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Arts Calendar
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
ACCI Gallery, “Space, Time, and Temperature” Opening Reception from 6 to 8 p.m. 1652 Shattuck Ave. 843-2527. www.accigallery.com
CHILDREN
Teddy Bear Picnic at 10:30 a.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
FILM
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: “The Marriage of Maria Braun” at 7 p.m. and “The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant” at 9:20 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4 members, UC students, $5 UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth, $8 adults. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Gray Brechin on “At Work: The Art of California Labor,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Race Relations in America: A Candid Evening of Music and Poetry, with comics Andy Bumatai, Monica Palacios and singer Lalo Guerrero, at 8 p.m. at the Julia Morgan Center for Arts. Cost is $8 adults, $5 children, available from 925-798-1300.
Mark Morris Dance Group “L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato” at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $38-$64 available from 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Lost Weekend at 9 p.m., with a Western swing dance lesson with David Yearsley at 8 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $18. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
South Austin Jug Band, The Boy’ Oh’ Boys at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $7. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Cutumba, members of Santiago de Cuba’s Ballet Folklórico Cutumba in their first West Coast tour at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $16 in advance, $18 at the door. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Stung, Meat Plow at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $7. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Rebecca Riots, fresh radical folk, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $16.50 advance, $17.50 at the door. 548-1761.
www.freightandsalvage.org
Gail Dobson at 9 p.m. at Downtown, 2102 Shattuck Ave. 649-3810.
Chantdown Sounds at 8 p.m. at Jupiter, 2181 Shattuck Ave. 848-8277.
Phenomenauts, La Plebé, Third Grade Teacher, Them Apples, Here Kitty Kitty 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.
Seventy, original pop, at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. beckettsirishpub.com
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
A New Leaf Gallery/Sculpture
site Opening Reception for “Focus on the Figure,” an exhibition of sculpture interpretations of the human form, from 2 to 4 p.m. at 1286 Gilman St. 525-7621. www.sculpturesite.com
CHILDREN
Labor of Love, Family Sing-Along with Hali Hammer and Pat Wynne at 10:30 a.m. in the Com-
munity Meeting Room, Third Floor, Berkeley Central Library, 2090 Kittredge St. 981-6121.
FILM
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: “Love is Colder Than Death” at 5 and 9 p.m. and “Katzelmacher” 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
Antero Ali: “Hysteria” and “Under a Shipwrecked Moon” Vertical Pool Productions presents this double feature with the filmmaker, voted "Best Cult Filmmaker, 2002", SF Weekly, in person, at 7:30 p.m. at the Jazzhouse. Cost is $7-$12 sliding scale, per screening. 415-846-9432. www.verticalpool.com
READINGS AND LECTURES
Watershed Poetry Festival from noon to 5 p.m. at Civic Center Park. There will be a pre-festival walk along Strawberry Creek with featured poets and restoration advocates beginning at 10 a.m. at Oxford and Center Sts. 526-9105. www.poetryflash.org
The Bay Area Poets Coalition holds an open reading, 3 to 5 p.m., West Branch Berkeley Public Library, 1125 University Ave. Free. For information, call 527-9905. poetalk@aol.com
Improvised Comedy, at 8 p.m. at Cafe Eclectica 1309 Solano Ave., Albany. Cost is $5. 964-0571. www.eastbayimprov.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Trinity Chamber Concerts, with Diane Grubbe, flute, Rhonda C. Smith, clarinet, and Daniel Reiter, ‘cello at 8 p.m. at Trinity Chapel, 2320 Dana St. Admission by donation, $12 general, $8 students, senoirs, disabled. No one turned away. 549-3864.
Mark Morris Dance Group “L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato” at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $38-$64 available from 642-9988.
www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
African Drum Workshop with Wade Peterson. Beginners from 10 to 11:30 a.m., experienced from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at The Jazz House. Cost is $15-$25, and advance registration is encouraged. 533-5111.
Jahi and The Life, Organic Flavor at 9 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. The documentary “Redefinitions: The Roots and Future of Hip Hop” will be premiered. Cost is $10. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Famous Last Words performs in a benefit for the Center for Infant Deaf at 7 p.m. at Pyramid Alehouse, 901 Gilman St. 528-9880.
Lalo Guerrero, legendary godfather of Chicano at 2 p.m. and Téada, from Ireland, at 5 p.m. at Down Home Music, 10341 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito. 525-2129. www.downhomemusic.com
Blaktroniks at 8 p.m. at Jupiter, 2181 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $11. 848-8277.
Yellow Wall Dub Squad, featuring Mabrak and Iworld, performs reggae, at 9:30 p.m., at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Po’Girl and Christina Kiefer at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $8. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Ned Boynton and Friends at 9 p.m. at Downtown, 2102 Shattuck Ave. 649-3810.
House Jacks, a cappella quintet at 5 and 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $17.50 advance, $18.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freight-
andsalvage.org
The People and Awesome Cool Dude at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $5. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Benumb, Blown to Bits, All Shall Perish, Doppelganger, Brutal Death, A Sleeping Irony 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.
Niclole McRory at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. beckettsirishpub.com
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
CHILDREN
Café Rumba, Afro-Cuban folkloric drums at 3:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. 849-2568.
www.lapena.org
FILM
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: “Katzelmacher” at 5:30 p.m. and “Gods of the Plague” at 7:20 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
Gallery Talk: Japanese Figure Style with Lynne Kimura, Aca-
demic Liaison, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, on the creative explosion of figure styles in Edo painting, at 3 p.m. in Gallery C, Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way. Cost is $8, free to UC staff, faculty and students. 643-6494.
Guided Tour: Gene(sis): Contemporary Art Explores Human Genomics, at 2 p.m., Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Michael Castleman reads from his new novel, “The Lost Gold of San Francisco,” at 2 p.m. at Dark Carnival, 3086 Claremont Ave. 654-7323.
Poetry at Cody’s with Martha Ronk and Jean Day at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. Donation $2. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Lawrence R. Smith reads from his new novel, “Annie’s Soup Kitchen” at 7:30 p.m. Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Mark Morris Dance Group “L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato” at 3 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $38-$64 available from 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Julian White, pianist, performs sonatas by Beethoven, Prokofieff, and Rachmaninoff at 4 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley, 1 Lawson Rd., Kensington. Admission is $20 general, $15 seniors and students, available from jmwstudio@
earthlink.net
Shashamani Sound System and Jah Light Music at 10 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $6. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Duvo Band, Hungarian folk music, 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
The Crooked Jades at 4 p.m. at Jupiter, 2181 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $11. 848-8277.
EarRotator CD release party at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10. 849-2568.
www.lapena.org
Music from Scotland, England and Beyond with Allan Taylor at 7:30 p.m. Donation of $12 in advance, $15 at the door. For reservations and location email sally@greenberg.org
The Cannons at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $5. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Fun with Finnoula at 7 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. beckettsirishpub.com
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
READINGS AND LECTURES
The Last Word poetry reading, featuring Jesse Beagle and Lenore Weiss, author of “Public and Other Places,” at 7 p.m. at Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Ave. 649-1320.
Wendy Knight talks about “Making Connections: Mother-Daughter Travel Adventures” a new anthology, at 7:30 p.m. at Easy Going Travel Shop and Bookstore, 1385 Shattuck Ave, at Rose. 843-3533.
Chuck Palahniuk continues to reinvent the horror genre in “Choke” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Gabriel Spera, whose “The Standing Wave,” won the National Poetry Series, reads at 7:30 p.m. Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
Poetry Express, open mic featuring Allison Seevak, from 7 to 9:30 p.m., at Priya Restaurant, 2072 San Pablo Ave. berkeleypoetryexpress@yahoo.com
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
FILM
“Aftermath: Unanswered Questions From 911,” a documentary by Guerrilla News Network at 6:30 p.m. at the Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge. Sponsored by Berkeley Peace Walk and Vigil. www.geocities.com/vigil4peace/vigil.html
Alternative Visions: “In the Mirror of Maya Deren,” at 7:10 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
Minds on Fire: Conversations with UC Press Authors with art historian Sidra Stich, at 7 p.m. at 2120 Berkeley Way. 642-9828. camille.crittenden@ucpress.edu
Louise Murphy, a Berkeley author, reads from her novel, “The True Story of Hansel and Gretel: A Novel of War and Survival,” set in Eastern Poland during the Nazi occupation, at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Writers Workshop on promotion and publicity at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
Peggy Vincent reads from her memoir, “Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife,” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Courtableu performs classic Cajun dance-hall music at 8:30 p.m., with a dance lesson with Patti Whitehurst at 8 p.m., at Ashkenaz. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Dayna Stephens House Jam at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Donation $5. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com
Mimi Fox, solo guitar, at 8 p.m. at Downtown, 2102 Shattuck Ave. 649-3810.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 10
FILM
“We Are Salvadorans,” a documentary by Susan Figueroa about three Salvadorans who fled the civil war, at 7 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Donation of $5-$10 requested. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: “The American Soldier” at 5:30 and 9:10 p.m. and “Gods of the Plague” at 7:10 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
Tom Barbash introduces his novel of smalltown politics, “The Last Good Chance,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Café Poetry and open mic, hosted by Kira Allen at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Jennifer and Erik Niemann will show slides and read from their book, “Chasing Summer: Exploring the World on an 18-Month Honeymoon” at 7:30 p.m. at Easy Going Travel Shop and Bookstore, 1385 Shattuck Ave at Rose. 843-3533.
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
Rabbi Alan Lew, of Congregation Beth Sholom in San Francisco, discusses “This is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared: The Days of Awe as a Journey of Transformation,” at 7:30 p.m. Black Oak Books. 486-0698.
www.blackoakbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Wednesday Noon Concert Songs of Devotion from the Medieval Mediterranean, Chev-
ron Auditorium at International House, corner of Bancroft and Piedmont Aves. Admission is free. 642-4864.
Carlos Oliveira and Brazilian Origins, acoustic Brazilian folkloric jazz, 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
Othello Molineaux, Trinidad’s steel drum master, at 8 p.m. p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $10. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Jules Broussard, Bing Nathan and Ned Boynton at 8 p.m. at Downtown, 2102 Shattuck Ave. 649-3810.
Nicole McRory at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. beckettsirishpub.com
Schoolhouse Rock at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
THURSDAY, SEPT. 11
FILM
“The Truth and Lies of 9-11,” presented by The Robber Barons at 7 p.m., at Ashkenaz. Free. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Genetic Screenings: The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb” 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
“Airplane,” the spoof, at 8 p.m. at the Long Haul, a reading room, library and community center in South Berkeley located at 3124 Shattuck Ave. Wheelchair accessible. 540-0751.
www.thelonghaul.org
READINGS AND LECTURES
Melody Ermachild Chavis will discuss “Meena, Heroine of Afghanistan: The Martyr Who Founded RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan,” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698.
www.blackoakbooks.com
Aiden Hartley, reads from his novel about a father and son, both casualties of imperialism, “The Zanzibar Chest: A Story of Life, Love, and Death in Foreign Lands,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Mystery Night with authors Bruce Balfour, James Clader and Cara Black at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
Guided Tour: Gene(sis): Contemporary Art Explores Human Genomics, at 12:15 and 5:30 p.m., Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Word Beat Reading Series at 7 p.m. with featured readers Susan Birkel and Lucy Day, followed by an open mic, at Mediterraneum Caffe, 2475 Telegraph Ave., near Dwight Way. For information call 526-5985 or 205-1749.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Septiembre en la Memoria, a celebration of 30 years of the Chilean 9/11 and tribute to Orlando Letelier at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $12. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Téada, Irish traditionalists, 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
Newal, Afro-Arabic singer/songwriter from the Comoros Islands at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Donation $6-$15 sliding scale. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com
Keni El Lebrijano, flamenco guitar, at 8 p.m. at Downtown, 2102 Shattuck Ave. 649-3810.
The Skindivers, funky blues rock, at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. www.beckettsirishpub.com
