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Arts Calendar
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 Infernal Affairs at 9:45 p.m., at the Pacific Film Archive. 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. 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. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Noon Concert
Cathy Olsen, flute, Brian Christian, piano perform works by Dutilleux, Ibert, Roussel, Messiaen, Boulanger, at Hertz Hall, UC Campus. Concert is free, doors open at 11:55 a.m. 642-4864.
http://music.berkeley.edu
Friday Afternoon Hang with the Brubeck Institute Quintet from 5 - 7 p.m. at the
jazzschool. 845-5373.
www.jazzschool.com
Berkeley High Jazz Lab Band Spring Concert at 7:30 p.m. at the Florence Schwimley Little Theatre. $8 for adults, $5 students and children. 527-8245 or e-mail lorij54@aol.com.
Bernard Gilbert, singer/songwriter of topical and satirical songs, at 7:30 p.m. at the Fellowship Cafe, 1924 Cedar St. A donation of $5 - $10 is requested. 540-0898.
Djialy Kunda Kouyate, a Senegalese dance and music ensemble performs at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $15. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
The Servants, Autopunch, Alive for Awhile, rock music at 9:30 p.m. at Blake’s on Telegraph. Cost is $7. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Tres Almas performs at 9:30 p.m., at downtown. 649-3810. www.downtownrestaurant.com
Patty Larkin, a leading contemporary singer and songwriter, performs at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House, Cost is $18.50 in advance, $19.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Mingus Amungus with special guest Pete Escovedo, panel at 7:30 p.m., with performance at 8:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $12 in advance, $15 at the door. 849-2568.
Dick Hindman/Seward McCain/Colin Bailey at 8 p.m. the Jazzschool. Cost is $12, $15, $18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
A Good Friday for Bach, with Findlay Cockrell performing on the fortepiano, at 8 p.m. at MusicSources, 1000 The Alameda. Admission by donation. 528-1685.
Henri-Pierre Koubaka performs West African folk music at 7 p.m. at Starbucks Coffeehouse, 2128 Oxford St. at Center. 486-1840.
Smelly Kelly’s Plain High Drifters, Yard Sale, Neighborly Deeds perform at
9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $6. 841-2082.
Groovie Ghoulies, The Apers, Short Round, The Mall Rats, The Minds 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.
Kids on the Block Puppet Show, promoting acceptance and understanding of physical and cultural differences at 2 p.m. at the Hall of Health,
2230 Shattuck Ave. (lower level). Suggested donation $3, children under 3 free. 549-1564.
Los Mapaches, a Latin American children’s ensemble performs at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $3 for children, $4 for adults. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
S.F. International Film Festival showing Swing at 2 p.m., The Trilogy I: On the Run at 4:15 p.m., The Trilogy II: An Amazing Couple at 7 p.m. and Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary at 9:15 p.m., at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4 for members, UC students; $5 for UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth; $8 for adults. 642-1412.
www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Zero Patience, cult activist surrealistic musical about HIV/AIDS. Presented by NEED, Berkeley’s needle exchange project at 8 p.m. at the Long Haul, 3124 Shattuck Ave. 540-0751. www.thelonghaul.org
Let’s Face It: Women explore their aging faces, a documentary featuring seven Berkeley midlife women talking about their ambivalence, vanity, anxiety, and joy. Screened at 2:30 p.m. at the Albany Library, 1247 Marin Ave. For more information call 526-5075.
African Music and Dance Ensemble, under the direction of C. K. Ladzekpo, performs traditional dances and drumming of West and Central Africa at 8 p.m., Hertz Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $2 - $8. 642 - 9988.
Reggae Angels, Native Elements, One Groove and DJ Jah Light Music, perform at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Crown City Rockers, Lunar Heights, Feenom Circle, Mavrik perform Hip Hop at 9:30 p.m. at Blake’s on Telegraph. Cost is $7. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Post Junk Trio performs at 9:30 p.m., at downtown. 649-3810. www.downtownrestaurant.com
Reilly & Maloney perform
contemporary folk at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $18.50 in advance, $19.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Ira Marlowe, singer, songwriter in a free concert at the Jazz House, 3192 Adeline St. Doors open at 7:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m. 655-9755. www.thejazzhouse.com
Pr. Rajeev Taranath in Concert at 8 p.m. at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts,
2640 College Ave. Cost is $22 for adults, $18 for students, seniors, 925-798-1300. www.juliamorgan.org
Collective Soul presents The Basics, Deuce Eclipse, & The Attik with special guests ISIS in performance at 8:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
High Water Rising, Noelle Hampton, Meriwether perform at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5. 841-2082.
Plan 9 (5th anniversary), Lo Fi Neisans, Punk Rock Orchestra, Find Him & Kill Him, Doppleganger 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.
S.F. International Film Festival showing He Who Must Die at 1:30 p.m., The Day I Will Never Forget at 4 p.m., Untouched by the West at 6:15 p.m. and The Trilogy III: After Life at 8:45 p.m., at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4 for members, UC students; $5 for UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth; $8 for adults. 642-1412.
www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Poetry Flash with Katy Lederer and Albert Flynn DeSilver at 7:30 p.m. at Cody's Books, 2454 Telegraph Ave. $2 donation. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Lama Palzang and Pema Gellek speak on “Visualization and the Tibetan Tradition” at 6 p.m. at the Tibetan Nyingma Institute, 1815 Highland Place
843-6812.
www.NyingmaInstitute.com
World Drum Clinic, hands-on African drumming clinic, at the Jazz House, 3192 Adeline St., at 10:45 a.m. Beginners: 11 a.m., Experienced: 12:30 p.m. Cost: $15 - $25. Pre-registration is encouraged. To register, contact Matthew Winkelstein at 415-356-8593 or 510-533-5111. www.thejazzhouse.com
Wake the Dead performs dance music, mixing traditional Celtic jigs and reels with Grateful Dead songs, at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $14. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
The Nigerian Brothers perform traditional folk music from West Africa at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $15.50 in advance, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Gail Brand with Morgan Gunerman from London and Biggi Vinkeloe from Sweden perform improvisation and avant garde jazz at the Jazz House, 3192 Adeline St. Doors open at 7:45 p.m., show at 8:15 p.m. Minimum $10. 655-9755. www.thejazzhouse.com
Berkeley High School Jazz Combo performs at 2 p.m. at
Starbucks Coffeehouse, 2128 Oxford St. 486-1840.
S.F. International Film Festival showing The Death of Klinghoffer at 7 p.m. and Eat, Sleep, No Woman at 9:45 p.m., at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4 for members, UC students; $5 for UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth; $8 for adults. 642-1412.
www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Robert W. Fuller reads from “Somebodies and Nobodies: Overcoming the Abuse of Rank,” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
Wes “Scoop” Nisker reads from “The Big Bang, the Buddha, and the Baby Boom” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
All Star Jam, featuring The Steve Gannon Band & Mz. Dee, at 9:30 p.m., at Blake’s on Telegraph. Cost is $4. 848-0886.
www.blakesontelegraph.com
S.F. International Film Festival showing The Decay of Fiction at 7 p.m. and Comandante at 9:15 p.m., at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4 for members, UC students; $5 for UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth; $8 for adults. 642-1412. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Gerald Nachman reads from
“Seriously Funny: The Rebel Comedians of the 1950s and 1960s,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852.
www.codysbooks.com
Robert Kaplan reads from his new book, “The Art of the Infinite: The Pleasures of Mathematics,” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
Nik C. Colyer reads from “Channeling Biker Bob Lover’s Embrace” at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble, 2352 Shattuck Ave. 644-0861.
Berkeley High School Jazz Ensemble concert and benefit brunch at H’s Lordships on the Berkeley Marina, at 11 a.m. Tickets are $30 for adults and $18 for children and are available from Lori Ferguson 527-8245 or Lorij@aol.com.
Bandworks performs at 7:30 p.m., at Ashkenaz. Cost is $4.
525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Maeve Donnelly with Steve Baughman, Irish fiddler and guitar accompanist perform at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $15.50 in advance, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Film 50 showing Do the Right Thing at 3 p.m. (sold out). S.F. International Film Festival showing To Young to Die at 7 p.m. and The Man of the Year at 9:15 p.m., at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4 for members, UC students; $5 for UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth; $8 for adults. 642-1412.
www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Azar Nafisi reflects on her novel, “Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books, 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Berthold Madhukarson Thompson reads from “Odyssey of Enlightenment” at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble, 2352 Shattuck Ave. 644-0861.
Cesar Chavez Breakfast & Award Ceremony hosted by the East Bay Cesar Chavez Committee of the United Farm Workers, celebrating the new Cesar Chavez postage stamp, and honoring leaders with Legacy Awards will be held 8 - 10 a.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $25. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Noon Concert
The UC Department of Music Gamelan Ensemble, Gamelan Sari Raras, directed by Heri Puranto, performs in a free concert at Hertz Hall, UC campus. Doors open at 11:55 a.m. 642-4864. http://music.berkeley.edu
Bandworks performs at 7:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $4. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Rory Block performs country blues and tradition-based originals at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $17.50 in advance, $18.50 at the door.
548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
“28 Very Short Scenes About Love”
An ensemble performance conceived and directed by Linda Carr, Berkeley High School Performing Arts Chair. April 4 - 26. Fri., Sat. 8p.m. $15. Noh Space, 2840 Mariposa Street, SF 415-621-7078.
www.28shortscenes.com
www.theaterofyugen.org
Aurora Theater Company
“Partition”
Written by Ira Hauptman, directed by Barbara Oliver.
April 17- May 18. Wed. - Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 and 7 p.m. $32-$34. 2081 Addison St. 843-4822. www.auroratheater.org
Berkeley Repertory Theater
“Surface Transit”
Written and performed by Sarah Jones, directed by Tony Taccone. April 18 - May 18
Thrust Stage, 2025 Addison St. 647-2949, (888) 4BRTTIX
www.berkeleyrep.org
Black Repertory Group
“Mulatto”
by Langston Hughes. April 11 - April 27. Fri. 8 p.m., Sat. and Sun. 2:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance, $17 at the door. 3201 Adeline St. 652-2120. www.berkeleyrepertorygroup.org
Shotgun Players
“Vampires”
By Harry Kondoleon, directed by Joanie McBrien. April 12 - May 10. La Val’s Subterranean
1834 Euclid at Hearst.
www.shotgunplayers.com
Please send information two weeks in advanc to calendar@berkeleydailyplanet.com or phone 841-5600.
