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Arts Calendar

Friday August 16, 2002

 

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 

8:30 p.m., Through Aug. 18 

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 

 

Rita Sahal plus Siskana Chowdhury 

7 p.m.  

St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave. 

(415) 454-6264 

$15 to $20 

 

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 

Tuesday, August 20 

Baby Gramps 

8 p.m. 

Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St. 

548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com 

$15.50 in advance, $16.50 at door 

 

Hawaiian Festival 

1:15 p.m. 

North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Ave. Berkeley 

Featuring Kumo, Kalua, Lutgarda Eckell and her Polynesian dancers - Viola, Cora, Kumo, Kalua, Virginia, Iris, John. 

644-6107 

Free 

 

Hot Town Jubilee 

8:30 p.m. 

Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave. 

525-5024 or www.ashkenaz.com 

$8/ Free for 12 and under 

 

Wednesday, August 21 

Kepa Junkera 

8 p.m. 

Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St. 

548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com 

$15.50 in advance, $16.50 at door 

 

Steve Riley and the Maou Playboys 

9 p.m. 

Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave. 

8:30 p.m. dance lesson with Diana Castillo. 

525-5024 or www.ashkenaz.com 

$14 door/ Free for 12 and under 

 

Tangria Jazz Trio 

8 p.m. 

Anna’s Bistro, 1801 University Ave. 

This week’s nightly music feature. 

849-ANNA 

$4 

 

Thursday, August 22 

Anton Barbeau, The Bellyachers & Darling Clementines 

9:30 p.m. 

The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave. 

841-1424 

$5  

 

Freight and Salvage Fiddle Summit 

Featuring Alasdair, Fraser, Ellika Frisell, Darol Anger and Mike Marshall 

8 p.m. 

Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St. 

548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com 

$15.50 in advance, $16.50 at door 

 

Lost Weekend 

Harbor Lights and  

Cowboy Blues Tour 

9 p.m. 

Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave. 

525-5024 or www.ashkenaz.com 

$10 door/ Free for 12 and under 

San Francisco Chamber Orchestra 

7:30 p.m. 

The Crowden School, 1475 Rose St. 

Mozart, Vivaldi and “Summertime” by violinists Karla Donehew and Jeremy Cohen. 

(415) 255-9440 0r www.sfchamberorchestra.org 

$20 suggested donation 

 

Friday, August 23 

Irate, For the Crown, Beneath the Ashes & Pain of Sleep 

8 p.m. 

924 Gillman St. 

525-9926 

$5 

 

Deke Dickerson and the ecco-fonics & Calamity and Main 

9:30 p.m. 

The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave. 

841-1424 

$7 

 

Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums with Ms. Carmen Getit 

9:30 p.m. 

Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave. 

8 p.m. dance lesson 

525-5024 or www.ashkenaz.com 

$12 door/ Free for 12 and under 

 

Peppino D’Agostino 

8 p.m. 

Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St. 

548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com 

$15.50 in advance, $16.50 at door 

 

Friday, August 23 

The Damnations & Loretta Lynch  

9:30 p.m. 

The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave. 

841-1424 

$7 

 

Saturday, August 24 

Anthony Brown Ensemble  

Doors open 7:30 p.m. Show 8 p.m. 

Berkeley Public Library 2090 Kittredge at Shattuck 

Free Jazz Concert explores inspiration of Ralph Ellison. 

981-6100 

Free 

 

California Brazil All-star Band 

Brazil Camp Benefit 

9 p.m. 

Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave. 

525-5024 or www.ashkenaz.com 

$10 door/ Free for 12 and under 

 

John McCormick 

8 p.m. 

Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St. 

548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com 

$15.50 in advance, $16.50 at door 

 

 

New Millennium Strings, conducted by Laurien Jones 

8 p.m. 

A concert featuring The Hebrides, Op. 26 (Fingal’s Cave) by Mendelssohn; Mendelssohn’s Concerto for Violin, Op. 64, E minor, Loretta Taylor, soloist; Debussy’s Afternoon of a Faun; and Children’s Corner Suite by Debussy. 

526-3331 

$10 general admission, $7 students and seniors, under 12 free 

 

Phantom Limbs, Dead and  

Gone & Pitch Black 

8 p.m. 

924 Gillman St. 

525-9926 

$5 

 

Sunday, August 25 

Dan & Dale Zola Present The Great Night of Rumi 

8 p.m. 

Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St. 

Celebrating Persian poet Jelaluddin Rumi with spoken word, music and dance. 

548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com 

$15.50 in advance, $16.50 at door 

 

Benefit for the Neibyl Proctor Library 

Featuring Red Dust 

3 to 5 p.m. 

6501 Telegraph Ave. 

Benefit for a progressive research center for teachers, students and activists. 

595-7417 

$5 to $10, sliding scale 

 

Tuesday, August 27 

Zydeco Flames 

8:30 p.m. 

Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave. 

8 p.m. dance lesson with Patti Whitehurst. 

525-5024 or www.ashkenaz.com 

$8 door/ Free for 12 and under 

 

Wednesday, August 28 

Barry Flanagan & Makana 

8 p.m. 

Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St. 

548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com 

$15.50 in advance, $16.50 at door 

 

Jimmy Ryan Jazz Quartet 

8 p.m. 

Anna’s Bistro, 1801 University Avenue 

This week’s nightly music feature. 

849-ANNA 

 

Thursday, August 29 

The KGB, Solemite & The Penomenauts 

8 p.m. 

Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave. 

525-5024 or www.ashkenaz.com 

$7 door/ Free for 12 and under 

The Unreal Band 

9:30 p.m. 

The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave. 

841-1424 

$5 

 

Friday, August 30 

Capoeira Mandinga 

8 p.m. 

Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave. 

525-5024 or www.ashkenaz.com 

$10 door/ Free for 12 and under 

 

Gipsy Kings 

8 p.m. 

Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley 

642-9988 

$32.50 to $70 

 

The Lab Rats, Damage Done, The First Step & Diehard Youth 

8 p.m. 

924 Gillman St. 

525-9926 

$5 

 

The Pre-teens, Hansi & Flair 

9:30 p.m. 

The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave. 

841-1424 

$5 

 

Saturday, August 31 

Blue on Breen, Ian Butler & Green Man Gruvin’ 

9:30 p.m. 

The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave. 

841-1424 

$5 

 

Plan 9, Wormwood, Hit Me Back & Dystrophy 

8 p.m. 

924 Gillman St. 

525-9926 

$5 

 

"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.