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Arts Calendar
FRIDAY, OCT. 10
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
Gardens Showcase Gallery Reception from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. featuring 21 resident artists from Redwood Gardens, a community development providing affordable housing for senior citizens and disabled adults. 2951 Derby St.
FILM
Heddy Honigmann: “O Amor Natural” at 7:30 p.m. at Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
“Holy Land” about life in the Middle East opens at Landmark’s Shattuck Cinema.
READINGS AND LECTURES
Terry Pratchett reads from his new novel, “Monstrous Regiment,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. www.codysbooks.com
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
Festival Antiqua, classical, folk, and devotional music of Turkey and Eastern Europe, 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
The Ives String Quartet, “Inspired By,” three string quartets inspired by other artists’ works. Robin Sharp and Susan Freier, violins; Scott Woolweaver, viola; and Stephen Harrison, cello. At 8 p.m. at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave. Tickets are $20 general, $10 students, and are available from 415-883-0727.
Ollin, at 9 p.m., at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Harry Best and Shabang, Tropical Vibrations perform caribbean/reggae at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Rosin Coven and Japonize Elephants perform at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $9.
841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Leonard Thompson at 9:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Nac One, featuring DJ Gigs, at 8 p.m. at the 1923 Teahouse. 644-2204.
Stairwell Sisters perform old-time stringband music 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
Quarteto Sonando, Latin jazz at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
The Dwarves, The Frisk, This is My Fist!, Scattered Fall at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $5. 525-9926.
Lycanthrope Lounge Pre-Halloween Bash with Nommo Ogo, David Seagull and more, 10 p.m. at The Long Haul, 3124 Shattuck Ave. 540-0751.
SATURDAY, OCT. 11
CHILDREN
Los Amiguitos de La Peña with Juanita Ulloa, original and traditional songs from Mexico, at 10:30 a.m. at La Peña. Cost is $4 for adults, $3 for children. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
FILM
New Latin American Cinema: “Crane World” at 5:10 and 9:20 p.m. and “Japón” at 7 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
“Enter the Dragon,” classic Bruce Lee, at 8 p.m. at the Long Haul, 3124 Shattuck Ave. Wheelchair accessible. 540-0751. www.thelonghaul.org
READINGS AND LECTURES
Saul Landau discusses “The Pre-emptive Empire: A Guide to Bush’s Kingdom,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852.
www.codysbooks.com
Shelly Rivoli reads from her novel “I Was a Vacuum Cleaner Salesman,” the story of a young woman trying to earn money for tuition, at 7:30 p.m. at Boadecia's Books, 398 Colusa Ave. 559-9184.
Rhythm and Muse with Avotcja at 7 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Center. 644-6893.
www.berkeleyartcenter.org
Poetry Lovers Unite! Poetry Book Club meets to read from “American’s Favorite Poems,” edited by poet laureate Robert Pinsky at 7:30 p.m. at the Claremont Branch Library, 2940 Benvenue Ave. 981-6280.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Face Orchestra, “Fish Pond,” installation by Mantra and music by Dan and Mantra Plonsey, at 8 p.m. at Berkeley Arts Festival Headquarters, 2110 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $8. 665-9496.
Kirov Ballet and the Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater at 2 and 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $42-$110, available from 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Facing East, East/West fusion group, performs at 7 p.m. at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. 415-703-0330. www.facingeast.com
Café de la Paz's 10th Anniversary and Flamenco Celebration Dinner show at 8 p.m., seating at 6 p.m. for $40-$47, or late show at 10 p.m. for $20-$27. Reservations encouraged. 843-0662. cafedelapaz.net
Julia Tsitsi Chigamba and the Chinyakare Ensemble, performance of Zimbabwean music on traditional instruments, at 8 p.m. at the Mahea Uchiyama Center for International Dance, 729 Heinz Ave. Cost is $12-$15. 845-2605.
Jolie Holland sings 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
Larry Schneider Quintet performs at 8 p.m. at the Jazz-
school. Cost is $12-$18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
Married Couple, alt-jazz ensemble, at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
The Edlos perform a cappella at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $16.50 in advance, $17.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Ze Manel, from Guinea-Bissau, performs at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Schloss, Brian Kenney Fresno, Fear of Sleep, Three Piece Combo perform at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $6. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Frank Jackson at 9:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Nicole McRory at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. becketts-
irishpub.com
Hammers of Misfortune, Bread and Water, Garuda, Abandon, 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.
SUNDAY, OCT. 12
Berkeley Potters Guild Tour and Demonstration Members of the 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.
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
Berkeley Arts Festival Exhibition Opening, drawings and prints by Carol Brighton, Mari Marks Fleming, Debra Jewel, Sylvia Sussman, Sandy Walker, Audrey Wallace Taylor, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Berkeley Arts Festival Gallery, 2324 Shatttuck Ave. 665-9496. www.berkeleyartsfestival.com
Women's Cancer Resource Center, “Roots - Art” by Renata Gray and Rae Louise Hayward. Reception with the artists from 1 to 4 p.m. 5741 Telegraph Ave. 601-4040. wcrc@wcrc.org
FILM
New Latin American Cinema: “Japón” at 5:30 p.m. at the Pa-
cific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Poetry at Cody’s with Kate Gale and Tracy K. Smith at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. Donation $2. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Power of Poetry: A Celebration at 7:30 p.m. in the Domin-
ican School of Philosophy and Theology lounge, 2401 Ridge Rd. Featuring Wayne Daniel Berard, winner of the Sixth Annual New Eden Chapbook Contest. cjrenzop@yahoo.com
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
“Genes, Texts, and Tropes: A Space between Fiction and Fact,” lecture by Evelyn Fox Keller at 3 p.m. in the Museum Theater, Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Jazz Latino: America’s Music, a lecture demonstration with John Santos from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at The Jazzschool. Free, registration suggested, call 845-5373.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Kirov Ballet and the Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater at 3 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $42-$110, and are available from 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Live Oak Concert with Nan-
ette McGuiness, soprano, and William Ludtke, composer, pianist, at 7:30 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Center. Tickets are $10 general, $9 students/seniors and $8 BAC members. 644-6893. www.berkeleyartcenter.org
Music from Scotland, England and Beyond with David Francey at 7:30 p.m. Donation of $12 in advance, $15 at the door. For reservations and location email sally@greenberg.org
Xicano Moratorium presents Indigenous People’s Day, with activists, music and culture,
at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $5. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
California Friends of
Louisiana French Music Dance Jam from 2 to 6:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Dance workshops from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Cost is $5 for members, and $8 non-members. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Austin Lounge Lizards 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
Americana Unplugged, with Cabin Fever at 4 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
MONDAY, OCT. 13
READINGS AND LECTURES
Susan Choi introduces her new novel, “American Woman,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Martin Kersels discusses his “performative objects,” exploring the themes of gravity and the human form, at 7:30 p.m. at 160 Kroeber Hall, UC Campus. 642-2582.
Poetry Express, open mic featuring Phil Taggert from 7 to 9:30 p.m., at Priya Restaurant, 2072 San Pablo Ave. berkeleypoetryexpress@yahoo.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Sarah Cahill and Innovative Piano Program, featuring a special performance of Frederic Rzewski’s “Coming Together,” commemorating the Attica prison uprising, at 8 p.m. at Berkeley Arts Festival Gallery, 2324 Shattuck Ave. 655-9496. www.berkeleyartsfestival.com
Bill Staines performs traditional folk 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
TUESDAY, OCT. 14
FILM
The Cinema of Ernie Gehr, Program 2, with the filmmaker in person, at 7:30 p.m at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is
$4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Jonathan Raban reads from “Waxwings” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. www.codysbooks.com
Best of Open Mic Invitational and Showcase at 7:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $7, $5 with student i.d. 841-2082.
www.starryploughpub.com
The Whole Note Poetry Series, with Alan Clay and Selene Steese, at 7 p.m. at The Beanery, 2925 College Ave., near Ashby. 549-9093
MUSIC AND DANCE
“Blue” Gene Tyranny, composer/pianist in a rare West Coast appearance, will play pieces from his new album, “Take Your Time” for electromagnetically-stimulated piano, and “Spirit” for computer-edited harmonics and piano, at 8 p.m. at Berkeley Arts Festival Gallery, 2324 Shattuck Ave. Tickets are $10-$15. 665-9496.
Mimi Fox, solo guitar, at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Courtableu performs at 8:30 p.m. with a Cajun dance lesson with Diana Castillo at 8 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Dayna Stephens House Jam at The Jazz House. Donation $5. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 15
FILM
Heddy Honigmann: “Good-Bye” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Molly Ivins reads from “Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush’s America” at 7:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary at the First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way, entrance on Dana. Sponsored by Cody’s Books and the Graduate School of Journalism. Tickets are $5. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Artists Forum “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
Poetry Reading with Art Goodtimes and friends at 7 p.m. at the Ecology Center, 2530 San Pablo Ave. 548-2220 ext. 227. www.ecologycenter.org
Berkeley Poetry Slam special anniversary theme with birthday cake and prizes at 8:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $7, $5 with student i.d. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Emmy Werner on the “Conspiracy of Decency: Rescue of the Danish Jews during World War II” at 7:30 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut St. 848-0237. www.brjcc.org
MUSIC AND DANCE
Wednesday Noon Concert, Alexandra Roedder, cello, Adam Scow, violin and Tiffany Shiau, piano, perform Bach and Turina at the Chevron Auditorium at International House, corner of Bancroft and Piedmont Aves. Admission is free. 642-4864.
Brenda Boykin and Big Soul Country perform West Coast Swing and R&B at 9 p.m. with a swing lesson with Nick and Shanna at 8 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Baby Gramps, vo-calisthenics and stunt 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
Nicole McRory at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. beckettsirishpub.com
Jules Broussard, Bing Nathan and Ned Boynton at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Sarah Manning Trio at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
THURSDAY, OCT. 16
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
Addison Street Windows, “Natural Forces” paintings by Bill Douglas, Corrine Innis and Orlonda Uffre, opening reception from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at 2018 Addison St. 658-0585.
FILM
Genetic Screenings: “Tecknolust” with filmmaker Lynn Hershman Leeson in person, at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Community Reading of “Grass Roof, Tin Roof” at 7 p.m. at Berkeley Publc Library’s Central Community Room, 2090 Kittredge. 981-6233.
Guided Tour: Gene(sis): Contemporary Art Explores Human Genomics, at 5:30 p.m., Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Mark Baldassare discusses public polling and voter behavior, drawing on his book “A California State of Mind: The Conflicted Voter in a Changing World” at 7 p.m. at UC Press, 2120 Berkeley Way. Free. Part of the series “Minds on Fire: Conversations with UC Press Authors.” 642-9828.
Tim Holt, author of “Songs of the Simple Life,” will speak on his philosophy of living at 7 p.m. at the North Branch of the Public Library, 1170 The Alameda. 981-6250.
Rick Atkinson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History, reads from “An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa 1942-1943,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. www.codysbooks.com
Word Beat Reading Series at 7 p.m. with featured readers N-Side and Avotcja, at Mediterraneum Caffe, 2475 Telegraph Ave. 526-5985.
Alison Wright, photojournalist, introduces her new book, “Faces of Hope: Children of a Changing World,” at 7:30 p.m. at Easy Going Bookstore, 1385 Shattuck Ave at Rose, 843-3533.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Multi Media Concert Chris Jonas and Lolly Sturgess in a performance for voices and instruments at 8 p.m. at Berkeley Arts Festival Headquarters, 2110 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $8. 665-9496. www.berkeleyartsfestival.com
The Starry Plough’s 30th Anniversary with the Cowlicks, Loretta Lynch and Yardsale at 9 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Free. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Daniel Pearl Music Day, A tribute to Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl at 8 p.m. at Ashkenaz. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Bob Norman and Alan Senauke, songs of social change at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10, $8 students and seniors. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Steve Baughman and Robin Bullock, Celtic guitar summit, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $15.50 in advance, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
The Shots, traditional Irish, American bluegrass, at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. beckettsirishpub.com
Keni El Lebrijano, flamenco guitar, at 8:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
