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Arts Calendar

Friday April 11, 2003

FRIDAY, APRIL 11 

 

Storytelling and reading with Maisy, at 10:30 a.m. at Barnes and Noble, 2352 Shattuck Ave. 644-0861. 

Kinky Friedman reads from  

“Kill Two Birds and Get Stoned” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books, 2454 Telegraph Ave. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com 

Literary Friendships: Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell, presented by Connie Andersen, at 1:15 p.m. at the  

North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Ave. Free. For information call 232-1351. 

So How’d You Become an Activist? with Darryl Cherney and Fr. Bill O’Donnell. Monthly series in which local activists share their experiences and influences, at 7 p.m. at Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, 1924 Cedar St. at Bonita. Donation $5. For more information call 415-927-1645. 

Frederick Wiseman’s films  

Primate at 7 p.m. and Missile at 9:05 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive, 2575 Bancroft Way. Cost is $4 for members, UC students; $5 for UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth; $8 for adults. 642-1412. 

www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

Noon Concert: Axel Van Chee, baritone, Colleen Kobussen, piano, perform songs by Grieg, and Ann Marie Darrow, mezzo soprano, Jonathan Chou, piano, perform Siete Canciones Populares Españoles, by Manuel de Falla. Concert is free. Doors open at 11:55 a.m., Hertz Hall, UC Campus. 642-4864. 

Friday Afternoon Hang, The Yair Evnine Quartet in a free concert 5 to 7 p.m. at the Jazzschool, 2087 Addison St. 845-5373. 

www.jazzschool.com 

Camerata Sweden, chamber music and orchestra perform at 8 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way.Cost is $38. 642-9988. 

www.calperfs.berkeley.edu 

Wadi Gad, Jah Bandis with special guest Jr. Toots, Ashanti HiFi perform conscious reggae at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave. Cost is $12. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

Stung: The Police Tribute 

Zoo Station: U2 Tribute 

perform Police and U2 music at 9:30 p.m. at Blake’s on Telegraph, 2367 Telegraph Ave. Cost is $7. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com 

Grupo Raiz, the Latin American music sextet founded at La Peña returns for an evening of peace and justice songs, at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $12 in advance, $14 at the door. 849-2568.  

www.lapena.org 

Scoop Nisker, Scoop with the News celebrates the publication of his new book at 8 p.m. at the Freight and Salvage Coffee House, 1111 Addison St. Cost is $15.50 in advance, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761.  

www.freightandsalvage.org 

Berkeley High School Jazz Combo performs at 7 p.m. at  

Starbucks Coffeehouse, 2128 Oxford St. at Center. 486-1840. 

Winfred E. Eye, Sonny Smith, Bart Davenport 

perform at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $6. 841-2082. 

Jackie Ryan performs at 9:30 p.m. at downtown, 2102 Shattuck Ave. 649-3810. www.downtownrestaurant.com 

The Bananas, This is My Fist, Operation Make Out, Pirx the Pilot, Abi Yo Yo perform at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St., an all-ages, member-run, no alcohol, no drugs, no violence club. Cost is $5. 525-9926. 

 

 

SATURDAY, APRIL 12 

 

Lydia Mills and Arianna Guthries, “Cantemos Juntos,” traditional and original Latin American songs and games at 10:30 a.m. at La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $3 for children, $4 for adults. 849-2568.  

www.lapena.org 

Hillside Players present “Tangled Tales!” children’s stories combined in an original comedy, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at The Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar St. Cost is  

$7 adults; $4 under 12, seniors and students. 384-6418. 

Frederick Wiseman’s films, 

Zoo at 3 p.m., The Store at 7 p.m. and Racetrack at 9:20 p.m. at Pacific Film Archive, 2575 Bancroft Way. Cost is $4 members,UC students; $5 UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth; $8 adults. 642-1412. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

Berkeley Broadway Singers will perform “Moonglow!” in  

a benefit for its rehearsal home, St. Ambrose Church, 1145 Gilman St., at 2 p.m. Proceeds go to the church’s capital projects campaign. Tickets $10 for general admission and $8 for seniors. 524-7840. 

San Francisco Early Music Society presents Hopkinson Smith, lute and vihuela de mano in El Siglo de Oro, in a concert of Renaissance music of England and Spain at 8 p.m. St. John's Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave. 528-1725 or www.sfems.org. 

University Chorus, with conductor Marika Kuzma performs the Brahms Requiem at 8 p.m. at Hertz Hall, UC campus. Tickets are $2 - $8. 642-9988. 

The Movement, Spring 2003 Showcase. UC Berkeley’s dance group performs at 3 p.m. at Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, 2640 College Ave. Tickets are $5 from 925-798-1300. 

www.juliamorgan.org 

Kotoja, dance lesson with Comfort Mensah at 9 p.m., followed by show at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave. Cost is $15. 525-5054.  

www.ashkenaz.com 

Solemite, 62nd St, Stonecutters, ska rock and rock at Blake’s on Telegraph at 9:30 p.m. Cost is $6. 2367 Telegraph Ave. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com 

Utah Phillips sings at Freight and Salvage Coffee House at 8 p.m. Cost is $18.50 in advance, $19.50 at the door. 1111 Addison St. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org 

Scott Amendola Band performs at 8 p.m. at Jazzschool, 2087 Addison St. Cost is $12, $15, $18. 845-5373.  

www.jazzschool.com 

De Rompe y Raja, Afro-Peruvian dance and music at 8:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $15. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

Daevid Allen’s University of Errors, Faun Fables at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough, 

3101 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $8. 841-2082. 

Jamie Davis performs at 9:30 p.m. at downtown, 2102 Shattuck Ave. 649-3810. www.downtownrestaurant.com 

The Contraceptions, Scissorhands, Stalker Potential, Megan March, Gally 99 vs Torn Girl Squad perform at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St., an all-ages, member-run, no alcohol, no drugs, no violence club. Cost is $5. 525-9926 

 

SUNDAY, APRIL 13 

 

Family Classic: The Iron Giant at 2 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive, 2575 Bancroft Way. Recommended for ages six and older. Cost is $4 for members, UC students; $5 for UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth; $8 for adults. 642-1412. 

www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

Hillside Players present 

“Tangled Tales!” children’s stories combined in an original comedy, at 2 p.m. at The Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar St. Cost is $7 adults; $4 under 12, seniors and students. 384-6418. 

Kum Nye 30th Anniversary Event with a talk on Tibetan relaxation mind-body exercises, at 6 p.m. at the Tibetan Nyingma Institute, 1815 Highland Place. 843-6812. 

www.NyingmaInstitute.com 

Aris Janigian will read from her first novel, “Bloodvine,” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books, 1491 Shattuck Ave. 486-0698.  

www.blackoakbooks.com 

South Asian Book Club discusses “Desirable Daughters,” by Bharate Mukherjee, at 11:30 a.m. at Barnes and Noble, 2352 Shattuck Ave. 644-0861. 

 

MONDAY, APRIL 14 

 

Frederick Wiseman’s film 

Ballet at 5:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive, 2575 Bancroft Way. Cost is $4 for members, UC students; $5 for UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth; $8 for adults. 642-1412. www.bampfa.berkeley.ed 

The Tramp and the Dictator, 

documentary on Charlie Chaplin’s “The Great Dictator” and the collision of art and politics at 2 p.m. at the Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut St. $2 suggested donation. 848-0237. 

California Friends of Lousiana French Music present an afternoon of Cajun and Creole music and dance, starting at 1:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave. Cost is $5 for CFLFM members, $8 for non-members. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

Sunmasons, Boomshanka, Reorchestra, funk rock, funk, jazz funk at 9:30 p.m. at Blake’s on Telegraph, 2367 Telegraph Ave. Cost is $3. 848-0886.  

www.blakesontelegraph.com 

Two Tricks perform in a CD release party and benefit for Exhale at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $10 - $15 sliding scale. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

Kálmán Balogh and the Gypsy Cimbalon Band, an acclaimed Hungarian Gypsy troupe, perform at Freight and Salvage Coffee House at 8 p.m. Cost is $16.50 in advance, $17.50 at the door. 1111 Addison St. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org 

Marcos Silva and Intersection, Brazilian Music at the Jazzschool, 2087 Addison St. at 8 p.m. Cost is $12, $15, $18. 845-5373.  

www.jazzschool.com 

Erika Luckett, singer-songwriter, performs at Starbucks Coffeehouse, 2128 Oxford St. at 7 p.m. 486-1840. 

The Butchies, The Cost, Free Verse perform at 5 p.m. at 924 Gilman St., an all-ages, member-run, no alcohol, no drugs, no violence club. Cost is $5. 525-9926 

Frederick Wiseman’s film 

Canal Zone at 7 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive, 2575 Bancroft Way. Cost is $4 for members, UC students; $5 for UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth; $8 for adults. 642-1412. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

Oz Shelach will read from his book about growing up in Israel, “Picnic Grounds: A Novel in Fragments,” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books, 1491 Shattuck Ave. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com 

Oscar Casares reads from “Brownsville,” his collection of stories of the Mexican American experience in Brownsville, Texas, at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books, 2454 Telegraph Ave. 845-7852. 

www.codysbooks.com 

West African Refugee Community Celebration, with live 

music and cuisine from West Africa, hosted by the International Rescue Committee. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., show at 7 p.m., at Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave. 525-5054.  

www.ashkenaz.com 

All Star Jam, featuring The Steve Gannon Band & Mz. Dee at 9:30 p.m. at Blake’s on Telegraph, 2367 Telegraph Ave. Cost is $4. 848-0886. 

www.blakesontelegraph.com 

 

TUESDAY, APRIL 15 

 

“Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther” will be introduced by Kathleen Cleaver and screened at 7 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive, 2575 Bancroft Way. A pre-film reception will be held at 5:30 p.m. in the BAM Theater Gallery. Cost is $4 members,UC students; $5 UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth; $8 adults. 642-1412. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

Atul Gawande reads from  

“Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science” at 12:15 p.m. at Cody’s Books, 2454 Telegraph Ave. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com 

Motor Dude Zydeco, Cajun dance lesson with Cheryl McBride at 8 p.m., followed by show at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

The Movement, Spring 2003 Showcase. UC Berkeley’s dance group performs at 7 p.m. at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, 2640 College Ave. Tickets $5 from www.juliamorgan.org. 925-798-1300. 

 

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16 

 

Ikiru at 3 p.m. (sold out) and Sympathetic Vibrations at 7:30 p.m., with Paul Klos in person, at the Pacific Film Archive, 2575 Bancroft Way.  

Cost is $4 for members, UC students; $5 for UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth; $8 for adults. 642-1412. 

www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

Tamim Ansary reads from 

“West of Kabul, East of New York: An Afghan American Story” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books, 2454 Telegraph Ave. 

845-7852. 

www.codysbooks.com 

Noon Concert, Shaw Pong Liu, violin, Jody Redhage, cello, Monica Chew, piano, perform Ravel’s Piano Trio in G at noon. Doors open at 11:55 a.m. at Hertz Hall, UC Campus. 642-4864. 

http://music.berkeley.edu 

Timbuktu Heritage Institute Benefit, special Malian Workshop with Tartit Ensemble, at 8 p.m. at Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave. Cost is $10 - $15 sliding scale. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

Damelatones Groove and Riot A Go Go at 9:30 p.m. at Blake’s on Telegraph, 2367 Telegraph Ave. Cost is $4. 848-0886.  

www.blakesontelegraph.com 

Carol Denney, singer-songwriter, activist and folk wit, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House, 1111 Addison St. Cost is $15.50 in advance, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761.  

www.freightandsalvage.org 

Bob Daley, singer-songwriter at 7 p.m. at Starbucks Coffeehouse, 2128 Oxford St. 486-1840. 

 

THURSDAY, APRIL 17 

 

UC Jazz at Noon free concert on Lower Sproul Plaza. 

Grateful Dead DJ Nite at 10 p.m. at Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave. Cost is $6. 525-505.  

www.ashkenaz.com 

Spank, DJs: Solarz from Groove Conflux, an evening of hip hop and R&B house music at 9:30 p.m. at Blake’s on Telegraph, 2367 Telegraph Ave. Cost is $5. 848-0886. 

www.blakesontelegraph.com 

Patty Larkin, singer-songwriter, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House, 1111 Addison St. Cost is $18.50 in advance, $19.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org 

Redwood Forest Benefit with Darryl Cherney and the Chernobles, Francine Allen, at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave. Cost is sliding scale $5 - $10. 841-2082. 

 

FRIDAY, APRIL 18 

 

S.F. International Film Festival showing The Century of the Self (Parts 1 and 2) at 4 p.m., Blissfully Yours at 7 p.m. and Internal Affairs at 9:45 p.m., at the Pacific Film Archive, 2575 Bancroft Way.  

Cost is $4 for members, UC students; $5 for UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth; $8 for adults. 642-1412. 

www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

The Anarchists, directed by Yu Young-Sik, in Korean with English subtitles. Action film in historical setting of anti-Imperial movement during Japanese occupation. Begins at 8 p.m. at the Long Haul, 3124 Shattuck Ave. 540-0751. www.thelonghaul.org 

A. J. Albany reads from “Low Down: Junk, Jazz and Other Fairy Tales from Childhood” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books, 2454 Telegraph Ave. 845-7852. 

www.codysbooks.com 

Noon Concert, Cathy Olsen, flute, Brian Christian, piano, perform works by Dutilleux, Ibert, Roussel, Messiaen, Boulanger at noon at Hertz Hall, UC Campus. Concert is free, doors open at 11:55 a.m. 642-4864. 

 

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