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Arts Calendar
TUESDAY, MAY 13
FILM
The Inquiring Camera: In Order Not to Be Here at 7:30 p.m at the Pacific Film Ar-
chive. Cost is $4 members, UC students, $5 UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth, $8 adults. 642-1412. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Michael Lewis on “Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Rebecca Lawton reads from her new book, “Reading Water,” at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Courtableu, performing Cajun/zydeco at 8:30 p.m., with a dance lesson with Diana Castillo at 8 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
The Matt Flinner Quartet
mandolin virtuoso and his band 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, MAY 14
FILM
Video: I Found It at the Movies, Body Double X 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
Tanya Shaffer’s “Somebody’s Heart is Burning,” book release celebration at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $15, which includes a copy of the book. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Eric Schosser describes “Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Mar-
ket,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Joyce Bueker discusses an ancient holist health system from India in her new book, “Ayurvedic Balancing,” at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Brenda Boykin and Home Cookin’ perform West Coast swing at 9 p.m., swing dance lesson with Nick and Shanna at 8 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Matt Haimovitz, virtuoso cellist, 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
The Pin Up Motel, The Love Makers, Superlarry perform Indie Rock, Electro Clash, and Post Pardem Rock at 9 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $6. 848-0866. www.blakesontelegraph.com
THURSDAY, MAY 15
FILM
Heroic Grace: Martial Arts
Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan, 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
Truth: Exposing Israeli Apartheid, 50 min. documentary by Wendy Campbell. The screening will be preceded by a talk by Dave Ker-
sting on What is Zionism? At 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. $20 donation requested. $10 for students with i.d. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
READINGS AND LECTURES
Jane Juska reads from “A Round-Heeled Woman: My Late-Life Adventures in Sex & Romance,” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books, 1730 Fourth St. 559-9500. www.codysbooks.com
Jack Foley and Richard Silberg talk about the poetic consciousness of the Bay Area in their book, “The Fallen Western Star Wars,” at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Tom Russell, roots country troubadour, performs 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
Rogue Wave, Ebb and Flow,
Venison Book, at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5. 841-2082.
FRIDAY, MAY 16
FILM
Heroic Grace: Martial Arts
Blood Brothers, at 7 and 9:20 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
Jack Hirschman, poet, painter, activist will be featured at the Fellowship Café and Open Mike at 7:30 p.m. Donation of $5-$10. 1924 Cedar St. 540-0898.
Carroll Spinney reflects on his life as a puppeteer in “The Wisdom of Big Bird (and the Dark Genius of Oscar the Grouch): Lessons From a Life in Feathers,” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books, 1730 Fourth St. 559-9500. www.codysbooks.com
Todd Gitlin reads from “Letters to a Young Activist,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Richard Mahler discusses his book, “Stillness” at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Berkeley Ballet Theatre Children's Division and Youth Company present “Seasons,” an opportunity for dance-lovers of all ages to enjoy ballet. The program includes Sally Street’s “Mon Parasol” and two world
premieres by Sonya Delwaide, “Au Revoir” and “Au Pas,” plus a restaging of “Les Patineurs,” by Artistic Director Corinne Jonas, at 7 p.m. at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Tickets are $16, available from the Ballet box office 843-4689. www.berkeleyballet.org
Dances for Peace presented by the Isadora Duncan Project, Inc., at 8 p.m. at the First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way. Tickets are $13 in advance, $16 at the door. For reservations call 548-2259 or email nncogley@sbcglobal.net
Young People’s Symphony Orchestra performs Holst’s “The Planets” at the Dean Lesher Center in Walnut Creek at 8 p.m. Tickets are $6 - $13. For information call 665-5607. www.ypsomusic.org
Los Mocoscos, a Latin funk-rock group from SF’s Mission District, performs at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Bay Area Latin Jazz Legacy Series, an Afro-Latin eve-
ning with John Calloway and Diaspora and O-Maya in a program of jazz, hip hop, funk, soul and salsa. Panel at 7:30 p.m. and show at 8:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $12 in ad-
vance, $15 at the door. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
The Kathy Kallick Band performs hot bluegrass, cool originals 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
Asylum Street Spankers, at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $14. 841-2082.
Ludicra, Insidious, The Vanishing, Skarp, Desolation 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.
Stroke 9, Beth Champion Band perform Rock at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $8. 848-0866. www.blakesontelegraph.com
SATURDAY, MAY 17
CHILDREN
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.
How Ground Hog’s Garden Grew, a story about gardening at 11 a.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
FILM
Heroic Grace: Martial Arts
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, at 2:15 and 7 p.m. and Return to the 36th Chamber, at 4:30 and 9:15p.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
Mary Ford-Grabowsky reads from her new anthology of women's sacred poetry, with local contributing authors Janine Canan, Christina Hutchins, Stephanie Marohn, Betty McAfee, Michelle Lynn Ryan, Jan Steckel and Dorothy Walters reading as well. At 7:30 p.m. at Boad-
ecia's Books, 398 Colusa Ave., Kensington,. Free, refreshments served. 559-9184. www.bookpride.com.
Jonathan Schell on “The Unconquerable World: Power, Nonviolence, and the Will of the People,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Berkeley Ballet Theatre Children's Division and Youth Company present “Seasons,” an opportunity for dance-lovers of all ages to enjoy ballet. The program includes Sally Street’s “Mon Parasol” and two world
premieres by Sonya Delwaide, “Au Revoir” and “Au Pas,” plus a restaging of “Les Patineurs,” by Artistic Director Corinne Jonas, at 2 and 7 p.m. at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Tickets are $16 available from the Ballet box office 843-4689. www.berkeleyballet.org
Dances for Peace presented by the Isadora Duncan Project, Inc., at 8 p.m. at the First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way. Tickets are $13 in advance, $16 at the door. For reservations call 548-2259.
Youth Musical Theater Commons presents “Les Miserables,” performed by students of King, Longfellow, Willard, BHS, and Albany High. This school edition is shorter than the Broadway version, but not short on talent. At 7:30 p.m. in the Longfellow Auditorium, 1500 Derby St. Also on Sun. May 18 at 3 p.m. Tickets at the door, $5-$8. 848-1797. http://busduse.org/lesmiz
Cecilia Long, vocalist, at 2:30 p.m. at Walnut Square, at Vine. 204-9228. www.walnutsquarecenter.com
Lunar Heights, Malika Madre Mana, Mother Earth, Ujima Youth Poets, music and spoken words, at 9 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Music over Murder, a con-
cert by Hip Hop for the Soul, in tribute to the 114 lives lost in Oakland last year, at 8 p.m. at the Mandela Arts Village, 1357 5th St., Oak-
land, behind the West Oak-
land BART Station. 891-0247 x 19.
Robin Flower and Libby McLaren, Celtic and old-time music at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $17.50 in ad-
vance, $18.50 at the door.
548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Kairos Youth Choir performs a musical revue featuring the music of Rogers and Hammerstein at 7 p.m. at the Berkeley Montessori School Auditorium, 1581 Le Roy. Tickets are $10, children under 12 $5.
Kenny Endo Taiko Ensemble, with Somei Yoshino Taiko Ensemble, will perform a blend of taiko music and jazz. Reception is at 5 p.m., with concert at 7 p.m. at the Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut St. Cost is $25 in advance, $30 at the door. 835-2003. www.taikoarts.com
Hausmusik presents Carnival of Florence, a program of music from late 15th and early 16th century Florence, at 8 p.m. at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 1501 Washington Ave., Albany. Advance tickets, $15 and $18, are recommended. Reservations 524-5661.
Naked Barbies, Kevin Welch, at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $10. 841-2082.
Kellye Gray performs at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Tickets are $12-$ 18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
Kofy Brown and Subteraneanz perform Hip Hop at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $7. 848-0866. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Zydeco Flames performs at 9:30 p.m., with a Cajun dance lesson at 8 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Lungfish, The Embalmers, The Shivering, Once a Hero, 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 18
CHILDREN
Family Show with Asheba, reggae music and stories at 3 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $3 for children, $5 for adults. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
FILM
Arguing the World, a look at the lives of some of this century’s greatest thinkers, Daniel Bell, Nathan Glazer, Iving Howe and Irwing Kristal and their controversial role in the McCarthy era, at 2 p.m. at the Berkeley Richmond Jewish Com-
munity Center, 1414 Walnut St. Suggested donation $2. 848-0237.
READINGS AND LECTURES
Poetry Flash with Margo Stever and Monica Youn, at 7:30 p.m. at Cody's Books, $2 donation. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com, www.poetryflash.org
Marilyn Gordon discusses her new book, “Extra-
ordinary Healing,” at 3:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
FILM
Nicholas Ray: They Live by Night, at 5:30 p.m. and A Woman's Secret at 7:25 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
MUSIC AND DANCE
Berkeley Ballet Theatre Children's Division and Youth Company present “Seasons,” an opportunity for dance-lovers of all ages to enjoy ballet. The program includes Sally Street’s “Mon Parasol” and two world
premieres by Sonya Delwaide, “Au Revoir” and “Au Pas,” plus a restaging of “Les Patineurs,” by Berkeley Ballet Theater's Artistic Director Corinne Jonas, at 2 p.m. at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Tickets are $16, available from the Ballet box office 843-4689. www.berkeleyballet.org
7th Annual Jazz on 4th Street Festival, from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., on 4th St., between Hearst and Virginia. Raffle prizes donated by Fourth St. merchants, Yoshi’s and others. Proceeds benefit the Berkeley High Performing Arts and the award-winning Berkeley High Jazz Ensemble. Presented by KCSM/Jazz 91, 4th Street Merchants and Yoshi's. Featuring Dave Ellis Quartet, John Santos Quartet with Orestes Vilato, Johnny Nitro and the DoorSlammers, and The Berkeley High Jazz Ensemble and Combos. For information 644-3002.
Latin American Children’s Ensemble Los Mapeches in a journey through the Amer-
icas at 7 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $8 for adults, $4 for children. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Kairos Youth Choir performs a musical revue featuring the music of Rogers and Hammerstein at 7 p.m. at the Berkeley Montessori School Auditorium, 1581 Le Roy. Tickets are $10, children under 12 $5.
Wafi Gad, Luna Angel and Shashamani Soundsystem, reggae music at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $10. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Mary Freeberg and Trio, jazz standards at 11:30 a.m. at Walnut Square, at Vine. 204-9228. www.walnutsquarecenter.com
Pine Valley Boys, with Butch Waller, David Nelson and Herb Pederson, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $16.50 in advance, $17.50 at the door.
548-1761 www.freightandsalvage.org
Vocalist Molly Holm performs “Right Here, Right Now” at 8 p.m. at the Jazz-
school. Tickets are $12-$18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
OPENINGS
Arts First Oakland opens with exhibits by textile artist Deborah J. Hamouris; the youth artists of Art Esteem; performances by Lara Bruckmann, Ensemble Mars, Tigris, and The Bridge and Tunnel Boys, on Friday, May 16th, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 2501 Harrison Street, Oakland. Wheelchair accessible. Admission is free, donations happily encouraged. For more information call 444-8511 x15 or email artsfirst@
firstoakland.org, www.artsfirstoakland.org
Berkeley Historical Society, “Focus on Berkeley,” a photo exhibit by the Berke-
ley Camera Club, Berkeley High School students, and community photographers, in celebration of the City’s 125th Anniversary, on Sunday, May 18th, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Berkeley His-
tory Center, 1931 Center St. Exhibit runs May 18 to Sept. 13. sponsored by the Berke-
ley Historical Society, 848-0181. Admission is free.
OTHER GALLERIES
ACCI Gallery “Into the Fire,” A Glass Exhibition at 1652 Shattuck Ave. Nine Bay Area Masters of Glass will display a collection of hand blown treasures. April 25 - May 23. 843-2527.
www.accigallery.com
Graduate Theological Union Library: “The Sorrows of War,” an exhibition of prints. Through May 31. 2400 Ridge Rd. 649-2541.
Annual Quilt Show at the Berkeley Public Library North Branch, 1170 The Alameda, at Hopkins.
April 1 - May 14. 981-6250.
