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Arts & Entertainment

Friday December 08, 2000

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.

“Second Annual Richard Nagler Competition for Excellence in Jewish Photography”

Through Feb., 2001.

Featuring the work of Claudia Nierman, Jason Francisco, Fleming Lunsford, and others.

UC Berkeley Art Museum

2626 Bancroft Way, Berkeley

Wednesday – Sunday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Open Thursdays til 9 p.m.

Through Jan. 16, 2001: “Amazons in the Drawing Room”: The Art of Romaine Brooks

Predominantly a portrait artist, Brooks paintings were influenced by elements of her life and are a visual record of the changing status of women in society and her own refusal to conform to the social order of early twentieth-century Europe.

Through Jan. 28, 2001: “Tacita Dean/MATRIX 189 Banewl”

A film instillation by British conceptual artist Tacita Dean of the total solar eclipse that occurred on August 11, 1999.

Pacific Film Archive Theater Gallery

2625 Durant Ave.

Through Jan. 8, 2001: “Continuous Replay: The Photographs of Arnie Zane”

Best known as the cofounder of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Zane began his exploration of the human form through photography.

Through Dec. 17: Wolfgang Laib/Martrix: “188 Pollen from Pine”

Laib uses elements of nature including beeswax, milk, rice, pollen, and stone to create his art pieces.

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,” open-ended.

$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”

A suspended skeleton of a flying reptile with a wingspan of 22 to 23 feet. 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 Ave.

“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.

“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.

$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

Lawrence Hall of Science

“Math Rules!” Ongoing. A math exhibit of hands-on problem-solving stations, each with a different mathematical challenge.

“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.

“In the Dark,”through Jan. 15, 2001. Plunge into darkness and see amazing creatures that inhabit worlds without light.

“Saturday Night Stargazing” First and third Saturdays each month. 8 - 10 p.m., LHS plaza.

“ChemMystery,” through Jan. 1, 2001. The LHS becomes a crime scene and a science lab to help visiting detectives to solve two different crime scenarios.

Call 643-5134 for tickets

“Family Holiday Programs,” Dec. 26 - 31. An entire week of song, music, dance, and other assorted entertainment that are guaranteed child-pleasers. Call LHS for details or check “out & about” close to Dec. 26.

Open daily, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

$7 for adults; $5 for children 5-18; $3 for children 3-4

642-5132

Holt Planetarium

Centennial Drive, UC Berkeley

Programs are recommended for age 8 and up; children under age 6 will not be admitted. $2 in addition to regular museum admission.

“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.

“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.; (510) 642-5132 or www.lhs.berkeley.edu

The Oakland Museum of

California

1000 Oak St., Oakland

“Secret World of the Forbidden City” Through Jan. 24, 2001. A rare glimpse of over 350 objects which illustrate the opulence and heritage of the Chinese Imperial Court Under the Qing Dynasty, which ruled China from 1644 - 1911. For this exhibit: $13 general, $10 seniors and $5 for students with ID.

For museum: $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. Many special events scheduled for November and December related to “Secret World of the Forbidden City.”

(888) OAK-MUSE or www.museumca.org.

Music

924 Gilman St.

All shows begin at 8 p.m. unless noted

$5; $2 for a year membership

525-9926

Dec. 8: Good Clean Fun, S.E.E.D., more TBA

Dec. 9: Phobia, Grief, 16, Noothgrush, Spaceboy

Dec. 15: Monopause, Moe! Kestra!, Pendulum, Iron Ass, Spezz Arotto

Dec. 16: Yaphet Kotto, Lions of Judah, Blood Brothers, The Shivering

Ashkenaz

1370 San Pablo Ave. (at Gilman)

525-5054 or www.ashkenaz.com

Dec. 8: Mood Swing Orchestra, 9:30 p.m.; dance lesson, 8 p.m., $11

Dec. 9: Magnolia Sisters, 9:30 p.m.; dance lesson, 8:30 p.m., $14

Dec. 10: Obeyjah with Princess’d & Village Culture, 9 p.m., $8

Dec. 12: Tom Rigney & Flambeau, 9 p.m.; dance lesson, 8 p.m., $8

Freight & Salvage

All shows begin at 8 p.m.

548-1761

Dec. 8: Ian Tyson (classic Canadian cowboy)

Dec. 9: Robin Flower & Libby McLaren (string & keyboards)

Dec. 10: The Magnolia Sisters (cajun)

Dec. 11: Judy Henske (blues & jazz)

Dec. 12: Bob & Sheila Everhart (country)

Dec. 13 & 14: Dan Bern

Eli’s Mile High Club

3629 MLK Jr. Way

Oakland

Doors for all events, 8 p.m.

Dec. 8: Mojo Madness

Dec. 9: Eli’s Allstars

Dec. 15: Jimmy Mamou

Dec. 16: Ron Thompson

Albatross Pub

1822 San Pablo Ave.

843-2473

All shows begin at 9 p.m., unless noted

Dec. 9: pickPocket ensemble (European cafe music)

Dec. 12: Mad & Eddie Duran Jazz Duo

Crowden School

1475 Rose St. (at Sacramento)

559-6910

Dec. 10, 4 p.m.: 2nd Annual Colin Hampton Memorial Concert featuring young artists from around the Bay Area, $10; Free for those under 18.

Sundays, 4 p.m.: Chamber music series sponsored by the school.

ACME Observatory Contemporary Music Series

Tuva Space

3192 Adeline (at MLK Jr. Way)

444-3595

All shows begin at 7:45 p.m.

Dec. 17: Thomas Day, Boris Hauf, and Kit Clayton

$8 suggested donation per show

Live Oak Concert Series

1275 Walnut St.

644-6893

All concerts begin at 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 10: Minstrel Voices perform works by Jacopo Perl, Cipriano Di Rore and Josquin Des Pres.

Dec. 17: Cellist Elaine Kreston performs suites by J.S. Bach

$10 general, $9 students/seniors, children under 12 Free

Jazzschool/La Note

2377 Shattuck Ave.

845-5373

All events begin at 4:30 p.m.

Dec. 10: Tocar featuring David Frazier

Dec. 17: San Francisco Saxaphone Quartet

$6 - $12

Dec. 21, 8 p.m.: A Charlie Brown Christmas by Dmitri Matheny

Solano Holiday Performers

Solano Ave.

On weekend afternoons until Christmas, various artists will be performing.

Dec. 9, 10, 16, 17, 23 & 24, Noon - 6 p.m.

Berkeley Symphony Orchestra

Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley

841-2800

Performance dates include Jan. 31, April 3, and June 21, 2001. All performances begin at 8 p.m.

Single $19 - $35, Series $52 - $96

Strolling Musicians & Carolers

Downtown Berkeley

Sponsored by the Downtown Berkeley Association and co-sponsored by the Daily Planet and the City of Berkeley.

Performances are 5 - 7 p.m.

Dec. 8: Los Cenzontles & Artemsia Brass Quartet

Dec. 15: Cal Jazz Choir & Oddly Enough, a Barbershop Quartet

Dec. 22: Berkeley Community Chamber Chorus & These “R” They Gospel Youth Choir

Baroque Choral Guild

First Congregational Church

2345 Channing Way

408-733-8110

Dec. 10, 7:30 p.m. Performing the music of Giovanni Croce, Giovanni Bassano, Claudio Monteverdi, and others.

$20 general, $15 senior/student

Klesmeh! Festival

Julia Morgan Center for the Arts

2640 College Ave.

415-454-5238

Dec. 23, 8 p.m. A Hanukkah concert of Klesmer music and its mutations, featuring the San Francisco Klesmer experience. Hosted by Berkeley monologist/comedian Josh Kornbluth.

$18 advance, $20 door; $16 kids and seniors

Theater

“Dinner With Friends”

by Donald Margulies

Berkeley Repertory Theatre

2025 Addison St.

Through Jan. 5, 2001

845-4700, www.berkeleyrep.org

“The Weir” by Conor McPherson

Aurora Theater Company

Berkeley City Club

2315 Durant Ave.

Through Dec. 17, Tuesday - Saturday, 8 p.m. (no performance Nov. 23); Sunday, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.

$35 opening night

$30 general

Call 843-4822

“The Crucible” by Arthur Miller

Berkeley High Drama Dept.

Florence Schwimley Little Theater

Allston Way (between Milvia & MLK Jr. Way)

Dec. 8 & 9, 8 p.m.

Tickets available at the door

“Resist Me” by Jackie Bendzinski

Campus Performing Arts Association

Zellerbach Room Seven

UC Berkeley

Dec. 14 - 16, 8 p.m.; Dec. 16, 2 p.m.

$8 general; $5 students with ID

Call 697-7529

“The Hard Nut”

The Nutcracker With a Twist

Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley

Dec. 8, 9, 14 - 16, 8 p.m.; Dec. 9 & 16, 2 p.m.; Dec. 10 & 17, 3 p.m.

$26 - $50

Call 642-9988

“The Nutcracker”

Berkeley Ballet Theater

Julia Morgan Theater

2640 College Ave.

Dec. 8 & 15, 7 p.m.; Dec. 9 & 16, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Dec. 10 & 17, 2 p.m.

$12 - $15

Call 843-4689

“The Christmas Revels”

Scottish Rite Theater

1547 Lakeside Dr., Oakland

A celebration of the winter solstice that combines dance, drama, ritual, and song.

Dec. 8 & 15, 8 p.m.; Dec. 9 & 16, 1 & 5 p.m.; Dec. 10 & 17, 1 &5 p.m.

$15 - $30, discounts for groups, seniors and children under 12

For tickets call Ticketweb, 601-8932

For info. call 893-9853

Exhibits

Berkeley Art Center

Live Oak Park, 1275 Walnut St., Berkeley

644-6893

“Against All Odds: Ingenuity, Talent and Disability,”

Featuring the work of six disabled artists who use inventive, adaptive art-making techniques to create media ranging from prints and ceramic sculpture to computer-generated paintings and collage works. Through Dec. 16. Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Free.

Artists at Play Studio

1649 Hopkins St. (at Carlotta)

Call 528-0494

“Artists at Play Holiday Sale”

Work by the artists including original servings dishes, frames, jewelry, and other items.

Dec. 9, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

First Congregational Church

Dana St. (between Channing & Durant)

Call 540-5296 x3

“Holiday Crafts Fair”

The fair features hand-crafted gifts from women’s cooperatives in Central America, Haiti, and Nepal. Most are one-of-a-kind and many are under $10.

Dec. 9 & 10, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

California College of Arts and Crafts

Oliver Art Center, 5212 Broadway, Oakland

594-3712

Monday, Tuesday and Thursday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Free.

Kala Art Institute

1060 Heinz Ave., Berkeley

549-2977

Over sixty artists affiliated with the Kala Art Institute will show works ranging from wood block prints to digital media.

Through Jan. 16, Tuesday - Friday, Noon - 5 p.m.

Berkeley Artisans Holiday “Open Studios”

For a free map send a self-addressed stamped envelope to:

Berkeley Artisans Map, 1250 Addison St. #214, Berkeley, CA. 94702.

11 a.m. - 5 p.m ., Saturdays & Sundays, Through Dec. 17

For additional info. call 845-2612

You may also download the map at: http://www.berkeleyartisans.com

Traywick Gallery

1316 Tenth St., Berkeley

527-1214 or www.traywick.com

Group show by Traywick artists, Through Dec. 23.

Gallery hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Nexus Gallery

2701 Eighth St., Berkeley

531-9229

“The Glitter Reminder,” paintings by Michele Theberge, prints and textiles by Sharon Jue, photographs by Amy Snyder, sculpted water environments by C.R. Mitchell and Tom Mataga and textile installations by Claudia Tennyson.

Dec. 9 - 23, Opening reception: Dec. 10, 2 - 5 p.m.

Gallery hours: Monday - Friday, Noon - 6 p.m., Saturday & Sunday 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Berkeley Historical Society

1931 Center St.

Call 848-0181

“Berkeley’s Ethnic Heritage.” An overview of the rich cultural diversity of the city and the contribution of individuals and minority groups to it’s history and development.

Thursday through Saturday, 1 – 4 p.m. Free.

Pro Arts Gallery

461 Ninth St., Oakland.

763-9425

2000 Juried Annual, Through Dec. 30. This years show features 79 works by 70 artists. This show is juried by Larry Rinder, curator of contemporary art at the Whitney Museum.

Wednesday - Saturday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

YWCA

2600 Bancroft Way

848-6370

Benecia artist Connie Millholland’s semi-abstract images of personal pain created by the Holocaust.

Through Dec. 15.

Women’s Cancer Resource Center Gallery

3023 Shattuck Ave.

Call 548-9286 x307

Alan Leon: Hebrew Calligraphy and Illuminations, Through Dec. 15. Tuesday - Thursday, 1 - 7 p.m.; Saturday, Noon - 4 p.m. and by appointment.

Readings

Cody’s Books

2454 Telegraph Ave., 845-7852

& 1730 Fourth St., 559-9500

Telegraph events (all begin at 7:30 p.m., unless noted):

Boadecia’s Books

398 Colusa Ave.

Kensington

559-9184

www.boadeciasbooks.com

All events at 7:30 p.m., unless noted

Dec. 8: “Gaymes Night” Play Pictionary, Taboo, Scattergories and eat pizza

Dec. 9: Meredith Maran discusses “Class Dismissed: A Year in the Life of an American High School, a Glimpse into the Heart of a Nation,” a result of her following the lives of three Berkeley High students over the course of a year.

Dec. 10, 11 a.m.: LesBiGayTrans Parenting group.

Dec. 14: Lillian Ann Slugocki & Erin Cressida Wilson will read from their book, “The Erotica Project,” a result of their realization that there was little well-written erotica for women who have sex with men.

Lunch Poems: A Noontime Poetry Reading Series

Morrison Room, Doe Library

UC Berkeley

Call 642-0137

12:10 - 12:50 p.m.

Under the direction of Professor Robert Hass, this is a series of events on the first Thursday of each month. Free.

Easy Going Travel Shop & Bookstore

1385 Shattuck Ave. (at Rose)

843-3533

All events begin at 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 12: Peter Booth Wiley discusses why architects hate the Victorians of San Francisco

Tours

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. 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.

$2. The fourth Sunday of every month except December, between noon to 4 p.m.

2315 Durant Ave., Berkeley.

848-7800

Golden Gate Live Steamers

Small locomotives, meticulously scaled to size, run along a half mile of track in Tilden Regional Park. 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

UC Berkeley Botanical Garden

The gardens have displays of exotic and native plants.

Botanical Garden Tours, Saturday and Sunday, 1:30 p.m. $3 general; $2 seniors; $1 children; free on Thursday. Daily, 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Botanical Garden, Centennial Drive, behind Memorial Stadium, a mile below the Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley. 643-2755 or www.mip.berkeley.edu/garden/

Lectures

Berkeley Historical Society

Slide Lecture & Booksigning Series

Berkeley Historical Center

Veterans Memorial Building

1931 Center St.

848-0181

Sundays, 3 - 5 p.m.

These are free events

Dec. 10: Mal and Sandra Sharpe on “Weird Rooms”

People who collect strange things and how their collections take over their rooms.

Jan. 14: Richard Schwartz on “Berkeley 1900,” the history of Berkeley at the turn of the century.