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Arts Calendar
FRIDAY, OCT. 17
French Sculpture An exhibit of photographic prints by Howard Barkan at the Westside Bakery Café, 2570 Ninth St. Mid-show party from 6 to 9 p.m.
FILM
Heddy Honigmann: “The Underground Orchestra” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
“Sammy and Rosie Get Laid,” at 8 p.m. at the Long Haul, 3124 Shattuck Ave. Wheelchair accessible. 540-0751. www.thelonghaul.org
READINGS AND LECTURES
Susan Snyder will show slides and discuss her new book, “Bear in Mind: The California Grizzly,” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. www.codysbooks.com
George Packer and Todd Gitlin introduce “The Fight is For Democracy: Winning the War of Ideas in America and the World,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. www.codysbooks.com
Randy Fingland will be featured at the Fellowship Café & Open Mike, from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at the Fellowship Hall, Cedar and Bonita Sts. A donation of $5-$10 is requested. 540-0898.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Chamber Music Concert with Jerry Kuderna, piano and Elaine Kreston, cello, at 8 p.m. at Berkeley Arts Festival Gallery, 2324 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $10. 665-9496. www.berkeleyartsfestival.com
The Starry Plough’s 30th Anniversary with Chuck Prophet and Stephanie Finch, the Moore Brothers, Bart Davenport, Etienne de Rocher, and Willow Willow at 9 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Free. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
“Another Abstraction” with Joel Davel, marimba lumina, percussion; Roberto Morales, piano, buchla piano bar, jarocho harp, flute, pre-Columbian flutes, electroacoustics; and Matt Wright, electroacoustics, percussion, at 8 p.m. at The Center for New Music and Audio Technologies, 1750 Arch St. Cost is $10 general admission, $5 students. Wheelchair accessible. For map and directions see www.cnmat.berkeley.
edu/Home/WhereisCNMAT.html
Steve Lucky and The Rhumba Bums, with Ms. Carmen Getit perform East Coast Swing and Lindy Hop at 9 p.m., with a dance lesson with Nick and Shanna at 8 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
La Peña Community Chorus presents “Canto Para Una Semilla,” a cantata based on the autobiographical verses of Violeta Parra, at 8 p.m., at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Ellen Robinson, jazz vocalist, 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
Denise Perrier at 9:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
All Bets Off, Powerhouse, Life Long Tragedy, Love Hope and Fear at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $5. 525-9926.
Spinside, featuring members of Solomon Grundy, at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
The Skin Divers perform funky blues rock at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. beckettsirishpub.com
Tim Barsky, Ashkenazi storyteller and oral historian, 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, OCT. 18
CHILDREN
Los Amiguitos de La Peña with Asheba, improvisational singer/songwriter from Trinidad, at 10:30 a.m. at La Peña. Cost is $4 for adults, $3 for children. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Kids on the Block Puppet Show, promoting acceptance and understanding of physical and cultural differences at 2 p.m. at the Hall of Health, 2230 Shattuck Ave., lower level. Sug-
gested donation $3. Children under 3 free. 549-1564.
FILM
Festival Film Program, “I Have a Dream,” by recent Berkeley High graduates, “Of Rights and Wrongs,” “Let’s Face It,” “Across Time & Space,” “A Home on the Range: The Jewish Chicken Farmers of Petaluma” and other films, from noon to 6 p.m. at Berkeley Arts Festival Gallery, 2324 Shattuck Ave. 665-9496.
New Latin American Cinema: “Bolivia” at 5:25 and 8:50 p.m. and “Maids” at 7 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
A Tribute To Pablo Neruda, an evening of poetry readings, music, and a preview of an upcoming documentary on his life and work, at 7 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $15. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Janna Levin explains “How the Universe Got its Spots: Diary of a Finite Time in a Finite Space,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Richard Lupoff will speak on “Versatility: The Writer as Jack of All Trades” from 10 a.m. to noon, Barnes and Noble, 2352 Shattuck Ave. www.berkeleywritersclub.org
MUSIC AND DANCE
The Starry Plough’s 30th Anniversary with the Naked Barbies, George Pederson and His Pretty Good Band, Mark Growden, and Faun Fables at 9 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Free. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
An Evening of Improv Comedy with Platypus Jones at 8 p.m. at La Val’s, 1834 Euclid. Cost is $10, $7 with student i.d. 338-3899. www.platpusjones.com
“Another Abstraction” - see listing for Fri. Oct. 17.
Bluegrass Intentions, traditional bluegrass quintet, 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
Stephanie Bruce performs at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Tickets are $12-$18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
Tim Barsky, Ashkenazi storyteller and oral historian, at the 1923 Teahouse at 8 p.m. Suggested donation of $7-$15, no one turned away. 644-2204. www.epicarts.org
Kotoja performs Afro-Beat at 9:30 p.m. with an African dance lesson with Comfort Mensah at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
The Mind Club at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
Nicole McRory at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. beckettsirishpub.com
Octomutt, with members of Drizzoletto, at Epic Arts Studios, 1923 Ashby. Donation of $7-$10. 644-2204.
The Pitt of Fashion Orchestra at 9:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Cripple Bastards, Phobia, Born Dead Icons, La Fraction, Depressor at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $5. 525-9926.
SUNDAY, OCT. 19
Berkeley Potters Guild Tour and Demonstration at 1 p.m. at the Potters Guild, 731 Jones St. at 4th. 524-7031.
FILM
Fernando de Fuentes: From the Revolution to the Comedia Ranchera, “Prisoner Number 13” at 5:30 p.m. and “El Compadre Mendoza” at 7:05 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
“Late Marriage,” an Israeli film about arranged marriages among Georgian immigrants in Haifa, at 2 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut St. Suggested donation $2. 848-0237. www.brjcc.org
READINGS AND LECTURES
Poetry at Cody’s with Geoff Brock and Sidney Wade at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. Donation $2. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Peter Nichols discusses his new book, “Evolution’s Captain: The Dark Fate of the Man Who Sailed Charles Darwin Around the World,” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. www.codysbooks.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
MUSIC AND DANCE
Piano Concert with Jerry Kuderna performing Scriabin, Debussy, Swift and Chopin at 3 p.m. at Berkeley Arts Festival Gallery, 2324 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $10. 665-9496. www.berkeleyartsfestival.com
Peace it Together An exporation of the elements of lasting peace and building community through collaborative art and performance, with Betsy Rose, singer/songwriter; Adam David Miller, poet; Gael Alcock, cellist; and Tomoko Murikami, dancer and visual artist, from 1 to 5 p.m. at Charlie Dohr Park, 2216 Acton. Free. www.berkeleyartsfestival.com
Organ Recital by David R. Hunsberger performing the music of Sweelinck, Buxtehude, Bach, Hindemith, and Rheinberger at 7 p.m. at St. John's Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave.
Classical Encounter Philharmonia presents music of four of the most popular composers of the Classical era at 7:30 p.m. at First Congregational Church, Channing at Dana. Tickets are $29-$60 and are available from 415-392-4400, or on-line at www.philharmonia.org
Student Gamelan Ensemble performs in the Morrison/Hertz Breezeway, UC Campus, at 3 p.m. http://music.berkeley.edu
Afro-Caribbean Music, featuring Francisco Barroso, Afro-Cuban Rumba, Susana Arenas, Hector Lugo, Puerto Rican Bomba at 6:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. A fundraiser in support of Yaya Maldonado’s effort to continue his studies of Ifa in Africa. Cost is $12-$15 sliding scale. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Music from Scotland, England and Beyond with Fil Campbell with Tom McFarland at 7:30 p.m. Donation of $12 in advance, $15 at the door. For reservations and location email sally@greenberg.org
Metta Quintet, performing from their new CD, at 4:30 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $10-$15. 845-5373. www.jazz-
school.com
Vasen, Swedish folk revivalists, 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 The Saddle Cats at 4 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
TUESDAY, OCT. 21
FILM
The Cinema of Ernie Gehr, Program 3, 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
Berkeley Writers at Work: John McWhorter, professor of linguistics, discusses his book “The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language,” and the writing process from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Morrison Library, 101 Main Library, UC Campus. Free, but registration requested, 642-6392.
Joan Didion disusses “Where I Was From,” at 7:30 p.m. in the Large Assembly at First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way, entrance on Dana. Tickets are $5. Sponsored by Cody’s Books and the Graduate School of Journalism. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Dianne Bunnell will discuss her new book “The Protest,” inspired by the religious hijaking of her daughters, at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble.
MUSIC AND DANCE
“Ain't Misbehavin’,” starring Vivian Jett from the original Broadway cast, Oct. 21, 22, 24, 26 at 8 p.m., Oct. 25 at 2 p.m. at the Julia Morgan Theater. Tickets are $29.50 - $50, and are available from 925-798-1300. www.juliamorgan.org
Mimi Fox, solo guitar, at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Tish Hinojosa, Texas folk roots, 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
Dayna Stephens House Jam at The Jazz House. Donation $5. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 22
FILM
Heddy Honigmann: “2 Minutes Silence, Please” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Cine Documental: “From the Other Side” Through images and interviews with Mexicans and U.S. law enforcement officers, this film examines the plight of Mexicans who try to immigrate to the U.S. illegally. At 7 p.m. at 160 Kroeber Hall, UC Campus. Sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies. 642-2088. teodora@uclink.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
David Maraniss introduces his new work, “They Marched into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
“Seriously Funny: The Rebel Comedians of the 1950’s and 1960’s” with Gerald Nachman at 7:30 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut St. Co-sponsored with Berkeley Hadassah and Black Oak Books. 848-0237. www.brjcc.org
Cy Tymony will demonstrate “Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things” at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble.
Café Poetry and Open Mic hosted by Paradise at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Donation requested. 849-2568.
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
MUSIC AND DANCE
Wednesday Noon Concert with Benjamin Simon, viola, Gianna Abondolo, cello and Karen Rosenak, piano perform Honegger and Abondolo at the Chevron Auditorium at International House, corner of Bancroft and Piedmont Aves. Admission is free. 642-4864.
From the Cafetorium in Berkeley: Better Bad News Berkeley artist Gerge Coates’ independent media project will be shown at 7 p.m. on BTV Channel 25. Ordinary citizens reverse the flow of information using the internet to rewrite the text fed to professional newscasters on the teleprompter. With veteran formers Kurt Reinhardt, Annie Larson, Kris Welch, Doctor Mozzarella, Karen Ripley, Betty Halpern and students of the BUSD Adult School. 665-9496.
www.berkeleyartsfestival.com
All Wrecked Up! performs post-mountain American 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
Edessa with Brenna MacCrimmon at 8:30 p.m. with a Balkan dance lesson with Gerry Duke at 7:30 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.
Ross Hammond Trio at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Donations of $8-$15 suggested. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com
Mas Cabeza, Latin salsa, funk, jazz band at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
Nicole McRory at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. beckettsirishpub.com
THURSDAY, OCT. 23
THEATER
Dept. of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies presents “The Story of Susanna” by Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl, at 8 p.m. in Zellerbach Room 7. Admission is $7. 642-9925. jreil@uclink.berkeley.edu
Woman’s Will, “Othello” The Bay Area’s all female Shakespeare company presents Shakespeare’s tragedy at 8 p.m. at Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Tickets are $12-$25. 420-0138.
FILM
Memorial Project Vietnam, two films by Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba at 7 p.m. at Berkeley Public Library’s Central Community Room, 2090 Kittredge. 981-6233.
Genetic Screenings: “Hybrid” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Potters, Painters and Weavers of Ecuador Gallery talk with Javier Guerro, senior curator at the San Diego Museum of Man at noon at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum, Kroeber Hall, Bancroft Way at College Ave. 643-7648. www.gal.berkeley.edu/~hearst/
Word Beat Reading Series at 7 p.m. with featured readers Carol Hochberg and Ruth Levitan, followed by an open mic, at Mediterraneum Caffe, 2475 Telegraph Ave., near Dwight Way. 526-5985 or 205-1749.
Al Franken brings his “Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right,” to Zellerbach Hall at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20-$36 and are available from642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Lara Starr will introduce her new book, “The Partygirl Cookbook” at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble.
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
MUSIC AND DANCE
Secluded Journalists, Ayentee, Megabusive, Destined and Gavin, at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $5. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Beth Custer at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Donations of $10-$20 suggested. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com
Grateful Dead DJ Night with Digital Dave at 10 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $6. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
The Monks of Doom and Jonathan Segel at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $9.
841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Tree Leyburn & Friends perfrom acoustic folk at the 1923 Teahouse at 8 p.m. Suggested donation of $7-$15. 644-2204. www.epicarts.org
Davka performs new Klezmer/
Middle Eastern jazz fusion 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
Keni El Lebrijano, flamenco guitar, at 8 :30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Autana, light rock at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. beckettsirishpub.com
