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Arts Calendar
TUESDAY, SEPT. 13
FILM
Margaret Tait: Subjects and Sequences “Islands” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808.
READINGS AND LECTURES
Anthony Shadid, author of “Night Draws Near, Iraq's People in the Shadow of America’s War” at 12:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Joe Conason describes “The Raw Deal: How Bush Republicans Plan to Destroy Social Security and the Legacy of the New Deal” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852.
Laura Joplin offers some insight into her older sister in “Love, Janis” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. 559-9500.
The Whole Note Poetry Series with Randy Fingland and Bert Glick at 7 p.m. at The Beanery, 2925 College Ave., near Ashby. 549-9093.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Samarabalouf, music inspired by gypsy jazz, from France, at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $15. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Dred Scott, solo jazz piano, at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Ellen Hoffman Trio and Singers’ Opn Mic at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. Cost is $5. 841-JAZZ.
Brandi Carlile at 9 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $8. 841-2082.
Carla Bley & Her Lost Chords at 8 and 10 p.m. Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $10-$18. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com
Barbara Linn at 7 p.m. at Caffe Trieste, 2500 San Pablo Ave., at Dwight. 548-5198.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 14
EXHIBITIONS
“Kazakh: Paintings by Saule Suleimenova” opens at the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities, 220 Stephens Hall, UC Campus. Appointments recommended. 643-9670.
“CCA Faculty New Work” Reception at 5:30 p.m. at Oliver Art Center, California College of the Arts, 5212 Broadway, Oakland.
“Taisho Chic: Japanese Modernity, Nostalgia and Deco”opens at the Berkeley Art Museum, 2625 Durant Ave. 642-0808.
FILM
Artificial Expressionism: Semiconductor at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
THEATER
Berkeley Rep, “Our Town” opens and runs through Oct. 23. Tickets are $45-$59. 647-2949. www.berkeleyrep.org
READINGS AND LECTURES
Michael Kimmelman describes “The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice Versa” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Jacques Leslie discusses “Deep Water: The Struggle Over Dams, Displaced People and the Environment” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698.
Berkeley Poetry Slam at 8:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5-$7. 841-2082.
Café Poetry at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña. Donation $2. 849-2568.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Wednesday Noon Concert, New Traditions in American Indian Music and Dance at Hertz Hall, UC Campus. Free. 642-4864. http://music.berkeley.edu
TapRoots and New Growth: Contemporary Ghazal singer Kiran Ahluwalia. Lecture and demonstration at 8 p.m., concert at 9:15 p.m. 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $12-$15. 525-5054.
Horacio Franco, recorder, at 8 p.m. at Wheeler Auditorium, UC Campus. Tickets are $32. 642-9988.
Calvin Keys Trio Jam at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. 841-JAZZ.
La Verdad, salsa, at 9:30 p.m. at Shattuck Down Low.Cost is $5-$10. 548-1159.
Will Blades Quartet at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
Carla Bley & Her Lost Chords at 8 and 10 p.m. Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $10-$18. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com
THURSDAY, SEPT. 15
EXHIBITIONS
“Dress: Clothing as Art” reception at 6 p.m. at Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Ave., Richmond. 620-6772.
Third Thursdays Open Studios between 4 and 8:30 p.m. at 800 Heinz Ave.
FILM
Films from Along the SIlk Road: “Revenge” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808.
“Raise the Red Lantern” film and discussion in conjunction with the performances of the National Ballet of China, at 7 p.m. at Wheeler Auditorium, UC Campus. 642-2809.
Cine Documental: “El Dia Que Me Quieras” a documentary deconstructing the myth of Che Guevara at 7 p.m. in the CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch St.
READINGS AND LECTURES
“Yosemite in Time” Gallery talk with Rebecca Solnit at 5:30 p.m. at Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way. 642-0808.
“African Material Culture Between Everyday and Ritual Contexts” with Mariane Ferme at 5:30 p.m. at Phoebe Hearst Museum, Bancroft and College. 643-7648.
Victor Navasky, publisher The Nation magazine, discusses his new book “A Matter of Opinion” at 7:30 p.m. in Room 105, North Gate Hall, UC Campus. Co-sponsored by the Mass Communication Dept. and the Grad. School of Journalism. 642-3383.
Nomad Spoken Word Night at 6 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344.
Arnaud Maitland describes “Living Without Regret: Growing Old in the Light of Tibetan Buddhism” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852.
Word Beat Reading Series with Juan Sequeira and Jan Lewis at 7 p.m. at Mediterraneum Caffe, 2475 Telegraph Ave. 526-5985.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra “Musical Tribute to Laurette Goldberg” at 8 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way. Free. 528-1685.
Albany Music in the Park with Mark Russo and the Classy Cats, swing music at 6:30 p.m. at Albany’s Memorial Park. 524-9283. www.albanyca.org
Lost Bayou Ramblers at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cajun dance lesson at 8 p.m. Cost is $12. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Live AndUnplugged Open Mic, acoustic music by local artists, at 7 p.m. at Unitarian Universalists, 1924 Cedar St. at Bonita. 703-9350.
Berkeley Old Time Music Convention with the Stairwell Sisters, the Roadoilers, and Larry Hanks at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $15.50-$16.50. 548-1761.
Fourtet Jazz Quartet at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. Cost is. $5. 841-JAZZ.
The Other Side, Dora Flood, The Mandarins at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5. 841-2082 .
Dave Matthews & Peter Barshay, piano and bass, at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Hurricane Katrina Benefit at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square, through Sun. Cost is $25. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com
Selector, lap-top funk, at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 16
THEATER
Aurora Theatre “The Price” Wed.-Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 2 and 7 p.m., through Oct. 9, at 2081 Addison St. Tickets are $38. 843-4822. www.auroratheatre.org
Impact Theater “Nicky Goes Goth” at 8 p.m., Thurs.-Sat. at La Val’s Subterranean, 1834 Euclid, through Oct. 1. Tickets are $10-$15. 464-4468. www.impacttheatre.com
Shotgun Players, “Owners” at 8 p.m., Thurs.-Sun. through Oct. 16 at The Ashby Stage, 1901 Ashby Ave. Reservations suggested. 841-6500. www.shotgunplayers.org
Wilde Irish Productions “Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me” Thurs. -Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 3 p.m., at Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave., through Oct. 2. Tickets are $18-$22. 644-9940. www.wildeirish.org
FILM
Films from Along the SIlk Road: “Taskir and Zukhra” at 7:30 p.m. and “Tenderness” at 9:20 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Gallery Talk on “Wholly Grace” works by Susan Duhan Felix at 1 p.m. at Bade Museum, 1798 Scenic Ave. Free.
“Art, Activism and the New Hip Hop Aesthetics” A night of performance and conversation with Adam Mansbach, Aya de Leon, Keith Knight and Craig Watkins at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Oakland Opera “La Belle et la Bete,” Thurs.-Sun. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 2 p.m. through Oct. 2 at the Oakland Metro, 201 Broadway at 2nd. Tickets are $18-$32. 763-1146. www.oaklandopera.org
Amy Likar, flute, Miles Graber, piano at 8 p.m. at Giorgi Gallery, 2911 Claremont Ave. Cost is $12-$15. 848-1228. giorgigallery.com
National Ballet of China “Raise the Red Lantern” at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $36-$68. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Community Action Series with Fuga at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10-$12. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Hal Stein Quartet at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. Cost is $7. 841-JAZZ. www.AnnasJazzIsland.com
Dick Hindman Trio at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $12-$18. 845-5373. www.jazz
school.com
Izum, world-beat and jazz-groove, at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
O-Maya at 9:30 p.m. at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $10. 548-1159.
Faith Winthrop Trio at 9 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Sila and the Afrofunk Experience at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $11-13. Benefit for Save the Children Fund in Niger. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Corrine West at 8 p.m. at Caffe Trieste, 2500 San Pablo Ave., at Dwight. 548-5198.
Berkeley Old Time Music Convention with Mike Seeger, Kenny Hall and Eric & Suzy Thompson at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $15.50-$16.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Gomer Hendrix at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344. www.nomadcafe.net
Collisionville, Love Like Fire at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $6. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Lights Out, Life-Long Tragedy, Jealous Again, Never Healed at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $7. 525-9926.
Hurricane Benefit at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $25. 238-9200.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 17
EXHIBITIONS
“Darkroom Drawings” black and white photographs and mixed media by Robert Tomlinson. Reception for the artist at 6 p.m. at Photolab Gallery, 2235 Fifth St. Exhibition runs to Oct. 22. 644-1400.
THEATER
California Shakespeare Theater, “Nicholas Nickleby” Parts 1 and 2 Sat. and Sun. at 8 p.m. at Bruns Amphitheater, 100 Gateway Blvd., Orinda. Tickets are $10-$55. 548-9666. www.calshakes.org
FILM
Rediscovering British Silent Cinema: “The Triumph of the Rat” at 7 p.m. and “Downhill” at 9 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808.
READINGS AND LECTURES
Charles Mann describes “1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852.
Jon B. Eisenberg looks at “Using Terri: The Religious Right’s Conspiracy to Take Away Our Rights” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. 559-9500.
MUSIC AND DANCE
String Band Contest including a Youth Showcase, and over 20 competing string bands from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Berkeley Farmers’ Market, Civic Center Park. 548-3333.
Richard Koski, Finnish-American master of two-row accordion, at 3 p.m. at Finnish Kaleva Hall, 1970 Chestnut St. at University. 524-6217. irmatj@aol.com
National Ballet of China “Raise the Red Lantern” at 2 and 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $36-$68. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
San Francisco Early Music Society “Lute Concertos of Karl Kohut” at 8 p.m. at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave. Tickets are $10-$25. 528-1725. www.sfems.org
Broceliande “Songs of Autumn and Harvest” at 7:30 p.m. at the Emil Melfi Clubhouse, 555 Pierce St., Albany. Donation $10-$15. 569-0437.
Jazz Foundation of America Hurricane Benefit at 2 and 5:30 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $10. 845-5373.
Robin Gregory & Rudy Mwongozi Trio at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. Cost is $7. 841-JAZZ.
Art Maxwell Quartet at 9 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Dynamic, jazz, funk, at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
Lunar Heights, The Attik, Illa-Dapted at 10 p.m. at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $8. 548-1159.
Dance Naganuma “Voices of the Powerful Child” at 8 p.m. at Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Tickets are $12-$15. 925-798-1300. www.juliamorgan.org
Araucaria, traditional songs and dances from Chile, at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10-$12. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Faith Petric, 90th birthday celebration, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $18.50-$19.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Old Time Square Dance with caller Bill Martin and music by the Government Issue Orchestra at 8 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $15. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Megan McLaughlin with cellist Patty Espeth, at 7 p.m. at Spuds Pizza, 3290 Adeline St. Cost is $7. 558-0881.
7th Direction, AJ Roach, Claire Holley at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $6. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Dr. Know, Naked Aggression, Retching Red, New Earth Creeps at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $6. 525-9926.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 18
CHILDREN
Asheba at Ashkenaz at 3 p.m. Cost is $4-$6. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
EXHIBITIONS
Matrix 218: Carla Klein “Scape” opens at Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way. Artist’s talk at 4 p.m. 642-0808.
“Exquisite Corpse Show” collaboratively made art pieces opens at the North/South Gallery, 5241 College Ave. at Broadway. www.geocities.com/
exquisitecorpseshow
FILM
“8 1/4” A film by Claire Burch at 2 p.m. at at 5:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Free. 547-7602.
Dutch Voices: Jos de Putter and Peter Delpeut “The Making of a New Empire” at 5:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Found Footage Festival at 6 p.m. at The Parkway Theater, 1834 Park Blvd., Oakland. Cost is $6. 814-2400.
READINGS AND LECTURES
California Poets in the Schools with Linda Elkin, Grace Marie Grafton, Tobey Kaplan, and John Oliver Simon at 7:30 p.m. at Pegasus Books, 2349 Shattuck Ave. 649-1320, pegdowntown@sbcglobal.net
Poetry Flash with Karen Benke, Kathy Evans and Prartho M. Sereno at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. Donation $2. 845-7852.
David Zirin reads from “What’s My Name Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Hurricane Benefit with Taj Mahal at 8 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $35. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com
Chanticleer “Earth Songs” at 7 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way. www.chanticleer.org
National Ballet of China “Raise the Red Lantern” at 3 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $36-$68. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Live Oak Concert with Cuban pianist Almaguer Martinez at 7:30 p.m. at Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut St. 644-6893. ww.berkeleyartcenter.org
Broceliande “Songs of Autumn and Harvest” at 4 p.m. at Montclair Presbyterian Church, 5701 Thornhill Drive, Oakland. Donation $10-$15. 339-1131.
Organ Recital with Jonathan Dimmock, organ and Christine Brandes, soprano at 4 p.m. at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave. Tickets are $15. 845-8630.
Rudolf Buchbinder, piano, at 3 p.m. at Hertz Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $42, available from 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Andy M. Stewart & Gerry O’Beirne at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $17.50-$18.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Joan Getz & Ellen Hoffman Trio at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. Cost is $7. 841-JAZZ. www.AnnasJazzIsland.com
Kim Nally Quintet with Allen Smith at 4:30 p.m. at the Jazz-
school. Cost is $18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
Old Time Cabaret from 2 to 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
MONDAY, SEPT. 19
READINGS AND LECTURES
Kay Trimberger looks at “The New Single Woman” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Zigi Lowenberg and Raymond Nat Turner from the jazzpoetry ensemble UpSurge! at 7 p.m. at Barnes and Noble, Jack London Square, Oakland. 527-1141.
Aurora Script Club, moderated by Paul Heller with guest director Tom Bently, at 7:30 p.m. at Aurora Theater. 843-4822.
Poetry Express with Kirk Lumpkin 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.
Doug Wamble at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $6-$12. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com
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