Arts Listings

TUESDAY, FEB. 7 

EXHIBITIONS 

James Gayles’ “East Bay Blues Master” and other works by George Hopkins at the Richmond Health Center, 100 38th St., enter at 39th and Bissell. Celebrating Black History Month. 231-1348.  

FILM 

Women’s Preservation Film Festival at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808.  

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Marion Nestle discusses her reasearch on culinary history in northern California at 4 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852.  

Bernard-Henri Lévy introduces his new book “American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville” at 7:30 p.m. at the First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way. 845-7852.  

MUSIC AND DANCE 

New Pacific Trio at 8 p.m. at Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave. Tickets are $20. 525-5211. 

Swamp Coolers, cajun, zydeco at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $9. 525-5054.  

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

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

David Thom Band, Dark Hollow, Grizzly Peak and Marty Varner at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $15.50-$16.50. 548-1761.  

Mingus Big Band at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $12-$24. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com 

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 8 

FILM 

FIlm 50 “The Fall of the House of Usher” at 3 p.m. and Weird America “Olie Noodling” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

An Evening with John Cleese at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $32-$56. 642-9988.  

Café Poetry hosted by Kira Allen at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña. Donation $2. 849-2568.  

Tim Egan describes “The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. 

Camille Paglia describes “Break, Blow, Burn” on poetry and the state of our culture, at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. 559-9500. 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Berkeley High School Jazz Ensembles at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. Cost is $5. 841-JAZZ.  

North Beach Django Band at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.  

Earth Quake Weather, Love Infinity, Sabre Teeth, Yardsale at 9 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $8. 848-0886.  

Four Flea Circus, folk-rock fusions, at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277. 

Lunasa at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $19.50-$20.50. 548-1761.  

Mingus Big Band at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $12-$24. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com 

THURSDAY, FEB. 9 

EXHIBITIONS 

“The White Album” works in varying shades of white. Reception at 6 p.m. at Kala Art Institute, 1060 Heinz Ave. Exhibition runs through March 25. 549-2977. www.kala.org 

Irie Park All-Stars “Civil Rights and Lefts” Visual history of the African-American experience. Reception at 5:30 p.m. at the Joyce Gordon Gallery, 406 14th St., Oakland. and runs through March 11. 967-5399. 

“A Retrospective in Black & White and Color” works by photographer Susan Sai-Wah Louie at the Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge St., through March 16. 981-6100. 

THEATER 

“Grandma’s Hands” A Black History Month celebration by the fifth graders at Oxford Elementary School at 9 a.m. at 1130 Oxford St. Also on Fri. at 10:30 a.m. at Jefferson Elementary School. 644-6300. 

FILM 

Mikio Naruse “Summer Clouds” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808.  

“The Greater Circulation” by Antero Alli at 8 p.m. at 21 Grand, 416 26th St. Cost is $5-$10. 444-7263. 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

“Regla: Revolution” panel discussion on Cuban political prints by Antonio Canet, at 6 p.m. at the NIAD Art Center, 551 23rd St., Richmond.  

Poets for Peace with Margaret Kaufman, Jeffrey Levine, Ilya Kaminsky and Robert Thomas at 7:30 p.m. at Pegasus Books, 2349 Shattuck Ave. 649-1320. 

An Evening with John Cleese at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $32-$56. 642-9988.  

Sarah Vowell reads from her book “Assassination Vacation” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852.  

Word Beat Reading Series with Michael Kelly and M.K. Chavez at 7 p.m. at Mediterraneum Caffe, 2475 Telegraph Ave. 526-5985. 

Nomad Spoken Word Night at 7 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344.  

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $32.50-$33.50. 548-1761.  

Bryan Girard’s Soul Jazz Collective at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. Cost is $5. 841-JAZZ.  

Full Service at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5. 841-2082 www.starryploughpub.com 

Duo Mysterioso at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.  

Steve Tyrell at 8 and 10 p.m., through Sun. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $14-$26. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com 

FRIDAY, FEB. 10 

THEATER 

Actors Ensemble of Berkeley, “Twelfth Night” Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m., at Live Oak Theater, 1301 Shattuck Ave., through Feb. 18. Tickets are $12. 649-5999. www.aeofberkeley.org 

Aurora Theatre “The Master Builder” Wed. through Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 2 and 7 p.m. at 2081 Addison St., through March 5. Tickets are $38. 843-4822. www.auroratheatre.org 

Berkeley Rep “9 Parts of Desire” about women in war-torn Iraq, at 8 p.m. at the Trust Stage, 2025 Addison St., through March 5. Tickets are $30-$59. 647-2949.  

Black Repertory Group “The Piano Lesson” Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m. at 3201 Adeline St., through Feb. 25. Tickets are $7-$15. 

Contra Costa Civic Theater, “One Flew Over the Cockoo’s Nest” Fri. and Sat at 8 p.m. at 951 Pomona Ave. at Moeser Lane, El Cerrito, through Feb. 25. 524-9132.  

Impact Theatre, “Hamlet” Thurs.-Sat. at 8 p.m. at La Val’s Subterranean, 1834 Euclid Ave., through March 18. Tickets are $10-$15. 464-4468.  

The Marsh Berkeley “Strange Travel Suggestions” monologue by Jeff Greenwald, Thurs. and Fri. at 7 p.m. through March 3, at 2118 Allston Way. Tickets are $15-$22. 800-838-3006.  

Masquers Playhouse "Over the River and Through the Woods" Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m. through Feb. 25 at 105 Park Place, Point Richmond. Tickets are $15. 232-4031.  

Ragged Wing Ensemble “Splinters ... and Other F-Words” Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m. at Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda, through Feb. 11. Tickets are $12-$25 sliding scale. 800-838-3006.  

EXHIBITIONS 

Buddhist Relics Opening reception at 5 p.m. at the Berkeley Shambala Center, 2288 Fulton St. through Sun. Donations welcome. 755-1136. 

“The Bancroft at 100 Symposium” Fri. and Sat. from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way. 642-0808.  

Katsunori Hamanishi, mezzotints. Reception at 6 p.m. at Schurman-Scriptum Gallery, 1659 San Pablo Ave. Exhibit runs to March 31. 524-0623. 

FILM 

African Film Festival “The Hero” at 7 p.m. and “New Voices from Africa” at 9:15 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Leslie M. Freudenheim describes “Building with Nature: Inspiration for the Arts & Crafts Home” at 7:30 p.m. at First Church of Christ, Scientist, 2619 Dwight Way at Bowditch. Tickets are $15. Sponsored by the Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association. 841-2242. 

Chitra Nanerjee Divakaruni reads from “The Mistress of Spices” set in Oakland in the 1980’s at 7 p.m. at The Oakland Museum of California, 10th and Oak Sts. 238-2200.  

Istvan Rev on his new book “Retroactive Justice: Prehistory of Post-Communism” at 5:30 p.m. at University Press Books, 2430 Bancroft Way. 548-0585. 

“Celebrating the Arts” Speakers of Color Series with comedian and writer Brian Copeland and artist Arnold White at 7 p.m. at Head-Royce School Pavilion, 4315 Lincoln Ave. 531-1300, ext. 2245. 

George McGovern talks about “Social Security and the Golden Age: An Essay on the New American Demographic” at 12:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com  

Lois-Ann Yamanaka reads from her new novel “Behold the Many” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852.  

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul, Irish fiddler, at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $20-$32. 642-9988.  

Fetish, Intrepid Improv, The Bullheads at 9 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $8-$10. 848-0886.  

John Santos Quartet at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $10. 845-5373.  

Vladimir Vukanovich, Peruvian guitarist, at 8:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $15. 849-2568.  

Kenny Washington & His Trio at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. Cost is $7. 841-JAZZ.  

Nanette McGuinness, soprano, Raeeka Shehabi-Yaghmani, mezzo-soprano, Kathryn Cathcart, piano at 8 p.m. at Giorgi Gallery, 2911 Claremont at Ashby. Cost is $12. 848-1228.  

Albino, Afro-beat, at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $15. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $32.50-$33.50. 548-1761.  

Larry Vuckovich’s “La Orquesta El Vuco” at 9 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.  

DJ & Brook at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344.  

All Bets Off, Life Long Tragedy, Dispute at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $7. 525-9926. 

Lunar Heights at 9:30 p.m. at Shattuck Down Low. Cost is $5. 548-1159.  

Flowtilla at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277. 

Steve Tyrell at 8 and 10 p.m., through Sun. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $14-$26. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com 

SATURDAY, FEB. 11 

CHILDREN 

Los Amiguitos de La Peña with Fran Avni & Bonnie Lockhart at 10:30 a.m. at La Peña. Cost is $4 for adults, $3 for children. 849-2568.  

“Junie Jones and A Little Monkey Business” theater for ages 5 and up, at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. at Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Tickets are $13-$18. 925-798-1300. 

EXHIBITIONS 

Bancroft Library Centennial with their collection of rare and historic documents. Reception at 6 p.m. at Berkeley Art Museum, UC Campus. 643-4715. 

Andrew Red Hourse Alvarez Jewelry, Sat. and Sun. at Gathering Tribes Gallery, 1573 Solano Ave. 528-9038. 

THEATER 

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

FILM 

Mikio Naruse “Anzukko” at 7 p.m. and “When a Woman Ascends the Stairs” at 9:10 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808.  

READINGS AND LECTURES 

“Howard Thurman: A Gracious Spirit” with Arleigh Prelow, documentary filmmaker, at 2 p.m. at the Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge St. 981-6100. 

“The Art of Living Black” Artist talk and slide lecture with Ala Ebtekar and Almudena Ortiz at 2 p.m. at the Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Ave. at 25th St. 620-6772.  

Julian Barnes reads from his new novel “Arthur & George” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852.  

“The Bancroft at 100” Curator’s talk with Anthony Bliss at noon in Gallery 4, Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way. 642-0808.  

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Chick Corea & Touchstone at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $30-$52. 642-9988.  

“Improvisation” with Myra Melford, Mark Sresser, Bob Ostertag and David Wessel at 8 p.m. in Hertz Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $22. 642-9988. 

Alexander Tsygankov “The Paganini of Domra” at 7:30 p.m. at New Spirit Community Church, 1798 Scenic Ave. Tickets are $10-$20. 704-7729. 

Caminos Flamencos at 8 p.m. at Cafe de la Paz, 1600 Shattuck Ave., through Feb. 14. Tickets are $50-$95, includes dinner. 287-8700.  

RebbeSoul World Beat and Jewish roots at 7 p.m. at Kehilla Community Synagogue, 1300 Grand Ave. at Fairview, Piedmont. Tickets are $25-$60. 547-2424 ext. 214.  

Kirtan, devotional chanting with Jaya Lakshmi at 7 p.m. at Studio Rasa, 933 Parker St. Tickets are $15-$18. 843-2787.  

Maria Marquez & Trio with John Santos at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. Cost is $7. 841-JAZZ.  

Patrick Ball “O’Carolan’s Farewell to Music” at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $18.50-$19.50. 548-1761.  

Fuga, dance/concert at 9 p.m. at at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $5-$7. 849-2568.  

Prefixo de Verao, Brazilian pre-carnival celebration at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

City Limit, The Wearies, Last Clear Chance at 9 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $8-$10. 848-0886.  

Caroline Chung’s “Superbacana Trio” at 9 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.  

Mario Desio & Friends at 8 p.m. at Spuds Pizza, 3290 Adeline St. Cost is $7. 558-0881. 

Ilene Adar and Dana Shellmire at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344.  

Future Adults, Leopard Life, Teli Savalas at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $3. 525-9926. 

Mitch Marcus Quartet at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277. 

SUNDAY, FEB. 12 

CHILDREN  

Asheba at Ashkenaz at 3 p.m. Cost is $4-$6. 525-5054.  

EXHIBITIONS 

Craig Baxter, screenprints and etchings. Reception at 2 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344.  

FILM 

Mikio Naruse “The Approach of Autumn” at 4:30 p.m. and “Daughters, Wives, and a Mother” at 6:10 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Andrew Lam reads from “Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora” at 1 p.m. at Eastwind Books of Berkeley, 2066 University Ave. 548-2350. 

David Kipen considers “The Schreiber Theory: A Radical Rewrite of American Film History” at 4 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852.  

Poetry Flash with Eileen R. Tabios and Catherine Daly at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. Donation $2. 845-7852.  

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Jean-Michel Fonteneau and Roy Bogas at 4 p.m. at Crowden Music Center, 1475 Rose St. Cost is $12, free for children.  

San Francisco Chamber Orchestra “2Bs or Not 2Bs” at 4 p.m. at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave. Free. 415-248-1640.  

Organ Recital by Lynn Trapp at 6:10 p.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft Way. Donations accepted. 845-0888.  

Community Women’s Orchestra, “On With The Dance” at 4 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, 5201 Park Blvd., Piedmont. Suggested donation $10, children free. 463-0313.  

Les Violons du Roy and Magdalena Kozená, mezzo-soprano, at 7 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $32-$56, available from 642-9988.  

Carlos Oliveira & Brazilian Origns featuring Harvey Wainapel at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. Cost is $10. 841-JAZZ.  

Julian Waterfall Pollack Trio at 4:30 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $12. 845-5373.  

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

Tangria at 11 a.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344. www.nomadcafe.net 

MONDAY, FEB. 13 

THEATER 

Subterranean Shakespeare “Titus Andronicus” Staged reading at 7:30 p.m. at the Berkeley Unitarian Fellowship, Fireside Room, 1924 Cedar St. Donation $5. 276-3871. 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Bharati Mukherjee and Meredith Maran introduce “Why I’m Still Married: Women Write Their Hearts Out on Love, Loss, Sex and Who Does the Dishes” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852.  

Poetry Express with Misha Ferguson at 7 p.m. at Priya Restaurant, 2072 San Pablo Ave. berkeleypoetryexpress@yahoo.com 

Maggie Morley and colleagues, poetry, followed by open mic, at 7 p.m. at the Kensington Library, 61 Arlington Ave. 524-3043.  

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Valentine’s Day Voices with University Chorus and University Choral Ensembles at 8 p.m. in Hertz Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $3-$10. 642-9988. 

Caminos Flamencos at 6 and 9 p.m. at Cafe de la Paz, 1600 Shattuck Ave. Tickets are $50-$95, includes dinner. 287-8700. www.cafedelapaz.net 

George Brooks’ Indian Jazz Combo at 8 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $16. Benefit for the Oakland Library. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com