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Arts & Entertainment Calendar
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
Thursday, June 20
Caitlin Cray,
Garrison Star, Boxstep
9:30 p.m.
The Starry Plough,
3101 Shattuck Ave.
841-2082
$8, 21 and up
Carrier-Thompson Cajun
Trio and the Hot Club of
San Francisco
5 p.m.
City Square and the Zen Garden at 1111 Broadway
Gypsy-swing quintet, and Canjun/Zydeco group, beginning a series of summer concerts
www.oaklandcitycenter.com
Free
Saturday, June 22
Global Funk Council, Vanessa Lowe and the Lowlifes,
Barbezz
9:30 p.m.
The Starry Plough,
3101 Shattuck Ave.
841-2082
$6, 21 and up
Thursday, June 27
Meeshe, Scott Miller
9:30 p.m.
The Starry Plough,
3101 Shattuck Ave.
841-2082
$5, 21 and up
From the Attic: Preserving
and Sharing our Past
Through July 26, Thursday-Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m.
Veterans Memorial Building,
1931 Center Street
Exhibit shows the 'inside' of museum work
848-0181
Free
Sunday, June 23
"Red Rivers Run Through Us"
Reception
June 23 to August 11,
Wednesday-Sunday,
noon to 5 p.m.
Berkeley Art Center,
1275 Walnut St.
Art and writing from Maxine Hong Kingston's veterans' writing group
Reception, 2 to 4 p.m.
644-6893
Thursday, June 27
"New Work: Part 1, The 2001 Kala
Fellowship Exhibition" Opening Reception
6 to 8 p.m. June 27 to July 31
Kala Art Institute,
1060 Heinz Ave.
Featuring 8 Kala Fellowship winners, printmaking
Reception,
549-2977
Thursday, July 11
"New Visions: Introductions '02" Reception
Works from emerging Californian artists
Reception, 6 to 8 p.m. Display up from July 3 to August 10
Pro Arts, 461 Ninth Street, Oakland
763-4361
Free
Saturday, July 20
"First Anniversary
Group Show"
13 local artists display work ranging from sculpture to mixed media
July 18 to August 17
Ardency Gallery, Aki Lot, 8th Street
Reception, 5 to 8 p.m.
836-0831
Antony and Cleopatra
Directed by Joy Meads
June 15 to July 20,
Thursday-Friday 8 p.m.
La Vals Subterranean Theater, 1834 Euclid
234-6046 for reservations
$14 general, $10 student
Abingdon Square
Previews 16,18,19 at 8 p.m. Runs June 21 to July 6, Thursday to Saturday 8 p.m. Sundays 7 p.m.
Julia Morgan Theater for the Arts, 2640 College Ave.
The Shotgun Players,
directed by Shana Cooper
704-8210 www.shotgunplayers.org
$18 regular, $12 students, previews and Mondays - pay what you can. Opening Night $25
Midsummer Nights Dream
June 21 to June 29,
Fridays and Saturdays, 8 p.m.
Magical Acts Ritual Theater, directed by Catherine Pennington
The Black Box,
1928 Telegraph Ave., Oakland
653-6637 for reservations
$15 - $25
Don Pasquale Opera
July 13, 15, 17, 19 at 8 p.m.
July 21 at 2 p.m.
Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek
From the Festival Opera
Association, a comedy by
Gaetano Donizetti about an arranged marriage
www.festivalopera.com
Benefactors
July 18 to Aug. 18, Wednesday-Saturday, 8 p.m. Sundays,
2 and 7 p.m.
Previews: July 12-14 and 17
Michael Frayn's comedy of two neighboring couple's interactions
Aurora Theatre Company,
2081 Addison St.
843-4822, www.auroratheater.org
for reservations. $26 - $35
The Shape of Things
Sept. 13 to Oct. 20
Aurora Theatre Company,
2081 Addison St.
Neil LaBute's love story
about two students
843-4822, www.auroratheater.org for reservations
$26 - $35
Alarms and Excursions
Nov. 15 to Dec. 22
Aurora Theatre Company,
2081 Addison St.
Michael Frayn's comedy about the irony of modern technology
843-4822, www.auroratheater.org for reservations
$26 - $35
Poetry Diversified
1st and 3rd Tuesdays,
7:30 to 9 p.m.
World Ground Cafe,
3726 Mac Arthur Blvd., Oakland
Open mic and featured readers
Wednesday, July 3
7:30 p.m.
Cody's, 2454 Telegraph Ave.
Boas Writing Group
Stefani Barber, Jean Lieske
and many more
845-7852
$2
Wednesday, July 10
Carmen Gimenez-Rosello,
Dawn Trook
7:30 p.m.
Cody's, 2454 Telegraph Ave.
845-7852
$2
Sunday, July 14
M.L. Liebler and
Country Joe McDonald
Poetry and Music
7:30 p.m.
Cody's, 2454 Telegraph Ave.
845-7852
$2
Wednesday, July 17
Hannah Stein and Kevin Clark
7:30 p.m.
Cody's, 2454 Telegraph Ave.
Authors of “Earthlight and In the Evening of No Warning.”
845-7852
$2
