Press Releases
Arts Calendar
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.
Beth Waters with Adrianne at 8 p.m. at Caffe Trieste, 2500 San Pablo Ave., at Dwight. 548-5198.
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
T. Scott Sayre, paintings, prints and murals at Au Coquelet, 2000 University Ave. Reception for 6 to 8 p.m. 848-9847. www.studiowindows.com
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.
Pappa Gianni and the North Beach Band from 2 to 5 p.m. at Caffe Trieste, 2500 San Pablo Ave., at Dwight. 548-5198.
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.
MONDAY, MARCH 7
FILM
Buddhism and Film: “Lost Horizon” at 3 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Mark Danner explains “Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Actors Reading Writers Celebrating writing through live readings. “Eccentric Children” stories by Truman Capote and Frank O’Connor, at 7:30 p.m. at the Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave. 845-8542, ext. 376.
Bart Schneider reads from his novel “Beautiful Inez” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
Poetry Express, featuring Michael Hardy from 7 to 9:30 p.m., at Priya Restaurant, 2072 San Pablo Ave. berkeleypoetryexpress@yahoo.com
The Last Word Poetry reading with Jannie Dresser and Rich Yurman at 7 p.m. at Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Ave. 649-1320.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Songwriters Symposium at 8:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Trovatore, traditional Italian songs, at 7 p.m. at Caffe Trieste, 2500 San Pablo Ave., at Dwight. 548-5198.
Mimi Fox in a tribute to Wes Montgomery at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $8-$12. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com
TUESDAY, MARCH 8
FILM
Alternative Visions: New Works by Andrew Noren at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Robin Tolmach Lakoff discusses her revised edition of “Language and Women’s Place” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
Deborah Rudacille looks at “The Riddle of Gender: Science, Activism, and Transgender Rights” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
In Harmony for Asia, a cappella fundraiser for tsunami relief, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $19.50-$20.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
The Nebulas, The Lava Rats at 9 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $5. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
The Red Thread, The Famous, alt country, at 9:30 p.m. at The Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Tickets are $5. 444-6174. www.storkcluboakland.com
Kurt Rosenwinkel Quintet at 8 and 10 p.m. Yoshi’s at Jack London Square, through Wed. Cost is $10-$16. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com
The David Lefebvre Duo at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9
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
Berkeley Youth Arts Festival opens with a reception at 5 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Center. Exhibition runs to April 2. Gallery hours are Wed. - Sun. noon to 5 p.m. 644-6893. www.berkeleyartcenter.org
FILM
History of Cinema: “Umberto D.” at 3 p.m. and Games People Play: “Parallel Universum, Part II” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
“The Artistry of Keith Jarrett” with Susan Muscarella at 7 p.m. at The Musical Offering, 2340 Bancroft Way. Free. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Frank Delaney introduces his novel “Ireland” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Pam Houston reads from her new novel “Sight Hound” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.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
Wednesday Noon Concert, “Handel & Telemann” with the Kharabaja Baroque Ensemble at Hertz Hall, UC Campus. Free. 642-4864. http://music.berkeley.edu
Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $36-$80 available from 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Ned Boynton Trio at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Ka Ua Tuahine Fundraiser, Tahitian music and dance at 8 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $15. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Peppino D’Agostino, guitar, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $18.50-$19.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Rad Audio, indie nu-wave, at 9 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $5. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Tetsuo at 9:30 p.m. at The Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Tickets are $5. 444-6174. www.storkcluboakland.com?
