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Arts Calendar
FRIDAY, JAN. 23
CHILDREN
Chinese New Year Celebration at 10:30 a.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-3635.
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
“Light my Fire,” an exhibition by 10 Bay Area glass artists. Reception from 5 to 7 p.m. at ACCI Gallery, 1652 Shattuck Ave. Exhibition runs until Feb. 21. 843-2527. www.accigallery.com
THEATER
Actor’s Ensemble of Berkeley, “Helen of Troy (Revised),” written by Wolfgang Hilesheimer, translated and directed by David Fenerty opens at 8 p.m. at Live Oak Theater, 1301 Shattuck at Berryman, and runs Fri. and Sat. evenings through Feb. 21. Admission is $10. 649-5999. www.aeofberkeley.org
“Yellowman” by Dael Orlandersmith, directed by Les Waters, opens at the Berkeley Repertory Theater, 2025 Addison St., and runs through March 7. For ticket information call 647-2949. www.berkeleyrep.org
FILM
Mann’s World: “The Furies” at 7 p.m. and “Side Street” at 9:10 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
MUSIC AND DANCE
Anne Sofie von Otter, Swedish mezzo-soprano, at 8 p.m. in Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $32-$56 available from 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Berkeley High Jazz Ensemble at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Donation $5. 649-8744.
www.thejazzhouse.com
Oakland East Bay Symphony with Michael Morgan, conductor performs at 2025 Broadway, Oakland. 625-8497. www.oebs.org
Rose Street Women perform at the 1923 Teahouse at 8 p.m. Suggested donation of $7-$10. 644-2204. www.epicarts.org
Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill, Irish music violin and guitar duo at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $19.50 in advance, $20.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Double Standards, jazz duo, at 7 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344. www.nomadcafe.net
Microphone Mayhem at 9 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
All Ages Show with The Phenomenauts, Three Bad Jacks, October Allied at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $7. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Vinyl, Brown Baggin at 9 p.m. at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $8. 548-1159. www.shattuckdownlow.com
The Quails perform indie-punk at 9 p.m. at Oakland Metro, 201 Broadway. Tickets are $7, available at the door. 763-1146. www.oaklandmetro.org
Mimi Fox at 8:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
CV1 at 9 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
Thriving Ivory at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. www.beckettsirishpub.com
Evaporators, The Clarendon Hills, System and Station at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $5. 525-9926.
SATURDAY, JAN. 24
CHILDREN
Los Amiguitos de La Peña with Earthcapades at 10:30 a.m. at La Peña. Cost is $4 for adults, $3 for children. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
“The Art of Nature” featuring Inge Behrens, Andrea Markus and Vickie Resso. Reception from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at 4th Street Studio, 1717D 4th St. Exhibition runs to Feb. 10. 527-0600. www.fourthstreetstudio.com
FILM
Mann’s World: “Border Incident” at 7 p.m. and “The Black Book” at 8:50 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Rhythm and Muse, a benefit for Berkeley Public Swimming Pools with poets Summer Brenner, Adam David Miller, Gael Alcock, Eliza Shefler, and Yassir, at 7 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Center. 644-6893. www.berkeleyartcenter.org
Dr. Dean Edell discusses “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Healthiness: Dr. Dean’s Commonsense Guide for Anything That Ails You,” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. 559-9500. www.codysbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
San Francisco Early Music Society, American Baroque, presents “Uncommon Grounds” a concert of new and baroque music built over ground basses, at 8 p.m. at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave. Tickets are $22 for SFEMS members and seniors, $25 for non-members, $10 for students. 528-1725. www.sfems.org
The Novello Quartet performs Boccherini, Haydn, and Foerster at 8 p.m. at the Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda. Suggested donation $10-$20. 415-794-1100.
Music from Around the World, a benefit concert for Middle East Children’s Alliance, featuring The Dunes, North African music with jazz/rock grooves, Pachasiku, traditional music from the Andes, and The Brass Menagerie, a Balkan brass band. At 8 p.m. at International House, Piedmont Ave. at Bancroft. Tickets are $25 at the door. 548-0542.
Piedmont Choir performs at 3 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way. Tickets are $10-$12. 547-444, ext. 4.
Trinity Concerts Chamber Music with Amari Barash, Carlberg Jones, Lynn Schugren at 8 p.m. at Trinity Chapel, 2320 Dana St. 549-3864.
Christin Hablewitz and her Musical Friends perform chamber music from classical to contemporary at 8 p.m. at Oakland Metro, 201 Broadway. Tickets are $5-10. 763-1146. www.oaklandmetro.org
Paco de Luciá, flamenco and jazz guitar concert has been cancelled and rescheduled for March 4 and 5. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Natural Vibrations and One Groove with guest McMarty Dread at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Naked Barbies at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Matt & Patti 3, improvisational world fusion music, at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Sliding scale donation $8-$15. 649-8744.
www.thejazzhouse.com
The Scramblers, High Speed Scene, Good for You at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $6. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Quartet San Francisco at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $10-$15. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
International Guitar Night with Pierre Bensusan, Andrew York, Guinga and Brian Gore at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $17.50 in advance, $18.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Michael Bluestein at 8:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Shelley Doty, singer, songwriter, guitarist at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344. www.nomadcafe.net
Babyland, Midnight Laserbeam, Apocalipstick, Drk Sct Lv, Giant Haystacks 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.
Rory Snyder Group 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
SUNDAY, JAN. 25
CHILDREN
Baba Ken and the Nigerian Brothers at 3 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $6 for adults, $4 for children. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
FILM
Victor Sjostrom, “The Outlaw and His Wife” at 5:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Ant Farm: Guided Tour at 2 p.m. at Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way.
Women of Berkeley Lecture Series “Ocean View: Past and Present” with author Barbara Gates and historian Stephanie Manning at 3 p.m. at the Berkeley History Center, 1931 Center St. 848-0181. www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/histsoc/
“Re-Imagining Collections” a panel discussion in conjunction with the Judah L. Magnes Museum’s “Brought to Light,” featuring curators from three Bay Area museums reflecting on how to re-imagine intellectual and educational content of collections. From 2 to 4 p.m. at the Judah L. Magnes Museum, 2911 Russell St. Free with museum admission. 549-6950. www.magnes.org
Robert Guter, Lee Williams, Jean Stewart and Marsha Saxton read excerpts from “Voices from the Edge: Narratives about the Americans with Disabilities Act” at 3:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $5. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Poetry Flash with Carrie St. George Comer and Brian Teare at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. Donation $2. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Dennis E. Anderson will show slides and introduce “Hidden Treasures of San Francisco Bay” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Live Oak Concert with Bill Ludke, piano, Elizabeth Durand, soprano, Aurelio Viscarra, tenor, at 7:30 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Center in Live Oak Park. Tickets are $8-$10. 644-6893. www.berkeleyartcenter.org
Chamber Music Sundaes San Francisco Symphony musicians and friends perform Beethoven, Bartok, and Schumann, 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.
Paco de Luciá, flamenco and jazz guitar concert has been cancelled and rescheduled for March 4 and 5. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Piedmont Choir performs at 3 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way. Tickets are $10-$12. 547-444, ext. 4.
A Night of Egyptian Dance Music with Alexandria and the Newar Eastern Dance Company at 8 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $15. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Hurricane Sam, boogie woogie, blues and r&b piano at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $15.50 in advance, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
CKW Trio, The Scott Hill Ensemble, improvisational jazz, at 2 p.m. at The Jazz House. Sliding scale donation $8-$15. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com
Claudia Villela and Ricardo Peixoto, old roots, new language at 4:30 p.m. at the Jazz-
school. Cost is $20. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
MONDAY, JAN. 26
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
Indira Martina Mesihovic “Mind LineScapes” paintings and Jacob Stewat-Halevy, “The Myth of the Homunculi” paintings, opens at the Worth-Ryder Gallery, UC Berkeley. Reception from 4 to 6 p.m.
READINGS AND LECTURES
Sandra Scofield introduces her new memoire, “Occaisions of Sin” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
“The Way Things Are” A Conversation with Huston Smith on the spiritual life at 7:30 p.m. at the First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way. Co-presented by Pacific School of Religion, First Congregational Church of Berkeley, and Cody’s Books. This is a pre-conference event for Pacific School of Religion’s Earl Lectures. $10 suggested donation at the door. For more information, call 848-3696, ext. 23.
Bob Guter and John R. Killacky, editors, read from “Queer Crips: Disabled Gay Men and Their Stories” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
Poetry Express, featuring Avotcja, from 7 to 9:30 p.m., at Priya Restaurant, 2072 San Pablo Ave. berkeleypoetryexpress@yahoo.com
TUESDAY, JAN. 27
FILM
Alternative Visions: “Double-Edged Sword” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Chalmers Johnson introduces “The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic,” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. 559-9500. www.codysbooks.com
Robert Guter, Shawn Casey O’Brien and Jean Stewart read excerpts from “Voices from the Edge: Narratives about the Americans with Disabilities Act” at 4 p.m. at Maude Fife Room, Wheeler Hall, UC Campus. sschweik@uclink4.berkeley.edu
Kim Addonizio introduces her new book of poetry, “What Is This Thing Called Love” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
The Whole Note Poetry Series with HD Moe reading poems from Maui at 7 p.m. at The Beanery, 2925 College Ave., near Ashby. 549-9093.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Ensemble Vermillian with Frances Blaker, recorders, Barbara Blaker Krumdieck, baroque cello, and Katherine Heater, harpsichord, will perform chamber music from 17th century Germany by Buxtehude, Biber, Kinderman and others at 8 p.m. at at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 1501 Washington Ave. at Curtis in Albany. Tickets are $18 general, $15 students and seniors. 559-4670.
Austrian Musical Evening, with Gabriele Sima, Kammersangerin and Adalbert Skocic, cello at 8 p.m. at International House, Piedmont Ave. at Bancroft. Tickets are $25. 642-9460.
Tee Fee Swamp Boogie at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Dance lesson with Annie Marie Howard at 8 p.m. 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
Jazzschool Tuesdays at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 28
CHILDREN
Preschool Storytime, a program introducing books and music to promote early literacy skills, at 7 p.m. at Berkeley Public Library West Branch, 1125 University Ave. 981-6270.
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
Addison Street Windows, “Aerial Views and Bead Forms,” paintings by Audrey Wallace Taylor and sculptures by Jenny Cole. Reception for the artists from 6 to 9 p.m. at 2018 Addison St. 981-7533.
FILM
Film 50: Edison to Early Griffith at 3 p.m. and Works by Nam June Paik at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Ted Roszak, author of “The Devil and Daniel Silverman” at 7:30 p.m. at the Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut St. 848-0327, ext. 112.
Vincent Sarich and Frank Miele talk about “Race: The Reality of Human Differences” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
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.starryplough.com
Berkeley Acdemic Quiz Bowl at 7 p.m. at Barnes and Noble.
Charlene Sprenak discusses “Missing Mary: The Queen of Heaven and Her Re-Emergence in the Modern Church” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Dance Theater of Harlem, at 8 p.m., Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $32-$52, available from 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Za’Atar plays Jewish music of Arab and Muslim lands at 8 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $18.
525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Sam Bevan Trio at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. Cost is $10. 848-8277.
THURSDAY, JAN. 29
THEATER
Oxford Elementary School, Fifth Grade, “Yo soy un Americano,” a celebration of Mexican American history as told through the eyes of a Mexican American grandmother and her grandson, Carlos, at 9 a.m. at 1130 Oxford Street. For more information, please call Ms. Inniss at 644-6300.
FILM
Victor Sjostrom: “The Girl from the Marsh Croft” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Chris Dresser, Richard Rhodes and Mark Schapiro discuss “Living with the Genie: Essays on Technology and the Quest for Human Mastery” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Ant Farm: Guided Tour at 12:15 and 5:30 p.m. at Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way.
Joan Steinau Lester discusses her biography of Eleanor Holmes Norton, “Fire in My Soul” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
Word Beat Reading Series with Charles Curtis Blackwell and Mark G. at 7 p.m. at Mediterraneum Caffe, 2475 Telegraph Ave. 526-5985.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Dance Theater of Harlem, at 8 p.m., Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $32-$52, available from 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Jessica Lurie Ensemble at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $8. 841-2082. www.starryplough.com
Keni El Lebrijano, flamenco guitar, at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Mas Cabeza at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
