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Arts Calendar
TUESDAY, SEPT. 23
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
“Reality and Illusion: The City of Berkeley Photographed” Reception from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Worth Ryder Gallery in Kroeber Hall, UC Campus. 642-4800. http://art.berkeley.edu/rev2/
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CHILDREN
Lemony Snicket Day at Cody’s Books. “The Slippery Slope” will be available. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
FILM
The Films of Germaine Dulac: “The Smiling Madame Beudet” and other films at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Robert Hass, Poet Laurate and co-founder of River of Words, reads at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
Maxine Hong Kingston, reads from “The Fifth Book of Peace,” a hybrid of memoir and fiction at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books, 1730 Fourth St. 559-9500. www.codysbooks.com
Amy Wallace discusses her new memoir “Sorcerer’s Apprentice: My Life with Carlos Castaneda” at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
MUSIC AND DANCE
DP and The Rhythm Riders at 8:30 p.m., with a Cajun dance lesson with Cheryl McBride at 8 p.m., at Ashkenaz. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Mimi Fox, solo guitar, at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Beth Robinson, Doug Blumer, singer-songwriter double bill, 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
Dayna Stephens House Jam at The Jazz House. Donation $5. 649-8744. www.thejazz-
house.com
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 24
FILM
“Discovering Dominga,” documentary by Patricia Flynn at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. A benefit for the Guatemala Accompaniment Project. Cost is $8-$12 sliding scale. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: “Veronica Voss“ at 5 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. and “Satan’s Brew”at 7:05 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Poets from the San Francisco Bay Area will gather with a sym-
bolic giant peace dove at La Peña at 6:30 p.m. to read their “win with words not war” messages.
Meredith Maran discusses “Dirty: Inside America’s Teen-
age Drug Epidemic,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Liz Franklin discusses her new book, “How to Get Organized Without Resorting to Arson,” at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
PEN West an evening of readings and discussion in observation of Banned Book Week, at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
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.starryplough.com
Café Poetry and Open Mic hosted by Paradise at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Donation requested. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
MUSIC AND DANCE
Wednesday Noon Concert University Symphony Orchestra, David Milnes, conductor, Chevron Auditorium at International House, corner of Bancroft and Piedmont Aves. Admission is free. 642-4864.
Nanjing University Traditional Instruments Orchestra perfrom at 8 p.m. at the International House Auditorium, 2299 Piedmont. Free for I-House members, residents and alumni, $5 for the general public. 642-9460. landerso@uclink.berkeley.edu
Sólas, traditional and contemporary Irish music, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $19.50 in advance, $20.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
The Anthony Paule - Mz. Dee Band at 9 p.m., with a swing dance lesson with Nick and Shanna at 8 p.m., at Ashkenaz. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Jules Broussard, Bing Nathan and Ned Boynton at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Outbound Trio at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 25
FILM
Genetic Screenings: “Homo Sapiens 1900” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
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 Steve Arntson and Anna Wolfe, followed by an open mic, at Mediterraneum Caffe, 2475 Telegraph Ave., near Dwight Way. For information call 526-5985 or 205-1749.
Wayne Bernhardson shows slides and talks about his new book, “Moon Handbook: Buenos Aires” at 7:30 p.m. at Easy Going Travel Shop and Bookstore, 1385 Shattuck Ave. at Rose. 843-3533.
Neal Stephenson reads from his new novel, “Quicksilver” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Educator’s Night, for K-12 educators, with author Meredith Maran, at 6 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. Please RSVP to 644-0861.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Otep Myrrhy Music from Medieval Bohemia at 8 p.m. at St. Alban’s Church, 1501 Washington St., Albany. Tickets are $12-$15 and are available from 486-2803 or 524-7952. www.
timrayborn.com/Festival
Julieta Venegas, Mexican singer at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $12 in advance, $15 at the door. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
The Influents, The Flipsides, The Spinning Jennies at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Kathy Kallick, album release show, 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
Rosh Hashana Concert at 8 p.m. at the 1923 Tea House. 644-2204.
Keni El Lebrijano, flamenco guitar, at 8:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 26
CHILDREN
Amelia Bedelia, Bookworm, celebrates her 40th birthday at 10:30 a.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
FILM
British Fim Revivals: “A Cottage on Dartmoor” with Neil Brand on piano, at 7:30 p.m. and “How to be Eccentric: The Films of Richard Massingham” at 9:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
“Spirited Away,” Japanese animation ghost story, at 8 p.m. at the Long Haul, 3124 Shattuck Ave. Wheelchair accessible. 540-0751. www.thelonghaul.org
READINGS AND LECTURES
“Martin Guitar Master-
pieces,” a new book in celebration of the 170th anniversary of the guitar maker, will be introduces by Dick Boak and Steve Miller at 4 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
“Grass Roof, Tin Roof Project” Launch, with a free book - one per person, first come, first served - for the simultan-
eous reading of Dao Strom’s new novel about a Vietnamese family resettling in Northern California. At noon at all five Berkeley Public Library locations. 981-6100.
MUSIC AND DANCE
U-Theatre/Drummers from Taiwan perform “The Sound of Ocean” a presentation of complex drumming and martial art techniques at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $22-$42. 642-0212. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Keith Frank and the Soileau Zydeco Band at 9 p.m. at Ashkenez. Cajun dance lesson with Cheryl McBride at 8:30 p.m. Cost is $13 in advance, $15 at the door. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
“Strictly Skillz,” a celebration of Hip Hop in its purest form at 9 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Winfred E. Eye, Moore Brothers, Deers at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $6. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Scott Amendola Band at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Suggested donation $15. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.org
Danny Caron and Friends at 9 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Golden Bough, Celtic-American trio, 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
Phantom Limbs, 400 Blows, Nakatomi Plaza, Marathon 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.
Wig Salad, Brown Baggin at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $6. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
The People with LZ Phoenix, Sol Americano and Dr. Mas-
seuse at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $10. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Indian Classical Music with Jyoti Rout, Pandit Habib Khan, and Prof. Mohini Mohan Pattnaik at 7 p.m. at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Tickets are $15-$20 available from 925-798-1300.
Tim Barsky, master of beat boxing at the 1923 Teahouse at 8 p.m. Suggested donation of $7-$15. 644-2204. www.epicarts.org
SATURDAY, SEPT. 27
La Peña Cultural Center celebrates Quinque Cruz, aka Claudio E. Duran, author of “Autobiography of an Ex-Chess Player,” with a mutimedia event exploring the idea of aesthetic and terror, at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $10-$25. 849-2572. www.lapena.org
FILM
Arab Film Festival, “Cinemayaat” from 1 to 9:45 p.m. at Wheeler Auditorium, UC Campus. Tickets are $9, students and seniors $7. For schedule of titles and times see www.aff.org
READINGS AND LECTURES
“Where Does the Music Come From?” with Neil Brand on piano, silent film accompanist at 7:30 p.m at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Rhythm and Muse with Katherine Harer and Joe Vance, at 7 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Center. 644-6893. www.berkeleyartcenter.org
Roshni Rustromji reads from her new novel “Braided Tongue” at 4 p.m. at Eastwind Books of Berkeley, 2066 University Ave. 548-2350.
MUSIC AND DANCE
U-Theatre/Drummers from Taiwan perform “The Sound of Ocean” a presentation of complex drumming and martial art techniques, at 2 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $22-$42. 642-0212. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
University Symphony, David Milnes, director, at 8 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way. Tickets are $8, $6 seniors and UC staff, $2 UC students, and are available from 642-9988.
Indian Classical Music with Jyoti Rout, Pandit Habib Khan, and Prof. Mohini Mohan Pattnaik at 7 p.m. at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Tickets are $15-$20 available from 925-798-1300.
West African Highlife Band at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. African dance lesson with Comfort Mensah at 9 p.m. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
James McMurtry, Johnny Childs at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $6. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Sol Americano, KGB at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes On Telegraph. Cost is $7. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Mark Murphy, jazz singer, at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $20-$25. 845-5373. www.jazz-
school.com
Delta Nove at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
Rama with DJ Dave Mak at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Donations suggested. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.org
Dix Bruce and Jim Nunally, roots country and bluegrass guitar and vocals, at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $16.50 in advance, $17.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Alice Stuart at 2 p.m. at Down Home Music, 10341 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito. 525-2129. www.downhomemusic.com
The People with LZ Phoenix, Sol Americano and Dr. Masseuse at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $10. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Kent Glenn-Putter Smith Jazz Quartet at the 1923 Teahouse at 8 p.m. Suggested donation of $7-$15, no one turned away for lack of funds. 644-2204. www.epicarts.org
Spencer Day Group at 9 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Over My Dead Body, In Control, The Control, Stand Up and Fight, Our Turn 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, SEPT. 28
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
Berkeley Art Center, “One Struggle, Two Communi-
ties,” Late 20th Century Political Posters of Havana, Cuba and the San Francisco Bay Area at 2 p.m. 644-6893.
Berkeley History Center, “Early Women of Berkeley (1878-1953),” at 2 p.m. An exhibit celebrating how women shaped Berkeley's history, working alone and through their clubs. 1931 Center St. 848-0181. www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/histsoc
CHILDREN
Ecuadorian Dance, Music and Art for the whole family from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum, UC Campus. Free with museum admission. 643-7648. www.gal.berke-
ley.edu/~hearst/
FILM
Arab Film Festival, “Cinemayaat” from 1:15 to 8:45 p.m. at Wheeler Auditorium, UC Campus. Tickets are $9, students and seniors $7. For a schedule of titles and times see www.aff.org
The Films of Germaine Dulac: “La Belle Dame Sans Merci” at 5:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
The Editors of The Bark on “Dog is my Co-Pilot: Great Writers on the World’s Oldest Friendship,” at 3 p.m. at Cody’s Books, 1730 Fourth St. 559-9500. www.codysbooks.com
Poetry at Cody’s with Jacqueline Kudler and Diane Sher Lutovich at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. Donation $2. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
J. Robert Lennon reads from his new novel ”Mailman” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Crowden Music Center presents Irene Sazer, violin and Gianna Abondolo, cello at 4 p.m. at 1475 Rose St. Tickets are $12 general, free for children 18 and under. 559-6910. www.thecrowdenschool.org
In the Balance: Poetry and Jazz at 2 p.m. in the Peralta Community Garden on Peralta St. between Hopkins and Gilman. 231-5912. kirklumpkin@mac.com
Deaf Electric, electronic, turntablism, experimental music and visuals, at 7 p.m. at The Jazz House. Sliding scale donation $6-$15. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.org
Midnite, reggae quintet from St. Croix, Virgin Islands, at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $15 in advance, $20 at the door. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Party of Seven, world music ensemble, 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
Mark Levine and the Latin Tinge plays standards and original in Afro-Cuban style at 4:30 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $12-$18. 845-5373. www.jazz-
school.com
Astral Realm, The Volumes, Tregenza at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes On Telegraph. Cost is $5. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Americana Unplugged Series: High Country at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
MONDAY, SEPT. 29
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
“5 x 3” exibition opening at 7 p.m. Berkeley Public Library Central Community Room. An informal session with three resident artists, Ana Bravo, Malle Malaam and Joseph Alverez.
READINGS AND LECTURES
Alex Wellen talks about a law-student’s entry into the legal profession in “Barman: Ping Pong, Pathos and Passing the Bar” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Poetry Express, open mic theme night: Recall, from 7 to 9:30 p.m., at Priya Restaurant, 2072 San Pablo Ave. berkeleypoetryexpress@yahoo.com
Kirk Read discusses “How I Learned to Snap: A Small Town Coming-Out and Coming-of-Age Story” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698.
www.blackoakbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Berkeley Symphony Orchestra 25th Anniversary Celebration, honoring conductor, Kent Nagano, with guest soloist Frederica von Stade, at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall. Pre-concert lecture at 7 p.m. Tickets are $21-$45, students $10, available from 841-2800 or www.berkeleysymphony.org
Mimi Fox, solo guitar, at 8 p.m. at Downtown, 2102 Shattuck Ave. 649-3810.
Arty McGlynn and Nolliag Casey, traditional music duo from Ireland world music ensemble, 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
Steve Gannon Band and Mz. Dee at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $4. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
