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Arts Calendar
TUESDAY, JULY 12
CHILDREN
Colibri An interactive journey through Latin America with traditional instruments and song, at 7 p.m. at the Albany Library, 1247 Marin Ave. 526-3720, ext. 17.
FILM
Eyeing Nature “The Great Art of Knowing” and “Skagafjordur”at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Sam Davis on “Designing for the Homeless: Architecture that Works” at 6 p.m. at Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge St. Free, but please RSVP 643-8465.
Bakari Kitwana explains “Why White Kids Love Hip-Hop: Wankstas, Wiffers, Wannabes and the New Reality of Race in America” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852.
The Whole Note Poetry Series with Nicole Henares and Anise at 7 p.m. at The Beanery, 2925 College Ave. 549-9093.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Swamp Coolers at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cajun dance lesson at 8 p.m. Cost is $9. 525-5054.
The Karan Casey Band, Irish progressive traditionalists, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $17.50- $18.50. 548-1761.
Singers’ Open Mic at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. 841-JAZZ.
Mark Goldenberg at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
YMP and the Jazz Masters Benefit at 8 and 10 p.m. Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $18-$22. 238-9200.
Barbara Linn at 7 p.m. at Caffe Trieste, 2500 San Pablo Ave., at Dwight. 548-5198.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 13
EXHIBITIONS
“Vanishing Species and More” recent mixed-media paintings by Rita Sklar. Reception for the artist at 4 p.m. at the Joseph P. Bort MetroCenter, 101 Eighth St., Oakland. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. 464-7773.
ACCI Gallery, “2005 New Member Show” Reception for the artists at 6 p.m. at 1652 Shattuck Ave. 843-2527. www.accigallery.com
“Transformations” A new Life for Recycled and Found Objects by Toby Tover-Krein. Reception at 4 p.m. at LunchStop Café, Bort Metro Center, 101 8th St. Oakland. Sponsored by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
FILM
For Your Eyes Only “ Saboteur” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Arab Women Film Festival “Hollywood Harems” and “Benaat Chicago” at 7:30 p.m. at La Pena Cultural Center. Donation $5. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
READINGS AND LECTURES
Faith Adiele talks about her journey to become Thailand’s first black Buddhist nun in “Meeting Faith” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.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
Café Poetry hosted by Kira Allen at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña. Donation $2. 849-2568.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Ned Boynton/Jules Broussard Trio at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Bernard Anderson & The Old School Band at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. West Coast Swing dance lesson with Nick & Shanna at 8 p.m. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
La Verdad, salsa, at 8 p.m. at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $5-$10. 548-1159.
Sat Tan Trio, heavy dub, jazz, at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
Fiamma Fumana, Italian folk fusion, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $17.50- $18.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Calvin Keys Trio at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. 841-JAZZ. www.AnnasJazzIsland.com
The Fourtet Jazz Group at 9 p.m. at Albatross, 1822 San Pablo Ave. 843-2473. www.albatrosspub.com
Pete Escovedo & His Orchestra at 8 and 10 p.m. Yoshi’s at Jack London Square, through Sun. Cost is $20-$24. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com
THURSDAY, JULY 14
EXHIBITIONS
California Watercolor Association “Summer Small Paintings Show. Artists reception at 6 p.m. at Giorgi Gallery, 2911 Claremont Ave. 848-1228. www.giorgigallery.com
“Fire & Light” The Crucible’s Fire Arts Festival at 6:30 p.m. at 1260 7th St., Oakland. Tickets are $75. 444-0919. www.thecrucible.org
FILM
Pre-Code Hollywood “Female” at 7:30 p.m. and “Heat Lightening” at 8:50 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Bay Area Writing Project’s Young Writers will read at 7 p.m. at Moe’s Bookstore, 2476 Telegraph Ave.
“On the Wall: The Art of Collecting Photography” A panel discussion sponsored by Pacific Center for the Photographic Arts at 7 p.m. at the Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave. Free, donations accepted.
Helen Oyeyemi introduces her novel of a child torn between the worlds of her British father and Nigerian mother in “The Icarus Girl” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
“The Photographc Legacy of Claude Cahun” with Sandra Phillips, SFMOMA, at 6:30 p.m. at Judah L. Magnes Museum, 2911 Russell St. Cost is $4-$6. 549-6950.
Word Beat Reading Series with Cherise Wyneken & Tim Nuveen at 7 p.m. at Mediterraneum Caffe, 2475 Telegraph Ave. 526-5985.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Summer Noon Concert with The Hipnotics at the Downtown Berkeley BART Plaza. Sponsored by the Downtown Berkeley Association.
From Bastille to Bush, labor musicians, including Anne Feeney, at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10-$20. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Jug Free America at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Jason Davis & Jazz Pirates at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. 841-JAZZ. www.AnnasJazzIsland.com
Natasha Miller at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $18.50-$19.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
The Welcome Matt, Demons Defeated at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5. 841-2082 www.starryplough.com
Debbie Poryes/Glenn Richman Duo at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
FRIDAY, JULY 15
THEATER
Actors Ensemble of Berkeley, “A Murder is Announced” by Agatha Christie at 8 p.m. at Live Oak Theater, 1301 Shattuck at Berryman. Runs Fri. and Sat. through Aug. 13. Tickets are $10. 649-5999. www.aeofberkeley.org
Aurora Theatre “The Thousandth Night” Wed.-Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. 2 and 7 p.m., through July 24, at 2081 Addison St. Tickets are $36. 843-4822. www.auroratheatre.org
“The Domestic Crusaders” the story of a Muslim family in the aftermath of 9/11, at 8 p.m., Sat. at 2 and 8 p.m. at the Thrust Stage, 2025 Addison St. Tickets are $20-$35. www.domesticcrusaders.com
Central Works, “The Grand Inquisitor” by Dostoevsky. Thurs - Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 5 p.m. at The Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave., through July 31. Tickets are $9-$25 sliding scale. 558-1381. www.centralworks.org
Contra Costa Civic Theatre “Anything Goes” Cole Porter’s musical, Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 2 p.m. through Aug. 13 at 951 Pomona Ave., El Cerrito. 524-9132. www.ccct.org
“Livin’ Fat” a comedy about an African American family struggling over a financial blessing, Fri. at 8 p.m., Sat. at 2 and 8 p.m., Sun. at 4 p.m., through July 30, at Sweets Ballroom, 1933 Broadway, Oakland. Tickets are $12.50-$35. 233-9222.
EXHIBITIONS
“Lightning From Above” The Crucible’s Fire Arts Festival at 8 p.m. at 1260 7th St., Oakland. Tickets are $25. 444-0919. www.thecrucible.org
ACCI Gallery, “2005 New Member Show” opens at 1652 Shattuck Ave. 843-2527. www.accigallery.com
Eddie Two Moons, Apache Jeweler Reception at 7 p.m. at Gathering Tribes Gallery, 1573 Solano Ave. Exhibit open Sat. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 528-9038. www.gatheringtribes.com
FILM
For Your Eyes Only “Spies” at 7:30 p.m. at Pacific Film Archive. With Jon Mirsalis on piano. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
MUSIC AND DANCE
Lisa Houston, mezzo-soprano, with Daniel Lockert, piano and Leland Morine, baritone in a benefit concert for Options Recovery Services, at 8 p.m. at St. Joseph the Worker Church, 1640 Addison St. Suggested donation $30. 666-9900. www.optionsrecovery.org
Santero, debut album release party at 9 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $12. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Stomp the Stumps Benefit for the Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters with Gary Gates Band, Funky Nixons and Day Late Fools’ Band at 8 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $10-$20. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Ellen Hoffman, Eric Swinderman at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. 841-JAZZ. www.AnnasJazzIsland.com
Jill Knight with Deborah Levoy at 8 p.m. at Caffe Trieste, 2500 San Pablo Ave., at Dwight. 548-5198.
Vince Lateano/Satoru Oda Quartet at 9 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
The Ravines at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344.
Brenda Weiler, folk/rock singer-songwriter, at 8:30 p.m. at Epic Arts, 1923 Ashby Ave. All ages. Cost is $5-$10. www.epicarts.org
The Next Generation, Emerging Artists Concert Series at 8 p.m. at the Jazz-
school. Cost is $10. 845-5373.
Lae with Ranch Hound Brown at 9 p.m. at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $5-$8. 548-1159.
Glider at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
Battletorn, Gunsfire Mayhem, P.D.A. at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $6. 525-9926.
Pete Escovedo & His Orchestra at 8 and 10 p.m. Yoshi’s at Jack London Square, through Sun. Cost is $20-$24. 238-9200.
SATURDAY, JULY 16
EXHIBITIONS
“Magma From Within” The Crucible’s Fire Arts Festival at 8 p.m. at 1260 7th St., Oakland. Tickets are $25. 444-0919. www.thecrucible.org
THEATER
Woman’s Will, “Richard III” Sat. and Sun. at 1 p.m. in John Hinkle Park. Free. 420-0813. www.woman’s will.org
FILM
Pre-Code Hollywood “Bombshell” at 7 p.m. and “Red Headed Woman” at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808.
Oakland Outdoor Cinema “West Side Story” with an introduction by Rita Moreno, at 8 p.m. on Washington St. between 9th and 10th Sts. Limited seating, bring chairs and blankets. 238-4734. www.filmoakland.com
READINGS AND LECTURES
Poetry Flash with Grace Grafton & James Downs at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. Donation $2. 845-7852.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Berkeley Opera “Meistersinger” at 7:30 p.m. at the Julia Morgan Theater. Tickets are $10-$40. 925-798-1300. www.berkeleyopera.org
Rebbesoul, world fusion with Hebrew roots, at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $11-$13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Hideo Date, Robin Gregory at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. 841-JAZZ.
Kurt Ribak Trio at 2 p.m. at Down Home Music, 10341 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito. 525-2129.
Odori Simcha with Neal Cronin at 7 p.m. at Temescal Cafe, 4920 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Donation $5.
Mariospeedwagon & Lemon Juju at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344. www.nomadcafe.net
Hip Bones, jazz grooves, at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
John Keawe at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $17.50-$18.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Loose Wig Quartet at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $10. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
Flamenco, music and dance, at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $12-$20. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Frank Fotusky and Steve Mann at 8:30 p.m. at Epic Arts, 1923 Ashby Ave. Cost is $5-$10. www.epicarts.org
Phil Kellogg, psychadelic blues, at 7 p.m. at Spuds Pizza, 3290 Adeline St. Cost is $7. 558-0881.
Campo Bravo, Judith and Holornes, The RIse & Fall of Amy Rude at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $6. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Randy Porter Trio at 9 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Thought Riot, Love Equals Death, Daggermouth at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $6. 525-9926.
SUNDAY, JULY 17
CHILDREN
Explore Geometric Shapes and Sculpture from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Oakland Museum of California, 10th and Oak Sts., Oakland. Cost is $8 adults, $5 seniors and students with i.d. 238-2200. www.museumca.org
EXHIBITIONS
Berkeley Art Center National Juried Exhibition and Awards Reception at 2 p.m. at Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut St. 644-6893. www.berkeleyartcenter.org
“Thirty Something” Anniversary celebration and exhibition honoring Berkeley’s Kala Art Institute and Archana Horsting and Yuzo Nakano at 5:30 p.m. at Greens Restaurant, Fort Mason, SF. Tickets are $150. 549-2977. www.kala.org
“On University Land in the Berkeley Hills” nature photographs by Sharon Beals. Reception at 4 p.m. at The Faculty Club, UC Campus. Hosted by the Claremont Canyon Conservancy.
THEATER
Sun & Moon Ensemble “Krishan and Radha” with performers and musicians from India at 4 p.m. at Julia Morgan Theater. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children. 925-798-1300. www.juliamorgan.org
FILM
Harold Lloyd “Safety Last” at 3 p.m. and Pre-Code Hollywood “I’m No Angel” at 5:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Free Speech Movement Poetry Festival, featuring Jack Hirschman, Paul Sawyer and others, from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Berkeley Fellowship Hall, 1924 Cedar St. 528-5403.
Poetry Flash with Dale Jensen & Judy Wells at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. Donation $2. 845-7852.
Sculptor Bruce Beasley, Artist’s Gallery Talk at 2 p.m. at the Oakland Museum of California, 10th and Oak Sts., Oakland. Cost is $5-$8. 238-2200. www.museumca.org
MUSIC AND DANCE
Midsummer Mozart “Paris” Symphony at 7 p.m. at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave. Tickets are $28-$48. 415-627-9145.
The Berkeley Saxophone Quartet at 4 p.m. at the San Francisco Community Music Center, 544 Capp St., S.F. Tickets available at the door at $10 for adults, $5 for children and seniors. 415-647-6015. berkeleysaxophonequartet.com
Jack Gates Quartet at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. 841-JAZZ.
Ace of Spades Acoustic Series with Paula Fraxzier, Patty Spiglanin and JJ Schultz at 1 p.m. at MamaBuzz Cafe, 2318 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Free. All ages. 289-2272.
Americana Unplugged: Redwing Bluegrass Band at 5 p.m. at Jupiter. 655-5715.
Danzaq, Peruvian dance, at 7 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $15. 849-2568.
The Strings Quartet Project at 4:30 at the Jazzschool. Cost is $10. 845-5373.
Roy Bookbinder at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $17.50-$18.50. 548-1761.
Flamenco Open Stage at 7:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $10. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Mental, Justice at 5 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $6. 525-9926.
MONDAY, JULY 18
THEATER
Naked Masks “Amnesiac” at 8 p.m. at Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave. Free. 883-9872. www.nakedmasks.org
EXHIBITIONS
“John Serl: Recent Acquisitions” opens at The Ames Gallery, 2661 Cedar St. and runs through Sept. 17. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri. 845-4949. www.amesgallery.com
READINGS AND LECTURES
Poetry Express with Jeanne Lupton, Janell Moon, Donna Lane & Trena Machado at 7 p.m., at Priya Restaurant, 2072 San Pablo Ave. berkeleypoetryexpress@yahoo.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Trovatore, traditional Italian music, at 7 p.m. at Caffe Trieste, 2500 San Pablo Ave., at Dwight. 548-5198.
John Ellis Quartet at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $10-$14. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com
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