Page One
Arts Calendar
FRIDAY, NOV. 7
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
Kathleen Flanigan, “Birds of a Feather,” recent work including furniture. Reception from 5 to 8 p.m. at Epoch Gallery, 2284 Fulton St. 849-4596.
“Art and Activism” Reception from 5 to 8 p.m., featuring Madonna Thunder Hawk, landscape photographer Justin Carder Black and social commentary painter Joanna Salska. Exhibition runs to Nov. 30. North Gate Gallery, 1862 Euclid. 540-8508.
THEATER
Traveling Jewish Theater, “Windows and Mirrors” stories by Paley, Malamud and Biller, at 8 p.m. at the Julia Morgan Theater. Tickets are $20-$24. 415-285-8080.
Impact Theater, “Macbeth” directed by Melissa Hillman, opens at 8 p.m. at La Val’s Subterranean, 1834 Euclid. Tickets are $10-$15. 464-4468. www.impacttheater.com
FILM
Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival: “Football, Iranian Style” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
“Weather Underground,” with a post-film discussion with director Sam Green, producer Carrie Lozano, at 7:30 p.m. at The College Preparatory School, Buttner Auditorium, 6100 Broadway (north), Oakland. Free, but reservations required. 658-5202.
READINGS AND LECTURES
Timothy and Ishmael Reed will host a book signing for both their latest works at 3 p.m. at Vista Community College, 2020 Milvia St., Rm. 1.
Simon Winchester looks at “The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary” at 12:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Adam Thirlwell discusses “Politics,” a novel, not about politics, but about sexual etiquette and other comedic topics, at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
West Coast A Cappella Showcase, with the UC Men’s Octet and California Golden Overtones at Wheeler Auditorium, UC Campus. Tickets are $8-$10 and are available from 642-3880. www.mensoctet.com
Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $26-$46. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Stompy Jones plays small band music of the ‘30s, ‘40s, and ‘50s at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Vanessa Morrison and Roberta Chevrette perform indy folk at the 1923 Teahouse at 8 p.m. Suggested donation of $7-$15. 644-2204. www.epicarts.org
Asylum Street Spankers at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $14. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
The Fruitvale Project, a community-based experimental performance featuring Latino spoken word artists at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10 in advance, $12 at the door. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Henri-Pierre Koubaka performs ancient and contemporary mandingo music at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Sliding scale donation $6-$15. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com
Trio Paradisio, a dinner fund-raiser for the Jazz School, at 8:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Chris Smither, blues-based originals, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $17.50 in advance, $18.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Seventy at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. www.becketts-
irishpub.com
Time for Living, Physical Challenge, Tarkaru, Wear the Mark at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $5. 525-9926.
Realistic at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
JND, Coby Brown, Shaken at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes On Telegraph. Cost is $7. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
SATURDAY, NOV. 8
CHILDREN
“The Wonderful World of Zaal,” a Persian legend, performed by Word For Word, at 3:30 p.m. at the Claremont Branch Library. Free, sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library. 981-6224.
Hillside Players, “Tangled Tales: Wishes, Witches and Weddings,” favorite fairy tales intertwined in comedy, at 2 and 7 p.m. Tickets are $7 for adults, and $4 for children under 12, seniors and students. 2286 Cedar St. 384-6418.
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
Independent Designer Wearables and Accessories brings together twelve of the Bay Area’s most talented independent artists and designers. From 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sun. to 5 p.m. ACCI Gallery, 1652 Shattuck Ave. 843-2527. www.accigallery.com
THEATER
Traveling Jewish Theater, “Windows and Mirrors” See listing for Nov. 7.
Word for Word, “The Killing Blanket” a short story about the Choctaw Nation by Rilla Askew, at the Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge, at 1 p.m. Free. 981-6139.
FILM
A Short History of Polish Animation, Program 1, at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Paul Davidson discusses his research into customer service departments in “Consumer Joe: Harassing Corporate America, One Letter at a Time,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. 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. 527-9905. poetalk@aol.com
Alan Colmes, co-host of Fox News’s “Hannity and Colmes,” talks about his new book, “Red, White and Liberal,” at 2 p.m. at Barnes and Noble.
Bruce Balfour intruduces “The Digital Dead” at 2 p.m. at The Dark Carnival, 3086 Claremont Ave. 654-7323.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Music of Three Worlds Concert, Western, Arabic and African traditions, at 8 p.m. at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave. A conversation with Jacob Needleman will follow the performance. Tickets are $20-$30. 763-2869. www.musicofthreeworlds.com
Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $26-$46. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Choreographers’ Performance Alliance, “Works in the Works” at 7:30 p.m. at Eighth Street Studio, 2525 Eighth St. Cost is $10. 644-1788, ext. 2.
Volti “OUR America is Singing!” at 8 p.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft Way. Tickets are $8-$20 and are available from 415-771-3352. www.voltisf.org
Dick Hindman Trio, original music, jazz standards and Brazilian favorites at 8 p.m. at the Jazz-
school. Cost is $10-$15. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
Industrial Jazz Group performs at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Donation $10-$15. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com
Green Chimneys at 2 p.m. at Down Home Music, 10341 San Pablo Ave. El Cerrito. 525-2129.
Lichi Fuentes, CD release party at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $12 in advance, $14 at the door. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Chris Smither, blues-based originals, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $17.50 in advance, $18.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Peter Tosh Tribute with Andrew Tosh and Sister I-Live at 9:30 p.m., at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Palm Wine Boys perform West African influenced folk at the 1923 Teahouse at 8 p.m. Donation of $7-$15. 644-2204. www.epicarts.org
Brazilian Forro Party and Fundraiser for the Capoeira Institute, at 9 p.m. at Café de la Paz, 1600 Shattuck. Cost is $10-$12. 649-1686.
Casey Nell and Little Sue at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $7. 841-2082.
www.starryploughpub.com
Rhonda Benin at 8:30 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
Thought Riot, F Minus, Affront, Go it Alone at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $5. 525-9926.
Rory Snyder, saxophonist, at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
The Industrial Jazz Group, showcasing the music of Andrew Durkin at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Donations of $6-$15 suggested. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.org
Boys Gone Wild! and 20 Second Cycle at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes On Telegraph. Cost is $8. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Hacksaw to the Throat, Fighting Riley, Kamikaze Vespa, The Hep, Ditch Raymond at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes On Telegraph. Cost is $6. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
SUNDAY, NOV. 9
CHILDREN
Hillside Players, “Tangled Tales: Wishes, Witches and Weddings,” at 2 p.m. See listing for Nov. 8.
EXHIBITIONS
Art Show on Allston Way, between Shattuck and Oxford from noon to 7 p.m., featuring 30 artists and 15 poets. Sponsored by Jupiter and organized by A. Roberts of Guerrilla Gallery.
THEATER
Traveling Jewish Theater, “Windows and Mirrors” at 2 and 7 p.m. See listing for Nov. 7.
FILM
A Short History of Polish Animation, Program 2 at 5:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
“Tangled Roots,” with filmmaker and author Heidi Schmidt Emberling, at 2 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut St. Cost is $5. 848-0237, ext. 112.
READINGS AND LECTURES
Gene(sis): Contemporary Art Explores Human Genomics, Curator’s Talk with Constance Lewallen at 1 p.m., and Lecture with Barbara Stafford at 3 p.m. Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Poetry Flash with Jacqueline Berger and Virginia Chase Sutton at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. Donation $2. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
“Going Home to a Landscape: Writings by Filipinas” with Marianne Villanueva, Barbara Pulmano Reyes, Michelle Macaraeg Bautista, Angela Narciso Torres, and Catalina Cariaga at 3 p.m. at Eastwind Books, 2066 University Ave. 548-2350.
“Towards an Archeology of the Soul” lecture with Berkeley author/ritualist, Antero Alli, at 5 p.m. at Alaya Bookstore, 1713 University Ave. 548-4701. www.
verticalpool.com/archeology
MUSIC AND DANCE
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, “Splendori Italiani,” with British soprano Emma Kirkby at 7:30 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way. Tickets are $29-$60. 415-392-4400. www.philharmonia.org
Jazz/Avant Garde Mass at 10 a.m. at All Souls Episcopal Church, 2220 Cedar St. With Tom Bickley, recorder, Paul Hanson, bassoon, saxophone, Doug Morton, trumpet, John Schott, guitar, Ches Smith, percussion, and Marsha Thomas-Cooke, vocals. 848-1755.
Life of the Worlds: Journeys in Jewish Sacred Music with Richard Kaplan in Concert at 7:30 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut St. $10 donation. 848-0237, ext. 112.
Live Oak Concert with David Ryther, violin, at 7:30 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Center. Tickets are $8-$10. 644-6893. www.berkeleyartcenter.org
“Waging Peace” UC Alumni Chorus, featuring songs of nonviolence and reconciliation, at 3 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 114 Montecito Ave., Oakland. Tickets are $10-$15, available from 643-9645 or at the door. www.ucac.net
Emanuel Ax, pianist, at 3 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $32-$56. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Hawaiian Music Environmental Benefit at 6 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $12. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Bill Amatneek and Charlie Chin, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $15.50 in advance, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Aya de Leon, one woman hip-hop show with Bill Santiago’s “Spanish 101” at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $6 for the matinee, $12 for the evening. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Montclair Women’s Big Band, celebrating the release of their first CD, at 4:30 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $12-$18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
UpSurge, with Raymond Nat Turner and Zigi Lowenberg, performs jazz poetry at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Sliding scale donation $8-$15. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com
MONDAY, NOV. 10
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
Worth Ryder Gallery, “Hand Pulled: Independent Work in Printmaking” reception 4 to 6 p.m. 116 Krober Hall, UC Campus. 642-2582.
READINGS AND LECTURES
Jim Campbell/Matix 208, Art Technology and Culture Colloquium at 7:30 p.m., Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Page to Stage, a conversation with playwright David Edgar and Frontline/World series editor Stephen Talbot on “Continental Divide” at 7 p.m. at Berkeley Rep’s Roda Theatre, 2015 Addison St. 647-2949. www.berkeleyrep.org
Poetry Express, featuring Dale Jenson and Wendy Brown, from 7 to 9:30 p.m., at Priya Restaurant, 2072 San Pablo Ave. berkeleypoetryexpress@yahoo.com
Mary Monroe reads from her new novel, “God Still Don’t Like Ugly” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.
blackoakbooks.com
TUESDAY, NOV. 11
READINGS AND LECTURES
Paula Gunn Allen decribes a heroine from the Native American perspective in “Pocahontas: Medicine Woman, Spy, Entrepreneur,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
The Whole Note Poetry Series, with Julia Vinograd and Debra Grace Khattab at 7 p.m. at The Beanery, 2925 College Ave. 549-9093.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Cesaria Evora, Cape Verdean chanteuse, at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $24-$48. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Courtableu at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Ken Waldman, Alaska’s fiddling poet, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $15.50 advance, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
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, NOV. 12
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
“Chiapas- At the Edge of Light” with photographer Jutta Meier Wiedenbach at 7 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
FILM
Standby: No Technical Difficulties, Program 2 at 7:30 p.m. Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.
berkeley.edu
THEATER
Senior Readers’ Theatre, “Changes and Challenges” written and produced by a Berkeley feminist group, at 1:15 p.m. at North Berkeley Senior Center, Hearst Ave. and MLK, Jr. Way. Free. 724-2779.
READINGS AND LECTURES
Café Poetry and open mic, hosted by Kira Allen at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Ron George introduces his anthology of 26 stories “The Kindness of Strangers,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Harsha Ram introduces, “Imperial Sublime: A Russian Poetics of Empire” at 5:30 p.m. at University Press Books, 2430 Bancroft Way. 548-0585.
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
Wang Ping will read from “The Magic Whip, a collection of her poetry, at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Wednesday Noon Concert Voice Faculty Recital at the Chevron Auditorium at International House, corner of Bancroft and Piedmont Aves. Admission is free. 642-4864.
Cesaria Evora, Cape Verdean chanteuse, at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $24-$48. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
NC Blue Connection at 9 p.m. with a West Coast Swing dance lesson with Nick and Shanna at 8 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Terri Hendrix with Lloyd Maines, Grammy-winning “Texas square peg” at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $15.50 advance, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Jules Broussard, Bing Nathan and Ned Boynton at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Muchas Bluegracias, Belle Monroe and Her Brew Glass Boys, Ho’Down Quartet at 9 p.m. at Blakes On Telegraph. Cost is $5. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Sam Bevan Trio 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. www.beckettsirishpub.com
THURSDAY, NOV. 13
THEATER
Alchemy Works, “Where There’s a Wil(l), There’s a Play” a collection of short works by, or inspired by famous Wils. At 8 p.m. at the Julia Morgan Theater. Tickets are $10-$15 and are available from 925-798-1300. www.juliamorgan.org
FILM
Exhibiting Signs of Age, screening of “Aging in America: The Years Ahead” at 5:30 p.m. and Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival, “The Day I will never Forget” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Meredith Maran reads from her new book, “Dirty: A Search for Answers Inside America's Teenage Drug Epidemic,” in a benefit for Bay Area Community Resources at 7:30 p.m. at Diesel Bookstore, 5433 Colllege Ave. 653-9965.
Gallery Talk: Ecuadorian Fiestas with Grace Johnson, curator of Latin American ethnography ath the San Diego Museum of Man, at noon at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Kroeber Hall, Bancroft Way at College Ave. Free with museum admission. 643-7648.
Exhibiting Signs of Age, Curator’s Talk with Beth Dungan at 12:15 p.m., Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
“Going Home to a Landscape: Writings by Filipinas,” with several of the contributors in person, 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 Dorothy Jesse Beagle and Raymond Nat Turner, followed by an open mic, at Mediterraneum Caffe, 2475 Telegraph Ave., near Dwight Way. For information call 526-5985 or 205-1749.
University Press Books Anniversary Party, with author Gerald Nachman, who will present his book, “Seriously Funny: The Rebel Comedians of the 1950s and 1960s,” from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at 2430 Bancroft Way. 548-0585.
Carol Bergman reads from “Another Day in Paradise: International Humanitarian Workers Tell Their Stories” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Tim Barsky and Everyday Ensemble, musical theater, 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
Tin Hat Trio, chamber folk 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
Liberian Schools Benefit with Sia Amma at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $10-$20 sliding scale. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Alfonso Maya, CD release concert, at 7:30 p.m., at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $7. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Faraway Brothers and Bingo Band at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Keni El Lebrijano, flamenco guitarist, at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Scott Hill performs modern jazz at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Sliding scale donation $7-$15. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com
CV1 at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
O’Dab at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790.
www.beckettsirishpub.com
