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Arts Calendar
Wednesday, June 12
Norma Cole and Robin Caton
Authors read from their poetry and prose
7:30 p.m.
Cody's Books
2454 Telegraph Avenue
845-7852
$2 donation
Saturday and Sunday, June 8 & 9
Artists C.P. Fairburn &
Donna Montgomery
Painting & Jewelry
2315 San Jose Avenue, #1
Alameda
814-9017
ProArts East Bay Open Studios
497 artists will open their studios to the public for this 20th annual self-guided tour
11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
West Berkeley Senior Center
1900 6th Street (b/w University and Hearst)
705-8183
Tuesday, June 11
Art for the Earth!
A celebration of Eco-Art opening and slide show
6 to 8 p.m.
Ecology Center
2530 San Pablo Avenue
548-2220 x233, www.ecologycenter.org
Free
Ongoing until July 14
Focus on the Figure
An outdoor show of contemporary figurative sculpture
Wednesday - Friday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday & Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
A New Leaf Gallery
1286 Gilman Street
525-7621
Thursday, June 6
Our Spanish Heritage
Music, History and Literature of the Middle Ages & Renaissance
Presented by His Majestie's Musicians
5 p.m.
International House Auditorium, UC Berkeley
Bancroft Way and Piedmont
Reserve tickets at 528-1725
$12 general, $10 SFEMS members, children free
Friday, June 7
Tropical Vibrations and
Shabang with Harry Best
A multi-cultural quintet playing a mix of Caribbean styles
Doors at 8:30 p.m.; Show at 9 p.m.
Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center
1317 San Pablo at Gilman
Wheelchair accessible, All ages all the time.
$11
Funky Fridays Conscious Dance Party
Every Friday, with KPFA DJs Splif Skankin and Funky Man.
10 p.m.
Eli’s Mile High Club
3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland.
655-6661
$10
Free Early Music Group
Singers needed for small group of 15th and 16th century music every Friday
10 a.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center
Hearst at MLK Way.
Contact Ann at 665-8863
Saturday, June 8
Kotoja
Bay Area's leader in the World Beat and Afro-beat scene
Doors at 8:30 p.m.; Show at 9:30 p.m.
Dance lesson with Comfort Mensah at 9 p.m.
Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center
1317 San Pablo at Gilman
Wheelchair accessible, All ages all the time.
$12
Sunday, June 9
Band Works
Student recital featuring members who range in age from 12 to 50
Doors at 4:30 p.m.; Show at 5 to 10 p.m.
Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center
1317 San Pablo at Gilman
Wheelchair accessible, All ages.
$3
Saturday, June 8
West Coast Live
Radio Show marks Oakland's 150th Anniversary
10 a.m. to Noon
91.7 KALW San Francisco, 91.1 KRCB Sonoma
Wednesday, June 12
Cloud Nine
Caryl Churchill's play about race, class, history and sex set in 19th century colonial Africa
8 p.m.
The Rhoda Theatre
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
2015 Addison Street
RSVP by Friday, June 7
647-2917
Ongoing until June 9
Lisa Dillman's comedy about four
30-something city dwellers
Thursday, Friday,
and Saturday at 8 p.m.,
Sunday at 7 p.m.
Transparent Theater
1901 Ashby Avenue
883-0305
www.transparenttheater.org
