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Arts Calendar
FRIDAY, MAY 2
FILM
Heroic Grace: Martial Arts
Come Drink with Me at 7:30 and 9:25 p.m., at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4 members, UC students; $5 UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth; $8 adults. 642-1412. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Mike Riera on “Staying Connected to Your Teen-
ager” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books, 1730 Fourth St. 559-9500. wwwcodysbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Noon Concert with Shaw Pong Liu, violin, Monica Chew, piano. Concert is free, doors open at 11:55 a.m. Hertz Hall, UC Campus. 642-4864. http://music.berkeley.edu
California Bach Society and Orchestra, Warren Stewart, artistic director, performs Mozart’s Requiem at 8 p.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft Way. Tickets are $25, $18 for seniors, $12 for students. 415-262-0272. www.calbach.org
Solstice, a female vocal ensemble, will perform an a cappella concert at noon in the Reading Room of the Berkeley Main Library, 2090 Kittredge St. 981-6100.
University Dance Theater performs in their annual concert at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Playhouse, UC Campus. Tickets are $8 - $14, available from 866-468-3399. For informations call 642-9925. or genturc@uclink.berkeley.edu
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. 925-798-1300. www.juliamorgan.org
Anthony Jeffries and his All Stars, blues band at 8 p.m. at Rountree’s, 2618 San Pablo Ave. 663-0440.
Sensasamba and the Aquarela Brazilian Dance Ensemble performs at 9 p.m., at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13.
525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Steve Seskin, Christine Kane
An evening of song artistry 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
Casey Neill and Little Sue, at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $7. 841-2082.
Bay Area Latin Jazz Legacy
Tribute to percussionist Benny Velarde with guest vibraphone and flautist Roger Glen, trumpeter Joe Ellis, and Willie Colon at 8:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $12 in advance, $15 at the door. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
For the Crown, Playing Enemy, For All It’s Worth, X Wear the Mark X, Blessing the Hogs, 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, MAY 3
CHILDREN
An Afternoon of Music and Dance, with Betty Ladzekpo and Berkeley Arts Magnet West African Dance; Chris Brague and the Berkeley Arts Magnet Percussion Ensemble; and Shaeedah Deal and Dancers from Willard Middle School and Malcolm X, at 3 p.m. at the
Berkeley Art Center. 644-6893. www.berkeleyartcenter.org
Children’s Concert Season Finale with Colibri! at 10:30 a.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $3 for children, $4 for adults. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
FILM
Heroic Grace: Martial Arts
One-Armed Swordsman at 2:15 and 7 p.m., Golden Swallow, at 4:30 and 9:15 p.m. Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4 members, UC students; $5 UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth; $8 adults. 642-1412. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Bay Area Poets Coalition holds an open reading from 3 to 5 p.m. at the West Branch Public Library, 1125 Univer-
sity Ave. 527-9905. poetalk@aol.com
Prose Reading to benefit Poetry Flash with Mel Fiske and John Richards, at 7:30 p.m. at Cody's Books. $5 donation. 845-7852. www.codys
books.com, www.poetryflash.org
Gloria Feldt, author and President, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, reads from her new book, Behind Every Choice Is a Story, at 3 p.m., at Avenue Books, 2904 College Ave. 549-3532.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Berkeley Free Folk Festival
Music and workshops, activities for children, from noon to 9 p.m. at Malcolm X School, 1731 Prince St. Also Sunday, May 4. Sponsored by Freight and Salvage. For information 649-1423. www.
freightandsalvage.org/bfff
The Alex Buccat Quartet, featuring Michele Latimer, vocals and trumpet at 2:30 p.m. in Walnut Square, at Vine. 204-9228. www.walnutsquarecenter.com
Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra, under the direction of Arlene Sagan, performs Brahms “German Requiem,” at 8 p.m. at St. Joseph the Worker Church, 1640 Addison. Admission is free. 964- 0665. www.bcco.org
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
West African Highlife Band performs at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13.
525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Moore Brothers, Nedelle, Golden Shoulders, Willow Willow, at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $6. 841-2082.
University Dance Theater performs in their annual concert at 2 and 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Playhouse, UC campus. Tickets are $8 - $14, available from 866-468-3399. For informations call 642-9925. or enturc@uclink.berkeley.edu
Il Giardino Armonica
Music Before 1850: Music of Fontana, Farina, Piccinini, Purcell, Mancini, Vivaldi, Goldberg, Sammartini, at 8 p.m. at the First ongregational Church, 2345 Channing Way. Tickets are $42 from Cal Performances 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Javanese Gamelan
Gamelan Sari Raras, Heri Purwanto, director. Music and Dance from Surakarta and Yogyakarta, at 8 p.m. at Hertz Hall, UC Campus. Tickets $2-$8 from 642-9988.
www.ls.berkeley.edu/dept/music
Chicano de Mayo Celebration with Quetzal and Domingo Siete. Dance to the grooves of two L.A. bands at 9:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $13 in advance, $15 at the door. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
World Stage: Juan de Marcos’ Afro-Cuban All Stars Latino rhythms: classic son montuno, contemporary timba, swinging big band guajira, jazz and funk at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $20. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Barbara Higbie, pianist, fiddler, singer and composer performs at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $17.50 adv, $18.50 door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Stfu, Born/Dead, Dead by Dawn, Dead Fall, Stockholm Syndrome, The Abandon 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, MAY 4
CHILDREN
Family Day with Gamelan Sekar Jaya, a program created for young audiences, members of the ensemble will demonstrate aspects of Bali's rich performance traditions using dance, gamelan instruments, and costumes at 2 p.m. at the Hearst Museum Gallery, Kroeber Hall. 643-7648.
READINGS AND LECTURES
Publication Celebration for 26 Magazine, Issue B with contributors Gillian Conoley, Joseph Kolb, Rick London, and Elizabeth Treadwell, at 7:30 p.m. at Cody's Books. $2 donation. 845-7852. www.codys
books.com, www.poetryflash.org
G. William Domhoff, a sociology professor at the Uni-
versity of California, discusses his new book, “Changing the Powers That Be: How the Left Can Stop Losing and Win,” at 7 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698.
FILM
Eisner Awards
Works from the Eisner Awards Competition at 5:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4 members, UC students; $5 UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth; $8 adults. 642-1412. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
MUSIC AND DANCE
Berkeley Opera performs
Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” at 2 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
World Stage: Juan de Marcos’ Afro-Cuban All Stars Latino rhythyms: classic son montuno, contemporary timba, swinging big band guajira, jazz and funk at 7 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $20. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Les Yeux Noirs, a Paris-based octect, performs high energy dance music rooted in traditional Roma and Yiddish music at 7:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $14. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Empyrion Ensemble, contemporary chamber music at 4 p.m. at The Crowden School Great Hall, 1475 Rose St. Cost is $10, age 18 and under, free. 559-6910.
University Dance Theater, presents their annual performance at 2 p.m. at Zellerbach Playhouse, UC Campus. Tickets are $8 - $14 available from 866-468-3399. For information call 642-9925. genturc@uclink.berkeley.edu
Lisa Says, a pop-folk ensemble at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10, $7 students. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Jeff Pittson Trio performs at 4:30 p.m. at the Jazzschool,
Cost is $18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
Ellen Hoffman with Melicio Magdaluoy & Anna deLeon, jazz pianist and composer, 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
Cuarteto Latinoamericano, with Sonia Rubinsky, piano, featuring a new piano quintet by UC Berkeley Professor of Music Jorge Liderman at 8 p.m. at Hertz Hall. Tickets are $32. 642-9988.
www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Dance and Rhythm of India, a free concert, directed by Purnima Jha, with students from Thousand Oaks Elementary and the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts, at 3 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Center. 644-6893. www.berkeleyartcenter.org
The Gourmet Ghetto Trio with Greg Kehret, bassist, at 1 p.m. in Walnut Square, at Vine. 204-9228. www.walnutsquarecenter.com
MONDAY, MAY 5
READINGS AND LECTURES
Ayi Kwei Armah, Ghanaian author, will speak on The Writer in African Society, at 4 p.m. in 402 Barrows Hall, UC Campus. 642-8338. www.ias.berkeley.edu/africa/
The Last Word hosts a poetry reading at Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Ave. with Naomi Lowinsky, author of “Red Clay Is Talking” and Patrick Hunt, at 7 p.m. 649-1320.
Michael Lemonick talks about “Echo of the Big Bang,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Christine Schäfer, soprano
Ted Taylor, piano perform Schubert, Crumb, and Schu-
mann at 3 p.m. in Hertz Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $42. 642-9988. www.calperfs.
berkeley.edu
Berkeley Contemporary Chamber Players, David Milnes, director, perform new works by UC Music Dept. graduate student composers in the Berkeley New Music Project, at 8 p.m. in Hertz Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $2, $6, $8. 642-9988.
TUESDAY, MAY 6
FILM
The Inquiring Camera
Remembrance of Things to Come at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4 members, UC students, $5 UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth, $8 adults. 642-1412. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Anne Cummins reads from “Red Ant House,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
The Toids and Edessa perform at Ashkenaz. Balkan dance lesson with Lise Liepman at 7:30, show at 8:30 p.m. Cost is $10. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Andy M. Stewart and Gerry O’Beirne, Scottish and Irish music masters, 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
“Let's Start Using Our Cranium and Get Rid of Depleted Uranium” an evening of music and educational speeches calling attention to health and environmental effects of depleted uranium (DU) weaponry used in the recent war in Iraq. All proceeds from the evening will go to benefit the Military Toxics Project and National Gulf War Resource Center. Blackbox theater, 1932 Telegraph Ave., Oak-
land. $10. 919-5478.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7
CHILDREN
Karen Sudjian Lampkin and
students from Whittier EDC perform songs, poetry,
dance and living history at 6 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Center. 644-6893. www.berkeleyartcenter.org
FILM
Film 50: Timecode at 3 p.m. (sold out) and Video: Special Event, Screening the Body: Video Dance and Live Music, live video mixes by Douglas Rosenberg. Live music by Ryan Smith, Daniel Feiler, at 7:30 p.m. Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4 members, UC students, $5 UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth, $8 adults. 642-1412. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
COMEDY
Comedy Show to benefit Berkeley Dispute Resolution Service, featuring a diverse line-up of the Bay Area’s rising stars, at 8 p.m. Cost is $15 and up, sliding scale. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
READINGS AND LECTURES
Alejandro Murguia, Francisco X. Alarcon and Maria Melendez read from “Under the Fifth Sun: Latino Literature from California” at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $5. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
John Derbyshire looks at “Prime Obsession: Bernard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Inez Hollander Lake, Ksenija Soster Olmer, and Sande Smith read from their book of stories, “A Cup of Comfort for Mothers and Daughters,” at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Noon Concert, Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Noon Concert Series, directed by Davitt Moroney. Concert is free, doors open at 11:55 a.m. Hertz Hall, UC Campus. 642-4864. http://music.berkeley.edu
Karen Sudjian Lampkin and Students from Whittier EDC in a free performance of songs, poetry, dance, and living history, at 6 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Center. 644-6893. www.berkeleyartcenter.org
Carrie Newcomer performs contemporary folk 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
THURSDAY, MAY 8
FILM
Heroic Grace: Martial Arts
at 7:00, Vengeance! at 9:05 at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4 members, UC students, $5 UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth, $8 adults 642-1412. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Diane Ravitch describes “The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn,” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books, 1730 Fourth St. 559-9500. www.codysbooks.com
Douglas Rushkoff speaks about “Nothing Sacred: The Truth About Judaism,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Sharon Ellison, author of “Taking the War Out of Our Words,” describes how we use the rules of war as a basis for communication at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
MUSIC AND DANCE
UC Jazz at Noon free concert on Lower Sproul Plaza.
Due West, a traditional bluegrass band celebrates its album release 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
Lagbaja, Nigerian band playing a mix of Afrobeat with highlife, juju, funk and jazz at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $17. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Faun Fables, Joanna Newsom, Jessica Hoop at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. 841-2082.
Holly Near and Ronnie Gilbert in a program of songs and stories at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $16 in advance, $18 at the door. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
