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Friday July 22, 2005

FRIDAY, JULY 22 

THEATER 

Actors Ensemble of Berkeley, “A Murder is Announced” 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 31, at 2081 Addison St. Tickets are $36. 843-4822. www.auroratheatre.org 

Central Works, “The Grand Inquisitor” Thurs - Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 5 p.m. at Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave., through July 31. Tickets are $9-$25. 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. 

FILM 

Pre-Code Hollywood “The Spy in Black” and “Q Planes” at 9:10 p.m. at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808.  

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Paul Buhle describes “Wobblies! A Graphic History of the Industrial Workers of the World” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 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 

Jazzschool Summer Youth Concert at 6:30 p.m. at the Jazz 

school. Free. 845-5373.  

Hungarian and Night Music with tango lessons at 7 p.m. at the Giorgi Gallery, 2911 Claremont Ave. Benefits the Latin American Music Scholarship Fund. Cost is $12-$15. www.berkeleymusiccooperative.com  

Caimalantin Latin Jazz Quartet at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10-$12. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

Terry Rodriguez, Buford Powers Trio at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. 841-JAZZ. www.AnnasJazzIsland.com 

Free Peoples, bluegrass/jazz at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $11-$13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

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

Houston Jones at 8 p.m. at Caffe Trieste, 2500 San Pablo Ave., at Dwight. 548-5198.  

Tommy Emmanuel at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $18.50-$19.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org 

Sara Leib Quartet at 9 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.  

Echo Beach, jazz, at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344.  

Penelope Houston, Moore Brothers, Willow Willow at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $7. 841-2082.  

Bafabegiya, Disconnect, The Sweethearts at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $6. 525-9926. 

Radical Politics and Folk Music with David Rovics, Robert Temple and Folk This! at 7 p.m. at AK Press, 674A 23rd St., Oakland. Cost is $5. 208-1700.  

Beenie Man at 8 p.m. at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. 548-1159.  

Du Uy Quintet at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277. 

Bobby Watson & Horizon at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square, through Sun. Cost is $14-$20. 238-9200.  

SATURDAY, JULY 23 

THEATER 

Berkeley Rep “The Ugly American” Created and performed by Mike Daisey at Berkeley Rep’s Thrust Stage, 2025 Addison St., through Aug. 13. Tickets are $30-$35. 647-2949. www.berkeleyrep.org 

Woman’s Will, “Richard III” Sat. and Sun. at 1 p.m. in Mosswood Park, Oakland. Free. 420-0813. www.woman’s will.org 

Big City Improv, comedy, at 8 p.m. at The Ashby Stage, 1901 Ashby at MLK. Tickets are $15. 595-5597. www.ticketweb.com 

EXHIBITIONS 

“The Ceramic Art of Vivika and Otto Heino” opens at the Oakland Museum of California, 10th and Oak Sts., Oakland. Gallery talk at 2 p.m. Cost is $8 adults, $5 seniors and students with i.d. 238-2200. www.museumca.org 

“Clay Song” A 40-year retrospective of the work of Diana Bohn. Reception at 7 p.m. at Berkeley Potters Guild, 731 Jones St. 524-7031. www.berkeleypotters.com 

FILM 

Pre-Code Hollywood “Baby Face” at 7 p.m. and “Night Nurse” at 9 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Rhythm & Muse with poet and musician Avotcja at 7 p.m. at Berkeley Art Center. Free. 527-9753. 

Benson Deng, Alephonsion Deng and Bejamin Ajak describe, “They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com 

“Official Pep Talks” Gallery talk on the installation and interactive project by The Susan O'Malley Research Team at 1 p.m. at ProArts Gallery, 550 Second St., Oakland. 763-4361. www.proartsgallery.org 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Wild Mango & The Kelly Takunda Orphan Project 8:30 p.m. Conversation with the artists at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $14-$16. 849-2568.  

Folk This! members Marcus Duskin and Ramsey Kanaan in performance commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) as a benefit for the Peace and Freedom Party at 8 p.m. at the Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library, 6501 Telegraph, Oakland. Admission $10, no one turned away for lack of funds. 465-9414. www.folkthis.org 

Harry Best and Shabang, Caribbean music from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Bay Street Plaza, (near Old Navy) Emeryville. 

Gaucho, Gypsy jazz, at 9:30 p.m. at Albatross, 1822 San Pablo Ave. Cost is $3. 843-2473. www.albatrosspub.com 

Ellen Hoffman, Darryl Rowe with Yancie Tayllor Trio at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. 841-JAZZ.  

Jude Johnstone at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $17.50-$18.50. 548-1761.  

Beenie Man at 8 p.m. at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. 548-1159.  

The McGinty Brothers at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $10. 845-5373.  

Djialy Kounda Kouyate at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $11-$13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

“Women in Global Perspective” A benefit for the Supressed Histories Archives, with Luisah Teish, priestess, Matu Feliciano, drummer, and Julie Hammond, singer and harpist, at 7:30 p.m. at Belladonna, 2436 Sacramento. Cost is $10-$30, sliding scale. www.supressedhistories.net 

Forthmorning, Unjust, Sleep in Fame at 9 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $10. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com 

Dale Miller, finger-picking blues, at 7 p.m. at Spuds Pizza, 3290 Adeline St. Cost is $7. 558-0881. 

Walter Savage Trio at 9 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.  

Altamont Pass, singer-songwriters, at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344. www.nomadcafe.net 

Jessica Lurie Ensemble, Mushroom at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $6. 841-2082. www.starryplough.com 

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

Lack of Interest, Reproach, Haymaker at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $6. 525-9926. 

Swoop Unit at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277. 

SUNDAY, JULY 24 

EXHIBITIONS 

“Blind at the Museum” guided tour at 2 p.m. at Berkeley Art Museum, 2625 Durant Ave. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu  

FILM 

Harold Lloyd “The Freshman”at 3 p.m., Pre-Code Hollywood “Employees’ Entrance” at 5:30 p.m. and “Two Seconds” at 7:25 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808.  

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Poetry Flash Thicket Press reading with Virginia Westover, Jennifer Sweeny, Annie Stenzel, V. Moralex, Tricia Caspers, Katherine Case, and Jennifer Arin at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. Donation $2. 845-7852.  

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Berkeley Opera “Meistersinger” at 2 p.m. at the Julia Morgan Theater. Tickets are $10-$40. 925-798-1300. www.berkeleyopera.org 

Midsummer Mozart Concerto in B flat major, Mass in C minor, at 7 p.m. at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave. Tickets are $28-$48. 415-627-9145. www.midsummermozart.org 

Josie Morgan, viola with Miles Graber, piano, perform works by Enesco, Bach, Schumann at 3 p.m. at The Crowden School, Sacramento and Rose Sts. 

The Jazz House Benefit for Teach the Kids, with The Al Lazard Quartet and Muisi-Kongo Malonga at 3 p.m. at Kimball’s Carnival, 522 Second St., Oakland. rob@thejazzhouse.com 

100 Years of Struggle A celebration of the IWW and the American Labor movement with readings by Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, and music by Folk This! and Allegro Non Troppo at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10. 849-2568.  

Sol Do Brasil at 4:30 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $10. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com 

Maria Marquez at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. 841-JAZZ. www.AnnasJazzIsland.com 

Bandworks at 2:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $4. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

Shotgun Ragtime Band at 10 a.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344. www.nomadcafe.net 

Americana Unplugged: Homespun Rowdy at 5 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277. 

Look Back & Laugh, Violent Minds, Jealous Again at 5 p.m. at 924 Gilman St., an all-ages, member-run, no alcohol, no drugs, no violence club. Cost is $6. 525-9926. 

MONDAY, JULY 25 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Blair Tindall describes “Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs and Classical Music” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852.  

Poetry Express “Dead Poets Night” with friends of David Lerner at 7 p.m., at Priya Restaurant, 2072 San Pablo Ave. berkeleypoetryexpress@yahoo.com 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Songwriters Symposium at 8:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. 848-0886.  

Trovatore, traditional Italian music, at 7 p.m. at Caffe Trieste, 2500 San Pablo Ave., at Dwight. 548-5198.  

Uri Caine Trio with Drew Gress & Ben Perosky at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $7-$14. 238-9200.  

TUESDAY, JULY 26 

CHILDREN 

Nick Barone Puppets with a cast of over twenty friendly dinosaurs dressed as cowboys at 7 p.m. at the Albany Library, 1247 Marin Ave. 526-3720, ext. 17. 

FILM 

Eyeing Nature “Proteus: A Nineteenth-Century Vision” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Tell it on Tuesdays Solo performer storytellers share their work at 7:30 p.m. at Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Tickets are $5 at the door. www.juliamorgan.org 

David Ewing Duncan introduces “The Geneticist Who Played Hoops with my DNA” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com  

The Whole Note Poetry Series with Eugene David Parch and Jim Barnard at 7 p.m. at The Beanery, 2925 College Ave., near Ashby. 549-9093. 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Tee Fee Swamp Boogie at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cajun dance lesson at 8 p.m. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

Dan Zemelman Trio with Dayna Stevens at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. 841-JAZZ.  

Melissa Ferrick at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $20.50-$21.50. 548-1761.  

Randy Craig Trio, jazz, at 7:30 p.m. at Caffe Trieste, 2500 San Pablo Ave., at Dwight. 548-5198.  

Django Reinhardt Festival with the John Jorgenson Band and David Grisman at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $20. 238-9200.  

Jazzschool Tuesdays at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277. 

Eric Shrifrin, solo piano, at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810. 

WEDNESDAY, JULY 27 

FILM 

For Your Eyes Only “Billion Dollar Brain” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

Arab Women Film Festival “Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt” at 7:30 p.m. at La Pena Cultural Center. Donation $5. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

Latin American Working Class Film Fest at 7:30 p.m. at Humanist Hall, 390 27th St., Oakland. Free, but donations accepted. 415-642-8066. 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Ernest Callenbach on the 30th Annniversary of “Ecotopia” at 7 p.m. at the Ecology Center, 2530 San Pablo Ave. 548-2220. www.ecologycenter.org 

Writing Teachers Write with host Judy Bebelaar at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes & Noble, 2352 Shattuck Ave. 644-3635. 

Christopher Sorrentino describes “Trance: 1974; the SLA; Tania” 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 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Calvin Keys Trio at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. 841-JAZZ. www.AnnasJazzIsland.com 

Ned Boynton/Jules Broussard Trio at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.  

Phil Berkowitz & Louis’ Blues at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

Paris King Band, funky rock, at 8:30 p.m. at Epic Arts, 1923 Ashby Ave. Cost is $5-$10. www.epicarts.org 

Charason, salsa, at 8 p.m. at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $5-$10. 548-1159.  

Flowtilla, world groove jazz funk, at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277. 

Jack Williams at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $17.50-$18.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org 

Django Reinhardt Festival with the John Jorgenson Band and David Grisman at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $20. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com 

THURSDAY, JULY 28 

THEATER 

The Lobster Project “Killing My Lobster and the Wonderful World of Science” Thurs. and Fri. at 8 p.m., Sat. at 7:30 and 10 p.m. and Sun. at 7 p.m. at the Ashby Stage, 1901 Ashby Ave. Tickets are $12-$17. 415-558-7721. www.killingmylobster.com 

FILM 

Pre-Code Hollywood “Heroes for Sale” at 7:30 p.m. and “Mayor of Hell” at 9:05 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

Latino Film Festival “ANC Hip Hop Revolution” at 7:30 p.m. at La Pena Cultural Center. Donation $8. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Dana Adam Shapiro introduces his mystery “The Every Boy” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com  

Word Beat Reading Series with Russell Gonzaga and Karen Gorman at 7 p.m. at Mediterraneum Caffe, 2475 Telegraph Ave. 526-5985. 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Super Hoss, bluegrass, at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

Waterson Carthy at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $19.50-$20.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org 

Helene Attia & Own Davis Group at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. 841-JAZZ. www.AnnasJazzIsland.com 

Brandi Carlile at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $6. 841-2082 www.starryplough.com 

Anton Schwartz Duo at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.  

Django Reinhardt Festival with Dorado Schmitt, Florin Niculescu and others at 8 and 10 p.m., through Sun. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $20. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com 

Selector, laptop funk, beat machines, at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277. 

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