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Friday January 02, 2004
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FRIDAY, JAN. 2

MUSIC AND DANCE

Moh Alileche with Les Amis Dancers at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com

Savant Guard at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $7. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com

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

Cheap Suit Serenaders, roots music from the golden age of jazz, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $19.50 in advance, $20.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org

Enemies, Modern Machines, Black Rice, S.H.A.T., Angry for Life at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $5. 525-9926.

SATURDAY, JAN. 3

FILM

“Network,” about a TV network that exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor’s raving and revelations about the media at 8 p.m. at the Long Haul, a reading room, library and community center in South Berkeley located at 3124 Shattuck Ave. Donation of $3-$5. 540-0751. www.thelonghaul.org

READINGS AND LECTURES

The Bay Area Poets Coalition holds an open reading, 3 to 5 p.m., West Branch Berkeley Public Library, 1125 University Ave. Free. For information, call 527-9905. poetalk@aol.com

MUSIC AND DANCE

Dubwize and Firme perform Reggae-Latin at 9:30 p.m., with DJ Spliff Skankin at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com

Oak, Ash & Thorn, a cappella with a British Isles flavor, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $17.50 advance, $18.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org

Wayne Wallace Quartet at 8:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.

Tree Leyburn, singer-songwriter at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344. www.nomadcafe.net

D’Amphibians, Flowtilla at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5. 841-2082.

www.starryploughpub.com

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

www.beckettsirishpub.com

Himsa, To See You Broken, Assailant, Light This City at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $5. 525-9926.

Guarneri Jazz Quartert at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Donations of $8-$15 suggested. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.org

SUNDAY, JAN. 4

READINGS AND LECTURES

Poetry Flash with Thomas Cleary and Bannie Chow at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. Donation $2. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com

MUSIC AND DANCE

Love Theater Fundraiser for Koran Jenkins at 7 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $7-$12 sliding scale. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com

Rosalie Sorrels at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $16.50 in advance, $17.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org

Domingo de Rumba Participatory event at 3:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. 849-2568. www.lapena.org

MONDAY, JAN. 5

MUSIC AND DANCE

Soli Deo Gloria will hold auditions for J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion under the direction of Allen Simon. Experienced singers are encouraged to apply. Audition and rehearsals will be held Monday evenings at Trinity Lutheran Church in Alameda, 1323 Central and Morton. To schedule an appointment, call 650-424-1242. www.sdgloria.org

The Toasters at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $4.

848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com

TUESDAY, JAN. 6

MUSIC AND DANCE

Juan Diego Flórez, tenor, at 8 p.m., Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $32-$56, available from 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu

Tribute to Babtunde Olatunje with Arsenio Kounde at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com

Mimi Fox, solo guitar, at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.

Dayna Stephens House Jam at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Donation $5. 649-8744.

www.thejazzhouse.com

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 7

CHILDREN

Preschool Storytime, introducing books and music to promote early literacy skills, at 7 p.m. at Berkeley Public Library West Branch, 1125 University Ave. 981-6270.

MUSIC AND DANCE

Chad Hinman and Cat Kinsey perform modern folk at the 1923 Teahouse at 8 p.m. Suggested donation of $7-$10. 644-2204. www.epicarts.org

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.

THURSDAY, JAN. 8

THEATER

Shotgun Players, “The Death of Meyerhold,” through Jan 23 at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Thurs.-Sat. performances at 8 p.m. and Sun. at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12-$18, available from 925-798-1300. 704-8210. www.shotgunplayers.org

READINGS AND LECTURES

Christopher Baker, author of “Moon Handbook: Cuba” at 7:30 p.m. at Easy Going Bookstore, 1385 Shattuck Ave at Rose, 843-3533.

MUSIC AND DANCE

“A Little Night Music” with the New Century Chamber Orchestra at 8 p.m. at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave. For ticket information call 415-392-4400. www.ncco.org

Punk Show with Tempo at 8 p.m. at the Long Haul, a reading room, library and community center in South Berkeley located at 3124 Shattuck Ave. Donation of $3-$5 requested, no one turned away. Wheelchair accessible. 540-0751. www.thelonghaul.org

Stunt Monkey, Fountain Street Theater Band, Spinning Jennies at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $8. 841-2082.

www.starryploughpub.com

The Jeb Brady Band, acoustic americana, 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

Keni El Lebrijano, flamenco guitar, at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.

San Francisco Mdicine Ball at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790.

www.beckettsirishpub.com