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Arts Calendar
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
