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Arts Calendar
Thursday, August 15
Colcannon
8 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
Rroland, Attaboy and Burke & Vacuum Tree Head
9:30 p.m.
The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave.
841-1424
$5
Friday, August 16
Champion, Stay Gold, Terror & Circle Takes the Square
8 p.m.
924 Gillman St.
525-9926
$5
Extreme Elvis & Sons of Emperor Norton
9:30 p.m.
The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave.
841-1424
$6
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.
559-6910
$10 general, $5 students/seniors
Girls in Ties, 151 Cameo Dr., and Robert and Karen
7 to 11 p.m.
Café Eclectica, 1309 Solano Ave.
527-2344
$4
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
The Transparent Tape Music Festival 2
Through Aug.18, 8:30 p.m.
Transparent Theater, 1901 Ashby Ave.
415-614-2434 or tapecenter@sfSound.org or http://sfSound.org/tape.html
$7 one night/ $15 festival pass
Saturday, August 17
Benumb, Reagan SS, Bumbklaat & Faces of Death
8 p.m.
924 Gillman St.
525-9926
$5
Composer Portraits with Sarah Cahill and Gabriela Frank
Berkeley Arts Festival
8 p.m.
Jazzschool, 2087 Addison St.
665-9099
$10
The Edios
8 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com
$15.50 in advance, $16.50 at door
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
Near East, Far West
9 p.m.
Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave.
Traditional music from Armenia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Greece and the Middle East. 7:30 dance lesson with Lise Liepman.
525-5024 or www.ashkenaz.com
$12 door/ Free for 12 and under
Oakland Faders Collective
7 to 11 p.m.
Café Eclectica, 1309 Solano Ave.
527-2344
$5
The Warlocks & Belle da Gama
9:30 p.m.
The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave.
841-1424
$8
Sunday, August 18
Ericka Luckett
8 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com
$15.50 in advance, $16.50 at door
Israeli Fold Dance
1:30 p.m.
Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave.
525-5024 or www.ashkenaz.com
$5/ Free for 12 and under
Time in Malta, Panic, The Dream is Dead, Find Him & Kill Him
5 p.m.
924 Gillman St.
525-9926
$5
Monday, August 19
Northern California Songwriters Association Open Mic
8 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com
$4 at door
"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
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
"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 full-time Berkeley students.
"Poems Form/From the Six Directions"
Through Sept. 15
Pusod: Center for culture, Ecology & Bayan, 1808 Fifth St.
A visual poetry exhibition and presentation of a wedding happening, a Filipino tradition. Poetry workshops presented by Eileen Tabios on Aug. 14, 21 and 28 7 to 9 p.m.
883-1808
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 17
Mock City Council
Berkeley Arts Festival
7 p.m.
Old City Hall, 2134 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way or Channel 25
Comic rendition of a Berkeley City Council meeting presented by George Coates Productions.
665-9099
$10
Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida
Through Sept. 1, Sat. and Sun. at 5 p.m..
John Hinkel Park, off The Arlington at Southampton Road in North Berkeley
704-8210 for reservations or www.shotgunplayers.org
Pay what you can
Wednesday, August 14
Café Poetry and open mic hosted by Kira Allen
7:30 p.m.
La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave.
849-2568 or www.lapena.org
$2
Open Mic hosted by Clair Lewis
8:30 p.m.
The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave.
841-1424
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
Wednesday, August 14
Premiere of “MMI” by John Sanborn
Berkeley Arts Festival
8 p.m.
Wells Fargo Annex, 2081 Center St., Berkeley
Event also features a piano concert featuring Sarah Cahill performing recent works and some composed specifically for her.
665-9496
Thursday, August 22
Film: "Ralph Ellison: An American Journey"
8 p.m.
Berkeley Public Library, Central Branch, 2090 Kittredge St.
Documentary about the great American author, Ralph Ellison.
981-6205
Free
Truth: Exposing Israeli Apartheid
7:30 p.m.
La Pena, 3105 Shattuck Ave.
Premiere of documentary by local filmmaker Wendy Campbell.
655-5889
$20 donations
