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Arts Calendar
TUESDAY, JUNE 10
FILM
The Inquiring Camera: “Confessions of a Sociopath” 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. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Sherman Alexie, chronicler of the Native American experience, presents “Ten Little Indians” at 7:30 p.m. at the First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way. Tickets are free with the purchase of the book, available in both Cody’s Bookstores. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Cynthia Kaufman addresses the growing number of people who are unhappy with the status quo in her new book “Ideas for Action: Relevant Theory for Radical Change,” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
Deborah Day explains the use of poetry to educate in her book “Mindful Messages: Healing Thoughts for the Hip Hop Descendants from the Motherland” at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Sol Americano and The Mara Connection, in a benefit performance for the Center for Educational Research and Development at 8 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $10. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Jimmy Bruno, John Palme and Carol Denney offer 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.freight-andsalvage.org
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11
FILM
I Found it at the Movies: “All the Hitchcock You Can Repeat” at 7:30 p.m. Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4 members, UC students, $5 UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth, $8 adults. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Scoop Nisker returns at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $15.50 in advance, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761 www.freight-andsalvage.org
Kevin Sweeny discusses his new book “Father Figures: A Boy Goes Searching” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Bridget Connelly discusses her memoir, “Forgetting Ireland,” at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
Laila Halaby, daughter of a Jordanian and an American, discusses the difficulty of growing up in two cultures in her new novel, “West of the Jordan,” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
peAktimes, a performance project mixing today’s news with experimental music and dance at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Cost is $5-$10 sliding scale. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.org
NC Blues Connection at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Already Dead, Astral Realm, Puddingstone, Scribe perform punk and rock at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $7. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Juan Diego Flórez, tenor, performs at 8 p.m. at Hertz Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $48. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
La Peña Recital with students from Rafael Manriquez’s Latin American Music Ensembles and Josh Jones’ Latin Jazz Ensembles at 7 p.m. at La Pena Cultural Center. Cost is $8. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
THURSDAY, JUNE 12
FILM
Nicholas Ray: “We Can’t Go Home Again” 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 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
“Target Iraq: What the News Media is not Telling You” with Norman Solomon and Reese Erlich at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $7. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Isabel Allende describes her exile from her homeland in her new book, “My Invented Country: A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile,” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books, 1730 Fourth St. 559-9500. www.codysbooks.com
Noah Levine discusses his transformation from a skateboarding punk in Santa Cruz in his memoir, “Dharma Punx,” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Summer Noon Concert Downtown with the Lynn Bobby Band at the Berkeley BART Station. Seating available. Sponsored by the Downtown Berkeley Assoc. 549-2230.
Jackie Greene, folk and blues prodigy, 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
Jesse Legé with Sauce Piquante at 8:30 p.m., with a Cajun dance lesson at 8 p.m., at Ashkenaz. Cost is $11. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Hannah Marcus, The Obli-
vion Seeker and Ultra Lash at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
FRIDAY, JUNE 13
CHILDREN
“Little Nut Brown Hare” at 10:30 a.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
FILM
Nicholas Ray: “King of Kings” at 7:30 p.m., Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4 members, UC students, $5 UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth, $8 adults. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
City Commons Club Noon Luncheon Series, “Racial Profiling and Counter-Terrorism” with Jack Glasser, Ph.D., Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley. Luncheon 11:45 a.m. $11.50 - $12.50, speech at 12:30 p.m., at the Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant St. For information and reservations 526-2925, 665-9020.
“Unbound and Under Covers” Experiments in visual writing, at 7 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut St. 644-6893. www.berkeleyartcenter.org
Karen X. Tulchinsky returns with the Rabinovitch family in her new book “Love and Other Ruins,” at 7:30 p.m. at Boadecia’s Books, 398 Co-
lusa St., Kensington. 559-9184.
Andrea Siegel talks about the father-daughter bond in her new book “Snapshots From the Heart” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books, 1730 Fourth St. 559-9500. www.codysbooks.com
Gayle Brandeis, winner of the Bellwether Prize reads from her novel “The Book of Dead Birds” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. She will be introduced by Maxine Hong Kingston. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Latin Jazz Legacy Series, with Mark Levine and the Latin Tinge, Eddie and Mad Duran. Panel at 7:30 p.m., performance at 8:30 p.m., at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $12 in advance, $15 at the door. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Berkeley Symphony Orchestra performs Brahms, Benoit/
Beintus, and Nodaira at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall. Tickets are $10-$45. 841-2800. www.berkeleysymphony.org
Jazzschool Students’ Spring Recital at 6 p.m. at the Jazz-
school. Admission is free. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
María Bermúdez y Sonidos Gitanos perform flamenco at 8 p.m. at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, 2640 College Ave. Tickets are $32 for adults, $29 for children under 12, students and seniors. 925-798-1300.
Groundation, reggae classics with band originals, at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $12. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Taos Hum, Club Dub and The Spindles perform at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $7. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
SoVoSó, jazz-inflected a cappella, 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
Inspect Her Gadget, Spag, Second Opinion, Solamente, Resilience, The Peels 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.
Jim Ryan’s Forward Energy with Eddie Gale and Marco Eneidi, jazz at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.org
SATURDAY, JUNE 14
CHILDREN
Celebrate Father’s Day and Flag Day with readings of “What Dads Can Do” and “The Starry, Stripy Blanket” at 11 a.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
FILM
“Dersu Uzala,” a film by Akira Kurosawa about a military explorer who meets and befriends a hunter in the unmapped forests of Siberia, at 8 p.m. at the Long Haul, 3124 Shattuck Ave. Wheel-
chair accessible. All events are free. 540-0751. www.thelonghaul.org
Nicholas Ray: “Bitter Victory” at 4:30 and 8:50 p.m. and “The Savage Innocents” at 7 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4 members, UC students, $5 UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth, $8 adults. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
The Global War on Terror and Its Impact on the Philippines with Romeo Capulong, a human rights attorney in the Philippines, at 5:30 p.m. in Booth Memorial Auditorium, Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley. Sponsored by the Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines. 415-244-9734.
Rhythm and Muse Poetry reading at the Berkeley Art Center. Open mic sign-up at 6:30 p.m., reading at 7 p.m. 1275 Walnut St., between Eunice & Rose Sts. Admis-
sion is free. 527-9753 or 569-5364.
Daniel Glick discusses life as a single father in “Monkey Dancing: A Father, Two Kids, and a Journey to the Ends of the Earth” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Freight’s 35th Anniversary Concert with Phil Marsh, and members of the Clean-
liness and Godliness Skiffle Band, East Bay Sharks, Darryl Henriques, Marc Silber and others at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Tickets are $15.50 in advance, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
La Peña Celebrates its 28th Anniversary with Bobi Céspedes, Cuban singer, percus-
sionist and Yoruba Lucumi priestess, at 8 and 10 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $20. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Ensemble 6-4-2 presents “A Musical Offering from Berlin to Paris: Virtuoso Sonatas of Bach, Leclair, Marais, Telemann” on period instruments at 8 p.m. at St. Alban's Episcopal Church, 1501 Washington St., Albany. Tickets are $15, $12 for seniors and students. 415-242-4348.
Flamenco Fever with Yaelisa accompanied by singers Antonio Malena and Mateo Solea. Dinner Show at 7 p.m., $49-$67; Wine and Tapas Show at 9:45 p.m. $20-$37. Café de la Paz, 1600 Shattuck Ave. 843-0662. www.cafedelapaz.net
Jewish Soulfolk with Ira Scott English and Hebrew songs for the whole community at 8 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut Ave., between Vine and Rose. The concert will end with a short Havdalah service. 848-0237.
Adam Lane’s Full Throttle Orchestra with Avram Fefer performs at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Cost is $6-$15 sliding scale. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.org
Transmission Trio, avant groove at 9 p.m. at Epic Arts, 1923 Ashby Ave. Cost is $7. 644-2204.
O-Maya performs a blend of Latin music and hip-hop at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Calamity and Main, The Cowlicks, and Richard Marsh perform at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $6. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
The Phenomenauts, D. S. B., Assault, From Ashes Rise, Black Lung Patriots perform at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St., an all-ages, member-run, no alcohol, no drugs, no violence club. Cost is $5, $1 if wearing prom clothes! 525-9926.
Gil Chun’s “Bay Area Follies” A variety dance program including tap, ballroom and ethnic dances at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at St. John’s Presbyterian Church at 2727 College Ave. Cost is $9, $6 for seniors. 526-8474.
SUNDAY, JUNE 15
FILM
Douglas Sirk: “There is Always Tomorrow” 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. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
25 Years of Women’s Poetry, a celebration reading of “A Fierce Brightness” with Re-
becca Gordon, Merle Woo and others at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. Donation $2. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Joseph McElroy reads from his new book, “Actress in the House,” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
Gallery Talk on The Painted Tales of India, with Lee Patterson, at 3 p.m. in Gallery D of the Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
MUSIC AND DANCE
Patti Smith and Her Band in Concert in Appreciation of the Anti-War Movement from 1 to 4 p.m. in the MLK, Jr. Park. Donations requested. Sponsored by KPFA, Slim’s, ANSWER Coalition, Middle East Children’s Alli-
ance, and Code Pink. 415-821-6565.
African Drum Workshop, held every Sunday with Wade Peterson. Beginners at 11 a.m., experienced at 12:30 p.m., at The Jazz House. Cost is $15-425, and advan-
ced registration is encouraged. 533-5111.
Pacific Mozart performs a cappella jazz and pop at 5 p.m. at the Crowden School, 1475 Rose St. Tickets are $20 general, $15 seniors and students available from 415-705-0848. www.pacificmozart.org
Kalajali: Dances of India at 2 p.m. at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Tickets are $25 front rows, $12 general seating, available from 925-798-1300. www.juliamorgan.org
Country Joe McDonald, Berkeley’s world-renowned troubador, 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
John Shiurba and Good For Cows perform at 8:15 p.m. at The Jazz House. Admission is free, donations welcome. 649-8744. www.thejazz-
house.org
E.W. Wainwright and the African Roots of Jazz at 4:30 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Tickets are $12-$18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
MONDAY, JUNE 16
READINGS AND LECTURES
Poetry Express with Kirk Lumpkin at 7 p.m. at Priya Restaurant, 2072 San Pablo Ave., near University Ave.
Khaled Hosseini reads from “The Kite Runner,” the first novel about contemporary Afghanistan to be written in English, at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Subhankar Banerjee will show slides and introduce his book on the endangered wilderness, “Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land,” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
David White will read from his new book “The Kiss of the Yogini: Tantric Sex in its South Asian Context,” at 7:30 p.m. at Moe’s Books, 2467 Telegraph Ave. 849-2133. www.moesbooks.com
AT THE THEATER
Actors Ensemble of Berkeley, “The Bacchae”
Euripedes’ play about Dionysus and his revenge against a hateful king. Directed by David Stein. At 5:30 p.m., outdoors in John Hinkle Park, off The Arlington at Southampton Ave and Somerset Place. Performan-
ces Sat. and Sun., June 21 through July 6. Free admission. 525-1620. www.aeofberkeley.org
Aurora Theater Company, “Thérèse Raquin,” by Emile Zola, directed by Tom Ross. A sinister tale set among the lower classes in nineteenth-century Parisian society. Runs June 20 to July 27, at 2081 Addison St. Tickets are $32 and $34. 843-4822.
www.auroratheatre.org
Berkeley Repertory Theater,
“The Guys,” by Anne Nelson, directed by Robert Egan. May 21 – July 5, Tues - Sun call for starting times. $10 - $54. The Roda Theater, 2016 Addison St. 647-2918. 647-2949. (888) 4BRTTIX
www.berkeleyrep.org
California Shakespeare Festival runs May 28 to October 22. Performances this year will be Julius Caesar, Arms and the Man, Measure for Measure, and Much Ado About Nothing. Please call for performance dates and times. The Bruns Amphitheater, Orinda. 548-9666. www.calshakes.org
Central Works Theater Ensemble, “The Wyrd Sisters” directed by Jan Zvaifler. June 13 - July 13, Thurs. - Sat at 8 p.m. and Sun at 5 p.m. at the Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave. Tickets are $8-$20 sliding scale. For reservations and information call 558-1381.
Shotgun Players presents
“under milk wood” by Dylan Thomas at Eighth Street Studio, 2525 8th St., May 24 through June 21, Thurs. - Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 7 p.m. No performance May 25. Tickets are $18 adults, $12 children and seniors, $10 on Thursdays. 704-8210. www.shotgunplayers.org
