Page One
Arts Calendar
TUESDAY, APRIL 22
FILM
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
READINGS AND
LECTURES
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. 644-0861.
MUSIC AND DANCE
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
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23
FILM
Film 50 showing Do the Right Thing at 3 p.m. (sold out). S.F. International Film Festival showing Too 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
READINGS AND
LECTURES
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. 644-0861.
MUSIC AND DANCE
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.
THEATER
Stagebridge and Berkeley Adult School present a lively original comedy, “Senior Moments,” by James Keller at 2 p.m. at the North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst St. Ticket information and reservations available by calling 444-4755.
THURSDAY, APRIL 24
FILM
S.F. International Film Festival showing Doing Time at 7 p.m. and Our Times 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
READINGS AND
LECTURES
Carolyn Merchant, chancellor’s professor of environmental history, philosophy and ethics at UC Berkeley, will discuss her new book, “Reinventing Eden: The Fate of Nature in Western Culture,” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
Patrizia Chen will talk about growing up in Livorno, Italy, after WWII and her new book, “Rosemary and Bitter Oranges: Growing Up in a Tuscan Kitchen,” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books, 1730 Fourth St. 559-9500.
www.codysbooks.com
Poets Gone Wild with Adele Foley, Gary Young and Morton Marcus at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
THEATER
Stagebridge and Berkeley Adult School present a lively original comedy, “Senior Moments,” by James Keller at 2 p.m. at the North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst St. Ticket information and reservations are available by calling 444-4755.
MUSIC AND DANCE
UC Jazz at Noon free concert on Lower Sproul Plaza.
Youssou N’Dour performs, mixing elements of Senegal’s traditional percussion and soulful vocals with Afro-Cuban rhythms and strains of American jazz and funk, at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC campus. Tickets are $20, $30, $40. 642-9988.
www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Planet Grooves with DJ Omar perform at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $6. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Spank, DJs: Solarz from Groove Conflux perform Hip Hop R&B House at 9:30 p.m. at Blake’s on Telegraph. Cost is $5. 848-0886.
www.blakesontelegraph.com
Bryan Bowers, autoharp hall-of-famer, performs 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
Judith-Kate Friedman pre-sents an evening of music and poetry with Evelie Pasch, Avotcja, Raymand Nat Turner of Upsurge!, Edie Hartshorne, Doug von Koss and more, in a benefit for Songwriters Works elders and youth songwriting projects at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Reserved seating ($18 - $36 sliding scale) available through www.songwritingworks.org or 548-3655. General admission is $12, $10 seniors and students. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Kris Delmhorst, Hot Buttered Rum String Band perform at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $8. 841-2082.
FRIDAY, APRIL 25
CHILDREN
Harold and the Purple Crayon Storytime at 10:30 a.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
FILM
S.F. International Film Festival showing The Century of the Self (Parts 3 and 4) at 4 p.m. Cry Woman at 7 p.m. and Marooned in Iraq 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
The Handmaid’s Tale, fundamentalist Christians take over the U.S. and aren’t nice to women, based on the novel by Margaret Atwood, at 8 p.m. at The Long Haul, 3124 Shattuck Ave. 540-0751. www.thelonghaul.org
READINGS AND
LECTURES
Kathy Harrison reads from her memoir, “Another Place at the Table,” about being a foster mother, at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books, 1730 Fourth St. A Cody’s evening for parents and teachers. 559-9500.
www.codysbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Noon Concert
Robert Kraig, violin, Rachel Teukolsky, violin, Eric Hsieh, viola, Hannah Hyon, cello perform Bartok’s String Quartet No. 1, op.7 in a free concert at Hertz Hall, UC Campus. Doors open at 11:55 a.m. 642-4864.
http://music.berkeley.edu
Friday Afternoon Hang, an afternoon of free jazz with the Brubeck Institute Quintet, from 5 - 7 p.m. at the Jazzschool. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
Berkeley Opera performs Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin,” at 8 p.m. at Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Tickets are $38 adults, $33 seniors over 65, $16 children under 18, $10 students. 925-798-1300.
www.juliamorgan.org
Trinity Chamber Concerts
Divertissements with the Collegium Musicum, Kate Van Orden & Anthony Martin, music directors. Music by Jean-Baptiste Lully and his enemies, at 8 p.m. at Trinity Chapel, 2320 Dana St. Suggested donation of $12 general, $8 students, seniors or disabled. 549-3864.
University Dance Theater, directed by Marni Thomas Wood, presents their annual performance at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Playhouse, UC Campus. Tickets are $8 - $14 available from 866-468-3399. For information contact 642-9925. genturc@uclink.berkeley.edu
Lavay Smith & her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, swing dance lesson with Nick and Shanna, at 8 p.m. with a show at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054.
www.ashkenaz.com
Orixa, Otis Goodnight & the Defenestrators, Dubphonics
perform Rock, New Soul, Hip Hop at 9:30 p.m. at Blake’s on Telegraph. Cost is $6. 848-0886.
www.blakesontelegraph.com
Charlie King and Karen Brandow, extraordinary songs of ordinary people, at 7:30 p.m. in the Community Room of Redwood Gardens, 2951 Derby St. Cost is $10-$25 sliding scale. 548-1645.
Gabriel Yacoub, French folk fusion innovator performs at
8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $15.50 in advance, $16.50 door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
John Foster, guitar and Zanzylum perform at the Jazz House, 3192 Adeline St. Doors open at 7:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Minimum $10. 655-9755.
Georges Lammam Ensemble
performs music from Egypt, Iraq and Saudia Arabia to benefit Friends of Deir Ibzia Summer Camp in Palestine, at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $15. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Danny Caron, Brenda Boykin and Friends perform at 9:30 p.m. at downtown. 649-3810. www.downtownrestaurant.com
The People, Sol Americana, Mister Q perform at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $7. 841-2082
Holy Molar, Ex-Models, Scare Tactics, Cold Shoulder, City to City 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 26
CHILDREN
Bonnie Lockhart presents a
morning of sing-along, play-along, move-along songs and music games, at 10:30 a.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $3 children, $4 adults. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Dance Jammies, a multi-generational event presented by Orches, a nonprofit dance/art organization from 6 - 9:30 p.m. at 2525 8th St.
Reservations advised. 832-3835. orches@earthlink.net
Crowden Community Music Day, with concerts, instrument petting zoo, instrument workshops and more from noon to 5 p.m. at the Crowden School, 1475 Rose St. 559-6910. www.thecrowdenschool.org
FILM
S.F. International Film Festival showing Lost Boys of Sudan at 2 p.m., My Terrorist and For My Children at 4:15 p.m., Waiting for Happiness at 7 p.m. and Dark Side of the Heart 2 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
Crop Circles: Quest for Truth, a documentary video will be shown with presenters F. Bogzaran and Michael Miley from 2 - 4:30 p.m. at 1744 University Ave. 845-1767.
READINGS AND
LECTURES
Annual Open Mike Poetry Reading takes place from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Allen Ginsberg Memorial Poetry Garden, Berkeley Arts Magnet at John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School, Milvia and Lincoln Sts. This year’s themes are Peace, War and Humanity. Come read a poem or two, written by you or a favorite author. For more information or to help, contact Steve Rosenbaum at 644-3971 or srosenba@socrates.berkeley.edu.
Reese Erlich, co-author with Norman Soloman, will discuss their book, “Target Iraq: What the News Media Didn’t Tell You,” at 7:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Church, Cedar and Bonita. Sponsored by the Coalition for a democratic Pacifica. 669-1842. les@ix.netcom.com
Robert Stone reads from “Bay of Souls” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852.
www.codysbooks.com
Marco Marson reads from “Thinking Naked” at 2:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Berkeley Opera performs
Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” at 8 p.m. at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Tickets are $38 adults, $33 seniors over 65, $16 children under 18, $10 students, from 925-798-1300.
www.juliamorgan.org
En Pointe Youth Dance Company, middle and high school dancers perform The Little Match Girl and Falling Notes at the Roda Theater, 2015 Addison St. at 3 and 8 p.m. Tickets $5. For information e-mail enpointedance@yahoo.com
Young People’s Chamber Orchestra, directed by Rem Djemilev, performs at 4 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Center. 644-6893.
Trinity Chamber Concerts presents Solstice, a female vocal ensemble, at 8 p.m. at Trinity Chapel, 2320 Dana St. Donation suggested $12 general, $8 students, seniors or disabled. 549-3864.
Roy Haynes’ Birds of a Feather, a tribute to Charlie Parker, with Kenny Garrett, alto saxophone, Nicholas Payton, trumpet, Christian McBride, bass, Dave Kikoski, piano, at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $20, $30, $42. 642-9988.
Tom Rigney & Flambeau,
Cajun dance lesson with Patti Whitehurst at 8 p.m., show at 9 p.m. Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
View From Here, Hyim, Charles Copper Quartet perform Groove, Urban Folk Rock, Jazz Hip Hop at 9:30 p.m. Blake’s on Telegraph. Cost is $6. 848-0886.
www.blakesontelegraph.com
Anton Schwartz Quartet performs at 9:30 p.m. at downtown. 649-3810.
www.downtownrestaurant.com
Barry & Alice Oliver perform traditional and contemporary folk at 8 p.m., at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $16.50 advance, $17.50 door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
AT THE THEATER
“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. 8 p.m. $15. Noh Space, 2840 Mariposa St., SF 415-621-7078.
www.28shortscenes.com
www.theaterofyugen.org
Aurora Theater Company presents “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
presents “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 performs “Mulatto,” by Langston Hughes. April 11 - April 27. Fri. 8 p.m.; Sat. and Sun. 2:30 and 5 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance, $17 at the door. 3201 Adeline St. 652-2120. www.berkeleyrepertorygroup.org
Shotgun Players present “Vampires,” by Harry Kondoleon, directed by Joanie McBrien. April 12 - May 10. La Val’s Subterranean, 1834 Euclid at Hearst.
