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Tuesday March 08, 2005
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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.

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.

Deborah Rudacille looks at “The Riddle of Gender: Science, Activism, and Transgender Rights” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852.

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.

The Nebulas, The Lava Rats at 9 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $5. 848-0886.

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.

Kurt Rosenwinkel Quintet at 8 and 10 p.m. Yoshi’s at Jack London Square, through Wed. Cost is $10-$16. 238-9200.

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.

EXHIBITIONS

Berkeley Youth Arts Festival opens with a reception at 5 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Center. Exhibition runs to April 2. 644-6893.

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.

Frank Delaney introduces his novel “Ireland” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852.

Pam Houston reads from her new novel “Sight Hound” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698.

Berkeley Poetry Slam with host Charles Ellik at 8:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5-$7. 841-2082.

MUSIC AND DANCE

Wednesday Noon Concert, “Handel & Telemann” with the Kharabaja Baroque Ensemble at Hertz Hall, UC Campus. 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.

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.

Rad Audio, indie nu-wave, at 9 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $5. 848-0886.

Tetsuo at 9:30 p.m. at The Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Tickets are $5. 444-6174.

THURSDAY, MARCH 10

EXHIBITIONS

“Edible Photographs” by Don Melandry of plants at the Edible Schoolyard at King Middle School. Reception from 6 to 8 p.m. at Mrs. Dalloways, 2904 College Ave. 704-8222.

“New Works in Papier-Mache” at the Addison St. Windows, 2018 Addison St. Diverse works by artists ages 6 to 80. Reception from 6 to 8 p.m. 981-7546.

“Drawn by the Brush: Oil Sketches of Peter Paul Rubens” guided tour at 12:15 p.m. at Berkeley Art Museum, 2625 Durant Ave. 642-1295.

“Blind at the Museum” guided tour at 5:30 p.m. at Berkeley Art Museum, 2625 Durant Ave. 642-1295.

FILM

Film amd Video Makers at Cal: “Intimate Team” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808.

READINGS AND LECTURES

T. J. English discusses “Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852.

Word Beat Reading Series at 7 p.m. with Mike Hardy and Maggi H. Meyer at Mediterraneum Caffe, 2475 Telegraph Ave. 526-5985.

MUSIC AND DANCE

Oluyemi and Ijeoma Thomas, adventurous jazz and spoken word at 12:15 p.m. in the Music and Art Room, Berkeley Library, 2090 Kittredge. 981-6100.

“It’s Berkeley” International Talent Show at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $10. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com

Mills College MFA Dance Thesis Concert at 8 p.m. at Lisser Hall, 5000 MacArthur Blvd. Tickets are $5-$7. 430-2175.

Rose Street House of Music Harmony, collaboration, and community for Women’s History Month at 7:30 p.m. at 1839 Rose St. Donation $5-$15. 594-4000, ext. 687. www.rose-

streetmusic.com

Albany Superintendent’s Concert, middle and high school musical groups at 7 p.m. at Albany High School Gym, 603 Key Route Blvd., Albany. 558-2575.

Leftover Dreams with Tony Marcus & Patrice Haan at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $17.50-$18.50. 548-1761.

Blowout, Wataka at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5. 841-2082.

Steve Lucky, solo piano, at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.

Ruth Brown at 8 and 10 p.m. through Sun. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square., through Sat Cost is $22-$26. 238-9200.

Greg Tannen at 8:30 p.m. at Epic Arts, 1923 Ashby Ave. Cost is $5-$10. www.epicarts.org

Dynamite 8, The Insurgence, Year of the Wildcat at 9:30 p.m. at The Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Tickets are $5. 444-6174.

FRIDAY, MARCH 11

THEATER

Bare Stage Productions “One Room” Fri. at 8 p.m., Sat. at 3 and 8 p.m. and Sun. at 3 p.m. at the Choral Rehearsal Room, Cesar Chavez Student Union, UC Campus. Tickets are $5-$7. http://tickets.berkeley.edu

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., 951 Pomona Ave., El Cerrito. Tickets are $10. 524-9132. www.CCCT.org

Cuentos: Voices for (Our) Stories: “You so Fake!” with Leilani Chan and “Rise” with Shyamala Moorty at 8 p.m. at La Peña. Tickets are $7-$10. 849-2568. www.lapena.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. at 2 p.m. to March 13, 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

Word for Word Performing Arts Company “Stories by Tobias Wolff” Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m. at Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Tickets are $25 at the door. www.juliamorgan.org

EXHIBITIONS

“Blind at the Museum” Conference, from 4 to 7 p.m. and Sat. from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Berkeley Art Museum, 2625 Durant Ave. 642-1295. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu

FILM

International Asian American Film Festival “Ethan Mao” at 7 p.m. and “Keka” at 9:15 p.m. at Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu

READINGS AND LECTURES

By the Light of the Moon open mic and salon for women hosted by Karen Broder at 7:30 p.m. at Changemakers, 6536 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Cost is $3-$7. 655-2405. ww.changemakersforwomen.com

MUSIC AND DANCE

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $32-$54. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu

En Pointe Youth Dance Company Fifth Annual Spring Performance featuring five original pieces choreographed and danced by Berkeley youth at 8 p.m. at the Roda Theater, 2015 Addison St. Tickets are $6-$8. www.enpointe.org

Rachel Garlin in a benefit concert for King Middle School student delegation to Washington D.C., at 7 p.m. in the King Middle School Auditorium, 1781 Rose St. Suggested donation $10-$20. 843-0822. king@rachelgarlin.com

Frank Martin Trio at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com

Mills College MFA Dance Thesis Concert at 8 p.m. at Lisser Hall, 5000 MacArthur Blvd. Tickets are $5-$7, free to Mills students. 430-2175.

The Athena Trio at 8 p.m. at Giorgi Gallery, 2911 Claremont Ave. Cost is $12-$15. 848-1228.

The Aggrolites, The Uptones, Monkey, presented by Bay Area Ska, at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $10. 525-5054.

Mac Martin & The Dixie Travellers, bluegrass from central Appalachia, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $18.50-$19.50. 548-1761.

Lua at 8 p.m. at Caffe Trieste, 2500 San Pablo Ave. 548-5198.

Riot A-Go-Go, Chow Nasty, The Inversions at 9 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $5-$7. 848-0886.

Farma, Firecracker, The Unravellers at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $12. 841-2082.

Brian Melvin Quartet at 9 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.

DJ & Brook, jazz trio, at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344.

Otis Goodbight, Shotgun Wedding at 9 p.m. at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $7-$10. 548-1159.

Rob Bayne, Ira Marlowe & Friends at 8:30 p.m. at Epic Arts, 1923 Ashby Ave. Cost is $5-$10. www.epicarts.org

Babyland, Rajah, and local film shorts at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $6. 525-9926.

High Violets, Astral, Foxtail Somersault at 9:30 p.m. at The Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Tickets are $5. 444-6174.

SATURDAY, MARCH 12

CHILDREN

East Bay Children’s Theater “Shoemaker and The Elves” at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Oakland Museum, 10th and Oak Sts. Tickets are $6. 655-7285. www.childrens-theatre.org

EXHIBITIONS

“13 @ 13” “Berkeley Boys Coming of Age” Portraits by Phoebe Ackle. Reception at 7 p.m. at Fourth Street Studio, 1717D 4th St. 527-0600. www.fourthstreetstudio.com

“Dulcis Domus” Utilitarian ceramics by Julia Galloway at Trax Gallery, 1812 Fifth St. through April 9. 540-8729.

FILM

International Asian American Film Festival “And Thereafter” at 5 p.m., “Oldboy” at 7 p.m. and “Cutie Honey” at 9:45 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808.

READINGS AND LECTURES

Chun Yu talks about “Little Green: Growing Up During the Chinese Cultural Revolution” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com

MUSIC AND DANCE

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at 2 and 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $32-$54. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu

En Pointe Youth Dance Company Fifth Annual Spring Performance featuring five original pieces choreographed and danced by Berkeley youth at 8 p.m. at the Roda Theater, 2015 Addison St. Tickets are $6-$8. www.enpointe.org

Mills College MFA Dance Thesis Concert at 2 p.m. at Lisser Hall, 5000 MacArthur Blvd. Tickets are $5-$7, free to Mills students. 430-2175.

Baroque Etcetera “Italian Beauties” at 8 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, 5201 Park Blvd., Oakland. Donation $10. 540-8222. www.baroquetc.org

American Recorder Orchestra of the West “Music of the British Isles” at 7:30 p.m. at All Souls Church, 2220 Cedar St. Free, donations appreciated. 843-2425. www.schweter.com/arow

Contra Costa Chorale at 2 p.m. at El Cerrito Methodist Church, 6830 Stockton Ave. Tickets are $12-$15. 514-1861.

Berkeley Youth Arts Festival Flute Fest with students in grades K-5 at 2 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Center. 644-6893.

Nancy Schimmel and Friends, in celebration of Nancy’s 70th birthday, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $17.50-$18.50. 548-1761.

Mujeres/Women: Holly Near and Ronnie Gilbert at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $18-$20. 849-2568.

Hal Stein at 9 p.m. at Cafe Van Kleef, l621 Telegraph, Oakland.

“Collage des Cultures Africaines” with the Diamano Coura West African Dance Company at 8 p.m. at Calvin Simmons Theater, Oakland. Tickets are $10-$30. 733-1077. www.urbanevents.com

The Wilders, The Earl Brothers at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $7. 841-2082.

Palenque, Cuban Son, at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com

The People, The Debonaires, Soul Captives, ska, hip hop, reggae at 9:30 at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $8. 848-0886.

Frank Sally at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344.

The David Jeffrey Jazz Fourtet at 9:30 p.m. at Albatross, 1822 San Pablo Ave. Cost is $3. 843-2473.

Kellye Gray at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $12-$18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com

Carl Sonny Leland Trio at 9 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.

R.A.M.B.O., Voestek, Born/

Dead, Ashtray at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $6. 525-9926.

The Great Auk at 8:30 p.m. at Epic Arts, 1923 Ashby Ave. Cost is $5-$10. www.epicarts.org

Floating Goat, Drink the Bleach, Secret Order of the Tusk at 9:30 p.m. at The Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Tickets are $5. 444-6174.

SUNDAY, MARCH 13

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

“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

International Asian American Film Festival 3:45 to 8 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808.

READINGS AND LECTURES

Poetry Flash with Sandra Gilbert and Chana Bloch at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. Donation $2. 845-7852.

International Women’s Writing Guild hosts Katherine V. Forrest at 3 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. 559-9500.

Janet Stickmon reads from her biography “Crushing Soft Rubies” at 4 p.m. at Eastwind Books, 2066 University Ave. 548-2350.

Peter Phillips and Webster Tarpley discuss what the media failed to report about 9/11 at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698.

MUSIC AND DANCE

The Sor Ensemble performs Bartok, Dvorak and Prokofiev at 4 p.m. at Crowden Music Center, 1475 Rose St. Tickets are $12, free for children. 559-6910. www.crowdenmusiccenter.org

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at 3 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $32-$54. 642-9988.

Cantabile Choral Guild “Songs of Love and Liturgy” at 7:30 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way. Preview lecture 30 minutes before the concert. Tickets are $6-$25. 650-424-1410. www.cantabile.org

Sounds New A program of new American music at 7:30 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church, 1 Lawson Rd., Kensington. Donations $10-$15. 524-2912. www.SoundsNewUS.org

Soli Deo Gloria and Camerata Gloria “Across the Pond,” a concert of a cappella music by English composers at 3:30 p.m. at Zion Lutheran, 5201 Park Blvd., Piedmont. Tickets are $15-$20. 415-982-7341. www.sdgloria.org

Organ Recital by Rodney Gehrke at 6 p.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft Way. 845-0888.

Baroque Etcetera “Italian Beauties” at 4 p.m. at The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 1823 Hearst St. Donation $10. 540-8222. www.baroquetc.org

International Women’s Day Celebration “In Song and Struggle” with Shelley Doty and Rachel Garlin at 7 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10. 849-2568.

Dave Lefevbre at 4:30 at the Jazzschool. Cost is $12-$18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com

Earl Howard and David Wessel at 8 p.m. at CNMAT, 1750 Arch St. Tickets are $5-$10. www.cnmat.berkeley.edu/calendar

Robin and Linda Williams, contemporary acoustic country, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $18.50-$19.50. 548-1761.

Jacqui Naylor at 2 and 8 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square, through Sun. Cost is $5-$14. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com