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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 and 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 Theater 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 e-mail 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 9:15 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 

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 Theater 

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. 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 ext. 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. 

Sacred Drums of India, featuring Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri, tabla; T.H. Subash Chandran, ghatam and konnokol; Ganesh Kumar, kanjira; with Jim Santi Owen, drumset and Indian percussion; and Tim Witter, tabla, at 7:30 p.m. at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave. Tickets are $15-$25. For information and reservations call 836-6936.  

www.jimsantiowen.com  

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 Subterraneanz 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, Irving 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. 

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 

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. 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Berkeley Ballet Theater 

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. Proceeds benefit the Berkeley High Performing Arts and Berkeley High Jazz Ensemble. Presented by KCSM/Jazz 91, Fourth 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 En-semble and Combos. 644-3002.  

Youth Musical Theater Commons presents “Les Miserables,” performed by students of King, Longfellow, Willard, BHS, and Albany High. At 3 p.m. in the Longfellow Auditorium, 1500 Derby St. Tickets at the door, $5-$8. 848-1797. http://busduse.org/lesmiz 

Kingdom Travelers, Inspired Catholic Voices and Sons of the Soul Revivers sing tradtional and contemporary gospel at 3 p.m. at Kimball’s East, 6005 Shellmound St., Emeryville. Benefits the Cal-Pac Scholarship Fund. Tickets $20 in advance, $25 at the door. 835-8453.  

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. 

New Millenium Strings, Laurien Jones, conductor, performs Handel, Bach, Mozart and Hayden at 7 p.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft Way at Ellsworth. Suggested donation $10, seniors and students $7, children under 12 free. 526-331.  

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 

MONDAY, MAY 19 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Jane Smiley reads from “Good Faith,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com 

Andrew Schelling, teacher of  

poetry, Sanskrit, and wilderness writing, at Moe’s Books 2467 Telegraph Ave., at 7:30 p.m. 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Richard Shindell, leading modern folk singer and songwriter 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 

TUESDAY, MAY 20 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Gina Kolata discusses her new book, “Ultimate Fitness: The Quest for Truth About Exercise and Health,” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books, 1730 Fourth St. 559-9500. www.codysbooks.com 

Suzan-Lori Parks reads from, “Getting Mother’s Body: A Novel,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com 

Tanya Shaffer discusses her new narrative, “Somebody’s Heart is Burning: A Tale of a Woman Wanderer in Africa,” at 7:30 p.m. at Easy Going Bookstore, 1385 Shattuck Ave., entrance on Rose St. 843-3533. www.easygoing.com 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Berkeley Chamber Perfor- 

mances presents the San Francisco Saxophone Quar- 

tet, with David Schrader, soprano saxophone, Bill Aaron, alto saxophone, David Henderson, tenor saxophone, Kevin Stewart, baritone saxophone at 8 p.m. at the Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave. Tickets are $20, $15 for students and seniors. 525-5211. www.sfsax.com 

Creole Belles, perform at 8:30 p.m., at Ashkenaz. Cajun dance lesson with Cheryl McBride at 8 p.m. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

Richard Shindell, leading modern folk singer and songwriter 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 

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Rafe Esquith reads from “There Are No Shortcuts,” about working as a teacher in inner-city Los Angeles, at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books, 1730 Fourth St. 559-9500. www.codysbooks.com 

Lou Marinoff looks at “The Big Questions: How Philo- 

sophy Can Change Your Life,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Mokai, guitarist/lyricist blending elements of folk, jazz and blues at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $5-$15 sliding scale. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

Moh Alileche, Algerian singer and mondol player performs at 8 p.m. at Ash- 

kenaz. Cost is $11. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

Crowden School Spring Concert featuring string orchestra and choral music pefor-med by students age nine to 14, at 7 p.m. at First Congregational Church at the corner of Dana and Durant Sts. Tickets are $10, students and seniors, $5. 559-2941, www.thecrowdenschool.org 

The 2003 California Music Awards Pre-party & Band Competition, where one band is picked to perform at this year’s awards on May 25 in Oakland, at 9 p.m. at  

Blakes On Telegraph, 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com 

THURSDAY, MAY 22 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Tom Robbins reads from his new novel, “Villa Incognito,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com 

An Evening of New Books by Men, with authors Joe Sutton, Geourg Dzul, Ches- 

ter Aaron and Lawrence Howard, at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861. 

Jennifer Leo, editor, and a panel of women travel writers read from “Sand in My Bra & Other Misadventures: Funny Women Write From the Road,” at 7:30 p.m. at Easy Going Bookstore, 1385 Shattuck Ave., entrance on Rose St. 843-3533. www.easygoing.com 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Portraits of Peace, concert with Hollee Farmer accompanied by Dennis Monaghan at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cul- 

tural Center. Donation re- 

quested. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

Dr. Masseuse, Colin Blades,  

Woman, Oswald, at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $7. 841-2082.  

Jenna Mammina, jazz vocal innovator, 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