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Arts Calendar

Saturday August 10, 2002

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 in advance, $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

Marvin Sease plus Beverly Watson

1st show 7 p.m., 2nd show 10 p.m.

Rountree’s Rhythm & Blues, 2618 San Pablo Ave.

663-0440

$40 in advance

Rebel Music

8 p.m..

La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave.

A Collective of artists and musicians from the Bay. Hiphop, reggae, dance hall and spoken word.

849-2568 or www.lapena.org

$10

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

De Rompe y Raja & Lucho Cabrera

8 p.m.

La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave.

Afro-Peruvian singer Lucho Cabrera from Ica, Peru, performs for the first time at La Peña with De Rompe y Raja.

849-2568 or www.lapena.org

$13 in advance, $15 at door

Mark Growden’s Electric Pinata, Beth Custer Ensemble

9:30 p.m.

The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave.

841-2082

$7 door

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

Marvin Sease plus Beverly Watson

1st show 7 p.m., 2nd show 10 p.m.

Rountree’s Rhythm & Blues, 2618 San Pablo Ave.

663-0440

$40 in advance

Berkeley Arts Festival Opening Day

10-ring Cultural Circus

Noon to 6 p.m.

Main stage on Center St. near the City Garage between Shattuck and Milvia

The 5th annual Berkeley Arts City Wide Celebration of Art and Politics opens with this event. Music, poetry, speakers, storytelling and more.

665-9496

Free

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

Prezidenz Brown with DJ Jah Wizer

9:30 p.m.

Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave.

525-5024 or www.ashkenaz.com

$11 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

$10

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

Tuesday, August 13

Tom Rigney and Flambeau

8:30 p.m.

Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave.

525-5024 or www.ashkenaz.com

$8 door/ Free for 12 and under

Wednesday, August 14

Phil Marsh

8:00 p.m.

Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.

548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com

$15.50 in advance, $16.50 at door

Roadoilers with the Bluegrass

Intentions

8:30 p.m.

Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave.

525-5024 or www.ashkenaz.com

$10/ Free for 12 and under

Thursday, August 15

Colcannon

8:00 p.m.

Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.

548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com

$15.50 in advance, $16.50 at door

Dean Santomieri: Multimedia Works

Berkeley Arts Festival

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

$10

Friday, August 16

Farallon Brass Ensemble Concert

8 p.m.

Crowden Music Center, 1475 Rose St. Berkeley

Performance by Farallon Brass Ensemble highlighting their brass camp for young musicians.

$10 general, $5 students/seniors

Girls in Ties, 151 Cameo Dr., and Robert and Karen

7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Café Eclectica, 1309 Solano Ave.

527-2344

Duck Baker & Jamie Findlay

8 p.m.

Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.

548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com

$15.50 in advance, $16.50 at door

Native Elements with Buffalo Soldier

Joined by special guest Humble Soul

9:30 p.m.

Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave.

525-5024 or www.ashkenaz.com

$11 door/ Free for 12 and under

Saturday, August 17

Composer Portraits with Sarah Cahill and Gabriela Frank

Berkeley Arts Festival

8 p.m.

Jazzschool, 2087 Addison St.

665-9099

$10

The Edios

8:00 p.m.

Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.

548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com

$15.50 in advance, $16.50 at door

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

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

"New Visions: Introductions '02"

Works from emerging Californian artists

Through Aug. 10

Pro Arts, 461 Ninth St., Oakland

763-4361

Free

"New Work: Part 2, The 2001 Kala Fellowship Exhibition"

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

“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 fulltime Berkeley students.

“Virtually Real Oakland - The Magic, The Diversity and the Potholes”

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

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 through 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

Saturday, August 10

"Poetry in the Plaza" honors June Jordan

Berkeley Arts Festival

2:30 p.m.

Central Library, 2090 Kittredge St.

Readings from poets Marvin K. White, Sharon Doubiago, Lucha Corpi, Chinaka Hodge and others.

981-6233

Free

Wednesday, August 14

Café Poetry and open mic hosted by Kira Allen