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Arts Calendar
FRIDAY, JULY 4
FILM
“Gridlock” Tupac Shakur and Tim Roth play addicts fighting bureaucracy to get help, at 8:30 p.m. at the Long Haul, a reading room, library and community center at 3124 Shattuck Ave. Wheelchair accessible. Free, sponsored by N.E.E.D. 540-0751. www.thelonghaul.org
MUSIC AND DANCE
Tropical Vibrations, Harry Best and Shabang perform a mix of Caribbean styles at 9 p.m., at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054.
www.ashkenaz.com
SixFourTwo and My Hero perform at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Celebrate END Dependence Day in collaboration with Underground Railroad and Brown Fist Collective at 9 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10. 849-2568.
www.lapena.org
Mimi Fox Trio performs at 9:30 p.m. at Downtown, 2102 Shattuck Ave. 649-3810.
S.T.F.U., Critical Unit, Dead Fall, D.F.A., Strung Up perfrom 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, JULY 5
FILM
“War Game” a British docu-
drama on the horrific possibilities of an atomic holocaust, at 8:30 p.m. at the Long Haul, a reading room, library and community center in South Berkeley located at 3124 Shattuck Ave. Wheelchair accessible. All events are free. 540-0751.
www.thelonghaul.org
Aki Kaurismäki: “Crime and Punishment” at 5 and 8:45 p.m. and “Hamlet Goes Business” 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
Bay Area Poets Coalition holds an open reading from 3 to 5 p.m., at the West Branch Berkeley Public Library, 1125 University Ave. Free. For information call 527-9905.
poetalk@aol.com
Aphrodite Jones reads from her new book, “Red Zone,” about the San Francisco dog-mauling case, at 5:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Celebrate END Dependence day in collaboration with Underground Railroad and Brown Fist Collective at 9 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Benefit for Lynn Morris with Peter Rowan, True Blue and Earl Brothers at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $18.50 advance, $19.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Vince Black with Root Awakening perform socially conscious reggae classics at 9:30 p.m., at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054.
www.ashkenaz.com
Noche Flamenca from Madrid performs at Zellerbach Playhouse, UC Campus at 8 p.m. Tickets are $42. 642-9988.
www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Pernice Brothers, Warren Zanes and Heavenly States perform at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $10. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Collective Amnesia at 9:30 p.m. at Downtown, 2102 Shattuck Ave. 649-3810.
The Cost, From Monument to Masses, Red Light Sting, 1905, The Cinema Eye 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, JULY 6
FILM
Aki Kaurismäki: “Leningrad Cowboys Go America” at 5:30 p.m. and “Hamlet Goes Business” at 7:10 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
Poetry Flash at Cody’s with G. P. Skratz and Summer Brenner at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. Donation $2. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
African Drum Workshop with Wade Peterson. Beginners at 11 a.m., experienced at 12:30, at The Jazz House. Cost is $15-$25, registration is encouraged. 533-5111.
Noche Flamenca from Madrid performs at Zellerbach Playhouse, UC Campus at 7 p.m. Tickets are $42. 642-9988.
www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Teka brings an evening of Hungarian music and dance to Ashkenaz, at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $12. 525-5054.
www.ashkenaz.com
MONDAY, JULY 7
FILM
“Unprecedented,” a documentary about how the 2000 Presidential Election was manipulated to ignore the actual vote and allow five U.S. Supreme Court Justices to appoint George Bush to the White House, at 3 p.m. at the North Berkeley Senior Center. Free. Sponsored by the Berkeley Peace Vigil. Information about the documentary is available at www.unprecedented.org
READINGS AND LECTURES
Christopher Moore reads from “Fluke, or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Bob Levin discusses how communal-living cartoonists provoked the ire of Disney in his new book, “The Pirates and the Mouse: Disney’s War Against the Underground,” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698.
www.blackoakbooks.com
Last Word Poetry, featuring Kirk Lumpkin and Mary Rudge, at 7 p.m. at Pegasus Bookstore, 2349 Shattuck Ave. 649-1320.
Poetry Express, open mic night, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at Priya Restaurant, 2072 San Pablo Ave.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Sassafras, Shotgun’s 11th Anniversary Spendalicious Silent Auction Family Reunion and Supperganza. Come have dinner, enjoy live music and support the Shotgun Players, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, 2640 College Ave. Tickets are sliding scale $11-$111. For reservations call Kimberly 704-8210 ext. 317.
Bandworks Student Recital, featuring rock, blues and pop at 7:30 p.m., at Ashkenaz. Cost is $4. 525-5054.
www.ashkenaz.com
TUESDAY, JULY 8
FILM
Sarunas Bartas: “Corridor” 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
Terry and Stevie Halbert
discuss their new book “Expedition America: A National Park Odyssey,” at 7:30 p.m. at Easy Going Bookstore, 1385 Shattuck Ave. at Rose. 843-3533.
www.easygoing.com
Ksenija Soster Olmer, Sande Smith and Inez Hollander Lake, authors of “A Cup of Comfort for Mothers and Daughters” will read at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
Berkeley Summer Poetry with Danielle Willis at 7 p.m. at Mediterranean Cafe, 2475 Telegraph Ave. For more information contact lucifersmuse@hotmail.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Grupa Maistori performs traditional Bulgarian village music at 9 p.m., with a dance lesson with Joe Kaloyanides Graziosi at 7:30 p.m., at Ashkenaz. Cost is $11. 525-5054.
www.ashkenaz.com
Mimi Fox Solo Guitar at 8 p.m. at Downtown, 2102 Shattuck Ave. 649-3810.
All Strings Considered, hammer dulcimer virtuosos Jamie Janover and Michael Masley with bassists Michael Manring and Jim Prescott, 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, JULY 9
FILM
Excess of Evil: “The Devils” 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
Labor Fest 10th Anniversary Celebration, “From Piers to Plantations, a Union in Hawaii” by Ian Ruskin. The story of Harry Bridges in Hawaii. Japanese labor songs by Tanbaka Tetsuro. At 7 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $12. 849-2568. www.lapena.org For more information about the film call 415-642-8066. www.labornet.net
READINGS AND LECTURES
Heidi Julavits talks about her novel, “The Effect of Living Backwards,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Jim Paul reads from his new novel, “Elsewhere in the Land of Parrots,” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
Café Poetry and open mic hosted by Kira Allen at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Donation requested. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Berkeley Poetry Slam with host Charles Ellik at 8:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $7, $5 with student i.d. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Chris and Cassie Webster with Scott Nygaard, sister harmony with guitar, 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
Tangria Jazz Group presents a free evening of jazz and literature at 7 p.m. at The Jazz House. 649-8744.
www.thejazzhouse.org
Astash and Shabaz present an evening of qwaali-sufi-world music, at 9 p.m., at Ashkenaz. Cost is $11. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Jules Broussard and Ned Boynton at 8 p.m. at Downtown, 2102 Shattuck Ave. 649-3810.
THURSDAY, JULY 10
FILM
Aki Kaurismäki: “Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana” at 7:30 p.m. and “Drifting Clouds” at 8:50 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
Guided Tour of “Paul Kos: Everything Matters” at 12:15 p.m. at The Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Melanie Bellah reflects on the death of a child in “Abby and Her Sisters: A Memoir,” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Vanishing Tribes of Burma/Myanmar slide show and talk with Philip Hassrick, co-founder of Lost Frontiers, at 7:30 p.m. at Easy Going Travel Shop and Bookstore, 1385 Shattuck Ave. at Rose. 843-3533. www.easygoing.com
Merle Updike Davis reads from her memoir and history of social work, “Ties Across Time,” at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
Lesbians Across the Country Project, slide presentation and talk with the photographer Angela Dawn, at 7 p.m. at Boadecia's Books 398 Colusa Ave., Kensington. 559-9184.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Summer Noon Concert Downtown with the Charles Wheal Band performing a mix of Chicago, Texas and West Coast blues, at the Berkeley BART Station. Seating available. Sponsored by the Downtown Berkeley Association. 549-2230.
Bandworks Student Recital, featuring rock, blues and pop at 7:30 p.m., at Ashkenaz. Cost is $4. 525-5054.
www.ashkenaz.com
Chus Alonzo’s Potingue Ensemble performs contemporary Flamenco and Latin Music at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10 in advance, $12 at the door. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Trailer Park Troubadours, folkabilly originals, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $15.50 in advan-
ce, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Leslie Helpert and Reorchestra perform at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5. 841-2082.
www.starryploughpub.com
Keni el Lebrijano Flamenco Guitar at 8 p.m. at Downtown, 2102 Shattuck Ave. 649-3810.
AT THE THEATER
Actors Ensemble of Berkeley, “The Bacchae,” directed by David Stein. Euripedes’ play about Dionysus and his revenge against a hateful king. Sat. and Sun., through July 6, at 5:30 p.m., outdoors in John Hinkle Park, off The Arlington at Southampton Ave. and Somerset Place. Free. 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 through 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. Through July 5, Tues. - Sun., call for starting times. $10-$54. The Roda Theater, 2016 Addison St. 647-2918. 647-2949. www.berkeleyrep.org
California Shakespeare Festival runs through October 22. Performances this year will be Julius Caesar, Arms and the Man, Measure for Measure, and Much Ado About Nothing. Please call for dates and times. The Bruns Amphitheater, Orinda. 548-9666.
www.calshakes.org
Central Works Theater Ensemble, “The Wyrd Sisters” directed by Jan Zvaifler. Through July 27, Thurs. - Sat. at 8 p.m. and Sun. at 5 p.m. No performance July 4 or 24. At the Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave. Tickets are $8-$20 sliding scale. For reservations call 558-1381.
foolsFury, “Attempts on her Life,” by Martin Crimp, directed by Ben Yalom, July 11, 12, 18 and 19 at 8 p.m. at LaVal’s Subterranean, 1834 Euclid at Hearst. Tickets are $20 general, $15 students and seniors.
1-866-GOT-FURY.
www.foolsfury.org
EXHIBITIONS
ACCI Gallery, “Barococo” ceramics by Tony Natsoulas. Exhibition runs until July 14. Gallery hours are Mon. - Thurs. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Fri. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sat. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 1652 Shattuck Ave.
843-2527. acciart@aol.com, www.accigallery.com
Addison Street Windows, “Windows” An all-media exhibit by San Francisco Women Artists, July 10 through August 11. 2018 Addison St. 658-0585. For information on the artists call 524-8538.
Albany Community Center Arts Foyer Gallery, “Many Faces of the Middle East” Photographs by Ed Kinney, through July 11. Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. 1249 Marin Ave., Albany. 524-9283.
The Ames Gallery, “Conversations with Myself” Works by Barry Simons. Paintings and collages incorporating the artist’s original poetry. By appointment or chance. Exhibition runs until August 15. 2661 Cedar St. 845-4949. www.amesgallery.com
Berkeley Art Center, “Unbound and Under Covers,” Visual writing: spoken word performances and book exhibition runs to July 27. Curated by Jaime Robles. Work and performance by Indigo Som, Meredith Stricker, Dale Going and Marie Carbone, Susan King and Lisa Kokin. Berkeley Art Center in Live Oak Park, 1275 Walnut St.
644-6893.
www.berkeleyartcenter.org
Berkeley Historical Society, “Focus on Berkeley” A photography exhibit by the Berkeley Camera Club, Berkeley High School students and community photographers in celebration of the City’s 125th Anniversary. Exhibition runs until Sept. 13. Berkeley History Center, 1931 Center St. Sponsored by the Berkeley Historical Society,
848-0181.
Kala Art Institute, Kala Fellowship Exhibition, Part I The Kala Fellowships are awarded annually to eight innovative arts working in printmaking, book arts, video and digital media. Part I features the work of May Chan, Taro Hattori, Amanda Knowles and Andrew Mamo. Runs until July 31. Call for gallery hours.1060 Heinz Ave. 549-2977. www.kala.org
A New Leaf Gallery, “Four Elements of Sculpture: Fire, Air, Water and Earth,” Exhibition runs to August 31. 1286 Gilman St. Call for gallery hours. 527-7621.
www.sculpturesite.com
Photolab Gallery, “Images from the Ballroom Series” by Andy Stewart. Black and white photographs on exhibit until July 19. Gallery hours are Mon. - Fri. 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., sat. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 2235 Fifth St. 644-1400.
www.photolaboratory.com
Red Oak Realty Gallery, Prints by Barbara de Groot. Exhibition runs until July 26. 1891 Solano Ave. 848-3965.
Slater/Marinoff & Co., “All Animal Art” Forty photographers and artists have donated works to help fund the spay-neuter and food costs of the Milo Foundation’s work in finding new homes for abandoned dogs and cats. Exhibition runs until August 31. Hours are Mon. - Sat. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sun. 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. 1823 Fourth St. 548-2001.
