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Arts Calendar
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
Tuesday, September 3
Bebelekov Family
Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave.
525-5024 or www.ashkenaz.com
$8 door/ Free for 12 and under
Red Mountain & White Trash
8 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com
$14.50 in advance, $15.50 at door
Wednesday, September 4
Carlos Oiveira & Ventos do Brasil
8 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com
$15.50 in advance, $16.50 at door
Tom Rigney & Flambeau
7:30 p.m.
Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave.
$8 door/ Free for 12 and under
Thursday, September 5
Jimmy LaFave
8 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com
$16.50 in advance, $17.50 at door
The Mekons 25th Anniversary Show
9:30 p.m.
The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave.
841-1424
$15
Friday, September 6
Caribbean All-Stars CARIBBEAN ALLSTARS
9:30 p.m.
Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave.
$11 door/ Free for 12 and under
Gehenna, Brainoil & Blown to Bits
8 p.m.
924 Gillman St.
525-9926
$5
Tempest
9:30 p.m.
The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave.
841-1424
$10
Saturday, September 7
Freedom Song Network’s Twentieth Birthday Benefit Concert
8 p.m.
La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave.
$10 to 50 (sliding scale)
Hirax, Phobia & Lack of Interest
8 p.m.
924 Gillman St.
525-9926
$5
Mark Growden’s Electric Pinata, Amor
9:30 p.m.
The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave.
841-1424
$6
Rachel Garin CD Release Show
8 p.m.
The Freight and Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 or www.thefreight.org
$15.50 in advance/ $16.50 at the door
Sunday, September 8
Kulture Schock
8:30 p.m.
Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave.
$8 door/ Free for 12 and under
Darryl Purpose
8 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com
$15.50 in advance, $16.50 at door
Monday, September 9
Kris Delmhorst, Noe Venable
8 p.m.
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison St.
548-1761 or www.freightandsalvage.com
$15.50 in advance, $16.50 at door
BACA National Juried Exhibition
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
"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
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
Misch Kohn - Celebrating Sixty Years of Printmaking
Sept. 12 through Oct. 16: Tues.-Fri., Noon to 5:30 p.m.; Sat., Noon to 4:30 p.m.
Kala Arts Institute, 1060 Heinz Ave.
549-2977, kala@kala.org
Threads: Five artists who use stitching to convey ideas
October 6 through December 15, Wed.-Sun., Noon to 5 p.m.
Berkeley Art Center
Live Oak Park, 1275 Walnut St.
For more information: www.berkeleyartcenter.org, (510) 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
Henry IV: The Impact Remix
Aug. 30 through Sept. 8, Fri. and Sat. 8 p.m. and Sun. 7 p.m.
Eighth Street Studio, 2525 Eighth St.
Sept. 13 through 21, Fri. and Sat. 8 p.m. and Sun. 7 p.m.
Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, 2640 College Ave.
Impact theatre’s first Shakespeare production staring Rich Bolster as Prince Hal and Bill Boynton as Falstaff.
464-4468, www.impacttheatre.com
$15 general/$10 students
Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar
Sept. 5 through Oct. 12
Thurs. through Sat. 8 p.m.
LaVal’s Subterranean Theatre, 1834 Euclid
234-6046
$10
Sunday, September 1
Poetry at Cody’s on Telegraph
7:30 p.m.
Cody’s Books, 2454 Telegraph Ave.
Readings by James Schevill and William Minor.
845-7852
$2
Saturday, September 7
Bay Area Poets Coalition Open Reading
3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
West Branch Berkeley Public Library, 1125 University Ave.
527-9905, poetalk@aol.com
Free
September 7, 12
Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival
Noon to 5 p.m.
Civic Center Park, Center St. at Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
Poetry readings, presentations by environmentalists, interactive events and more.
526-9105
Sunday, September 8
Poetry Flash @ Cody’s
7:30 p.m.
Cody’s Books, 2454 Telegraph Ave.
Ivan Arguelles reads “Tri Loka and Carolyn Grassi read “Transparencies.”
845-7852
$2
Saturday, September 7
Vertical Pool presents Three Experimental Narrative Videos
8 p.m. and 10 p.m.
TUVA, 3192 Adeline St.
A screening of “Requiem For a Friend”, “Inertia” and “Roadkill” by Antero Alli. Filmmaker will be present.
464-4640
$7
