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Arts Calendar
TUESDAY, DEC. 16
THEATER
Shotgun Theatre Lab, “Heavy Days,” a collaborative ensemble piece about four women who resist and succumb to madness, at 8 p.m. at La Val’s Subterranean, 1834 Euclid, at Hearst. Cost is $10. 704-8210. www.shotgunplayers.org
READINGS AND LECTURES
“The Kindness of Strangers” edited by Don George, an anthology of stories from those who have experienced an unexpected act of compassion, at 7:30 p.m. at Easy Going Bookstore, 1385 Shattuck Ave. 843-3533.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Chanticleer Christmas, 12-man a cappella ensemble performs medieval and Renaissance music, spirituals and traditional carols at 8 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way. Tickets are $25-$37 and are available on-line at www.chanticleer.org or from 415-392-4400 or 800-407-1400.
Mimi Fox, solo guitar, at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Creoles Belles at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cajun dance lesson with Diana Castillo at 8:00 p.m. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Dayna Stephens House Jam at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Donation $5. 649-8744.
www.thejazzhouse.com
Independent Voices Tour with Shawn Smith and Happy Chichester at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $4.
848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Christmas Jug Band at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $16.50 in advance, $17.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 17
FILM
Cuban Film: “Strawberry and Chocolate” at 7 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $8-$15, benefit for Pastors for Peace. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Yasujiro Ozu: “Early Spring” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
“Images of Mary in Art: The Pregnant Virgin” with Pamela Thomas, at 7:30 p.m. at All Souls Episcopal Church, 2220 Cedar St. 848-1755.
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
Café Poetry and open mic, hosted by Paradise at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
MUSIC AND DANCE
Hot Club Sandwich at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Swing dance lesson at 8:00 p.m. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
The Supplicants perform Afro-Kosmic-Indian-Jazz improv at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Cost is $8-$15 sliding scale. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com
Dazed and Confused and Green Hell at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $6. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Nicole and the Soul Sisters at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. www.beckettsirishpub.com
Jazz Mine from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Il Porcino Restaurant, 1403 Solano Ave., in Albany. 528-1237.
Whiskey Brothers performs oldtime bluegrass at 9 p.m. at at Albatross, 1822 San Pablo Ave. 843-2473. www.albatrosspub.com
Jules Broussard, Bing Nathan and Ned Boynton at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Crowsong at 9 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
THURSDAY, DEC. 18
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
Pro Arts Gallery, “Annual Juried Exhibition,” featuring 15 local artists. Reception from 6 to 8 p.m. at 461 Ninth St., Oakland. 763-4361. www.proartsgallery.org
THEATER
Shotgun Theatre Lab, “Heavy Days,” a collaborative ensemble piece about four women who resist and succumb to madness, at 8 p.m. at La Val’s Subterranean, 1834 Euclid, at Hearst. Cost is $10. 704-8210. www.shotgunplayers.org
FILM
Yasujiro Ozu: “The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice” at 7 p.m. and “Equinox Flower” at 9:15 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
MUSIC AND DANCE
Scott Hill, “BustaNutCracker,” modern jazz, at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Cost is $8-$15 sliding scale. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com
Chelsea Beauchamp, The Tiny and Roberta Chevrette 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
Guilding the Lily, Fojimoto, Ear Rotator, in a benefit for the Wheels of Justice Bus Tour and Middle East Children’s Alliance at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $10-$20. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Palm Wine Boys at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $8 in advance, $10 at the door. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Box Set, contemporary folk duo, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $15.50 in advance, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Andy Smith Band at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. www.beckettsirishpub.com
Bizar Bazaar at 9 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
Keni El Lebrijano, flamenco guitar, at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
FRIDAY, DEC. 19
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
ACCI Gallery, “Peace on Earth” Ornament show reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Show runs to Jan 3. Mon. - Thurs. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Fri. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sat. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 1652 Shattuck Ave. 843-2527.
www.accigallery.com
THEATER
“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.
Shotgun Theatre Lab, “Heavy Days,” a collaborative ensemble piece about four women who resist and succumb to the allure of madness, at 8 p.m. at La Val’s Subterranean, 1834 Euclid, at Hearst. Cost is $10. 704-8210. www.shotgunplayers.org
FILM
Yasujiro Ozu: “Tokyo Twilight” at 7 p.m. and “The Munekata Sisters” at 9:40 p.m.at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
MUSIC AND DANCE
BHS Jazz Lab Band Winter Concert at 7:30 pm at Florence Schwimley Little Theatre. $5 for students/seniors/BHS staff and $10 general admission.
SONiA of Disappear Fear at 8 p.m. at Rose Street House of Music, a house concert and grassroots musical community featuring women singer/songwriters. 594-4000 ext. 687. www.rosestreetmusic.com
Women's Antique Vocal Ensemble presents a concert of Christmas music at 8 p.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft Way. Admission is $5-$10. 233-1479.
Let’s Go Bowling, Aggrolites, Soul Captives at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $8. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Palenque performs Cuban Son at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Avotcja and Modupue, perfrom Afro-Asian Jazz at 8 p.m., at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $12. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Dynamic, Freeway Planet and Bambu at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $6.
848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Eggplant Casino performs lounge, tango, polka at the 1923 Teahouse at 8 p.m. Suggested donation of $7-$10, no one turned away for lack of funds. 644-2204. www.epicarts.org
Hot Buttered Rum String Band performs high altitude bluegrass 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
Julie Kelly at 8:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Brainoil, Street Trash, Slit Wrists, Bury the Living, Friday Night Youth Service 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.
Millicent Wood, jazz vocalist performs a Christmas Celebration at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Donation of $10 requested. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com
Anton Schwartz, saxophonist, at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Tickets are $12-$18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
Jazz Mine from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Il Porcino Restaurant, 1403 Solano Ave., in Albany. 528-1237.
Seventy at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. www.beckettsirishpub.com
Syncrosystem at 9 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
SATURDAY, DEC. 20
CHILDREN
Los Amiguitos de La Peña with Betsy Rose at 10:30 a.m. at La Peña. Cost is $4 for adults, $3 for children. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
“Dimensions in Fiber” at the Assison Street Windows Gallery, with textile works by George-Ann Bowers, Nina Jacobs, Beth Shipley and Andrea Tucker-Hody. Reception for the artists at 6:30 p.m., 2018 Addison St., between Shattuck and Milvia. 981-7533.
THEATER
“The Christmas Revels” at the Scottish Rite Theatre, 1547 Lakeside Drive, at 1 and 5 p.m. Tickets are $17-$35, available from www.calrevels.org or by calling Frantix at 415-621-1216.
FILM
Ysaujiro Ozu: “Good Morning” at 2 and 7 p.m. and “Late Autumn” at 4 and 8:55 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Geoffrey Blum, author of many new adventures involving the classic Disney character, Uncle Scrooge, at 2 p.m. at Dr Comics and Mr Games, 4014 Piedmont Ave., Oakland. 601-7800. And at 3 p.m. at Eastwind Books, 2066 University Ave. 548-2350.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra perform Handel’s “Messiah” at 8 p.m. at St. Joseph the Worker Church, 1640 Addison St. 964-0665. www.bcco.org
Bart Davenport, Thom & Nedelle, Dave Gleason, Snowpark& Sam Keener in concert at 9 p.m. at the Oakland Metro, 201 Broadway at 2nd St., Oakland. Tickets are $7. 763-1146. www.oaklandmetro.org
Jackeline Rago and the Venezuelan Music Project at 8:30 p.m., at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $12 in advance, $14 at the door. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Mikey Dread, performs reggae at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $16 in advance, $18 at the door. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
My Hero, Research and Development, at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Tom Rush, legendary folk singer, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $20.50 in advance, $21.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Holiday Bluegrass Celebration with David Thom and Homespun Row at 4 p.m. at The Jazz House. Donation $8-15, sliding scale. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com
Angel of Thorns, Hidden Tracks and Truckasaurus Sex at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $5. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Cuarteto Sonando performs Latin jazz 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
Monkey Knife Fight at 9 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
Sylvia and the Silvertones at 8:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Plan 9, Tabaltix, Ashtray, Live Ammo, Brutal Death 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.
SUNDAY, DEC. 21
THEATER
“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.
FILM
Yasujiro Ozu: “Floating Weeds” at 2:30 and 7:35 p.m. and “The End of Summer” at at 5:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
MUSIC AND DANCE
Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at 4:30 p.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft Way. Donations requested. 845-0888.
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, with violinist Andrew Manze, new Music Director of the English Concert, in an all-Bach Christmas programat 7:30 p.m. at the First Congragational Church, 2345 Channing Way. Tickets are $29-$60 and are available from 415-392-4400. www.philharmonia.org
ACME Observatory Contem-
porary Performance Series presents EKG, the duo of Kyle Bruckmann and Ernst Karel, and the Matt Volla ensemble at 8:15 p.m. at The Jazz House. Admission is free, donations accepted. 649-8744. http://music.acme.com
Winter Solstice Ritual with Caroline Casey, KPFA host at 8 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $20. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Oka Road, The Latrells, and Melissa Rapp Band at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $3. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Laurie Lewis’ Holiday Revue and Freight Fundraiser 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
