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Arts Calendar
FRIDAY, NOV. 28
CHILDREN
Splash Circus, “In the Magical Forest” at 2 p.m. at Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, 2640 College Ave. Cost is $8-$15. 925-798-1300.
THEATER
Wilde Irish Productions, “Endgame” by Samuel Beckett, opens at the Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave. Tickets are $25, with champagne reception. Runs through Dec. 21. 644-9940.
FILM
Yasujiro Ozu: “Tokyo Story” at 3:30, 6:40, and 9:20 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
MUSIC AND DANCE
The People with Lz Phoenix, Sol Americano and Dr. Masseuse at 9 p.m. at Ashkenez. Cost is $10. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Grown and Tremolo perform at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5. 841-2082.
www.starryploughpub.com
Jamie Davis at 8:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Diana Darby and Sonya Hunter 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
Broun Fellinis at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
Reilly and Maloney, contemporary folk duo at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $18.50 in advance, $19.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
S.T.F.U., The Lewd, Words That Burn, Crop Knox, Eskapo at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $5. 525-9926.
3rd Rail, Fellatia, Jynx at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes On Telegraph. Cost is $6. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Sterling Dervish at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. www.beckettsirishpub.com
SATURDAY, NOV. 29
CHILDREN
Dan Zanes & Friends perform roots music for the entire family at 2 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $15-$20 and are available from 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Splash Circus, “In the Magical Forest” at 2 p.m. at Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, 2640 College Ave. Cost is $8-$15. 925-798-1300.
FILM
Yasujiro Ozu: “Late Spring”at 2 and 7 p.m. and “An Autumn Afternoon” at 4:10 and 9:10 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
MUSIC AND DANCE
A Cornucopia Concert for Thanksgiving, 17th century music, performed on period instruments by Tekla Cunningham and Anthony Martin, baroque violins, and Jonathan Shane Davis, harpsichord, at 8 p.m. at MusicSources, 1000 The Alameda, at Marin. Tickets are $10-$15. 528-1685.
Chamber Music Sundaes, San Francisco Symphony musicians and friends perform Beethoven Trio, Debussy and Beethoven Cello Sonatas, Vaughan Williams Quintet at 3:15 p.m. at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave. Tickets are $7-$18 at the door. 415-584-5946.
Early Music with Healing Muses Eileen Hadidian, recorder and flute, Maureen Brennan, celtic harp, Natalie Cox, renaissance and celtic harp, with Dan Reiter, cello, at 8 p.m. at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 1501 Washington Ave., Albany. Cost is $15-$18. 524-5661.
Carl McDonald with Blazing Fire Band, the Caribbean Groovers Steel Band, with special guests Mr. Major-P and Razor Blade at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Moore Brothers and Golden Shoulders at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Geoff Muldaur with Fritz Richmond and Tony Marcus, American roots, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $17.50 in advance, $18.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freight-andsalvage.org
“Jah Music for the People” at the 1923 Teahouse at 8 p.m. Suggested donation of $7-$15. 644-2204. www.epicarts.org
Frank Johnson at 8:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Embrace the End, Animosity, 30 Years War, Killing the Dream at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $5. 525-9926.
Corner Pocket at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
KGB, Solemite, Limbeck at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes On Telegraph. Cost is $7. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Nicole McRory at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. www.beckettsirishpub.com
SUNDAY, NOV. 30
CHILDREN
Dan Zanes & Friends at 3 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. See listing for Nov. 29.
Princess Moxie, puppetry and storytelling from 3 to 4 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Adults $4, children $3, children under 1, free. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Splash Circus, “In the Magical Forest” at 2 p.m. at Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, 2640 College Ave. Cost is $8-$15. 925-798-1300.
FILM
Yasujiro Ozu: “Tokyo Story”at 2 p.m. and “I Was Born, But ...” at 5:30 p.m. and “Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?” at 7:25 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
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
A Cornucopia Concert for Thanksgiving, See listing for Nov. 29.
Palenque, traditonal Cuban Son dance music at 7:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $10. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
The Bobs, a cappella, with special guest Bob Malone, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $18.50 in advance, $19.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Small Brown Bike, The Orange Band, Scissorhands at 5 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $5. 525-9926.
Soundwave Studios Acoustic Showcase at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes On Telegraph. Cost is $3. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
MONDAY, DEC. 1
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
“Bay Area Blues: Blues Musicians on Site” a digital photography display at Berkeley Public Library opens today and runs through the month of December. 981-6100.
THEATER
Aurora Theatre Company, “The Play of Daniel” in collaboration with Pacific Mozart Ensemble at 8 p.m. at St. Mark’s Church, 2300 Bancroft. Tickets are $22-$24. 843-4822. www.auroratheatre.org
READINGS AND LECTURES
Last Word Poetry Series presents Garrett Murphy and Marianne Robinson from 7 to 9 p.m. at Pegasus Bookstore, 2349 Shattuck Ave.
Poetry Express, featuring Diana Quartermaine, from 7 to 9:30 p.m., at Priya Restaurant, 2072 San Pablo Ave. berkeleypoetryexpress@yahoo.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Steve Gannon Band and Mz. Dee at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $4. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
TUESDAY, DEC. 2
THEATER
Aurora Theatre Company, “The Play of Daniel” See listing for Dec. 1.
FILM
Alternative Visions: “Superior Elegy” and “Sneak Preview” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
“Hyenas Laughed at Me and Now I Know Why” with editor Larry Habegger, tales of trouble on the road at 7:30 p.m. at Easy Going Bookstore, 1385 Shattuck Ave at Rose. 843-3533.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Berkeley Chamber Performances, Wolford-Rosenblum, saxophone/piano duo at 8 p.m. at Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave. Tickets are $15-$20. 525-5211. www.
berkeleychamberperform.org
“Edessa and Brass Menagerie” at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Balkan dance lesson with Joe Kaloyanides Graziosi at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $10. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Mimi Fox, solo guitar, at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 3
THEATER
Aurora Theatre Company, “The Play of Daniel” See listing for Dec. 1.
FILM
Standby: No Technical Difficulties: Program 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
June Jordan’s Poetry for the People annual exibition of student poets at 7 p.m. in the Lipman Room, Barrows Hall, UC Campus. 642-2743.
“Images of Mary in Art: The Black Madonna” with China Galland, director of the Images of Divinity project at the Center for Arts, Education and Religion at the Graduate Theological Union, at 7:30 p.m. at All Souls Episcopal Church, 2220 Cedar St. 848-1755.
Loic Wacquant introduces “Body and Soul: Notebooks of an Apprentice Boxer” at 5:30 p.m. University Press Books, 2430 Bancroft Way. 548-0585.
Berkeley Poetry Slam 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
Noon Concert with the University Chorus at International House, at the corner of Bancroft and Piedmont Aves. Admission is free. 642-4864.
Community Drumming Circle from 7 to 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $5-$7. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Pris, Go Ahead perform Indy Rock and Rock at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $4.
848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Jules Broussard, Bing Nathan and Ned Boynton at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Nicole and the Soul Sisters at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. www.beckettsirishpub.com
Vince Wallace Jazz Machine at 9 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
THURSDAY, DEC. 4
THEATER
Aurora Theatre Company, “The Play of Daniel” See listing for Dec. 1.
FILM
“Effaced” and “Jenin, Jenin” at 7 p.m. at 340 Stephens Hall. Sponsored by Center for Middle Eastern Studies. 642-8208.
“Voices From the Edge” and “The Favela Goes to the World Social Forum” and discussion with Brazilian filmmakers Daniela Broitman and Fernando Salis, at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $12-$18. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Yasujiro Ozu: “Woman of Tokyo” at 5:30 p.m. “Walk Cheerfully” at 7 p.m. and “I flunked, But...” at 9 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Lunch Poems at 12:10 p.m. in the Morrison Library in Doe Library, UC Campus, former U.S. Poet Laureate, Robert Hass. After hosting Lunch Poems for eight years, Professor Hass has finally been prevailed upon to read his own poems. Admission is free. 642-0137.
Guided Tour: Gene(sis): Contemporary Art Explores Human Genomics, at 12:15 p.m., Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
“The Call to Hawaii: A Wellness Vacation Guidebook” with Betsy and Laura Crites, co-authors, at 7:30 p.m. at Easy Going Bookstore, 1385 Shattuck Ave at Rose. 843-3533.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Concert for Dignity and clothing drive to benefit Operation Dignity and their homeless services at 7:30 p.m. at iMusicast, 5429 Telegraph Ave. Oakland. www.operationdignity.
org/benefitconcert.htm
“Maybe Monday” improvisational response to Helen Mirra’s MATRIX exhibition at 6 p.m. in Gallery 1, Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Daniel Mille at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $11. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Keni El Lebrijano, flamenco guitar, at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Wendy DeRosa and guests at the 1923 Teahouse at 8 p.m. Suggested donation of $7-$15. 644-2204. www.epicarts.org
Good for Cows and Karla Kihlstedt perform modern jazz at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Sliding scale donation $10-$15. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com
Ellis Paul and Vance Gilbert, New England singer-songwriters, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $17.50 advance, $18.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Touch of Soul at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. www.beckettsirishpub.com
George Pederson and His Pretty Good Band at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Bizar Bazaar at 9 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
FRIDAY, DEC. 5
THEATER
Berkeley High School, “You Can’t Take it With You,” by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, directed by Rachel Rudy, at 8 p.m. at the Florence Schwimley Little Theater. Tickets are $10, $5 with student i.d.
Aurora Theatre Company, “The Play of Daniel” See listing for Dec. 1.
“Arcadia,” by Tom Stoppard, performed by Maybeck High School, at 7 p.m. at Oakland Box Theater, 1928 Telegraph Ave. between 19th and 20th Sts. Tickets are adults $15 in advance, $18 at the door, students $7 in advance, $10 at door. 841-8489.
Oakland Opera Theater, “Four Saints in Three Acts,” an opera by Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein, at Oakland Metro, 201 Broadway, at 2nd St. Tickets are $15-$25 and are available from www.oaklandopera.org
FILM
Yasujiro Ozu: “An Inn at Tokyo” at 7:30 p.m. and “The Only Son” at 9:10 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Joe Sacco introduces his graphic novel, “The Fixer,” about war correspondents at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
California Bach Society, “Christmas Vespers” by Francisco Guerrero, at 8 p.m. at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave. Tickets are $12-$25, and are available from 415-262-0272 or tickets@calbach.org
Sweet Honey in the Rock, female a cappella group, at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $22-$42. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Berkeley Ballet Theater, “The Nutcracker,” at 7 p.m. at Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Tickets are $18 and are available from 848-5698. www.berkeleyballet.org
Berkeley City Ballet, “The Nutcracker,” at 7 p.m. at Zellerbach Playhouse, UC Berkeley Campus. Tickets are $25. 642-9988 www.berkeleycityballet.org
Moodswing Orchestra at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Swing dance lesson with Nick and Shanna at 8 p.m. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Simon Stinger, Castles in Spain, Hazerfan at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $6. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
JP Orbit 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
Jucifer, Bottles and Skulls, Race Bannon at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $7. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
“A Context for Peace” new work from Bay Area musicians, authors and poets at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $13 in advance, $15 at the door. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Crater, modern jazz at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Sliding scale donation $10-$15. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com
Collective Amnesia at 8:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Peter Case, roots music, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $15.50 advance, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Sterling Dervish at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. www.beckettsirishpub.com
Grand Unified Theory, Forget the Jonses, The Apples, The Silence, Static Thought 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.
Savant Guard at 9 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.