Press Releases
Arts Calendar
FRIDAY, SEPT. 24
CHILDREN
“Maisy” at 10:30 a.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-3635.
THEATER
Aurora Theatre Company, “The Persians” at the Aurora Theatre and runs through Oct. 10. Tickets are $28-$45. 843-4822. www.auroratheatre.org
Berkeley Rep, “The Secret in the Wings” at the Roda Theater, 2015 Addison St. until Oct. 17. Tickets are $10-$55. 647-2949. www.berkeleyrep.org
California Shakespeare Theater, “All’s Well That Ends Well” Tues.-Fri. at 7:30 p.m., Sat at 8 p.m., Sun. at 4 p.m. at the Bruns Memorial Amphitheater, through Oct. 10. Tickets are $13-$32. 548-9666. www.calshakes.org
Impact Theatre, “Fluffy Bunnies in a Field of Daisies” a sexually-honest comedy, at 8 p.m. at La Val’s Subterranean Theater, 1834 Euclid, and runs Thurs.-Sat. through Oct. 2. Tickets are $10-$15. 464-4468. www.impacttheatre.com
“Landscape” by Harold Pinter, Fri.-Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 5 p.m., through Sept. 26, at Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave. Tickets are $10 available at the door. 883-9872. www.nakedmasks.org
Shotgun Players “Dog Act” Thurs. - Sun. at 8 p.m. at The Ashby Stage, 1901 Ashby Ave. through Oct. 10. Free admission, pass the hat donation. 841-6500. www.shotgunplayers.org
TheatreFirst “Joe Egg” at 8 p.m. at Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Blvd. Through Oct. 17. Tickets are $22. 436-5085.
Unscripted Theater Company, “The Short and the Long of It,” an improv theater experience, Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m. at Temescal Arts Center, 511 48th St. at Telegraph, through Oct. 2. Tickets are $7-$10. 415-869-5384. www.un-scripted.com
FILM
Maurice Pialat: “Under Satan’s Sun” at 7:30 p.m., “A nos amours” at 9:30 p.m. at Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
John Nichols reads from the first biography of the Vice President, “Dick: The Man who is President” at 12:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Brian Doherty introduces “This is Burning Man” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Berkeley Old-Time Music Festival with Kate Breslin and Jody Stecher, Thompson String Ticklers and the Earl White Band at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. 548-1761. www.freight-
andsalvage.org
Wendy DeWitt and Stars of Glory perform boogie-woogie and gospel at 5 p.m. at Baltic Square, behind 121 Park Place, Pt. Richmond. Free concert presented by Point Richmond Music. 236-1401. www.pointrichmond.com/music
“Archeology of Memory, Villa Grimaldi and the Autobiography of an Ex-Chess Player,” a multimedia presentation by Quique Cruz at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10-$15. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Alma Melodiosa and Universal Language at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $10 in advance, $13 at the door. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Audrye Sessions, The New Trust, A Burning Water at 9:30 at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $7. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
20 Minute Loop, Moore Brothers, Mike Visser at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $6. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Clairdee & Ken French Trio Supper Club event at 8 p.m. at Downtown. Cost is $45. 649-3810.
Mike Glendinning, solo jazz guitarist, at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344. www.nomadcafe.net
Brothers Past at 9:30 p.m. at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $5-$8. 548-1159. www.shattuckdownlow.com
Alphabet Soup at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
Malady, Eskapo, Our Turn, The Observers at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $6. 525-9926.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 25
CHILDREN
“Wild About Books” storytime at 10:30 a.m. at the Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge St. 981-6223.
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
Pots from Parady’s Pope Valley Kiln, featuring work by Robert Brady, Scott Parady, Trent Burkett, Craig Petey and Tim Rowan. Reception at 5 p.m. at Trax Gallery, 1812 5th St. 540-8729.
Shona Sculpture from Zimbabwe from noon to 6 p.m. at Kofa International Art, 1661 20th St., Suite 2, Oakland. 451-5632. www.shaonkofa.com
THEATER
“The Deliverance of Souls” at 7 p.m. in the All Souls Sanctuary, 2220 Cedar St. at Spruce. Donation $5 and up.
FILM
Maurice Pialat: “Le Garçu” at 7 p.m. and “Loulou” at 9 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Robert Strom on “Miss Peggy Lee: A Career Chronicle” at 2:30 p.m. the Berkeley Public Library 357-6292.
Rhythm & Muse featuring John Rowe and Rita Bregman. Open mic sign-up 6:30 p.m., reading/performance 7 p.m. at Berkeley Art Center. 527-9753.
Jonathan Stroud reads from the second volume in the Bartimaeus trilogy, “The Golem’s Eye,” especially for young readers, at 1 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. 559-9500.
Orhan Pamuk talks about a poet in a small Turkish village in “Snow” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852.
www.codysbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Magnificat, early music ensemble, presents Iacomo Carissimi’s “Vanity of Vanities” at 8 p.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. For information see www.magnificatbaroque.org
Shen Wei Dance Arts at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $26-$48. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
George Mann and Julius Margolin with Faith Petric sing songs for labor and justice at 7:30 p.m. at Berkeley Fellowship, 1606 Bonita. 841-4824.
Stringband Contest at the Berkeley Farmer’s Market in Civic Center Park, Center St. and Milvia, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., including a Youth Division for the under-18 players. 848-5018.
Berkeley Old Time Music Festival with Foghorn Stringband, Rich Hartness, and The Squirrely Stringband at 8 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Evie Ladin will give a clogging workshop at 6:30 p.m. Cost is $15. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
“Real Gothic Death Metal: Secular Songs of the 14th Century” at 7:30 p.m. at the Dzogchen Community West, 2748, Adeline Street, Suite D. Cost is $5-$10. www.sospiro.org
Cactus Fire at 2 p.m. at Down Home Music, 10341 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito. 525-2129.
Brook Schoenfield & Friends at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344. www.nomadcafe.net
Mal Sharpe’s Big Money in Jazz at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
Junius Courtney Band, nineteen piece swing jazz ensemble, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $15.50-$16.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
pickPocket ensemble performs European folk at 9:30 p.m. at Albatross, 1822 San Pablo Ave. Cost is $3. 843-2473. www.albatrosspub.com
Anthony Blea y Su Charanga at 9:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $12. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
KGB, Dexter Danger at 9 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $7. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Coto Pincheira and Friends at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $12-$18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
Sonic Calligraphy, jazz with Chinese folksongs, at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Cost is $8-$15 sliding scale. www.thejazz-
house.com
American Starlet, Wandering Sons at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $6. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Bill Stewart Saxophone Quartet at 9 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
The Warriors, Allegiance, With or Without You at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $6. 525-9926.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 26
CHILDREN
Yoruba Children’s Theater Workshop, led by storyteller and artist Obafemi Origunwa at 1 p.m. at Phoebe Hearst Museum, Bancroft Way at College. 643-7648. http://hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
7th International Juried Enamel Exhibition collector’s tour with Judy Stone at 2 p.m. at the ACCI Gallery, 1652 Shattuck Ave. 843-2527. www.accigallery.com
Suzanne Lacke: Paintings Reception for the artist at noon at the Giorgi Gallery, 2911 Claremont Ave. at Ashby. Exhibition runs through Oct. 12. 848-1228.
FILM
UPA Cartoons: “The McBoing Boing Revolution” at 5:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Free screening. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Poetry Flash with Brian Blanchfield, Srikanth Reddy and Carol Snow at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. Donation $2. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Rose Levy Beranbaum describes her new cookbook “The Bread Bible” at 4 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. 559-9500.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library Opening Celebration with lectures from 9 a.m. to noon, a concert of Italian music at 2:15 p.m. and dedication ceremony and reception at 3:15 p.m. UC Campus. 642-4864. http://music.berkeley.edu
Salzburg Chamber Soloists perfrom Mozart, Mendelssohn and Dvorak, at 3 p.m. at Hertz Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $48. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Shen Wei Dance Arts at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $26-$48. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Chamber Music Sundaes The Navarro Trio, Jeremy Constant, violin, Jill Rachuy Brindel, cello, Marilyn Thompson, piano at 3:15 p.m. at St John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave. Tickets are $7-$19. 415-584-5946.
Chamber Music: In the Company of Three Violin, organ and piano, at 7 p.m at First Presbyterian Church of Alameda, 2001 Santa Clara, Alameda. Tickets are $5-$10. 522-1477. www.alamedachurch.com
Old Time Cabaret and jam session at 3 p.m. at Jupiter. Part of the Berkeley Old-Time Music Festival. 655-5715.
East Bay Music Together Benefit Concert from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $7-$35. Benefits East Bay Community Recovery. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Joe Locke/Dave Pike Group, vibraphonists, at 4:30 at the
Jazzschool. Cost is $20. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
Shakuhachi Recital by Philip Gelb’s students at 3 p.m. at The Jazz House. Donation $8-$15. www.thejazzhouse.com
Richard Shindell, contemporary song crafter, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $18.50-$19.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
MONDAY, SEPT. 27
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
“Abstractions in Landscapes” with John Toki and artists with disabilities opens at the National Institute of Art and Disabilities, 551 23rd St., Richmond. 620-0290. www.niadart.org
READINGS AND LECTURES
Robert Alter discusses “The Five Books of Moses” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Poetry Express Theme night for haiku and other short poems from 7 to 9:30 p.m., in a Gator Aid Benefit for hurricane victims, at Priya Restaurant, 2072 San Pablo Ave. berkeleypoetryexpress@yahoo.com
T. Thorn Coyle presents her new book “Evolutionary Witchcraft” at 7 p.m. at Change Makers, 6536 Telegraph Ave. 655-2405.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Flamenco Open Stage with Carolina Lugo at 7:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $10. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Richard Shindell, contemporary song crafter, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $18.50-$19.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $8-$12. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com
TUESDAY, SEPT. 28
FILM
Loose Ends: “The Seventies” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Neal Stephenson introduces the third book in The Baroque Cycle, “The System of the World” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Micheline Aharonian Marcom introduces us to her historical novels of the Turkish genocide against Armenians in “Three Apples Fell from Heaven” and “The Daydreaming Boy” at 7:30 p.m. at Easy Going Bookstore, 1385 Shattuck Ave. 843-3533.
The Whole Note Poetry Series, with Charles Curtis Blackwell and Tim McKee at 7 p.m. at The Beanery, 2925 College Ave., near Ashby. 549-9093.
Poets Gone Wild open mic night, at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Creole Belles with Andrew Carrier at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cajun dance lesson with Diana Castillo at 8 p.m. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Greg Lamboy debuts his new album in benefit concert, at 3 p.m., 5951 College Ave. at College Ave. Presbyterian Church, next to Dreyers. Admission free, donation of any amount will benefit the Friday Night Community Meal.
Dave LeFebre Horn Duo at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Jazz House Jam, hosted by Darrell Green and Geechy Taylor at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Donation $5. www.thejazz-
house.com
Mark Murphy at 8 and 10 p.m. Yoshi’s at Jack London Square, through Wed. Cost is $10-$18. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com
Jazzschool Tuesdays, a weekly showcase of up-and-coming ensembles from Berkeley Jazz-
school at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 29
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
California College of the Arts 2004 All-College Honors and Scholarship Awards Exhibition Reception at 6 p.m. 658-1224.
THEATER
“Wives” a gathering of the queens of Henry VIII at 7:30 p.m. at the Hllside Club, 2286 Cedar St., at Arch. Tickets are $15. 525-5625.
FILM
“Hidden Internment” and “Caught in Between: What to Call Home in Times of War” at 8 p.m. at La Peña. Cost is $5-$25. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Performance Anxiety: “Paul McCarthy” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
“Vermeer in Bosnia” A talk by American art historian and writer Lawrence Wechsler, director of the New York University Institute for the Humanities, at 7 p.m. at Wheeler Auditorium, UC Campus. Tickets are $10. 642-9988.
Terry Gross, from National Public Radio, visits to sign copies of “All I Did Was Ask” at 12:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Gilles Kepel describes “The War for Muslim Minds: Islam and the West” at 7:30 p.m. at at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Carla Woody introduces “Standing Stark” at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
Berkeley Poetry Slam with host Charles Ellik, featuring Three Blind Mice, at 8:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5-$7. 841-2082 www.starryplough.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Wednesday Noon Concert, with University Symphony Orchestra at Hertz Hall, UC Campus. 642-4864. http://music.berkeley.edu
Jules Broussard, Ned Boynton, Bing Nathan at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Red Archibald and the Internationals at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Dance lesson with Nick and Shanna at 8 p.m. Cost is $6. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Salsa Caliente at 8 p.m. at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $5-$10. 548-1159.
Saul Kaye Trio at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
Lunasa, Irish quintet, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $18.50-$19.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Whiskey Brothers play old-time and bluegrass at 9 p.m. at Albatross, 1822 San Pablo Ave. 843-2473. www.albatrosspub.com
Acoustic Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com†
