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Arts Calendar
July 25
Midsummer Motzart
Festival Orchestra
8 p.m.
First Congregational Church
2345 Channing Way
Divertimento in D, Piano concerto #17, Symphony #38 “Prague”
(415) 292-9624 for tickets
$25-50
Saturday, August 3
Bata Ketu
8 p.m.
Alice Arts Center,
1428 Alice St.
Oakland.
Interplay of Cuban and Brazilian
music and dance
www.lapena.org
$20
“Red Rivers Run Through Us”
Until Aug. 11,
Wed. - Sun.
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
From the Attic: Preserving
and Sharing our Past
Until July 26, Thur.-Sat. 1 to 4 p.m.
Veterans Memorial Building
1931 Center St.
Exhibit shows the 'inside' of museum work
848-0181
Free
The Creation of People’s Park
Through Aug. 31, Mon.-Thur. 9 to 9 p.m., Fri. 9 to 5 p.m., Sat. 1 to 5 p.m. Sun. 3 to 7 p.m.
The Free Movement Speech Cafe
UC Berkeley campus
A photo exhibition, curated
by Harold Adler
hjadler@yahoo.com
Free
Jan Wurm: Paintings and Drawings
Mon. and Fri. 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tues.-Thurs. 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Flora Hewlett Library at the Graduate Theological Union
2400 Ridge Road
649-1417
Saturday, July 20
“First Anniversary
Group Show”
July 18 to Aug. 17
Ardency Gallery, Aki Lot, 8th Street
Reception, 5 to 8 p.m.
13 local artists display work ranging from sculpture to mixed media
836-0831
Antony and Cleopatra
Directed by Joy Meads
Through July 20,
Thurs.-Fri. 8 p.m.
La Vals Subterranean Theater
1834 Euclid
234-6046 for reservations
$14 general, $10 student
Grease
Through Aug. 10, Sunday matinees
July 21,28 Aug. 4
Contra Costa Civic Theater,
951 Pomona Ave. El Cerrito
Directed by Andrew Gabel
524-9132 for reservations
$17 general, $10 for under 16 and under
Don Pasquale Opera
July 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, Wed.-Sat. 8 p.m. Sun. 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
The Heidi Chronicles
Through Aug. 10 Fri. and Sat. 8 p.m.
Live Oak Theater, 1301 Shattuck
Actors Ensemble of Berkeley present Wendy Wasserstein’s play about change.
528-5620
$10
A Thousand and One Arabian Nights
Through Sept. 28, Fri.-Sun. 8 p.m. Sun. 4 p.m.
Forest Meadows Outdoor Amphitheater, Grand Avenue at the Dominican University, San Raphael
Marin Shakespeare Company’s presents this classic story with original Arabic music.
(415) 499-4488 for tickets
$12, youth; $20 senior; $22 general
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
First and third Tuesdays,
7:30 to 9 p.m.
World Ground Cafe,
3726 Mac Arthur Blvd., Oakland
Open mic and featured readers
Boas Writing Group
7:30 p.m.
Cody's, 2454 Telegraph Ave.
Stefani Barber, Jean Lieske
and many more
845-7852
$2
Open Mike and Featured Poet
7 to 9 P.M. First Thursdays and second Wednesdays each month
Albany Library 1247 Marin Ave
Thursday, July 11: Poets Tenesha Smith-Douglas and Judith Annenbaum.
Second Wednesdays are a monthly Poetry Writing Workshop, led by Alison Seevak.
526-3720 Ext. 19
Free