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Arts Calendar
FRIDAY, MARCH 18
THEATER
Berkeley Repertory Theater “For Better or Worse” at the Thrust Stage, 2025 Addison St. through April 24. Tickets are $20-$55. 647-2949.
Central Works, “Enemy Combatant” opens 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
“Frank Oliver’s Twisted Cabaret 2005,” Fri., Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 2 p.m. at Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Tickets are $12-$20. 925-798-1300.
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.
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.
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
Youth Musical Theater Company, “Jesus Christ Superstar” Fri. and Sat. at 7:30 p.m. and Sun. at 3 p.m. at Longfellow Middle School, 1500 Derby at Sacramento. TIckets are $12 general, $6 student. For reservations call 595-5524. www.YMTCBerkeley.org
EXHIBITIONS
“Spring” paintings by Michael Grady and Judy Poldi. Reception for the artists at 7 p.m. at Artbeat Gallery, 1887 Solano Ave. Exhibition runs to April 23. 527-3100.
“Bucky Printers” A group printmaker show with works varying in styles from the traditional woodblock to experimental stitching and stencil. Opening reception at 7:30 p.m. at Boontling Gallery, 4224 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. boontlinggallery@hotmail.com
FILM
Edgar G. Ulmer: “The Black Cat” at 7 p.m. and “Strange Illusion” at 8:30 p.m. at Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
John Rowe featured poet at 7:30 p.m. at at the Fellowship Café, Cedar & Bonita Sts. Donation $5-$10. 841-4824.
“Divine Madness - Women Poets” with Kathryn Waddell Takara, Opal Plamer Adisa, Karla Brundage and others at 7 p.m. at Barnes and Noble, 5604 Bay Street, Emeryville. 325-4055.
Joel Olsen on “The Abolition of White Democracy” at 7 p.m. at AK Press Warehouse, 674-A 23rd St. 208-1700. www.akpress.org
“Althea Thauberger/Matrix 215” Conversation with Matthew Higg and Shannon Jackson at 3:30 p.m. at Berkeley Art Museum, 2625 Durant Ave. 642-1295. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
MUSIC AND DANCE
Berkeley High Jazz Ensemble at 7 p.m. at the Florence Schwimely Little Theater, BHS.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $32-$54. 642-9988.
Oakland East Bay Symphony performs Verdi, Tchaikovsky Armienta and Chabrier at 8 p.m. at Paramount Theater, 2025 Broadway, Oakland. Tickets are $15-$60. 625-8497.
Celebrating Vernal Equinox Organ concert at 7:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church of Oakland, 2619 Broadway. Donation $10. 444-3555.
WomenSing Concert “A Musical Odyssey” featuring Josef Rheinberger’s “Regina Coeli” and Benjamin Britten’s “Missa Brevis,” at 8:30 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way. Tickets are $16-$20. 925-974-9169.
Contra Costa Chorale at 8 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church, 1 Lawson Rd., Kensington. Tickets are $12-$15, children under 16 free. 524-1861.
“Tomorrow is Today” dance and martial arts by Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company at 7:30 p.m. at the Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts, 1428 Alice St. Tickets are $5-$20. 597-1619. www.destinyarts.org
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums with Ms. Carmen Getit at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Swing dance lesson at 8 p.m. Cost is $13. 525-5054.
Magic City Chamber of Commerce at 8 p.m. at Caffe Trieste, 2500 San Pablo Ave., at Dwight. 548-5198.
Darryl Henriques at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $18.50-$19.50. 548-1761.
7th Direction, Hobo Jungle, Saul Kaye Band at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $6. 841-2082.
Akira Tana & Jon Wiitala Trio at 9 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Megan McLaughlin at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344.
Diego’s Umbrella, funk, jam at 9:30 p.m. at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $5-$7. 548-1159.
Andrea Maxand’s Ban, Lisa Dewey, Clevergirl at 9:30 p.m. at The Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Tickets are $5. 444-6174.
Faye Carol, jazz vocalist, at 7 p.m. at Maxwell’s, 341 13th St., Oakland. 839-6169.
Pipedown, Shadow Boxer, Romans Go Home, Desa 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.
SATURDAY, MARCH 19
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
The Shamrock Ceili, Celtic music at 11:30 a.m. at Habitot Children’s Museum, 2065 Kittredge St. Cost is $5-$6. 647-1111. www.habitot.org
EXHIBITIONS
“Giving Form to the Formless” calligraphy by Ronald Y. Nakasone. Reception form 2 to 5 p.m. at UNA Information Center, 1403 B Addison St. 849-1752.
THEATER
Magical Arts Ritual Theater, “Oracles from the Living Tarot” at 8 p.m. at Arts First Oakland, First Congregational Church, 2501 Harrison at 27th. Tickets are $15-$30 available from 523-7754.
FILM
International Asian American Film Festival “Evolution of a Filipino Family” at 12:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Kala Artist Gallery Conversation with David Hamill, Jonn Herschend and Sarah Smith at 3 p.m. at Kala Art Institute, 1060 Heinz Ave. 549-2977. www.kala.org
Prose Open Mic featuring Jan Steckel, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Lakeview Branch Library, 550 El Embarcadero, Oakland. 238-7344. www.jansteckel.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
Four Seasons Concerts with Yin Cheng-Zong, pino, at 7:30 p.m. at Calvin Simmons Theater, Oakland. Tickets are $25-$35. 601-7919.
Philharmonia Baroque “Mozart’s Quartet” at 8 p.m. at First Congregational Church, Dana and Durant. Tickets are $28-$62. 415-392-4400.
Magnificat Baroque “Passion and Ressurection” at 8 p.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. Tickets are $12-$25. 415-979-4500.
Solaris Quartet with Bryan Baker, piano, at 8 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church, One Lawson Road, Kensington. Donation $15-$50. 525-0302.
New Millenium Strings with Joseph Gold, violin, and Kurt Rapf, organ, at 3 p.m. at Lake Park Methodist Church, 281 Santa Clara Ave., Oakland. Donation $10-$20. 528-4633.
Bay Area Classical Harmonies performs Bach’s B Minor Mass at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 114 Montecito Ave., Oakland. 866-233-9892. www.berkeleybach.org
“20 Going on 21” With the San Francisco Choral Artists at 8 p.m. at Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church, 3534 Lakeshore Ave. Tickets are $17-$22. 415-979-5779. www.sfca.org
Jewish Music Festival with members of East West Ensemble and the Omar Faruk Tekbilek Ensemble at 8 p.m. in Wheeler Auditorium, UC Campus. Tickets are $25-$60. www.brjcc.org
“Tomorrow is Today” dance and martial arts by Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company at 7:30 p.m., and Sun. at 3 p.m. at the Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts, 1428 Alice St. Tickets are $5-$20. 597-1619. www.destinyarts.org
Mujeres/Women: Cava and Claudia Tenorio at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $12-$14. 849-2568.
The Vowel Movement, Beatbox showcase, at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $12. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Chris Skyhawk at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344.
Melanie O’Reilly at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $18.50-$19.50. 548-1761.
The Look, World Wide Spies, Nation of Two, rock, nu wave, at 9 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $7. 848-0886.
Madeline Eastman “The Miles Davis Project” at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $18. 845-5373.
The Fenians, Gerorge Pederson & the ReincarNatives at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $8. 841-2082.
Pitch Black, Enemy You, Teenagebottlerocket, at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $6. 525-9926.
David Benoit at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square, through Sun. Cost is $15-$26. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com
SUNDAY, MARCH 20
CHILDREN
Nigerian Brothers at 3 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Tickets are $4-$6. 525-5054.
THEATER
“Beowulf” The epic translated and performed by Philip Wharton at 7:30 p.m. at La Val’s Subterranean, 1834 Euclid. Tickets are $10-$15. 415-608-9683.
“The Boy Who Lost His Laugh” performed by Stagebridge senior theater company at 3 p.m. at Arts First Oakland in the First Congregational Church, 2501 Harrison Ave., at 27th St. Tickets are $5-$10. 444-4755. www.stagebridge.org
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.
“Shtetl” A multi-media exhibition by Naomie Kremer. Reception from 2 to 4 p.m. at Judah L. Magnes Museum, 2911 Russell St. Exhibition runs to July 31. www.magnes.org
FILM
Edgar G. Ulmer “People on Sunday” at 7 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808.
READINGS AND LECTURES
Poetry Flash with Julie Carr and Evelyn Reilly at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. Donation $2. 845-7852.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at 3 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $32-$54. 642-9988.
Miró Quartet at 3 p.m. at Hertz Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $38 available from 642-9988.
Philharmonia Baroque “Mozart’s Quartet” at 7:30 p.m. at First Congregational Church, Dana and Durant. Tickets are $28-$62. 415-392-4400. www.philharmonia.org
Organ Music performed by Ether Criscuola at 4 p.m. at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave. Donation $15. 658-3298.
Berkeley Youth Arts Festival Performances by young musicians at 4 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Center. 644-6893.
Gil Chun’s Bay Area Follies at 2 and 7 p.m. at the Roda Theatrer, 2015 Addison St. Tickets are $10-$15. 526-8474.
Tezkatlipoka Aztec Dance A Spring Equinox Celebration at 7 p.m. at Studio Rasa, 933 Parker St. Cost is $10. 843-2787.
Darren Johnston’s United Brassworkers Front at 4:30 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $12-$15. 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.
Rahim AlHaj, Iraqi oud music, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $19.50. 548-1761.
Allegiance, Down to Nothing, Stand and Fight at 5 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $6. 525-9926.
Hemlock at 9:30 p.m. at The Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Tickets are $5. 444-6174.
MONDAY, MARCH 21
THEATER
The Shotgun Players Theatre Lab, “Monster in the Dark” Mon. and Tues. at 8 p.m. through March 29, at The Ashby Stage, 1901 Ashby Ave. at MLK. Tickets are $10. 841-6500. www.shotgunplayers.org
EXHIBITIONS
“The Dreaming Mind, The Conscious Mind” a collaborative exhibition between NIAD Art Center and JFK Univ. School of Holistic Studies at 2956 San Pablo Ave., 2nd flr. Exhibition runs to Mar. 31. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 649-0499.
“Overcoming Faceless Labor” Farmworkers through the lens of Almudena Ortiz opens at the Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge St. Through June 15. 981-6233.
READINGS AND LECTURES
PlayGround “Retelling of an Urban Legend,” readings by emerging playwrights, at 8 p.m. at Berkeley Rep, 2025 Addison St. Tickets are $15. 415-704-3177. www.PlayGround-sf.org
Ishmael Reed, Tennessee Reed and others at at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
Anne Lamott describes “Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith” at 7:30 p.m. at First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way. Donation $10. Sponsored by Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Poetry Express with Tom Odegard from 7 to 9:30 p.m., at Priya Restaurant, 2072 San Pablo Ave. berkeleypoetryexpress@yahoo.com
David Gitin and Jack Marshall read their poems at 7:30 p.m. at Moe’s Books on Telegraph Ave. Admission is free.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Trovatore, traditional Italian songs, at 7 p.m. at Caffe Trieste, 2500 San Pablo Ave., at Dwight. 548-5198.
Natasha Miller at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $8-$12. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com
TUESDAY, MARCH 22
THEATER
The Shotgun Players Theatre Lab, “Monster in the Dark” Mon. and Tues. at 8 p.m. through March 29, at The Ashby Stage, 1901 Ashby Ave. at MLK. Tickets are $10. 841-6500. www.shotgunplayers.org
READINGS AND LECTURES
Karsten Huer describes “Walking in the Big Wild: From Yellowstone to the Yukon on the Grizzly Bears’ Trail” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Tom Rigney & Flambeau at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cajun dance lesson at 8 p.m. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Teada at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $16.50- $17.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Jug Free America, Pinebox Boys, Toshio Hirano, darkgrass and cowboy, at 9:30 p.m. at The Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Tickets are $5. 444-6174. www.storkcluboakland.com
Peter Barshay Duo at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Tomasz Stanko Quartet at 10 p.m. Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $10. 238-9200.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23
CHILDREN
Berkeley Youth Arts Festival Emerson First Graders perform an original musical inspired by “Where the Wild Things Are” at 6:30 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Center. 644-6893. www.berkeleyartcenter.org
READINGS AND LECTURES
Deborah Santana describes “Space Between the Stars” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Andrew Schelling reads from “Erotic Love Poems from India: A Translation of the Amarnshataka” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
Whole Note Reading Series presents Judy Wells and Dale Jensen at 7 p.m. at The Beanery, 2925 College Ave. 549-9093.
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 High Jazz Gala with the BHS Jazz Ensemble, Lab Band and small combos, from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Berkeley Rep Theater. Tickets are $25-$75. 527-8245. www.berkeleyhighjazz.org
Wednesday Noon Concert, with In Black and White, music by Jorge Liderman at Hertz Hall, UC Campus. Free. 642-4864. http://music.berkeley.edu
Music of Holy Week An organ concert at noon at First Presbyterian Church of Oakland, 2619 Broadway. 444-3555. www.firstchurchoakland.org
Ned Boynton Trio at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Balkan Folkdance at 8 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $6. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Salsa Caliente All Stars at 8 p.m. at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $5-$10. 548-1159.
Chris Smither, country blues tradition, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $19.50-$20.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Fabulous Disaster, Oc Toons, Riot A Go-Go, punk, at 9 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $5. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Keiko Matsui at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square, through Sun. Cost is $16-$28. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com
