Press Releases

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 

EXHIBITIONS 

“Seamarks” works by Carol Dalton. Reception at 6 p.m. at Cecile Moochnek Gallery, 1809-D Fourth St. Exhibition runs to Nov. 13. 549-1018. www.cecilemoochnek.com 

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. Tickets are $18-$32. 763-1146. www.oaklandopera.org 

Hurricane Benefit with Ledisi at 8 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $25. 238-9200.  

Amy Likar, flute, Miles Graber, piano at 8 p.m. at Giorgi Gallery, 2911 Claremont Ave. Cost is $12-$15. 848-1228.  

National Ballet of China “Raise the Red Lantern” at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $36-$68. 642-9988.  

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.  

Dick Hindman Trio at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $12-$18. 845-5373.  

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.  

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

Collisionville, Love Like Fire at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $6. 841-2082.  

Lights Out, Life-Long Tragedy, Jealous Again, Never Healed at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $7. 525-9926. 

SATURDAY, SEPT. 17 

EXHIBITIONS 

“Darkroom Drawings” black and white photographs and mixed media by Robert Tomlinson. Reception 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.  

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.  

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. 

Melanie O’Reilly and Tir Na Mara at 8 p.m. at Valley Center for Performing Arts, Holy Names Univ., 3500 Mountain Blvd. Oakland. Tickets are $20. 436-1240. www.hnu.edu 

Hurricane Benefit with Sunny Hawkins at 8 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $15. 238-9200.  

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.  

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 Paci- 

fic 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.  

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. 

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 $30. 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.  

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. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu 

Joan Getz & Ellen Hoffman Trio at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. Cost is $7. 841-JAZZ.  

Kim Nally Quintet with Allen Smith at 4:30 p.m. at the Jazz- 

school. Cost is $18. 845-5373.  

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.  

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.  

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.  

TUESDAY, SEPT. 20 

CHILDREN 

“Germar the Magician” at 6:30 p.m. at the Kensington Library, 61 Arlington Ave. 524-3043. 

EXHIBITIONS 

“Fascinated with Faces” Works by Ted Gordon, Attilio Crescenti and Willie Harris through Dec. 10 at The Ames Gallery, 2661 Cedar St. 845-4949. www.amesgallery.com 

FILM 

Madcat Presents: “The Phantom of the Operator” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808.  

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Maafa 2005: Hurrican Katrina Poetic Protest Fundraiser at 7 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave. Suggested donation $5-$25. 849-2568. 

Milvia Street’s 15th Anniversary Reading with past and present contributors at 7 p.m. at the Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge St. 981-6132. 

Shana Penn reads from “Solidarity’s Secret: The Women Who Defeated Communism in Poland” at 5 p.m. in the Dinner Boardroom, GTU Hewlett Library, 2400 Ridge Rd. RSVP to 649-2420. 

Culinary Historians of Northern California read from recent works at 4 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852.  

John Hubner reports on “Last Chance in Texas: The Redemption of Criminal Youth” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com  

MUSIC AND DANCE 

African Showboyz, from Ghana, at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

Ellen Hoffman and Singers’ Open Mic at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. Cost is $5. 841-JAZZ. www.AnnasJazzIsland.com 

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

Uroboros at 7 p.m. at Caffe Trieste, 2500 San Pablo Ave., at Dwight. 548-5198.  

Celso Fonseca, from Brazil, at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $10-$16. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com 

Jazzschool Tuesdays, a weekly showcase of up-and-coming ensembles from Berkeley Jazzschool at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277. 

Dred Scott, solo jazz piano, at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810. 

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21 

EXHIBITIONS 

“All Dolled Up” A exhibition of works by California doll makers to Sept. 30 at ACCI Gallery, 1652 Shattuck Ave. 843-2527. www.accigallery.com 

“Exquisite Corpse Show” collaboratively made art pieces. Reception at 7:30 p.m. at the North/South Gallery, 5241 College Ave. at Broadway. www.geocities.com/exquisitecorpseshow 

“Laughter is the Best Medicine” Art, Healing and Humor Reception at 5 p.m. at the Richmond Health Center, 100 38th St., Richmond. Exhibition runs to Jan. 1. www.artschange.org 

FILM 

Tropical Punch: The Video 

works of Tony Labat “Left Jab” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Café Poetry hosted by Paradise at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña. Donation $2. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

Terry Prachett reads from his new novel “Thud!” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852.  

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  

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Wednesday Noon Concert, with Christy Dana Quartet at Hertz Hall, UC Campus. Free. 642-4864.  

Whiskey Brothers, Old Time and Bluegrass at 9 p.m. at Albatross, 1822 San Pablo Ave. 843-2473. www.albatrosspub.com 

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

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

Omar Torrez & Cuchata, guitar, at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

Candela at 9:30 p.m. at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. Dance lessons at 8 p.m. Cost is $5-$10. 548-1159.  

James Whiton at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277. 

Celso Fonseca, from Brazil, at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $10-$16. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com 

THURSDAY, SEPT. 22 

FILM 

International Latino Film Festival “A Silent Love” at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña. Cost is $7. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

Dutch Voices: Jos de Putter and Peter Delpeut “Alias Kurban Said” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

THEATER 

DMCF Productions “Florence” by Alice Childress and “The Pot Maker” by Marita Bonner, Thurs.-Sat at 8 p.m., Sun. at 2 p.m. at Malonga Casquelourd Center, 1428 Alice St., Oakland. Tickets are $12-$25. 633-6360. 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

“Patsy Krebs: A Decade” Lecture and reception at 5 p.m. the Flora Lamson Hewlett Library, 2400 Ridge Rd. 649-2500. 

Nomad Spoken Word Night at 6 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344. www.nomadcafe.net 

Jill Soloway describes “Tiny Ladies in Shiny Pants” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. 559-9500. 

Barbara Ehrenriech describes “Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com  

Word Beat Reading Series with Mike Hardy and David Gollub at 7 p.m. at Mediterraneum Caffe, 2475 Telegraph Ave., near Dwight Way. 526-5985. 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Albany Music in the Park with La Familia, Afro-Cuban music at 6:30 p.m. at Albany’s Memorial Park. 524-9283. www.albanyca.org  

Dhol Patrol at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Bhangra dance lesson at 9 p.m. Cost is $12-$15. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

Mark Morris Dance Group at at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $30-$58. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu 

Crasdant, music from Wales, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $17.50-$18.50. 548-1761.  

Za’tar and The Klez-X, Jewish music benefit for Congregation Netivot Shalom, at 7:30 p.m. at 1316 University Ave. Tickets are $10-$20. 549-9447. 

Loose Wig Jazz Quartet at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. Cost is $5. 841-JAZZ. www.AnnasJazzIsland.com 

Mia and Jonah, Austin Willacy, Jason Miller at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5. 841-2082 www.starryploughpub.com 

Dave Weckl Band at 8 and 10 p.m., through Sun. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $12-$24. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com