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Arts Calendar of Events
Festival Event
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 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 members, UC students, $5 UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth, $8 adults. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
“Spirited Away,” Japanese animation ghost story, 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 & Lectures
“Martin Guitar Masterpieces,” a new book
in celebration of the 170th anniversary of the guitar maker, will be introduced by Dick Boak and Steve Miller at 4 p.m. at Cody’s Books.
845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Gay and Laney Salisbury discuss the race to Nome in “The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic”
at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books, 1730 Fourth St.
559-9500. www.codysbooks.com
µ“Grass Roof, Tin Roof Project” Launch, with a free book - one per person, first come, first served - for the simultaneous reading of Dao Strom’s new novel about a Vietnamese family resettling in Northern California. Receive the accompanying lapel pin and locate other “Grass Roof, Tin Roof “ readers around town. At noon
at all five Berkeley Public Library locations.
981-6100.
Music & Dance
U-Theatre/Drummers from Taiwan perform “The Sound of Ocean” a presentation of complex drumming and martial art techniques exploring the spiritual aspects of contemporary Taiwanese culture, 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 forms 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, featuring Jeff Parker, Nat Su and Todd Sickafoose, 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
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, no one turned away for lack of funds. 644-2204. www.epicarts.org
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
Exhibition Openings
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: “Broken Wings,” at 1 p.m., “I am Palestine,” “Indepen-
dence,” at 3:15 p.m. “Invasion,” at 5:15 p.m., “The Bookstore,” “El-Kotbia, and “My Jose-
phine,” at 7 p.m., “Night of Destiny,” “Wind of Beriut,” at 9:45 p.m. Wheeler Auditorium, UC Campus. Tickets are $9, students and seniors $7. www.aff.org
Readings & 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 members, UC students, $5 UC faculty, staff,
seniors, disabled, youth, $8 adults. 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 & Dance
U-Theatre/Drummers from Taiwan perform “The Sound of Ocean” a presentation of complex drumming and martial art techniques exploring the spiritual aspects of contemporary Taiwanese culture, at 2 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $22-$42. 642-0212. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
University Symphony, David Milnes, director, performs Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 1 and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 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
Mark Murphy, jazz singer, at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $20-$25. 845-5373.
www.jazzschool.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.freight-andsalvage.org
Alice Stuart at 2 p.m. at Down Home Music, 10341 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito. 525-2129. www.downhomemusic.com
Sol Americano, KGB at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes
On Telegraph. Cost is $7. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.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, SEPTEMBER 28
Exhibition Openings
Berkeley Art Center, “One Struggle, Two Communities,” at 2 p.m. Late 20th Century Political Posters of Havana, Cuba and the San Francisco Bay Area 644-6893.
Berkeley History Center, “Early Women of Berkeley (1878-1953),” at 2 p.m. An exhibit curated by the College Women's Club/Berkeley Branch of the American Assn. of University Women and the Berkeley Historical Society, 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 of Anthropology, Kroeber Hall, Bancroft Way at College Ave. Free with museum admission. 643-7648.
Film
Arab Film Festival, Cinemayaat: “Duel in
San Francisco” at 3 p.m., and “Threads” and “Lost Horizon,” at 8:45 p.m. at Wheeler Auditorium, UC Campus. Tickets are $9,
students and seniors $7. 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 members, UC students, $5 UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth, $8 adults. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Readings & 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
“Genetic Engineering: Who Draws the Line,” with historian and philosopher of science Charles Weiner, at 2 p.m. preceded by a guided tour at 1 p.m. in the Berkeley Art Museum Theater, 2626 Bancroft Way. Cost is $10 for the general public, free for UC Berkeley students and faculty, and BAM/PFA members. Held in conjunction with the exhibition, “Gene(sis): Contemporary Art Explores Human Genomics.” To register call 642-4111.
J. Robert Lennon reads from his new novel ”Mailman” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
Music & Dance
µHow Berkeley Can You Be? Grand Parade and Festival from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Parade up University Ave. followed by festival at Civic Center Park. Ceremonial Opening of the Berkeley Arts Festival with the City Council Singers in a tribute to City Manager Weldon Rucker, “conducted” by Gary Ginstling, executive director of the Berkeley Symphony. Outdoor stage, live music and dance, food and drink booths, crafts, non-profits and children's activities. 654-6346. www.hesternet/event
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
The Matches in an all ages concert to benefit Youth Radio, at 5:30 p.m. at Youth Radio Cafe, 1801 University Ave. at Grant. Cost is $5.
540-5876.
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.jazzschool.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, 2181 Shattuck Ave.
848-8277.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
Exhibition Openings
“5 x 3” Art 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. Works will be displayed through October in the Library’s Central Catalog Lobby.
Readings & 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 & 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
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
Film
µ“Poetry is Not A Luxury,” documentaries in tribute to poet and activist Audre Lorde, at 6:30 p.m. in the Berkeley Public Library’s Central Community Room, 2090 Kittredge. 981-6233.
The Films of Germaine Dulac: “The Seashell and the Clergyman” and other films 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 & Lectures
Jhumpa Lahiri, 2000 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, reads from her new novel, “The Namesake” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Thomas Swick introduces us to less-often
visited places in the world in “A Way to See
the World: From Texas to Transylvania with a Maverick Travel Editor” at 7:30 p.m. at Easy Going Travel Shop & Bookstore, 1385 Shattuck Ave at Rose. 843-3533.
Music & Dance
Cocodrie at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cajun dance lesson with Diano Castillo at 8 p.m.
Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Dayna Stephens House Jam at The Jazz House. Donation $5. 649-8744.
www.thejazzhouse.com
Los Halos, Pine Martin at 9:30 p.m. at
The Starry Plough. Cost is $6. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1
Film
Heddy Honigmann: “Crazy” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive, with the filmmaker in person. Cost is $4 members, UC students, $5
UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth, $8 adults. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Readings & Lectures
Mike Perry reads from his new novel about small town living, “Population 485,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852.
www.codysbooks.com
Berkeley Poetry Slam with host Nazelah Jamison and Karen Ladson, featuring DJ Tek Neek, at 8:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough.
Cost is $7, $5 with student i.d. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Music & Dance
Noon Concert with Cary Koh, violin and Miles Graber, piano performing Brahms and Mozart at the Chevron Auditorium at International House, at the corner of Bancroft and Piedmont Aves. Admission is free. 642-4864.
Peter Rowan and Don Edwards, lonesome cowboys, perform at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $15.50 advance, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761.
www.freightandsalvage.org
Robert Ball Benefit Concert with Jason Collins & The Funkonauts, Josh Jones Latin Jazz Ensemble, DeWayne Wiggins, Jimmy Dright, and MC Greg Bridges of KPFA/KCSM at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $10-$20. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Jules Broussard, Bing Nathan and Ned Boynton at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Nicole McRory at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790.
www.beckettsirishpub.com
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2
Film
Genetic Screenings: “underexposed: The Temple of the Fetus” 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 & Lectures
Lunch Poems at 12:10 p.m. in the Morrison Library in Doe Library, UC Campus, with Robert Thomas, who won the Poets Out Loud award and has created a sensation with his first book, “Door to Door.” Former U.S. Poet Laureate, Robert Hass will introduce campus figures, from a variety of departments, who will read their favorite poems. Admission is free. 642-0137.
Word Beat Reading Series at 7 p.m. with featured readers Clara Hsu and Don Brennan, followed by an open mic, at Mediterraneum Caffe, 2475 Telegraph Ave., near Dwight Way. For information call 526-5985 or 205-1749.
New Word Series, Preliminary Poetry Slam Bouts, co-presented by Youth Speaks as part of the 3rd Annual Living Word Festival, a spoken word expo featuring internationally recognized spoken word artists, at 8:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $7-$10. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
µ“Poetry Is Not A Luxury” Forrest Hamer, Jewelle Gomez and Sharon Doubiago, with Theresa Harlan as emcee. California Arts Council Poet Fellowship recipients and affiliates read from their work and state the case about the demise of government arts support, at 7 p.m.
at Berkeley Public Library’s Central Community Room, 2090 Kittredge. 981-6233.
Albany Library Prose Night, featuring Jan Steckel reading her short stories, followed by an open mic for prose. From 7 to 9 p.m. in the Edith Stone Room, Albany Library, 1247 Marin Ave., Albany. 526-3720.
“Jewish Humor in American Cinema” with Maimone Attia, Thursdays, Oct. 2 - 30. from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Cost is $45 for members,
seniors and students, $50 for the public. at the Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut St.
848-0237. www.brjcc.org
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
James Carroll will read from his latest novel, “Secret Father,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. www.codysbooks.com
Music & Dance
Larry Ochs Sax and Drumming Core and John Schott’s Typical Orchestra at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Sliding scale donation $7-$15. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com
The Cushion Theory, Ned, and Audrey Sessions at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $6. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Community Drumming Circle at 7 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $5-$7. 525-5054.
www.ashkenaz.com
Jimmy LaFave and Kevin Welch, with Michael Fracasso, Joel Rafael and others, perfrom music in the spirit of Woodie Guthrie, 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
Keni El Lebrijano, flamenco guitar, at 8:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
The Shots, traditional Irish, American Bluegrass at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. beckettsirishpub.com
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3
Exhibition Openings
µBerkeley Arts Festival Headquarters Opening from 4 to 6 p.m. at 2110 Shattuck Ave. 665-9496. www.berkeleyartsfestival.com
Cecile Moochnek Gallery, “Numinous Surfaces,” new paintings by Carol Dalton and Michael Shemchuk. Reception 6 to 8 p.m. Exhibtion runs Oct 3. to Nov. 16. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Wed. through Sun. 1809-D Fourth St. 549-1018. www.cecilemoochnek.com
Emeryville Art Exhibition opening reception from 6 to 9 p.m. The exhibit features over 100 artists and craftspeople. Work includes paintings, sculpture, photographs, textiles, ceramics, jewelery and glass works. Open daily from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 5616 Bay Street. Exhibition runs Oct. 4 through Oct. 26. 652-6122. wwwEmeryArts.org
Film
Heddy Honigmann: “Mind Shadows” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive with the filmmaker in person. Cost is $4 members, UC students, $5 UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth, $8 adults. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Readings & Lectures
Christian Parenti reads from his new book, “Soft Cage: Surveillance in America From Slavery to the War on Terror,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
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
Gallery Talk: Japanese Figure Style with Lynne Kimura, Academic Liaison, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, on the creative explosion of figure styles in Edo painting and the cross-fertilization of audiences in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Japan, 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.
Music & Dance
Djialy Kunda Kouyate, from West Africa, at
9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Shorty Long, Faraway Brothers, and Stiles and Ivey Ragtime Band perform at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $8. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Jaranon y Bochinche, traditional and contemporary Afro-Peruvian music and dance at 8:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $15. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Larry Ochs Sax and Drumming Core and John Schott’s Typical Orchestra at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Sliding scale donation $7-$15. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com
Noggin, unplugged violin duo with Henry Kuntz, solo saxophone at 3111 Deakin St. at 8 p.m. Cost is $8. Presented by Acme Observatory Contemporary Music. 665-1980. http://music.acme.com
Rahim Alhaj, Iraqi oud master, performs 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
Sterling Dervish, acoustic rock and roll at
9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. beckettsirishpub.com
Fleshies, Toys That Kill, Killer Dream,
Swing Ding Amigos, Civil Dysentery 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, OCTOBER 4
µHimalayan Papermaking Demonstration with Nimto Sherpa, papermaking master from Kathmandu, Nepal and Carol Brighton, Berkeley artist and papermaker from 2 to 4 p.m. at Berkeley Arts Festival Headquarters, 2110 Shattuck Ave. 665-9496.
Exhibition Openings
Trax Gallery, “Summer Work” by Matt Metz and Linda Skikora, at 5 p.m. at 1812 5th St. 540-8729.
Children
Los Amiguitos de La Peña with Colibri, music from Latin America, at 10:30 a.m. at La Peña. Cost is $4 for adults, $3 for children. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Film
Seventh Madcat Women’s International Film Festival: “Traditions and Trajectories” at 7 p.m., and “Educated Ladies” at 8:30 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
“Eat the Rich” 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 & Lectures
Jean Shinoda Bolen, reads from her new book, “Crones, Don’t Whine: Concentrated Wisdom for Juicy Women,” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. www.codysbooks.com
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 & Dance
New Millennium Strings, with soloist Jaume Torrent, Spanish Classical Guitar, conducted by Laurien Jones, at 8 p.m. at University Christian Church, 2401 Le Conte Ave. Suggested donation $10, seniors $7. Children under 12 free.
528-4633.
Live Oak Concert with Matthew Owens, ‘cello, at 7:30 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Center in Live Oak Park. Tickets are $10 general, $9 students/seniors and $8 BAC members.
644-6893. www.berkeleyartcenter.org
Festival Antiqua, “The Ladder of Gold,” songs of Balkan Sephardic Jews at 8 p.m. at the Parish Hall, St. Alban’s Church, 1501 Washington St., Albany. Tickets are $15 general and $12
students and seniors. 486-2803 or 524-7952. www.timrayborn.com/Festival
Michael Brecker and Roy Hargrove at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are
$24-$48. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Primary Colors, celebrating the release of their new CD “Every Mother’s Son,” at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $10-$15. 845-5373.
www.jazzschool.com
Luminaries: National Independent Talent Showcase, at 9 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Genres include Hip Hop, R & B, and Reggae. Cost is $10 in advance, $12 at the door.
849-2568. www.lapena.org
FARWest, Folk Music and Dance Alliance regional meeting at noon, with evening showcases beginning at 7 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. For more information and to register, see www.far-west.org
Zydeco Flames at 9:30 p.m., with a dance lesson at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13.
525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Daevid Allen’s University of Errors, The Spindles perform at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $8. 841-2082.
www.starryploughpub.com
Scott Amendola, Dave MacNab and John Witala at 9:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers perform traditional jazz vocals at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $15.50 advance, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Nicole McRory at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790.
www.beckettsirishpub.com
Champion, For the Crown, The Damage Done, Allegiance, Lights Out 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.
Anima Mundi Dance Company previews “Mountains and Rivers Without End,” at 2 p.m. at Yoshi’s Jazz Club, Jack London Square. Admission is $10-$15 sliding scale. 233-5550.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5
µBerkeley Potters Guild Tour and Demon-
stration Members of this 32 year old, 20 member guild will demonstrate potters’ wheel throwing and hand building techniques, at 1 p.m. at the Potters guild, 731 Jones St. at 4th.
524-7031.
Film
Seventh Madcat Women’s International Film Festival: “Clear Visions, Silent Filmmakers” at 5 p.m. with live music by Epic and introduction by Heather Stilin, “Cut Snip Ooze: Contemporary Animated Films by Women” 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
Arab Film Festival, Cinemayaat: “Planet of
the Arabs,” “Lord’s Song in a Strange Land,” at
2 p.m., “Souha Surviving Hell,” “Meantime in Beirut,” at 3:45 p.m., “Travel Agency,” “Under the Sky of Baghdad,” at 5:30 p.m. Wheeler Auditorium, UC Campus. Tickets are $9, students and seniors $7. Closing Night Party at 10 p.m., $20. www.aff.org
Readings & Lectures
Poetry at Cody’s with John Brandi and David Meltzer at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. Donation $2. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Jonathan Lethem reads from ”The Fortress of Solitude,” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. www.codysbooks.com
2004 Slingshot Oganizer, book release party and dinner at 7:30 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
Music & Dance
New Millennium Strings, with soloist Jaume Torrent, Spanish Classical Guitar, conducted by Laurien Jones, at 3 p.m. at St. Clement’s Episcopal Church, 2837 Claremont Blvd. Suggested donation $10, seniors $7. Children under 12 free. 528-4633.
Takács Quartet with Richard Stoltzman at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $30-$52. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
The Balance: Poetry and Jazz The Word-Music Continuum, from 2 to 5 p.m. Part of “Where Art Meets Garden: A Series” in Peralta Community Garden, with Kirk Lumpkin, poetry and percussion, Mark Randall bass, Paul Mills, guitar and The Real Band. Donation suggested, no one turned away. Peralta Community Garden, Hopkins and Peralta. Wheelchair accessible.
231-5912. kirklumpkin@mac.com
Crowden School Recital with Wei He, violin, and Miles Graber, piano, playing works of Bright Sheng, Beethoven, Strauss, and Ysaye, at 3 p.m. at Crowden Music Center, 1475 Rose St. Tickets are $10, free for children 18 and under.
559-6910. www.thecrowdenschool.org
Navarati Festival of Indian Folkdancing,
with “Raas-Garba” from 3 to 6 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $6-$10 sliding scale. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Alice Stuart performs country blues favorites 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
New Era of Cuban Music, an Afro-Cuban
celebration in honor of the Orishas, Orunmila, Eleggua, Oggún and Ochoshi, at 7:30 p.m. at
La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $15 in advance, $ 18 at the door. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Query, world-infused jazz and free improvisation, at 4:30 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is
$12-$18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
Structure of Lies, Animosity, All Shall Perish, Hacksaw to the Throat at 5 p.m. at 924 Gilman St., an all-ages, member-run, no alcohol, no drugs, no violence club. Cost is $5.
525-9926.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 6
Readings & Lectures
Loretta Napoleoni discusses “Modern Jihad: Tracing the Dollars Behind the Terror Networks,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Poetry Express, featuring Claudette Sigg, open mic from 7 to 9:30 p.m., at Priya Restaurant, 2072 San Pablo Ave. berkeleypoetryexpress@yahoo.com
Last Word Poetry Series presents Bucky Sinister and Dawn Trook from 7 to 9 p.m. at Pegasus Bookstore, 2349 Shattuck Ave.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7
Film
The Cinema of Ernie Gehr, Program 1, with the filmmaker in person 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 & Lectures
Judy Collins dicusses the death of her son in “Sanity and Grace: A Journey of Suicide, Survival, and Strength,” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. www.codysbooks.com
Music & Dance
Turtle Island String Quartet, with David Balakrishnan, violin; Evan Price, violin; Danny Seidenberg, viola; Mark Summer, cello; perform jazz, classical and a little of everything else, at at 8 p.m. at the Berkeley City Club. For information call 525-5211. www.berkeleychamberperform.org
Brass Menagerie performs Balkan music at 8:30 p.m., with a dance lesson with Gerry Duke at 7:30 p.m., at Ashkenaz. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Kirov Ballet and the Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $42-$110, and are available from 642-0212. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Dayna Stephens House Jam at The Jazz House. Donation $5. 649-8744.
www.thejazzhouse.com
Mimi Fox, solo guitar, at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8
Film
Heddy Honigmann: “Mental and Melancholy,” 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 & Lectures
Exhibiting Signs of Age, Panel Discussion at 4 p.m. in the Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall, UC Campus. Participants are Thomas W. Laqueur, Interim Director, Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities, and Professor of History, UC Berkeley; Guy Micco, M.D., Director, Center on Aging, and Director, Center of Medicine, Humanities, and Law, UC Berkeley; Beth Dungan, Exhibition Co-curator, Ed Kashi, Photographer; and Julie Winokur, Writer/Producer. 642-0808.
www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Curator’s Talk, “One Struggle, Two Communities: Late 20th Century Political Posters of Havana Cuba and the San Francisco Bay Area,” with Lincoln Cushing at 7:30 p.m. at Berkeley Art Center. 644-6893. www.berkeleyartcenter.org
Café Poetry and open mic, hosted by
Kira Allen at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Gregory Edmont introduces “Spotted in France: A Dog’s Life ... on the Road” 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
Music & Dance
Wednesday Noon Concert with Robert Calonico, clarinet and Jacqueline Chew, piano perform Brahms and Milhaud at the Chevron Auditorium at International House, corner of Bancroft and Piedmont Aves. Admission is free. 642-4864.
Kirov Ballet and the Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $42-$110, and are available from 642-0212. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Sauce Piquante at 8:30 p.m. with a dance lesson with Cheryl McBride 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.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9
Film
Genetic Screenings: The Snowflake Crusade” 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
“Daughter from Danang,” a film by Gail Dolgin and Vicente Franco, at 7 p.m. at 2060 Valley Life Sciences Building. Sponsored by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies. 642-3609. cseas@uclink.berkeley.edu
Readings & Lectures
Ceramic Folk Art of Ecuador Gallery talk with Richard Burkett, professor of ceramics at San Diego State University, at noon at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Kroeber Hall, Bancroft Way at College Ave. 643-7648. www.gal.berkeley.edu/~hearst/
Lois Banner discusses her new biography, “Intertwined Lives: Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict and Their Circle,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Word Beat Reading Series at 7 p.m. with featured readers Mark States and Chokwadi, followed by an open mic, at Mediterraneum Caffe, 2475 Telegraph Ave., near Dwight Way. For information call 526-5985 or 205-1749.
Gallery Tour of Junko Chodos “Requiem for an Executed Bird,” with the artist
