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Arts Calendar
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
"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
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
"New Work: Part 2, The 2001 Kala Fellowship Exhibition"
Through Sept. 7, Tues.-Fri. Noon to 5:30 p.m., Sat. noon - 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 ages 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 7 to 9 p.m., Aug. 14, 21 and 28.
883-1808
Free
“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
Richard Misrach, Berkeley Work
Though Oct. 13
UC Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, 2626 Bancroft Way
On view in Gallery 2, presents two photographic series by this internationally recognized Berkeley-based artist.
642-0808, www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
$7, $5 BAM/PFA members, $4 UC Berkeley students
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
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
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 21
Poetry Slam with host Charles Ellik
Featured poet: Solidad diCosta
8:30 p.m.
The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave.
841-1424
$7 door, $5 with student I.D.
Saturday, August 24
Rhythm & Muse
6:30 p.m.
Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut St.
Poetry reading and open mike featuring Zigi Lowenburg & Raymond “Nat” Turner.
527-9753
Free admission
Saturday, August 17 and Tuesday, August 27
Magic School Bus Video Festival
From 10:30 a.m to 1:30 p.m.
Lawrence Hall of Science, Centennial Drive
Seven video adventures with Ms. Frizzle and her class aboard the Magic School Bus.
642-5132 or www.lawrencehallofscience.org
$6 for youth, $8 for adults, $4 for children
Thursday, August 22
Film: "Ralph Ellison: An American Journey"
7 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
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
