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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. 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” at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble.  

MUSIC AND DANCE 

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 

From the Cafetorium in Berkeley: Better Bad News Berkeley artist Gerge Coates’ independent media project will be screened at the Berkeley Arts Festival Gallery at at Addison and Shattuck, at 6:30 p.m. and 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 Kurt Reinhardt, Annie Larson, Kris Welch, Doctor Mozzarella, Karen Ripley, Betty Halpern and students of the BUSD Adult School. 665-9496.  

www.berkeleyartsfestival.com 

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. At 7 p.m. at 160 Kroeber Hall, UC Campus. Sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies. 642-2088. teodora@uclink.berkeley.edu  

“We Interrupt This Empire,” documentary about the protests in SF after the war in Iraq began, at 7 p.m. at 145 Dwinnelle, UC Campus. $5 suggested donation.  

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 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. 

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 

“We Interrupt This Empire,” documentary about the protests in SF after the war in Iraq began, at 7 p.m. at 145 Dwinnelle, UC Campus. $5 suggested donation.  

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, at Mediterraneum Caffe, 2475 Telegraph Ave., near Dwight Way. 526-5985.  

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 from 642-9988. 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 

FRIDAY, OCT. 24 

“A Tale of Symbiosis” Brecht, Bacteria, and the Biosphere, an evening of science, ecological storytelling, song, and artwork, co-authored by R.G. Davis and Joyce Todd McBride, with a 100-foot-long painted scroll by Ariel. Music by Schoenberg, Satie, and J.T. McBride. At 8 p.m. at Berkeley Arts Festival Gallery, 2324 Shattuck Ave. Tickets are $8-$15 sliding scale. 665-9496. www.berkeleyartsfestival.com 

CHILDREN 

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with readings from “Dora the Explorer” and other stories, at 10:30 a.m. at Barnes and Noble.  

THEATER 

The Un-Scripted Theater Company, “Fear” a full-length thriller, no two shows are the same, at 8 p.m. at La Val’s Subterranean, 1834 Euclid Ave. Tickets are $7-$10. 415-869-5384. www.unscripted.com 

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 

Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, “Ain't Misbehavin’,” starring Vivian Jett from the original Broadway cast, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $29.50 - $50, and are available from 925-798-1300. www.juliamorgan.org 

FILM 

Heddy Honigmann: “Private” and “Good Husband, Dear Son” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Anne Garrels, introduces “Naked in Baghdad: The Iraq War as Seen by NPR correspondent Anne Garrels,” at 7:30 p.m. in the Large Assembly of First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way. Tickets are $5. Sponsored by Cody’s Books and The Graduate School of Journalism. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com 

END-dependence Spoken Word Tour, fundraiser for Rocky Boice, Jr., sponsored by MEXA/Centro Abya Yala Xicana/ Latino Agenda Office, at 8 p.m. 145 Dwinelle, UC Campus. $5-8 sliding scale. www.brownprde. 

com/END-dependence 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Prague Chamber Orchestra and The Eroica Trio at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $30-$52. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu  

Trinity Chamber Concerts, from West to East, piano to didjeridu at 8 p.m. at Trinity Chapel, 2320 Dana St. Admission by donation, $12 general, $8 students, seniors, disabled. No one turned away. 549-3864. 

Festival Antiqua, “The Black Dragon,” music from the Time of Vlad Dracula 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 

La Monica “The Amorous Lyre,” a performance featuring music by 17th century Italian Baroque masters such as Monteverdi, Castello, and Marini at 8 p.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft Way. Admission is $15, $9 for students and seniors. 323-547-4442. 

Ani DiFranco at 7:30 p.m. at the Greek Theater. 642-0212.  

The Slackers and Maxine perform Ska at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenez. Cost is $10 in advance, $12 at the door. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

Kellye Gray, jazz singer, at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $12-$18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com 

Mood Food, The Saul Kaye band, and Tad Jordan perform at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $7. 841-2082.  

www.starryploughpub.com  

peAktimes, experimental dance, music and theater based on todays’s news, at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Suggested donation $5-$10. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.org 

Sylvia and the Silvertones at 9:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810. 

Bizar Bazaar improvise and jam at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277. 

Monster Cock Rally perform free jazz at the 1923 Teahouse at 8 p.m. Donation of $7-$15, no one turned away. 644-2204. www.epicarts.org 

Laurel Canyon Ramblers perform left coast bluegrass 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 

Lovemakers, Boy Skout, Ned at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $5. 525-9926. 

Seventy, original pop influenced by the Beatles, Joe Jackson, etc. at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. beckettsirishpub.com 

SATURDAY, OCT. 25 

“A Tale of Symbiosis” Brecht, Bacteria, and the Biosphere, see listing for Oct. 24. 

EXHIBITION OPENINGS 

“Diversity in Figures,” featuring Phoebe Ackley, Janet Bradlor, The Artist Hines, and Michael Sacramento at 8 p.m., with music at 9 p.m. at 4th Street Studio, 1717D 4th St. 527-0600. 

THEATER 

Dept. of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies presents “The Story of Susanna” 

by Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl, at 2 and 8 p.m. in Zellerbach Room 7. Admission is $7. 642-9925. jreil@uclink.berkeley.edu 

The Un-Scripted Theater Company, “Fear” a full-length thriller, no two shows are the same, at 8 p.m. at La Val’s Subterranean, 1834 Euclid Ave. Tickets are $7-$10. 415-869-5384. www.unscripted.com 

Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, “Ain't Misbehavin’,” starring Vivian Jett from the original Broadway cast, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $29.50 - $50, and are available from 925-798-1300. www.juliamorgan.org 

CHILDREN  

Los Amiguitos de La Peña with Gary Lapow 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: “25 Watts” at 5 and 8:40 p.m. and “The Birthday” at 7 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Banned Books Week Join us for a community reading from “The Guinness Book of World Records,” from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Central Library Plaza, 2090 Kittredge St. 981-6100. 

Rhythm and Muse with M.O.S.A.I.C., Eliza Shefler, Gael Alcock, Nicole Milner and Susan Newman at 7 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Center. 644-6893. www.berkeleyartcenter.org 

Dan Rhodes and DBC Pierre read from their respective novels, “Timoleon Vieta Come Home” and “Vernon God Little” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com 

Joel ben Izzy reads from “The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness,” at 7:30 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut St. 848-0237. www.brjcc.org 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

San Francisco Early Music Society presents Ensemble Mirable, Joanna Blendulf, cello; JungHae Kim, harpsichord; with guest artists Jay White, counter- 

tenor; Katherine Kyme, violin; and Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin, at 8 p.m. at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave. Tickets are $25-22, $10 for students. 528-1725. www.sfems.org 

Kensington Symphony, with Laurien Jones, guest conductor, performs Beethoven, Vivaldi and Franck at 8 p.m. at Northminster Presbyterian Church, 545 Ash- 

bury Ave. El Cerrito. Suggested donation $10, seniors $8. 534-4334. 

Conscious Fools, an evening of performance, poetry and fools, presented by Minoo Hamzavi at 8 p.m. in Western Sky Studio, 2525 Eighth St. Tickets are $10-$15, seniors and students $5. 848-4133. 

Tom Rigney and Flambeau perform Cajun/Zydeco at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cajun dance lesson with Patti Whitehurst at 8:30 p.m. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

Blues and Otherstuff, with Miss Faye Carol and The Off The Hook Band at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $15 and up, sliding scale. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

The Tiptons, Lemon Lime Lights, and Bill Holdens at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $8. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com 

Hafez Modirzadeh, Persian-American saxophonist, at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $10-$15. 845-5373. www.jazz- 

school.com 

Sarah Manning, jazz saxophonist, at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Donations suggested.  

649-8744. www.thejazz- 

house.org 

Divas Latinas, the music of passion with Viviana Guzman and Tianne Frias 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 

Solo Oud Night with Tom Chandler and Eliot Bates at the 1923 Teahouse at 8 p.m. Suggested donation of $7. 644-2204. www.epicarts.org 

Kellye Gray at 9:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810. 

Yaphet Kotto, Hot Cross, Lick Golden Sky, Anodyne, 30 Years Way at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $5. 525-9926. 

Famous Last Words 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 

SUNDAY, OCT. 26 

“A Tale of Symbiosis” Brecht, Bacteria, and the Biosphere, see listing for Oct. 24. 

Inspired by Chagall Artist and Arts Educator Nancy Katz opens her studio for play with assorted colorful materials. All, including creatively blocked adults, are welcome. From 1 to 4 p.m. at 2121 Bonar Street, #F, in the Strawberry Creek Design Center. 665-9496.