Page One

FRIDAY, DEC. 12  

FILM 

Yasujiro Ozu: “There Was a Father” at 7:30 p.m. and “The Record of a Tenement Gentleman” at 9:20 p.m. at Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

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. 

Wilde Irish Productions, “Endgame” by Samuel Beckett, at the Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave. Runs through Dec. 21. 644-9940. 

Oakland Opera Theater, “Four Saints in Three Acts,” an opera by Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein, at 8 p.m. at Oakland Metro, 201 Broadway, at 2nd St. Tickets are $15-$25 and are available from www.oaklandopera.org 

“The Christmas Revels” at the Scottish Rite Theatre, 1547 Lakeside Drive, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $17-$35 and are available from www.calrevels.org or by calling Frantix at 415-621-1216.  

“A Night of Drama and Music” presented by Arrowsmith High School at 7:30 p.m. at the Parish Hall, 2300 Bancroft Ave. Tickets are $5 for adults, free for students and children. 540-0440. 

California Shakespeare Student Company, “A Comedy of Errors” at 7 p.m. at Cal Shakes Rehearsal Hall, 701 Heinz Ave. Tickets are $5. 548-3422, ext. 130. www.calshakes.org 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Jean Shinoda Bolen reads from “Crones Don’t Whine: Concentrated Wisdom for Juicy Women,” at 7:30 p.m. at Boadecia’s Books, 398 Colusa Ave., Kensington. 559-9184. www.bookpride.com 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Mark Morris Dance Group, The Hard Nut at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $32-$56. 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 843-4689. www.berkeleyballet.org 

Making Waves and Samsara, a cappella trios, with Storm Florez, Inka, and True Margrit at 7:30 p.m. at Rose Street House of Music. For location call 594-4000 ext. 687. www.rosestreetmusic.com 

“Shining Star” a hip-hop dance concert and fundraising event, featuring performances by the New Style Motherlode Dance Company and Diamond Dance Company, at 8 p.m. at The Regent’s Theatre, Holy Names College, 3500 Mountain Blvd., Oakland. Tickets are $25 available from 597-1056. www.newstylemotherlode.com 

Molly Holm, jazz tunes with trombonist Wayne Wallace, pianist Bill Bell, and drummer, Deszon Claiborne, at 8 p.m., at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $13 in advance, $15 at the door. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

Jazzschool Student Recitals from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Jazz- 

school. Free. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com 

Melanie O’Reilly and Sean O Nuallain, Celtic music and jazz night at the 1923 Teahouse at 8 p.m. Suggested donation of $7-$15. 644-2204. www.epicarts.org 

Pick Pocket Ensemble, Married Couple, Odd Shaped Case Ensemble perform modern jazz at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Sliding scale donation $10-$15. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com 

Stephen Kent and Trance Mission at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

Hot for Teacher, Damage, Inc. at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $7. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com 

Kevin Cadogan, Jesse DeNatale, Noelle Hampton at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $6. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com 

Autanna at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. www.beckettsirishpub.com 

Danny Caron at 8:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810. 

Due West, contemporary bluegrass, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $15.50 in advance, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org 

Toys That Kill, Frisk, Scattered Fall, Scissorhands, Love Songs at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $5. 525-9926. 

SATURDAY, DEC. 13 

CHILDREN  

Los Amiguitos de La Peña with Bonnie Lockhart at 10:30 a.m. at La Peña. Cost is $4 for adults, $3 for children. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

Meet Ms. Frizzle at 1 p.m. at Lawrence Hall of Science, Centennial Drive. Cost is $4.50 to $8.50. 642-5132. 

EXHIBITION OPENINGS 

“Hall of Relfections” Remembrances of the Iranian Immigrants of Northern California, a collective art project by Taraneh Hemami, reception from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Persian Center, 2029 Durant at Shattuck. 848-0264. 

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. 

Destiny Arts Center Youth on the Move “Love in Action,” with dance, martial arts and spoken word at 7 p.m. at McClymonds High School, 2607 Myrtle St., at 26th near Market. This celebration marks the 15th anniversary of Destiny Arts arts education and violence prevention programs. 597-1619. www.destinyarts.org 

“The Christmas Revels” at the Scottish Rite Theatre, 1547 Lakeside Drive, at 1 and 5 p.m. Tickets are $17-$35 and are available from www.calrevels.org or by calling Frantix at 415-621-1216.  

California Shakespeare Student Company, “A Comedy of Errors” at 2 and 7 p.m. at Cal Shakes Rehearsal Hall, 701 Heinz Ave. Tickets are $5. 548-3422, ext. 130. www.calshakes.org 

“The Wakefield Cycle,” a selection of medieval religious miracle plays at 6 p.m. at All Souls Episcopal Church, 2220 Cedar St. A medieval-themed banquet will preceed the performance. Childcare provided. 848-1755. 

Oakland Opera Theater, “Four Saints in Three Acts,” an opera by Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein, at 8 p.m. at Oakland Metro, 201 Broadway, at 2nd St. Tickets are $15-$25 available from www.oaklandopera.org 

FILM 

Yasujiro Ozu: “Early Summer” at 4 and 8:45 p.m. and “A Hen in the Wind” at 7 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Rhythm & Muse holds its yearly all-open mic. Sign-up at 6:30 p.m., reading and perfor- 

mance at 7 p.m. Free. Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut St. 527-9753. 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Berkeley Ballet Theater, “The Nutcracker,” at 2 and 7 p.m. at Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Tickets are $18 and are available from 843-4689. www.berkeleyballet.org 

Berkeley Youth Orchestra’s Winter Concert, Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf” narrated by John Grappone, and Holst’s “Jupiter” at 11 a.m. at the Laney College Theater, 900 Fallon St. in Oakland. Tickets are $5 at the door. 663-3296. www.byoweb.org 

San Francisco Early Music Society, The Concord Ensemble, performs ancient English carols, plainsong, Renaissance polyphony, and poetry at 8 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing. Tickets are $22 for SFEMS members and seniors, $25 for non-members, $10 for students. 528-1725. www.sfems.org 

Voci, “Voices in Peace III: The Promise of Peace” women’s vocal ensemble presents six centuries of Magnificat settings and other selections celebrating the promise of peace at 3 p.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft Way at Dana. Tickets are $15-$20, children under 12 free, available at the door or online at www.angelfire.com/la/VOCI 

Slavyanka - San Francisco Men’s Russian Chorus performs “Echoes of the Soul: Songs of Russian Spirit, Season and People” at 8 p.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft Way at Dana. Tickets are $15-$18, available from 866-468-3399. www.ticketweb.com 

Kensington Symphony Orchestra Holiday Concert, conducted by Tomothy Smith, performs Strauss, Corelli and Mendelssohn at 8 p.m. at Northminster Presbyterian Church, 545 Ashbury Ave. El Cerrito. Suggested donation is $10; seniors $8. Children admitted free. 534-4335.  

Oakland East Bay Gay Men’s Chorus, “I Got Yule, Babe,” at 8 p.m. at Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church, 3534 Lakeshore Ave. Tickets are $12 in advance; $15 at the door. 800-706-2389. www.oebgmc.org 

SEVA Foundation 25th Anniversary Benefit Concert, a donor-supported nonprofit foundation that builds partnerships to respond to locally defined problems with culturally sustainable solutions throughout the world, features performances by Jackson Brown, The Dead, Steve Earle and others at 7 p.m. at the Berkeley Community Theatre, 1930 Allston Way. Tickets are $50-$75. For information call 845-7382.  

Diana Stork, Holiday Harp Performance at 1 p.m. at Bansuri’s Spring Gallery, 3929 Piedmont Ave., Oakland. 415-259-8629. 

Rose Street House of Music with Emily Shore, Irina Rivkin, Maria Quiles, Lily Wilson, Kiki Ebsen, Rebecca Crump at 7:30 p.m. For directions call 594-4000 ext. 687. www.rosestreetmusic.com 

Singing Out Against War and Empire with Robert Temple and Soulfolk Ensemble, Errotator and Paradise Freejahlove at 8 p.m. at Temescal Arts Center, 511 48th St. at Telegraph. Cost is $10, no one turned away. wwwroberttemplemusic.com 

Bolshevik Cafe, a cabaret variety show featuring Bay Area music and comedy acts with and anti-capitalist slant, at 8 p.m. at Finnish Hall, 1819 Tenth St. Dinner available at 6:30 p.m. Come early as the dinner and show always sell out. 

Talent Show featuring Sapo Loco from the Funky Aztecs at the 1923 Teahouse at 9 p.m. All ages welcome. Suggested donation of $7-$10. 644-2204. www.epicarts.org 

“Shining Star” a hip-hop dance concert and fundraising event with a holiday theme, featuring performances by the New Style Motherlode Dance Company and Diamond Dance Company, at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. at The Regent’s Theatre, Holy Names College, 3500 Mountain Blvd., Oakland. Tickets are $25 available from 597-1056. www.newstylemotherlode.com 

Married Couple at 9 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277. 

Jazzschool Student Recitals from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Free. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com  

Dmitri Matheny Winterfest at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $12-$18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com  

Suzy Thompson celebrates the release of her solo album, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $15.50 in advance, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761.  

www.freightandsalvage.org 

Tom Rigney and Flambeau at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cajun dance lesson with Diana Castillo at 8:30 p.m. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

Maria Marquez, CD release party, at 8 p.m. at La Peña. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

Rogue Wave, Six Eye Columbia, The Red Thread at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $6. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com 

Robin Gregory, jazz vocalist at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Sliding scale donation $8-$15. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com 

Nicole McRory at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. www.beckettsirishpub.com 

Pinback, Aspects of Physics at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $7. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com 

Denise Perrier at 8:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810. 

The Phantom Limbs, Nigel Peppercock, Funeral Shock, Annihilation Time, Case of Emergency at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $5. 525-9926. 

SUNDAY, DEC. 14 

THEATER 

“The Christmas Revels” at the Scottish Rite Theatre, 1547 Lakeside Drive, at 1 and 5 p.m. p.m. Tickets are $17-$35 and are available from www.calrevels.org or 415-621-1216.  

California Shakespeare Student Company, “A Comedy of Errors” at 2 p.m. See listing for Dec. 13. 

Oakland Opera Theater, “Four Saints in Three Acts,” an opera by Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein, at 2 and 7 p.m See listing for Dec. 13. 

FILM 

Yasujiro Ozu: “Passing Fancy” at 5:30 p.m. and “The Story of Floating Weeds” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Aurora Stories, “Stories of the Season” celebrate with readings of great works of wintertime, at 7:30 p.m. $20 suggested donation, first-come, first-served, available at 5 p.m. at 2081 Addison St. 843-4822. 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Berkeley Ballet Theater, “The Nutcracker,” at 2 p.m. at Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Tickets are $18 and are available from 843-4689. www.berkeleyballet.org 

Christmas Concert with the Chancel Choir and Pro Sonos Chamber Symphony at 7:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, corner of Channing and Dana. Admission is free, child care available. 848-6242. 

Chamber Music Sundaes San Francisco Symphony musicians and friends, perform the Dvorak Quintet, Mendelssohn Quartet, and the Golubev Violin Sonata, at 3:15 p.m. at St John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave. Tickets are $7-$18, available at the door. 415-584-5946. 

Organ Recital with Charles Rus performing works of Sweelinck, Boehm and Bach at 6:10 p.m. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft Way. Donations requested. 845-0888. 

Live Oak Concert with Gyan Riley on guitar at 7:30 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Center. Tickets are $8-$10. www.berkeleyartcenter.org 

Beethovan’s Birthday Bash at 4 p.m. at Crowden Music Center, 1475 Rose St. Tickets are $12. 559-6910. www.thecrowdenschool.org 

Café de la Paz's 10th Anniversary and Flamenco Celebration at 2 and 5 p.m. Cost is $20-$45. 843-0662. cafedelapaz.net 

Cafe Bellie: Bellie Dance Showcase at 7:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Belly Dance class at 6:30 p.m. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

Gyrlz Will Rock You, Stiletta, Sea of Sorrow, Implied Five at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $3. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com 

Jazzschool Student Recitals from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Free. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com  

Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz All-Stars and salsa dance party at 4:30 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com  

Don’t Look Back, acoustic stringband, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $16.50 in advance, $15.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org