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Arts Calendar
FRIDAY, OCT. 3
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
Berkeley 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
FILM
Heddy Honigmann: “Mind Shadows” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive with the filmmaker in person. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.
berkeley.edu
READINGS AND 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, 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 AND 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
Bitches Brew, big band tribute to the Electric Miles Davis era, at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
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. Cost is $5. 525-9926.
SATURDAY, OCT. 4
Himalayan Papermaking Demonstration with Nimto Sherpa, papermaking master from Kathmandu, 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-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
“Eat the Rich” at 8 p.m. at the Long Haul, 3124 Shattuck Ave. Wheelchair accessible. 540-0751.
www.thelonghaul.org
READINGS AND 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
Bruce Balfour, author of “The Digital Dead” at the Dark Carnival Bookstore, 3086 Claremont Ave, at 2 p.m. 654-7323.
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
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. Tickets are $8-$10. 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 $12-$15. 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.
Blue & Tan, with bassist Vicky Grossi at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
The Original Intentions at 8 p.m. at the 1923 Teahouse. Suggested donation of $7-$12. 644-2204. www.epicarts.org
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, OCT. 5
Berkeley Potters Guild Tour and Demonstration Members of this 32 year old, 20 member guild will demonstrate potters’ wheel throwing and hand buil-
ding 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-$8. 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 AND 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 Organizer, book release party and dinner at 7:30 p.m. at the Long Haul, 3124 Shattuck Ave. Wheelchair accessible. 540-0751. www.thelonghaul.org
MUSIC AND 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. with Kirk Lumpkin, poetry and percussion; Mark Randall, bass; Paul Mills, guitar and The Real Band. Peralta Community Garden, Hopkins and Peralta. 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
Early Music Zachary Gordin, countertenor and Glibert Martinez, harpsichord perform vocal music of Vivaldi, at 4 p.m. at MusicSources, 1000 The Alameda, at Marin. 528-1685.
www.sfems.org/musicsources
Baroque Etcetera, “London Meets Paris,” instrumental and vocal works by Händel, Lully, Purcell, Jacquet de la Guerre, Boismortier and Draghi, at 5 p.m., at St. Ambrose Church, 1145 Gilman St. Suggested donation is $10, no one turned away. 540-8222. www.baroquetc.org
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
Hemispheres, 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, OCT. 6
READINGS AND 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, OCT. 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-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND 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 AND DANCE
Turtle Island String Quartet David Balakrishnan, violin; Evan Price, violin; Danny Seidenberg, viola; Mark Summer, cello; perform jazz, classical and a little of everything else, at 8 p.m. at the Berkeley City Club. 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 642-9988. 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, OCT. 8
FILM
Heddy Honigmann: “Mental and Melancholy,” at 7:10 p.m. Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Exhibiting Signs of Age, Panel Discussion at 4 p.m. in the Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall, UC Campus, with 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 AND DANCE
Wednesday Noon Concert Robert Calonico, clarinet and Jacqueline Chew, piano perform Brahms and Milhaud at the Chevron Auditorium at International House, 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 642-9988. 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.
Flowtilla plays a blend of psychedelic world groove funk-jazz at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9
FILM
Genetic Screenings: “The Snowflake Crusade” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 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 AND 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 fran Executed Bird,” with the artist at 4 p.m. followed by a talk, “Spirituality and the Process of Creating Art” at 5 p.m. Flora Lamson Hewlett Library, Graduate Theological Union, 2400 Ridge Rd. 649-2541.
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
Curator’s Talk, “Aging and the Body” with Beth Dungan at 12:15 p.m. in the Theater Gallery, Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
A Doctor in Chechnya, Khassan Baieva talks about his new book, “The Oath: A Surgeon Under Fire,” written with the assistance of Ruth and Nicholas Daniloff, at 7:30 p.m. at Easy Going Travel Shop and Bookstore, 1385 Shattuck Ave at Rose, 843-3533.
MUSIC AND DANCE
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 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
New Century Chamber Orchestra, “A Musical Halloween” at 8 p.m. at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, Tickets are $28-$39 and are available from 415-392-4400. www.ncco.org
Grateful Dead DJ Night from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $6. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Festival, with Patrick Landeza, Dale Miller and Teja Gerken 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
Nourish the New Brazil! An evening of news updates, with author Angus Wright, and Brazilian jazz and funk by Voz e Vento at 7:30 p.m., at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $7. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
May Pole, J. Othello (The Love Rino) and Poor Bailey perform at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $7. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Keni El Lebrijano, flamenco guitar, at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
