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Arts Calendar
Thursday, August 1
D.J. Lex, D.J. True Justice
9:30 p.m.
The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave.
21+
841-2082
$7 door/$10 after 11 p.m.
Kanda Bongo Man
9:30 p.m.
Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave.
525-5024 or www.ashkenaz.com
$16 door/Free for 12 and younger
Hugh Shackett with Nina Gerber
8:00 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com
$15.50 in advance, $16.50 at door
Friday, August 2
Fireproof
9:30 p.m.
Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave.
525-5024 or www.ashkenaz.com
$10 door/ Free for 12 and under
Modern Hicks, the Warblers
8:00 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com
$15.50 in advance, $16.50 at door
Shelley Doty X-tet
9:30 p.m.
The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave.
841-2082
$5 door
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
Girl Rock Night
Binky, Virgin Mega Whore, Hope Child & Atomic Mint
9:30 p.m.
The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave.
841-2082
$5 door
Rokia Traore
9:30 p.m.
Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave.
525-5024 or www.ashkenaz.com
$16 door/ Free for 12 and younger
Talk of da Town and the Mighty Prince Singers
8:00 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com
$15.50 in advance, $16.50 at door
Sunday, August 4
The Byron Berline Band
8:00 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com
$15.50 in advance, $16.50 at door
Flamenco Open Stage
8 p.m.
Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave.
525-5024 or www.ashkenaz.com
$8 door/ Free for 12 and under
Paula West
4:30 p.m.
Berkeley Jazz School 2087 Addison St.
San Francisco's own delightful diva with the Ken Muir Quartet
845-5373 for reservations
swing@jazzschool.com or www.jazzschool.com
$6 to $12
Tuesday, August 6
Brass Menagerie
8:30 p.m.
Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave.
525-5024 or www.ashkenaz.com
$8 door/ Free for 12 and under
The Hot Buttered Rum String Band
8:00 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com
$15.50 in advance, $16.50 at door
Wednesday, August 7
Paul Rishell & Annie Raines
8:00 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com
$15.50 in advance, $16.50 at door
Brenda Boykin & Home Cookin’
West Coast Swing/Afrobilly
9 p.m.
Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave.
525-5024 or www.ashkenaz.com
$8 door/ Free for 12 and younger
Thursday, August 8
World Wide Wild Witch Women for the Trees
Pandemonaeon, Kioka Grace and Land of the Blind, Wendy Wu
9:30 p.m.
The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave.
841-2082
$6 door
Friday, August 9
3Canal
The Cut & Clear Crew with DJ Engine Room
9:30 p.m.
Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave.
525-5024 or www.ashkenaz.com
$12 advabcem, $15 door/ Free for 12 and younger
Henri-Pierre Koubaka
8:00 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com
$15.50 in advance, $16.50 at door
Left Hand Smoke, Schfvilkus
9:30 p.m.
The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave.
841-2082
$7 door
Saturday, August 10
Afromuzika
9 p.m.
Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave.
525-5024 or www.ashkenaz.com
$12 door/ Free for 12 and under
Tony MacMahon, Jody Stecher & Eric Thompson
8:00 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com
$15.50 in advance, $16.50 at door
Mark Growden’s Electric Pinata, Beth Custer Ensemble
9:30 p.m.
The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave.
841-2082
$7 door
University of California, Berkeley Summer Symphony
8 p.m.
Hertz Hall on the U.C. Campus located near the intersection of Bancroft and College.
Performing Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in d-minor with soloist Mei-Fang Lin and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in c-minor.
642-4864
Free
Sunday, August 11
Jim Hurst & Missy Raines
8:00 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com
$15.50 in advance, $16.50 at door
Robert Helps Memorial
Marathon Concert
Berkeley Arts Festival
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Wells Fargo Annex, 2081 Center St.
A dozen of the best pianists of the Bay join in a marathon tribute to Robert Helps, who died last year.
665-9099
Free
Virginia Mayhew
4:30 p.m.
Berkeley Jazz School, 2087 Addison St.
New York-based saxophonist-featuring Ingrid Jensen, Harvie Swartz-Allison Miller
845-5373 for reservations
swing@jazzschool.com or www.jazzschool.com
$6 to $12
Thursday, August 15
Dean Santomieri: Multi-Media Works
8 p.m.
Wells Fargo Annex, 2801 Center St.
Multi-media works “The Boy Beneath the Sea” and “A Book Bound in Red Buckram...” presented by composer, monologist, and video artist Santomieri.
665-9496
Free
Saturday, August 17
Composer Portraits with Sarah Cahill and Gabriela Frank
Berkeley Arts Festival
8 p.m.
Jazzschool, 2087 Addison St.
Saturday, August 17, 2002
665-9099
$10
Faye Carol
Black Repertory Group Benefit
8 p.m and 10 p.m.
Black Repertory Group, 3201 Adeline St.
849-9940
$10 general, $15 students and seniors
August 16, 17 & 18
The Transparent Tape Music Festival 2
8:30 p.m.
Transparent Theater, 1901 Ashby, Berkeley
(415) 614-2434 for info and reservations
$7 one night, $15 festival pass
"First Anniversary Group Show"
Reception, 5 to 8 p.m.
Through Aug. 17
13 local artists display work ranging from sculpture to mixed media
Ardency Gallery, Aki Lot, Eighth Street
836-0831
"Before and After"
Reception 4 to 6 p.m.
Through Sept. 19
Albany Community Center and Library Galley 1249 Marin Ave.
Jim Hair's photographs of the San Diego Hells Angels motorcycle chapter from the 1970s
524-9283
Freedom! Now!
Berkeley Arts Festival Gallery & Headquarters 2055 Center St.
Reception 6 to 8 p.m.
Through Aug. 25, Tues. - Sun., noon to 5 p.m.
Commemorates the work of those who struggled for justice and freedom from government/state repression.
841-2793
First Year Anniversary Group Exhibition
Through Aug. 17
Ardency Gallery, 709 Broadway, Oakland
New works from various artists.
836-0831
Images of Love and Courtship
Through Sept. 15
Gathering Tribes, 1573 Solano Ave.
Ledger paintings by Michael Horse
528-9038
Free
"Balancing Acts"
Through Oct. 10
Gallery 555, 555 12th St. in Oakland City Center
Oakland's 'Third Thursday' art night features Ann Weber's works made of cardboard.
http://www.oaklandcitycenter.com.
Free
The Creation of People’s Park
Through Aug. 31, Mon. - Thurs., 9 a.m. 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, with curator Harold Adler
hjadler@yahoo.com
Free
"Red Rivers Run Through Us"
Through 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
644-6893
"New Visions: Introductions '02"
Works from emerging Californian artists
Through Aug. 10
Pro Arts, 461 Ninth St., Oakland
763-4361
Free
“If These Walls Could Talk”
Through Sept. 8
Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California Campus (just below Grizzly Peak Blvd.)
See how various civilizations built all kinds of structures from mud huts to giant skyscrapers at this building exhibit.
642-5132
Admission: $8 for adults; $6 for youth 5-18, seniors and disabled; $4 for children 3-4; Free for children under 3, LHS Members and full-time Berkeley students.
Upcoming
"New Work: Part 2, The 2001 Kala
Fellowship Exhibition"
Aug. 8 through Sept. 7, Tues.-Fri. Noon to 5:30 p.m., Sat. 12:00-4:30 p.m.
Kala Art Institute, 1060 Heinz Ave.
Featuring 8 Kala Fellowship winners, printmaking
549-2977
“Virtually Real Oakland - The Magic, The Diversity and the Potholes”
Aug. 10 through Sept. 21, Mon.-Fri. 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Photolab Gallery, 2235 Fifth St., Berkeley
Exhibit by Ken Burson; digitally enhanced photos of Oakland.
644-1400
Free
BACA National Juried Exhibition
Aug. 18 through Sept. 21, Wed.-Sun. Noon to 5 p.m.
Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut St. in Live Oak Park
40 artists from across the U.S. including 28 Bay Area artists.
644-6893
Free
Friday, August 9
Once Upon a Mattress
7:30 p.m. [5 p.m. Sat. & Sun. Aug. 10 and 11]
Julia Morgan Theater, 2640 College Ave.
A hilarious retelling of "The Princess and the Pea," presented by Stage Door Conservatory, by students grades 5-9.
527-5939
$8 to $12
Friday, August 16
“Pericles, Prince of Tyre”
8:00 p.m.
Wells Fargo Annex, 2081 Center St.
this romance follows Prince Pericles, hunted for a crime he did not commit, on an epic voyage around the Mediterranean. Presented by Woman’s Will, the Bay Area’s all-female Shakespeare Company.
665-9496
Free
Grease
Through Aug. 10, Sunday matinees 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
Benefactors
Through Aug. 18, Wed. - Sat. 8 p.m.; Sun., 2 and 7 p.m.
Michael Frayn's comedy of two neighboring couple's interactions
Aurora Theatre Company,
2081 Addison St.
843-4822, www.auroratheater.org
for reservations.
$26 to $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. through 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
Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida
Through Sept. 1, Sat. and Sun. at 5pm
John Hinkel Park, off The Arlington at Southampton Road in North Berkeley
704-8210 for reservations or www.shotgunplayers.org
Pay what you can
The Shape of Things
Sept. 13 through Oct. 20
Aurora Theatre Company, 2081 Addison St.
Neil LaBute's love story about two students
843-4822, www.auroratheater.org for reservations
$26 to $35
Alarms and Excursions
Nov. 15 through 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 to $35
Wednesday, Aug. 7
Poetry Slam hosted by Charles Ellik
The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Avenue
841-2082
$5 door
Open Mike and Featured Poet
7 to 9 p.m. First Thurs. and second Wed. each month
Albany Library 1247 Marin Ave.
526-3720, Ext. 19
Free
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
Jewish Film Festival
Through Aug. 8
Wheeler Auditorium
(925) 866-9559
Wednesday August 14
Premiere of “MMI” by John Sanborn
Berkeley Arts Festival
8 p.m.
Wells Fargo Annex, 2081 Center Street, Berkeley
Event also features a piano concert featuring Sarah Cahill performing recent works and some composed specifically for her.
665-9496
Friday, August 23
Film: "Ralph Ellison: An American Journey"
8 p.m.
Berkeley Public Library - Central Branch
2090 Kittredge St.
Berkeley filmmaker Avon Kirkland's stirring documentary about the great American author, Ralph Ellison.
981-6205
Free
