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Arts Calendar
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
Mystic Roots, Sangano, Elijah Emanuel & the Revelations
9:30 p.m.
Blakes on Telegraph, 2367 Telegraph Ave.
848-0886
$6
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
Women Baring Soles
7:30 p.m.
Rose Street
Featuring Irina Rivkin, Lorna Hunt and Lisa Sanders
594-4000, ext. 687 for info. and directions
$5-$20
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
Tuesday, September 10
DP & Rythym Riders
7:30 p.m.
Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave.
$8 door/ Free for 12 and under
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
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
Henry IV: The Impact Remix
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
The House of Blue Leaves
Sept. 11 through Oct. 27
Berkeley Rep's Roda Theater, 2015 Addison St. Berkeley
647-2917 or 888-4BRTTIX
$10 - $54
The Shape of Things
Sept. 19 through Oct. 20
Aurora Theatre Company, 2081 Addison St.
Play by writer/director Neil LaBute's spins a morality tale of a young art student, his art major girlfriend, and the Pygmalion-like changes that bring into question how far one should go for love.
843-4822, www.auroratheater.org for reservations
$26 to $35
Alarms and Excursions
Nov. 15 through Dec. 22
Aurora Theatre Company,
2081 Addison St.
Michael Frayn's comedy about the irony of modern technology.
843-4822, www.auroratheater.org for reservations
$26 to $35
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
Wednesday, September 11
Poetry for Peace Benefit Reading
7:30 p.m.
Cody’s Books, 2454 Telegraph Ave.
Proceeds will benefit refugee relief agencies. Readings by Frances Payne Adler, Ivan Arguelles, Ellen Bass and Judy Grahns.
845-7852
$2
Poetry Slam with host Charles Ellik
8:30 p.m. (21 and over)
The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave.
Featured poets: George McKibbins and Sean Shea.
841-2082
$7 door, $5 w/ student I.D.
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
