “The Martyr.” Some of the maquettes were cast during Rodin’s lifetime, others have been cast fairly recently under the aegis of the Musee Rodin which alone is authorized to cast his sculptures posthumously.
“Hans Hoffmann,” open-ended.
An exhibit of paintings by Hoffmann which emphasizes two experimental methods the artist employed: the introduction of slabs or rectangles of highly saturated colors and the use of large areas of black paint juxtaposed with intense oranges, greens and yellows.
The Asian Galleries
“Art of the Sung: Court and Monastery,” open-ended.
A display of early Chinese works from the permanent collection.
“Chinese Ceramics and Bronzes: The First 3,000 Years,” open-ended.
“Works on Extended Loan from Warren King,” open-ended.
“Three Towers of Han,” ongoing.$6 general; $4 seniors and students age 12 to 18; free children age 12 and under; free Thursday, 11 a.m. to noon and 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Friday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
642-0808.
UC Berkeley Museum
of Paleontology
Lobby, Valley Life Sciences Building, UC Berkeley
“Tyrannosaurus Rex,” ongoing.
A 20-foot tall, 40-foot long replica of the fearsome dinosaur. The replica is made from casts of bones of the most complete T. Rex skeleton yet excavated. When unearthed in Montana, the bones were all lying in place with only a small piece of the tailbone missing.
“Pteranodon,” ongoing.
A suspended skeleton of a flying reptile with a wingspan of 22 to 23 feet. The Pteranodon lived at the same time as the dinosaurs.
California Fossils Exhibit, ongoing. An exhibit of some of the fossils which have been excavated in California.
Free. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
642-1821.
UC Berkeley Phoebe Hearst
Museum of Anthropology
Kroeber Hall, Bancroft Way and College
Avenue, Berkeley
“Modern Treasures from Ancient Iran,” through Oct. 29.
This exhibit explores nomadic and town life in ancient and modern Iran as illustrated in bronze and pottery vessels, and textiles.
“Approaching a Century of Anthropology: The Phoebe Hearst Museum,” open-ended.
This new permanent installation will introduce visitors to major topics in the museum’s history, including the role of Phoebe Apperson Hearst as the museum’s patron, as well as the relationship of anthropologists Alfred Kroeber and Robert Lowie to the museum.
“Ishi and the Invention of Yahi Culture,” ongoing.
This exhibit documents the culture of the Yahi Indians of California as described and demonstrated from 1911 to 1916 by Ishi, the last surviving member of the tribe.
$2 general; $1 seniors; $.50 children age 17 and under; free on Thursdays. Wednesday, Friday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
643-7648
Mills College Art Museum
5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland
“The 100 Languages of Children,” through October.
An exhibit of art by children from Reggio Emilia, Italy. At Carnegie Building Bender Room.
Free. Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. 430-2164
Lawrence Hall of Science
“Experiment Gallery”
Closing Sept. 10. Step inside a giant laboratory and experiment with concepts surrounding sound, light, mechanics, electricity, and weather.
“Math Rules!” Ongoing. A math exhibit of hands-on problem-solving stations, each with a different mathematical challenge. Make mathematical ice-cream cones, use blocks to build three dimensional structures, make dodecagon pies from a variety of mathematical shapes and stretch mathematical thinking.
“Within the Human Brain” Ongoing. Visitors test their cranial nerves, play skeeball, master mazes, match musical tones and construct stories inside a simulated “rat cage” of learning
experiments.
Holt Planitarium
Programs are recommended for age 8 and up; children under age 6 will not be admitted. $2 in addition to regular museum admission.
“How Big Is the Universe,” through Sept. 3. Learn about various
ways to determine distances. Through Sept. 3: Saturday and Sunday, 1 p.m.
“Moons of the Solar System,” through Dec. 10. Take a tour of the
fascinating worlds that orbit Earth and other planets out to the edge
of the Solar System. Through Sept. 3, Saturday and Sunday, 2:15 p.m.;
Sept. 9 through Oct. 29, 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.; Nov. 4 through Dec. 10;
2;15 p.m.
“Constellations Tonight” Ongoing. Using a simple star map, learn
to identify the most prominent constellations for the season in the
planetarium sky. Daily, 3:30 p.m. $7 general; $5 seniors, students, disabled, and youths age 7 to 18;
$3 children age 3 to 5 ; free children age 2 and younger. Daily 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m.; Centennial Drive, University of California,
Berkeley. (510) 642-5132 or www.lhs.berkeley.edu
The Oakland Museum of
California
1000 Oak St., Oakland
“Helen Nestor: Personal and Political” Through Oct. 15.
An exhibit of images documenting the Free Speech Movement, the 60s civil rights marches, and women’s issues.
“California Classic: Realist Paintings by Robert Bechtle” through Oct. 1.
An exhibit of 18 paintings and drawings by the Bay Area artist dating from 1965 to 1997.
Special Exhibit – “Meadowsweet Dairy: Wood Sculpture,” through Sept. 15.
An exhibit of 12 sculptures made with materials found and salvaged to reveal the beauty of the natural object. At the Sculpture Court, City Center, 1111 Broadway. Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
$6 general; $4 seniors and students; free children age 5 and under; second Sundays are free to all. Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.; first Friday of the month, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
(888) OAK-MUSE or www.museumca.org.
Music
Ashkenaz
1317 San Pablo Ave.
525-5099
For all ages
www.ashkenaz.com
Today, 9:30 p.m. CD release party with Strictly Roots
Sept. 3, 9 p.m. Don Carlos & Reggaie Angels
Sept. 5, 9 p.m. A night of Big Mountain Awareness with Blackfire
Sept. 6, 8 p.m. lesson and 9 p.m. show Poullard-Thompson Band (Cajun)
Sept. 8 Fantcha
Sept. 27, 8 p.m., dance session, 9 p.m., music
Kate Brislin, Jody Stecher, Heath Curtis, Bluegrass intentions
Old time, Appalachian music
525-5099
924 Gilman St.
924 Gilman Street is an all-ages, member-run no alcohol, drugs, and violence club. Most shows are $5. Memberships for the year are $2. Shows start at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
Call 525-9926.
The Albatross Pub
1822 San Pablo Ave.
843-2473
All shows begin at 9 p.m.
Larry Stefl Jazz Quartet, Sept. 2.
Dunsmuir Historic Estate
2960 Peralta Oaks Court, Oakland
End of summer concert: “Caribbean Rhythms”
Sunday, Sept. 3, noon- 3 p.m.
$5 adults, $4 seniors; $1 for children under 13
615-5555, www.dunsmuir.org
Starry Plough
3101 Shattuck Ave.
Noche de Flamenco, 8:30 p.m., Sept. 6
Featured artists include Cristo Cortes, Monica Bermudez
and Carola Zertuche, with special guest El Pollito
$10
841-2082
The Greek Theatre
Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals, Maceo Parker, Sept. 8, 7 p.m. $30.
Hearst Avenue and Gayley Road, Berkeley. (510) 444-TIXS
Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center
Daniela Mercury, Sept. 8, 8 p.m. $35.
10 10th St., Oakland. (510) 534-6348, (510) 762-BASS
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan conducting, Sept. 9 and Sept. 10.
A performance of Handel's opera-oratorio “Semele.”
$32 to $46. Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 7 p.m. First
Congregational Church, Dana Street and Durant Avenue, Berkeley.
(415) 392-4400 or www.philharmonia.org
The Jazzschool
2375 Shattuck Ave.
Dick Hindman Trio
4:30 p.m., Sept. 17
$12; $10 students/seniors; $6 for Jazzschool students and children under 13
Classical Concert
Friday, Sept. 29
First Lutheran Church at Homer and Webster streets, Palo Alto
8 p.m.
(415) 378-4863
Films
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum
Pacific Film Archive
2575 Bancroft Way
642-1412
“Treasures from the George Eastman House”
Various programs and a 16-film salute to little-known actresses.
Sept. 1 -Oct. 8
“MadCat Women’s International Film Festival”
Sept. 8,9
Festival showcases women filmmakers from around the world.
“Paper Tiger Television”
A look at TV used to promote grassroots political action. PTTV members will appear for discussion with the audiences at screenings.
Sept. 12,15
$7 for one film; $8.50 for double bills. UC Berkeley students are $4/$5.50. Seniors and children are $4.50/6.00
Paramount Movie Classics Summer 2000 Series
The evening includes a classic movie, walk-in music from the Wurlitzer
organ, a newsreel, cartoon, movie previews and the Paramount's prize
give-away game “Dec-O-Win.”
Sept. 8: The French Connection.
Sept. 22: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
$5. Shows at 8 p.m. 2025 Broadway, Oakland. (510) 465-6400.
Theater
“The Green Bird” by Carlo
Gozzi
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
2025 Addison St.
Adapted by Theatre de la Jeune Lune and directed by Dominique Serrand.
“The Green Bird” runs from September 8 - October 27. For tickets contact the box office at 845-4700
“The Philanderer”
by George Bernard Shaw
Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave.
Performed by the Aurora Theatre company, “The Philanderer” takes on the challenging and often humorous exploration of gender roles and the separations that exist between the sexes.
Preview dates are September 8-10 and 13, tickets for preview showings are sold at $26. Opening night is September 14, admission is $35. Showtimes run Wednesday through Saturday through October 15 at 8 p.m. and Sunday matinees show at 2 p.m., plus selected Sunday evenings at 7 p.m. Admission for regular performances is $30. Student discounts are available. For tickets and information call 843-4822 or visit www.auroratheatre.org.
“Endgame”
Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, through Sept. 2 at La Val’s Subterranean 1834 Euclid Ave. Berkeley.
Directed by George Charbak.
524-9327.
“MIMZABIM!”
Climate Theatre & Subterranean Shakespeare
La Vals Subterraniean 1834 Euclid, Berkeley
Sept.7 -Oct. 14
Thursday - Saturday 8:00 p.m.
$12, Students $8
Exhibits
The Artistry of Rae Louise
Hayward
The Women’s Cancer Resource Center Gallery
3023 Shattuck Ave.
548-9286, ext. 307
Through Sept. 27
Rae Louise Hayward, one of the founders of The Art of Living Black, Bay Area Black Artist Annual Exhibition and Open Studios Tour.
Haywards’ art celebrates the beauty of African culture from its people to its music.
Regular gallery hours are Tuesday through Thursday 1-7 p.m., Saturday 12-4 p.m. and by appointment.
Traywick Gallery
1316 Tenth St.
527-1214
Charles LaBelle
Sept. 9 - Oct. 15
LaBelle’s new series of large-scale color photographs highlight nighttime nature in Hollywood. He recreates trees at night using a hand-held spotlight and playing on the beam across the leaves and branches. The opening reception will be held on September 12 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Blue Vinyl by Connie Walsh
Sept. 9 - Oct. 15
This multimedia project combines video, sound and printmaking to explore concepts of intimacy and its relation to private space. The opening reception is on September 12 from 6-8 p.m.
Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday 11-6 p.m. and Sundays 12-5 p.m.
A.C.C.I. Gallery
“Paperworks,” Sept. 1 through Oct. 7.
A group exhibit of works by Carol Brighton, Vannie Keightley, Jean Hearst.
Opening Reception, Sept. 1, 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Free. Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. 1652 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. (510) 843-2527
Berkeley Art Center
“Ethnic Notions: Black Images in the White Mind,''
Sept. 10 through Nov. 12. An exhibit by Janette Faulkner exploring racial stereotypes in commercial imagery. Free. Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Live Oak Park, 1275 Walnut St., Berkeley. (510) 644-6893
California College of Arts and Crafts
“Add/Drop/Add: CCAC Fine Arts Faculty Exhibitions”
Sept. 5 through Sept. 16.
Free. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Oliver Art Center, 5212 Broadway, Oakland. 594-3712
Chi Gallery
“Alegres Cantos en Mi Ser (Songs of Joy in My Being)” through Sept. 30.
An exhibit of paintings depicting scenes of Afro-cuban music, by Susan Mathews. Reception, Sept. 9, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Free. Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. 912-A Clay St., Oakland. (510) 832-4244.
Creative Growth
“Indelible Ink” closing Sept. 1. Selections from the Creative Growth Permanent Collection and new works.
Free. Monday through Friday, noon to 5:30 p.m. 355 24th St., Oakland. (510) 836-2340
Kala Institute
“Layerings: New Work by Four Kala Fellows” through Sept. 28. The 2000 Kala Art Institute Fellowship Awards Exhibitions, Part II of works by Margaret M. Kessler, Barbara Milman, Michele Muennig, and
David Politzer. Free. Tuesday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Workshop Media Center
Gallery, 1060 Heinz Ave., Berkeley. (510) 549-2977
Readings
Rhyme & Reason Poetry Series
Berkeley Art Museum, 2621 Durant
Second and fourth Sundays of each month. For open reading following featured readers, sign up at 2 p.m., readings begin at 2:30 p.m.
Sept. 10. Q.R. Hand, Tennessee Reed
Readings at Cody’s
2454 Telegraph Ave.
Sept. 5, 7:30 p.m. Terry Burnham and Jay Phelan discuss their book “Mean Genes – From Sex to Money to Food: Taming Our Primal Instincts.”
Sept. 7, 7 p.m. Andrea Siegel, “Open and Clothed: For the Passionate Clothes Lover.” At 1730 Fourth St.
Sept. 7, 7:30 p.m. Diana Spaulding and David Dodd, “The Grateful Dead Reader”
Sept. 8, 7:30 p.m. Glenn Dickey, “Glenn Dickey's 49ers – the Rise, the Fall and the Future of
Football's Greatest Dynasty.”
Sept. 10, 7:30 p.m. Julia Cameron and her book “The Artist's Way.”
Nyingma Institute
1815 Highland Place
843-6812
Free
Sept. 3, 3 to 5 p.m. Open House
Free introduction to Tibetan Buddhist Culture
6-7 p.m. “Life of the Buddha”
Instructor Eva Casey relates the lessons of Buddha to the practitioner’s experience.
Sept. 10, 6-7p.m. “Overcoming Obstacles to Meditation”
Instructor Abbe Blum talks about meditation troubles and how they can be viewed to unlock the mind’s secrets.
Sept. 17, 6-7 p.m. “Knowledge of Freedom”
Buddhist teacher June Rosenberg will demonstrate how “Knowledge of Freedom” teachings can be applied in daily life.
UC Berkeley’s Poem Reading Series Kickoff Event
Sept. 7, 12:10 p.m. Robert Hass introduces Berkeley campus figures reading their favorite poems. Free. Morrison Room, Doe Library, Bancroft Way at College Avenue,
Berkeley. (510) 642-0137
Tours
Golden Gate Live Steamers
Small locomotives, meticulously scaled to size, run along a half mile of track in Tilden Regional Park. The small trains are owned and maintained by a non-profit group of railroad buffs who offer rides.
Free. Trains run Sunday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Rides: Sunday, noon to 3 p.m., weather permitting. Grizzly Peak Boulevard and Lomas Cantadas Drive at the south end of Tilden Regional Park, Berkeley.
486-0623
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Scientists and engineers guide visitors through the research areas of the laboratory, demonstrating emerging technology and discussing the research’s current and potential applications. A Berkeley lab tour usually lasts two hours and includes visits to several research areas. Popular tour sites include the Advanced Light Source, The National Center for Electron Microscopy, the 88-Inch Cyclotron, The Advanced Lighting Laboratory, and The Human Genome Laboratory. Reservations required at least two weeks in advance of tour.
Free. University of California, Berkeley.
486-4387
Berkeley City Club Tours
Guided tours through Berkeley’s City Club, a landmark building designed by architect Julia Morgan, designer of Hearst Castle.
$2. The fourth Sunday of every month except December, between noon to 4 p.m.
2315 Durant Ave., Berkeley.
848-7800
Dance
Yoshi’s
Mark Isham's In A Silent Way Project Sept. 4, $18.
Ray Brown Trio with Kevin Mahogany, Sept. 5 through Sept. 10. $20 to $24 general; Sunday matinee: $5 children; $10 adult with one child.
Unless otherwise noted, music at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.; Sunday 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland. (510) 238-9200 or
(510) 762-BASS
Luna Kids Dance
Creative dance for children
Parent-child class
Sept. 9, 9-10 a.m.
Redwood Day School, 3245 Sheffield Ave, Oakland
Sept. 12, open house
Ashkenas, 1317 San Pablo, 4:30-5:30 p.m.
530-4113
Mark Morris Dance Group
“Four Saints in Three Acts” and “Dido & Aeneas”
Sept. 21-24 Zellerbach Hall
Music by the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra and American Bach Soloists
Tickets: $34 - $52
643-6714
Lawrence Hall of Science
“Experiment Gallery”
Closing Sept. 10. Step inside a giant laboratory and experiment with concepts surrounding sound, light, mechanics, electricity, and weather.
“Math Rules!” Ongoing. A math exhibit of hands-on problem-solving stations, each with a different mathematical challenge. Make mathematical ice-cream cones, use blocks to build three dimensional structures, make dodecagon pies from a variety of mathematical shapes and stretch mathematical thinking.
“Within the Human Brain” Ongoing. Visitors test their cranial nerves, play skeeball, master mazes, match musical tones and construct stories inside a simulated “rat cage” of learning
experiments.
Holt Planitarium
Programs are recommended for age 8 and up; children under age 6 will not be admitted. $2 in addition to regular museum admission.
“How Big Is the Universe,” through Sept. 3. Learn about various
ways to determine distances. Through Sept. 3: Saturday and Sunday, 1 p.m.
“Moons of the Solar System,” through Dec. 10. Take a tour of the
fascinating worlds that orbit Earth and other planets out to the edge
of the Solar System. Through Sept. 3, Saturday and Sunday, 2:15 p.m.;
Sept. 9 through Oct. 29, 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.; Nov. 4 through Dec. 10; 2:15 p.m.
“Constellations Tonight” Ongoing. Using a simple star map, learn
to identify the most prominent constellations for the season in the
planetarium sky. Daily, 3:30 p.m. $7 general; $5 seniors, students, disabled, and youths age 7 to 18;
$3 children age 3 to 5 ; free children age 2 and younger. Daily 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m.; Centennial Drive, University of California,
Berkeley. (510) 642-5132 or www.lhs.berkeley.edu
The Oakland Museum
of California
1000 Oak St., Oakland
“Helen Nestor: Personal and Political” Through Oct. 15.
An exhibit of images documenting the Free Speech Movement, the 60s civil rights marches, and women’s issues.
“California Classic: Realist Paintings by Robert Bechtle” through Oct. 1.
An exhibit of 18 paintings and drawings by the Bay Area artist dating from 1965 to 1997.
Special Exhibit – “Meadowsweet Dairy: Wood Sculpture,” through Sept. 15.
An exhibit of 12 sculptures made with materials found and salvaged to reveal the beauty of the natural object. At the Sculpture Court, City Center, 1111 Broadway. Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
$6 general; $4 seniors and students; free children age 5 and under; second Sundays are free to all. Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.; first Friday of the month, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
(888) OAK-MUSE or www.museumca.org.
Ashkenaz
1317 San Pablo Ave.
525-5099
For all ages
www.ashkenaz.com
Today, 9:30 p.m. CD release party with Strictly Roots
Sept. 3, 9 p.m. Don Carlos & Reggaie Angels
Sept. 5, 9 p.m. A night of Big Mountain Awareness with Blackfire
Sept. 6, 8 p.m. lesson and 9 p.m. show Poullard-Thompson Band (Cajun)
Sept. 8 Fantcha
Sept. 27, 8 p.m., dance session, 9 p.m., music
Kate Brislin, Jody Stecher, Heath Curtis, Bluegrass intentions
Old time, Appalachian music
525-5099
924 Gilman St.
924 Gilman Street is an all-ages, member-run no alcohol, drugs, and violence club. Most shows are $5. Memberships for the year are $2. Shows start at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
Call 525-9926.
The Albatross Pub
1822 San Pablo Ave.
843-2473
All shows begin at 9 p.m.
Larry Stefl Jazz Quartet, Sept. 2.
Dunsmuir Historic Estate
2960 Peralta Oaks Court, Oakland
End of summer concert: “Caribbean Rhythms”
Sunday, Sept. 3, noon- 3 p.m.
$5 adults, $4 seniors; $1 for children under 13
615-5555, www.dunsmuir.org
Starry Plough
3101 Shattuck Ave.
Noche de Flamenco, 8:30 p.m., Sept. 6
Featured artists include Cristo Cortes, Monica Bermudez
and Carola Zertuche, with special guest El Pollito
$10 841-2082
The Greek Theatre
Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals, Maceo Parker, Sept. 8, 7 p.m. $30.
Hearst Avenue and Gayley Road, Berkeley. (510) 444-TIXS
Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center
Daniela Mercury, Sept. 8, 8 p.m. $35.
10 10th St., Oakland. (510) 534-6348, (510) 762-BASS
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan conducting, Sept. 9 and Sept. 10.
A performance of Handel's opera-oratorio “Semele.”
$32 to $46. Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 7 p.m. First
Congregational Church, Dana Street and Durant Avenue, Berkeley.
(415) 392-4400 or www.philharmonia.org
The Jazzschool
2375 Shattuck Ave.
Dick Hindman Trio
4:30 p.m., Sept. 17
$12; $10 students/seniors; $6 for Jazzschool students and children under 13
Classical Concert
Friday, Sept. 29
First Lutheran Church at Homer and Webster streets, Palo Alto
8 p.m.
(415) 378-4863
Films
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum
Pacific Film Archive
2575 Bancroft Way
642-1412
“Treasures from the George Eastman House”
Various programs and a 16-film salute to little-known actresses.
Sept. 1 -Oct. 8
“MadCat Women’s International Film Festival”
Sept. 8,9
Festival showcases women filmmakers from around the world.
“Paper Tiger Television”
A look at TV used to promote grassroots political action. PTTV members will appear for discussion with the audiences at screenings.
Sept. 12,15
$7 for one film; $8.50 for double bills. UC Berkeley students are $4/$5.50. Seniors and children are $4.50/6.00
Paramount Movie Classics Summer 2000 Series
The evening includes a classic movie, walk-in music from the Wurlitzer
organ, a newsreel, cartoon, movie previews and the Paramount's prize
give-away game “Dec-O-Win.”
Sept. 8: The French Connection.
Sept. 22: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
$5. Shows at 8 p.m. 2025 Broadway, Oakland. (510) 465-6400.
Theater
“The Green Bird” by Carlo
Gozzi
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
2025 Addison St.
Adapted by Theatre de la Jeune Lune and directed by Dominique Serrand.
“The Green Bird” runs from September 8 - October 27. For tickets contact the box office at 845-4700
“The Philanderer”
by George Bernard Shaw
Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave.
Performed by the Aurora Theatre company, “The Philanderer” takes on the challenging and often humorous exploration of gender roles and the separations that exist between the sexes.
Preview dates are September 8-10 and 13, tickets for preview showings are sold at $26. Opening night is September 14, admission is $35. Showtimes run Wednesday through Saturday through October 15 at 8 p.m. and Sunday matinees show at 2 p.m., plus selected Sunday evenings at 7 p.m. Admission for regular performances is $30. Student discounts are available. For tickets and information call 843-4822 or visit www.auroratheatre.org.
“Endgame”
Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, through Sept. 2 at La Val’s Subterranean 1834 Euclid Ave. Berkeley.
Directed by George Charbak.
524-9327.
“MIMZABIM!”
Climate Theatre & Subterranean Shakespeare
La Vals Subterraniean 1834 Euclid, Berkeley
Sept.7 -Oct. 14
Thursday - Saturday 8:00 p.m.
$12, Students $8
Exhibits
The Artistry of Rae Louise
Hayward
The Women’s Cancer Resource Center Gallery
3023 Shattuck Ave.
548-9286, ext. 307
Through Sept. 27
Rae Louise Hayward, one of the founders of The Art of Living Black, Bay Area Black Artist Annual Exhibition and Open Studios Tour.
Haywards’ art celebrates the beauty of African culture from its people to its music.
Regular gallery hours are Tuesday through Thursday 1-7 p.m., Saturday 12-4 p.m. and by appointment.
Traywick Gallery
1316 Tenth St.
527-1214
Charles LaBelle
Sept. 9 - Oct. 15
LaBelle’s new series of large-scale color photographs highlight nighttime nature in Hollywood. He recreates trees at night using a hand-held spotlight and playing on the beam across the leaves and branches. The opening reception will be held on September 12 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Blue Vinyl by Connie Walsh
Sept. 9 - Oct. 15
This multimedia project combines video, sound and printmaking to explore concepts of intimacy and its relation to private space. The opening reception is on September 12 from 6-8 p.m.
Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday 11-6 p.m. and Sundays 12-5 p.m.
A.C.C.I. Gallery
“Paperworks,” Sept. 1 through Oct. 7.
A group exhibit of works by Carol Brighton, Vannie Keightley, Jean Hearst.
Opening Reception, Sept. 1, 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Free. Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. 1652 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. (510) 843-2527
Berkeley Art Center
“Ethnic Notions: Black Images in the White Mind,''
Sept. 10 through Nov. 12. An exhibit by Janette Faulkner exploring racial stereotypes in commercial imagery. Free. Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Live Oak Park, 1275 Walnut St., Berkeley. (510) 644-6893
California College of Arts and Crafts
“Add/Drop/Add: CCAC Fine Arts Faculty Exhibitions”
Sept. 5 through Sept. 16.
Free. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Oliver Art Center, 5212 Broadway, Oakland. 594-3712
Chi Gallery
“Alegres Cantos en Mi Ser (Songs of Joy in My Being)” through Sept. 30.
An exhibit of paintings depicting scenes of Afro-cuban music, by Susan Mathews. Reception, Sept. 9, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Free. Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. 912-A Clay St., Oakland. (510) 832-4244.
Creative Growth
“Indelible Ink” closing Sept. 1. Selections from the Creative Growth Permanent Collection and new works.
Free. Monday through Friday, noon to 5:30 p.m. 355 24th St., Oakland. (510) 836-2340
Kala Institute
“Layerings: New Work by Four Kala Fellows” through Sept. 28. The 2000 Kala Art Institute Fellowship Awards Exhibitions, Part II of works by Margaret M. Kessler, Barbara Milman, Michele Muennig, and
David Politzer. Free. Tuesday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Workshop Media Center
Gallery, 1060 Heinz Ave., Berkeley. (510) 549-2977
Readings
Rhyme & Reason Poetry Series
Berkeley Art Museum, 2621 Durant
Second and fourth Sundays of each month. For open reading following featured readers, sign up at 2 p.m., readings begin at 2:30 p.m.
Sept. 10. Q.R. Hand, Tennessee Reed
Readings at Cody’s
2454 Telegraph Ave.
Sept. 5, 7:30 p.m. Terry Burnham and Jay Phelan discuss their book “Mean Genes – From Sex to Money to Food: Taming Our Primal Instincts.”
Sept. 7, 7 p.m. Andrea Siegel, “Open and Clothed: For the Passionate Clothes Lover.” At 1730 Fourth St.
Sept. 7, 7:30 p.m. Diana Spaulding and David Dodd, “The Grateful Dead Reader”
Sept. 8, 7:30 p.m. Glenn Dickey, “Glenn Dickey's 49ers – the Rise, the Fall and the Future of
Football's Greatest Dynasty.”
Sept. 10, 7:30 p.m. Julia Cameron and her book “The Artist's Way.”
Nyingma Institute
1815 Highland Place
843-6812
Free
Sept. 3, 3 to 5 p.m. Open House
Free introduction to Tibetan Buddhist Culture
6-7 p.m. “Life of the Buddha”
Instructor Eva Casey relates the lessons of Buddha to the practitioner’s experience.
Sept. 10, 6-7p.m. “Overcoming Obstacles to Meditation”
Instructor Abbe Blum talks about meditation troubles and how they can be viewed to unlock the mind’s secrets.
Sept. 17, 6-7 p.m. “Knowledge of Freedom”
Buddhist teacher June Rosenberg will demonstrate how “Knowledge of Freedom” teachings can be applied in daily life.
UC Berkeley’s Poem Reading Series Kickoff Event
Sept. 7, 12:10 p.m. Robert Hass introduces Berkeley campus figures reading their favorite poems. Free. Morrison Room, Doe Library, Bancroft Way at College Avenue,
Berkeley. (510) 642-0137
Tours
Golden Gate Live Steamers
Small locomotives, meticulously scaled to size, run along a half mile of track in Tilden Regional Park. The small trains are owned and maintained by a non-profit group of railroad buffs who offer rides.
Free. Trains run Sunday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Rides: Sunday, noon to 3 p.m., weather permitting. Grizzly Peak Boulevard and Lomas Cantadas Drive at the south end of Tilden Regional Park, Berkeley.
486-0623
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Scientists and engineers guide visitors through the research areas of the laboratory, demonstrating emerging technology and discussing the research’s current and potential applications. A Berkeley lab tour usually lasts two hours and includes visits to several research areas. Popular tour sites include the Advanced Light Source, The National Center for Electron Microscopy, the 88-Inch Cyclotron, The Advanced Lighting Laboratory, and The Human Genome Laboratory. Reservations required at least two weeks in advance of tour.
Free. University of California, Berkeley.
486-4387
Berkeley City Club Tours
Guided tours through Berkeley’s City Club, a landmark building designed by architect Julia Morgan, designer of Hearst Castle.
$2. The fourth Sunday of every month except December, between noon to 4 p.m.
2315 Durant Ave., Berkeley.
848-7800
Dance
Yoshi’s
Mark Isham's In A Silent Way Project Sept. 4, $18.
Ray Brown Trio with Kevin Mahogany, Sept. 5 through Sept. 10. $20 to $24 general; Sunday matinee: $5 children; $10 adult with one child.
Unless otherwise noted, music at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.; Sunday 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland. (510) 238-9200 or
(510) 762-BASS
Luna Kids Dance
Creative dance for children
Parent-child class
Sept. 9, 9-10 a.m.
Redwood Day School, 3245 Sheffield Ave, Oakland
Sept. 12, open house
Ashkenas, 1317 San Pablo, 4:30-5:30 p.m.
530-4113
Mark Morris Dance Group
“Four Saints in Three Acts” and “Dido & Aeneas”
Sept. 21-24 Zellerbach Hall
Music by the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra and American Bach Soloists
Tickets: $34 - $52
643-6714
University of
California, Berkeley
Pacific Film Archive
2575 Bancroft Way
642-1412
“Treasures from the George Eastman House”
Various programs and a 16-film salute to little-known actresses.
Sept. 1 -Oct. 8
“MadCat Women’s International Film Festival”
Sept. 8,9
Festival showcases women filmmakers from around the world.
“Paper Tiger Television”
A look at TV used to promote grassroots political action. PTTV members will appear for discussion with the audiences at screenings.
Sept. 12,15
$7 for one film; $8.50 for double bills. UC Berkeley students are $4/$5.50. Seniors and children are $4.50/6.00
Paramount Movie Classics
Summer 2000 Series
The evening includes a classic movie, walk-in music from the Wurlitzer
organ, a newsreel, cartoon, movie previews and the Paramount's prize
give-away game “Dec-O-Win.”
Sept. 8: The French Connection.
Sept. 22: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
$5. Shows at 8 p.m. 2025 Broadway, Oakland. (510) 465-6400.
“The Green Bird”
by Carlo Gozzi
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
2025 Addison St.
Adapted by Theatre de la Jeune Lune and directed by Dominique Serrand.
“The Green Bird” runs from September 8 - October 27. For tickets contact the box office at 845-4700
“The Philanderer”
by George Bernard Shaw
Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave.
Performed by the Aurora Theatre company, “The Philanderer” takes on the challenging and often humorous exploration of gender roles and the separations that exist between the sexes.
Preview dates are September 8-10 and 13, tickets for preview showings are sold at $26. Opening night is September 14, admission is $35. Showtimes run Wednesday through Saturday through October 15 at 8 p.m. and Sunday matinees show at 2 p.m., plus selected Sunday evenings at 7 p.m. Admission for regular performances is $30. Student discounts are available. For tickets and information call 843-4822 or visit www.auroratheatre.org.
“Endgame”
Fridays, and Saturdays, through Sept. 2 at La Val’s Subterranean 1834 Euclid Ave. Berkeley.
Directed by George Charbak.
524-9327.
“MIMZABIM!”
Climate Theatre & Subterranean Shakespeare
La Vals Subterraniean 1834 Euclid, Berkeley
Sept.7 -Oct. 14
Thursday - Saturday 8:00 p.m.
$12, Students $8
The Artistry of Rae Louise
Hayward
The Women’s Cancer Resource Center Gallery
3023 Shattuck Ave.
548-9286, ext. 307
Through Sept. 27
Rae Louise Hayward, one of the founders of The Art of Living Black, Bay Area Black Artist Annual Exhibition and Open Studios Tour.
Haywards’ art celebrates the beauty of African culture from its people to its music.
Regular gallery hours are Tuesday through Thursday 1-7 p.m., Saturday 12-4 p.m. and by appointment.
Traywick Gallery
1316 Tenth St.
527-1214
Charles LaBelle
Sept. 9 - Oct. 15
LaBelle’s new series of large-scale color photographs highlight nighttime nature in Hollywood. He recreates trees at night using a hand-held spotlight and playing on the beam across the leaves and branches. The opening reception will be held on September 12 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Blue Vinyl by Connie Walsh
Sept. 9 - Oct. 15
This multimedia project combines video, sound and printmaking to explore concepts of intimacy and its relation to private space. The opening reception is on September 12 from 6-8 p.m.
Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday 11-6 p.m. and Sundays 12-5 p.m.
A.C.C.I. Gallery
“Paperworks,” Sept. 1 through Oct. 7.
A group exhibit of works by Carol Brighton, Vannie Keightley, Jean Hearst.
Opening Reception, Sept. 1, 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Free. Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. 1652 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. (510) 843-2527
Berkeley Art Center
“Ethnic Notions: Black Images in the White Mind,''
Sept. 10 through Nov. 12. An exhibit by Janette Faulkner exploring racial stereotypes in commercial imagery. Free. Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Live Oak Park, 1275 Walnut St., Berkeley. (510) 644-6893
California College of Arts
and Crafts
“Add/Drop/Add: CCAC Fine Arts Faculty Exhibitions”
Sept. 5 through Sept. 16.
Free. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Oliver Art Center, 5212 Broadway, Oakland. 594-3712
Chi Gallery
“Alegres Cantos en Mi Ser (Songs of Joy in My Being)” through Sept. 30.
An exhibit of paintings depicting scenes of Afro-cuban music, by Susan Mathews. Reception, Sept. 9, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Free. Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. 912-A Clay St., Oakland. (510) 832-4244.
Creative Growth
“Indelible Ink” closing Sept. 1. Selections from the Creative Growth Permanent Collection and new works.
Free. Monday through Friday, noon to 5:30 p.m. 355 24th St., Oakland. (510) 836-2340
Kala Institute
“Layerings: New Work by Four Kala Fellows” through Sept. 28. The 2000 Kala Art Institute Fellowship Awards Exhibitions, Part II of works by Margaret M. Kessler, Barbara Milman, Michele Muennig, and
David Politzer. Free. Tuesday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Workshop Media Center
Gallery, 1060 Heinz Ave., Berkeley. (510) 549-2977
Readings
Rhyme & Reason Poetry Series
Berkeley Art Museum, 2621 Durant
Second and fourth Sundays of each month. For open reading following featured readers, sign up at 2 p.m., readings begin at 2:30 p.m.
Sept. 10. Q.R. Hand, Tennessee Reed
Readings at Cody’s
2454 Telegraph Ave.
Sept. 5, 7:30 p.m. Terry Burnham and Jay Phelan discuss their book “Mean Genes – From Sex to Money to Food: Taming Our Primal Instincts.”
Sept. 7, 7 p.m. Andrea Siegel, “Open and Clothed: For the Passionate Clothes Lover.” At 1730 Fourth St.
Sept. 7, 7:30 p.m. Diana Spaulding and David Dodd, “The Grateful Dead Reader”
Sept. 8, 7:30 p.m. Glenn Dickey, “Glenn Dickey's 49ers – the Rise, the Fall and the Future of
Football's Greatest Dynasty.”
Sept. 10, 7:30 p.m. Julia Cameron and her book “The Artist's Way.”
Nyingma Institute
1815 Highland Place
843-6812
Free
Sept. 3, 3 to 5 p.m. Open House
Free introduction to Tibetan Buddhist Culture
6-7 p.m. “Life of the Buddha”
Instructor Eva Casey relates the lessons of Buddha to the practitioner’s experience.
Sept. 10, 6-7p.m. “Overcoming Obstacles to Meditation”
Instructor Abbe Blum talks about meditation troubles and how they can be viewed to unlock the mind’s secrets.
Sept. 17, 6-7 p.m. “Knowledge of Freedom”
Buddhist teacher June Rosenberg will demonstrate how “Knowledge of Freedom” teachings can be applied in daily life.
UC Berkeley’s Poem Reading Series Kickoff Event
Sept. 7, 12:10 p.m. Robert Hass introduces Berkeley campus figures reading their favorite poems. Free. Morrison Room, Doe Library, Bancroft Way at College Avenue,
Berkeley. (510) 642-0137
Tours
Golden Gate Live Steamers
Small locomotives, meticulously scaled to size, run along a half mile of track in Tilden Regional Park. The small trains are owned and maintained by a non-profit group of railroad buffs who offer rides.
Free. Trains run Sunday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Rides: Sunday, noon to 3 p.m., weather permitting. Grizzly Peak Boulevard and Lomas Cantadas Drive at the south end of Tilden Regional Park, Berkeley.
486-0623
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Scientists and engineers guide visitors through the research areas of the laboratory, demonstrating emerging technology and discussing the research’s current and potential applications. A Berkeley lab tour usually lasts two hours and includes visits to several research areas. Popular tour sites include the Advanced Light Source, The National Center for Electron Microscopy, the 88-Inch Cyclotron, The Advanced Lighting Laboratory, and The Human Genome Laboratory. Reservations required at least two weeks in advance of tour.
Free. University of California, Berkeley.
486-4387
Berkeley City Club Tours
Guided tours through Berkeley’s City Club, a landmark building designed by architect Julia Morgan, designer of Hearst Castle.
$2. The fourth Sunday of every month except December, between noon to 4 p.m.
2315 Durant Ave., Berkeley.
848-7800
Dance
Yoshi’s
Mark Isham's In A Silent Way Project Sept. 4, $18.
Ray Brown Trio with Kevin Mahogany, Sept. 5 through Sept. 10. $20 to $24 general; Sunday matinee: $5 children; $10 adult with one child.
Unless otherwise noted, music at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.; Sunday 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland. (510) 238-9200 or
(510) 762-BASS
Luna Kids Dance
Creative dance for children
Parent-child class
Sept. 9, 9-10 a.m.
Redwood Day School, 3245 Sheffield Ave, Oakland
Sept. 12, open house
Ashkenas, 1317 San Pablo, 4:30-5:30 p.m.
530-4113
Mark Morris Dance Group
“Four Saints in Three Acts” and “Dido & Aeneas”
Sept. 21-24 Zellerbach Hall
Music by the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra and American Bach Soloists
Tickets: $34 - $52
643-6714
