Election Section
Arts Calendar
TUESDAY, MARCH 1
FILM
Alternative Visions: “Light and Shadow Bandit” at 7:30 p.m. at Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Steve Erickson reads from his new novel “Our Ecstatic Days” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Ross Tobia, El Cerrito author reads from “Grand Unified Theory, Physics for a New Age” at 7 p.m. at the Friends of the El Cerrito Library, 6510 Stockton Ave., El Cerrito.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Anoush & Smyrna Time Machine at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Balkan dance lesson at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $10. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Long Lonesome Road, bluegrass, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $18.50- $19.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
The Marcos Silva Brazilian Piano Duo at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Bob Harp, Danny Allen, Americana, at 9:30 p.m. at The Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Tickets are $5. 444-6174. www.storkcluboakland.com
Omar Sosa Quartet at 8 and 10 p.m. Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $14-$20. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2
THEATER
“Bright River” A hip-hop retelling of Dante’s Inferno, every Wed. through March 16 at 8 p.m. at Oakland Metro, 201 Broadway. Tickets are $12-$35 available from 415-256-8499. www.inhousetickets.com
EXHIBITIONS
“Drawn by the Brush: Oil Skteches by Peter Paul Rubens” opens at the Berkeley Art Museum, 2625 Durant Ave. and runs through May 15. 642-1295. www.banpfa.berkeley.edu
“Mapping the Landscape of Learning” artwork by Bay Area youth and CCA students, opens at the Tecoah Bruce Gallery, Oliver Art Center, California College of the Arts, 5212 Broadway. Reception from 5 to 7 p.m. 594-3754.
FILM
Film 50: History of Cinema “The Lady From Shanghai” at 3 p.m. and “Tron” at 7:30 p.m. at Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Andrew Sean Greer reads from his novel “The Confessions of Max Tivoli” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Donna Henes reads from “The Queen of Myself: Stepping into Sovereignty in Midlife” at 7 p.m. at Changemakers, 6536 Telegraph Ave. 655-2405. www.
changemakersforwomen.com
Berkeley Poetry Slam with host Charles Ellik and Three Blind Mice, at 8:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5-$7. 841-2082 www.starryplough.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Berkeley Symphony Orchestra 4th Annual Choral Festival, benefitting the Musicians’ Pension Fund at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $22-$49 available from 841-2800. www.berkeleysymphony.org
The Marcus Shelby Duo at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Fundraiser for Joe Paquin with Tom Rigney & The Sundogs at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Zydeco dance lesson at 8 p.m. Cost is $10-$20. 525-5054.
Ledward Ka’apana, Hawaiian slack key guitar, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $17.50-$18.50. 548-1761.
Whiskey Brothers at 9 p.m. at Albatross, 1822 San Pablo Ave. 843-2473.
Ubzorb, Dead Sea Scribes, Daddy Axe at 9:30 p.m. at The Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Tickets are $5. 444-6174.
Omar Sosa Quartet at 8 and 10 p.m. Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $14-$20. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com
THURSDAY, MARCH 3
EXHIBITIONS
“Drawn by the Brush: Oil Sketches of Peter Paul Rubens” guided tour at 5:30 p.m. at Berkeley Art Museum, 2625 Durant Ave. 642-1295.
FILM
Women of Color Film Festival “Outside the Box” at 5:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Free First Thursdays. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Lunch Poems Reading Series with Eugene Ostashevsky at 12:10 p.m. at the Morrison Library in Doe Library, UC Campus. 642-0137. http://lunchpoems.berkeley.edu
Georgina Kleege and Katherine Sherwood Gallery Conversation in conjuction with the exhibition “Blind at the Museum” at 12:15 p.m. at Berkeley Art Museum, 2625 Durant Ave. 642-1295.
Gillian Conoley, featured poet at 7 p.m. at the Albany Library, 1247 Marin Ave. 526-3720, ext. 17.
Morteza Baharloo reads from his novel of Iran “The Quince Seed Potion” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852.
Word Beat Reading Series at 7 p.m. with featured readers Elz J. Cuya and Myron Hardy Jr. with Sonya Renee at Mediterraneum Caffe, 2475 Telegraph Ave. 526-5985.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Mutabaraka, DUB poet, at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $15. 525-5054.
Against the Empire A night of radical folk legends with Robb Johnson, David Rovics and Folk This! at 7 p.m. at AK Press Warehouse, 674-A 23rd St. 208-1700. www.akpress.org
Celtic Fiddle Festival, with Kevin Burke, Christian Lemaitre and Andre Brunet at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $20.50-$21.50. 548-1761.
Charming Hostess, Dina Maccabee at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5. 841-2082. www.starryplough.com
Sebastien Lanson, solo jazz guitar, at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Adoration Machine, Evacuee, The New Usual at 9:30 p.m. at The Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Tickets are $5. 444-6174. www.storkcluboakland.com
Pat Martino Quartet in a tribute to Wes Montgomery at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square, through Sun. Cost is $12-$20. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com
FRIDAY, MARCH 4
EXHIBITIONS
Jeremy Kirsch Photographic Portraits. Reception at 8 p.m. at Auto 3321 Gallery, 3321 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Exhibition runs to March 31. www.freewebs.com/
autoartgallery
Boontling Gallery “Overhung,” Works by over 50 Bay Area artists. Opening reception at 7:30 p.m. Exhibition runs to March 15, at 4224 Telegraph Ave. www.4leagueindustries.com
“The Journey of Staying,” mobile sculpture by Stan Huncilman. Reception at 5:30 p.m. at Atelier Gallery, 1812B Sixth St. Exhibition runs to March 25. 486-1485. www.ateliergallery.com
FILM
Women of Color Film Festival “Bending the Beat” at 7:30 p.m at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
THEATER
Aurora Theatre, “Dublin Carol” by Conor McPherson Wed.-Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun at 2 and 7 p.m. through March 6 at 2081 Addison St. Tickets are $28-$45. 843-4822. www.auroratheatre.org
Central Works, “Enemy Combatant” at the Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave. Performances are Thurs.-Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 5 p.m. through March 26. Tickets are $9-$25. 558-1381. www.centralworks.org
Contra Costa Civic Theater, “Buried Child” on the disintigration of the American Dream, Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 2 p.m. through March 13, 951 Pomona Ave., El Cerrito. Tickets are $10. 524-9132. www.CCCT.org
Impact Theatre, “Othello” at 8 p.m. at La Val’s Subterranean Theater, 1834 Euclid. Thurs.- Sat. through March 19. Tickets are $10-$15. 464-4468. www.impacttheatre.com
Shotgun Players “The Just” by Albert Camus. Thurs.- Sun. at 8 p.m. at The Ashby Stage, 1901 Ashby Ave. through April 10. Tickets are sliding scale $10-$30. 841-6500. www.shotgunplayers.org
UC Theater, “Three Sisters” a contemporary staging of Chekhov’s drama, Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. Mar. 6 at 7 p.m., Sun. Mar. 13 at 2 p.m. at Zellerbach Playhouse, UC Campus. Tickets are $8-$14. 642-9925. http://theater.berkeley.edu
Un-Scripted Theater Company “You Bet Your Improvisor!” Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m. through March 26 at Temescal Arts Center, 511 48th St. at Telegraph. Tickets are $7-$10. 415-869-5384. www.unscripted.com
READINGS AND LECTURES
Ward Churchill talks about “Kill the Indian, Save the Man: The Genocidal Impact of American Indian Residential Schools” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
The Great Night of Soul Poetry at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $17.50-$18.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
MUSIC AND DANCE
California Bach Society “Schütz Cantiones Sacrae” at 8 p.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft Way. Tickets are $10-$25. 415-262-0272. www.calbach.org
Dance IS Festival at 8 p.m. at Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Tickets are $10-$15. 925-798-1300. www.juliamorgan.org
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin, at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $32-$56. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Jenna Mammina, in a celebration of International Women’s Day at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $12-$18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
Prefixo de Verão, Brazilian, at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054.
Lee Waterman’s Shake/Silver Moon Band at 9 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Liesl’s Wet Dress at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344. www.nomadcafe.net
Luke Janela with Sam Stearns at 8:30 p.m. at Epic Arts, 1923 Ashby Ave. Cost is $5-$10. www.epicarts.org
The J. Byrd Hosch Trio, Jug Free America, Audrey Auld Mezera, at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $6. 841-2082. www.starryplough.com
Phenomenauts, Rasputin, Sheephead, Stiletta at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St., an all-ages, member-run, no alcohol, no drugs, no violence club. Cost is $6. 525-9926.
3 Hours Old, Alia for Release at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $8. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Richard Bitch, The Absentee, Scissor for Lefty at 9:30 p.m. at The Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Tickets are $5. 444-6174. www.storkcluboakland.com
Brown Baggin, funk, jazz, at 9:30 p.m. at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $5. 548-1159.
Pat Martino Quartet in a tribute to Wes Montgomery at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square, through Sun. Cost is $12-$20. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com
SATURDAY, MARCH 5
CHILDREN
Jeff Smith visits with “Bone” at 3 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. 559-9500.
EXHIBITIONS
“The Art of Living Black Art Tour” Sat. and Sun. from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Richmond Convention Center. For information call 620-6772. www.therichmondartcenter.org
“Exhibitions of Expression” a conference and forum for Asian Americans in art, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Dwinelle Hall, UC Campus. 643-5497. httpp://multicultural.berkeley.edu/apasd/conference2005
FILM
Women of Color Film Festival “Our Cosmos, Our Chaos” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Smug Shift, a night of underground stand-up comedy at 9:30 p.m. at The Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Cost is $6. 444-6174.
John Cho, Asian American actor, on his career at 7 p.m. in Wheeler Auditorium, UC Campus. 643-5497.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Dance IS Festival at 8 p.m. at Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Tickets are $10-$15. 925-798-1300. www.juliamorgan.org
New Millenium Strings with Christa Pfeiffer, soprano, at 8 p.m. at the Arlington Community Church, 52 Arlington Ave., Kensington. Donation $10-$20. 528-4633.
Trinity Chamber Concert “Brassiosaurus” at 8 p.m. at Trinity Chapel, 2320 Dana St. Tickets are $8-$12. 549-3864. http://trinitychamberconcerts.com
Nayo Ulloa, Andean flute virtuoso at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10-$12. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra Recital featuring Elspeth Franks, mezzo-soprano with Daniel Lockert, piano at 8 p.m. at Crowden School Auditorium, 1475 Rose St. 601-1718.
Marley’s Ghost at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $17.50-$18.50. 548-1761.
Rhiannon with Bowl Full of Sound at 8 p.m. at the Jazz-
school. Cost is $12-$18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
Beausoleil at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $20. 525-5054.
Earl Howard and David Wessel at 8 p.m. at CNMAT, 1750 Arch St. Tickets are $5-$10. www.cnmat.berkeley.edu
Vince Lateano Quartet at 9 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Samantha Raven at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344.
Braziu at 9:30 p.m. at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $10-$12. 548-1159.
Charmless, Collisionville, The Cushion Theory at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $6. 841-2082. www.starryplough.com
Nasty Breeze, Kung Fu Vampire, World Wide Sickness, hip hop, at 9 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $10. 848-0886.
Wayward Monks at 8:30 p.m. at Epic Arts, 1923 Ashby Ave. Cost is $5-$10. www.epicarts.org
Fleshies, Veronica Lipgloss & The Evil Eyes at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $6. 525-9926.
SUNDAY, MARCH 6
CHILDREN
Gayle Schmitt & The Toodala Ramblers at Ashkenaz at 3 p.m. Cost is $4-$6. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
THEATER
“Beowulf” The epic translated and performed by Philip Wharton at 7:30 p.m. at La Val’s Subterranean, 1834 Euclid. Sun. nights through Mar. 20. Tickets are $10-$15. 415-608-9683.
EXHIBITIONS
“Quilt Self-Protraits” by students of Peralta Elementary School. Reception at 2 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344. www.nomadcafe.net
“Drawn by the Brush: Oil Sketches of Peter Paul Rubens” guided tour at 2 p.m. at Berkeley Art Museum, 2625 Durant Ave. 642-1295.
FILM
Women of Color Film Festival “Querida Familia” at 5:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808.
“Imagining Brightly Colored Flowers I Rise” The late Neala Haze’s look at a dancer’s artistic process, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mills College Music Building Concert Hall, 5000 MacArthur Blvd. Tickets are $25-$75.
READINGS AND LECTURES
Women’s History Month Lecture with JoAnn Levy discussing “Unsettling the West: Eliza Farnham and Georgiana Bruce Kirby in Frontier California” at 2 p.m. at the Oakland Museum, 10th and Oak Sts. 238-2200.
“Picturing Pain in Rubens’ Time and Our Own,” a panel discussion at 3 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Museum, 2625 Durant Ave. 642-1295.
“Folk and the Tales They Tell” with African-American artist and storyteller, Karen McKie at 2 p.m. at the Phoebe Hearst Museum, Bancroft at College. 643-7648.
Mildred S. Barish will discuss her book, “Tamalpais Tales: A Berkeley Neighborhood Remembers,” at 7:30 p.m. at The Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar St. 527-0450.
Poetry Flash with Cathy Coleman and David St. John at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. Donation $2. 845-7852.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Pacific Boychoir with organist William Ludtke at 8 p.m. at First Church of Christ Scientist, Dwight Way at Bowditch. Tickets are $25-$30, to raise funds to replace the roof of this historic 1910 landmark. 925-376-3908. www.friendsoffirstchurch.org
Berkeley Youth Orchestra performs “A World of Melodies” at 2:30 p.m. at the Laney College Theater, Oakland. Tickets are $5 at the door. 663-3296.
Dance IS Festival at 2 p.m. at Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Tickets are $10-$15. 925-798-1300. www.juliamorgan.org
Chamber Music Sundaes with Catherine Payne, flute, at 3:15 p.m. at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave. Tickets at the door $7-$19. 415-584-5946.
Musicians from Marlboro at 3 p.m. at Hertz Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $38. 642-9988.
Volti “Left Turn @ Albuquerque” a cappella music of Cuba, Peru, Argentina and Mexico at 4 p.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft Way. Tickets are $8-$20. 415-771-3352. www.voltisf.org
ACME Observatory Contemporary Performance Series With Welsh harpist Rhodri Davies at 8 p.m. at 21 Grand, 441B 23 St. Cost is $6-$10 sliding scale. http://music.acme.com
Montclair Women’s Big Band at 4:30 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $20. 845-5373.
Potential Threat at 9:30 p.m. at The Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Tickets are $5. 444-6174.
Twang Café at 8:30 p.m. at Epic Arts, 1923 Ashby Ave. Cost is $5-$10. www.epicarts.org
Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen, contemporary folk, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $17.50-$18.50. 548-1761.
Mikey Dread, Pacific Vibrations at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $12-$15. 848-0886.
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