Arts Listings
Arts Calendar
TUESDAY, FEB. 14
FILM
Alternative Visions: Films by Peter Tscherkassky at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808.
READINGS AND LECTURES
Love Fest 06 hosted by Aya de León, featuring members of Kreatibo, Mike Molina, Alicia Raqule and others at 8 p.m. at La Peña. Cost is $10-$12. 849-2568.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Wild Catahoulas, Cajun, Zydeco, at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $9. 525-5054.
Ellen Hoffman with Singers’ Open Mic at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island. 841-JAZZ.
Cheryl Wheeler at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $24.50-$25.50. 548-1761.
Khali Hustle, 20 Boyz, BTA Boyz at 9 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $10. 848-0886.
Kitty Margolis “Heart and Soul” at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square, through Sun. Cost is $12-$8. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com
Jazzschool Tuesdays at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
Jessica Neighbor & The Hood at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15
EXHIBITIONS
African American Inventors and Scientists at the Junior Center of Art and Science, 558 Bellvue Ave., Lakeside Park, Oakland, through April 8. 839-5777. www.juniorcenter.org
“Illuminated Garden” Pinhole sun prints by Susannah Hays at North Berkeley Frame and Gallery, 1744 Shattuck Ave., through March 4. 549-0428.
Print Exchange between the California College of Arts and University of Osaka. Reception at 5:30 p.m. at CCA, 5212 Broadway. 594-3636.
FILM
Film 50 “All Quiet on the Western Front” at 3 p.m. and Weird America “Born in a Barn” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Ayelet Waldman reads from “Love and Other Impossible Pursuits” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Café Poetry hosted by Paradise at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña. Donation $2. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Linda Blachman introduces “Another Morning: Voices of Truth and Hope from Mothers with Cancer” at 7 p.m. at the Women’s Cancer Resource Center, 5741 Telegraph Ave. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.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 Trio at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Groundation, Bob Marley Tribute at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13-$15. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Orquestra Universal at 9:30 p.m. at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. Salsa dance lessons at 8 p.m. Cost is $5-$10. 548-1159.
J-Soul at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
John Benet, With All Sincerity, Name at 9 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $8. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Cheryl Wheeler at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $24.50-$25.50. 548-1761.
Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square, through Sun. Cost is $20-$24. 238-9200.
THURSDAY, FEB. 16
THEATER
Actors Ensemble of Berkeley, “Twelfth Night” at 8 p.m., at Live Oak Theater, 1301 Shattuck Ave., also Fri. and Sat. Tickets are $12, seniors and students $10 on Thurs. 649-5999.
The Sun & Moon Ensemble, “Luna” a multi-media performance, Thurs.-Sun. at 8 p.m. through Feb. 26, at Ashby Stage, 1901 Ashby Avenue at MLK Jr. Way. Tickets are $10-$15. 415-621-7978.
EXHIBITIONS
“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.
“Black Reparations Now” Works by African American Artists on Land, Freedom and Democracy. Reception at 6 p.m. at the Asian Resource Gallery, 310 Eighth St. at Harrison, Oakland. 287-5353.
Reception to Celebrate the Completion of the “City Center Triptych” by artist Anthony Holdsworth at 5:30 p.m. at 250 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland.
Changming Meng “Ink Paintings” Reception for the artist at 5:30 p.m. at IEAS Conference Room, 2223 Fulton St., 6th floor. http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/
FILM
Mikio Naruse “Her Lonely Lane” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Works by Bill A. Dallas and Amana Brembry Johnson Artists’ talk at 6:30 p.m. at the Craft & Cultural Arts Gallery, State of California Office Building, 1515 Clay St., Oakland. Music at 5 p.m. Runs through March 3. 622-8190.
Nomad Spoken Word Night at 7 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344. www.nomadcafe.net
John Hope Franklin reads from “Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin” at 7 p.m. at First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
James Dalessandro, author of “1906” the story of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire at 7 p.m. at El Cerrito Library, 6510 Stockton Ave., El Cerrito. 526-7512.
Word Beat Reading Series with The Poet Formerly Known as Mark States and Tom Odegaard at 7 p.m. at Mediterraneum Caffe, 2475 Telegraph Ave. 526-5985.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Rev. Billy C. Wirtz at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $17.50-$18.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Lloyd Gregory Trio featuring Tranishia Gholston at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. Cost is $5. 841-JAZZ. www.AnnasJazzIsland.com
Sheila Alix and the Dan Damon Trio, acoustic jazz standards at 7:30 p.m. at the Pub at Baltic Square, 135 Park Place, Point Richmond. 237-4782.
Avenues XPO, a showcase of Oakland youth artists, at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $5-$8. Benefits The Avenues Project. 849-2568.
Lalo and Jack West at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Jazz Mafia Quartet at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
FRIDAY, FEB. 17
THEATER
Actors Ensemble of Berkeley, “Twelfth Night” Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m., at Live Oak Theater, 1301 Shattuck Ave. 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 Thrust 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.
EXHIBITIONS
“Love Letters” New works by Susie Lundy. Reception at 6 p.m. at Deep Roots Teahouse, 1418 34th Ave., Oakland. 436-0121.
FILM
African Film Festival “Dolé” at 7 p.m. and “Niiwan” at 8:50 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Deborah Tannen introduces “You’re Wearing That? Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Joseph Massey and Graham Foust, poets, at 8 p.m. at Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Ave. 649-1320.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Xylem Folkestra Project, Balkan music at 8 p.m. at First Unitarian Church of Oakland, 685 14th St., at Castro. Balkan dance lesson at 7 p.m. Tickets are $16, $12 for children under 12. www.kailaflexer.com
Orquesta La Moderna Tradición at 9 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $12. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Perú Negro, Afro-Peruvian music on traditional instruments at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $22-$40. 642-9988.
Amy Likar, flute, Liisa Ruoho, flute, Miles Graber, piano at 8 p.m. at Giorgi Gallery, 2911 Claremont at Ashby. Cost is $12. 848-1228.
Mobius Donut CD Release at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $8-$10. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Ellen Robinson and her Trio at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. Cost is $7. 841-JAZZ. www.AnnasJazzIsland.com
Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Frankie Manning at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Junius Courtney Big Band at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $17.50-$18.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Eddie Pasternack Trio at 9 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Arnoldo Garcia and Linh Nguyen at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344. www.nomadcafe.net
Born/Dead, Direct Control, Strung Up, Greivous at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St., an all-ages, member-run, no alcohol, no drugs, no violence club. Cost is $6. 525-9926.
Lauren and Judge Murphy with Lansdale Station at 9 p.m. at Roundtree's Rythym & Blues Museum, 2618 San Pablo Ave. Cost is $10. 663-0440.
Vinyl, Get Down at 9:30 p.m. at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $5-$7. 548-1159.
Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square, through Sun. Cost is $20-$24. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com
SATURDAY, FEB. 18
CHILDREN
“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.
Los Amiguitos de La Peña with Uncle Eye & The Strange Change Machine, at 10:30 a.m. at La Peña. Cost is $4 for adults, $3 for children. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
EXHIBITIONS
“The Art of Seeing: Nature Revealed Through Illustration” opens at the Oakland Museum of California, 10th and Oak St. 238-2200. www.museumca.org
Susan Jenkins, Tim Mooney, H. C. Hannah, abstract art. Reception for the artists at 7 p.m. at Fourth Street Studio, 1717D Fourth St. Exhibit runs to March 4. 527-0600. www.fourthstreetstudio.com
“Beneath the Scratches” Paintings by Kazuyo Leue. Reception at 2 p.m. at Z Cafe, 2735 Broadway, Oakland. Exhibition runs to March 15. 663-2905.
Zuni Fetish Carvers, Lena Boone and Evalena Boone, Sat. and Sun. at Gathering Tribes Gallery, 1573 Solano Ave. 528-9038.
FILM
Mikio Naruse “Yearning” at 7 p.m. and “Scattered Clouds” at 9 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
“The Art of Living Black” Artist talk at 2 p.m. at the Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Ave. at 25th St. 620-6772. www.therichmondartcenter.org
Michael Lerner introduces “The Left Hand of God: Taking Back Our Country from the Religious Right” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Trinity Chamber Concerts presents John Partridge on piano and organ at 8 p.m. at Trinity Chapel, 2320 Dana St., bet. Durant & Bancroft. Tickets are $8-$12. 549-3864. http://
trinitychamberconcerts.com
Ensemble Galatea “Curiose Invenzioni” Italian music at 8 p.m. at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave. Tickets are $10-$25. 528-1725. www.sfems.org
Golden Gate Youth Jam, in celebration of Black History Month at 2 p.m. at the Golden Gate Branch of the Oakland Public Library, 5606 San Pablo Ave. Free. 597-5023.
West Coast Blues Hall of Fame Awards Show at 7 p.m. at the Scottish Rite Center, 1547 Lakeside Drive. Tickets are $20-$25, children 12 and under free. 836-2227. www.bayareabluessociety.net
Noche Flamenca at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $ 24-$48. 642-4864. http://music.berkeley.edu
Stephen Varney and Naomi Sanchez “Pas de Duo” featuring works of Brahms, Poulenc, Rzewski and Tchaikovsky at 7 p.m. at Regents’ Theater, Holy Names University, 3500 Mountain Blvd., Oakland. Tickets are $5-$15. 436-1330.
Robin Gregory and her Trio at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. Cost is $10. 841-JAZZ. www.AnnasJazzIsland.com
Zydeco Flames at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Mas Con Menos, Afro-Cuban folksloric music and dance at 8 p.m.at La Peña. Cost is $18-$20. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Ken Mahru and Propel at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344. www.nomadcafe.net
Bill Tapia, Hawaiian ‘ukele maestro, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $19.50-$20.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
A Band Called Pain, Black Sun, Black Snake Moan at 9 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $8-$10. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Matt Small’s Chamber Ensemble at 8 p.m. at the Jazz
school. Cost is $12. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
Snake Trio at 9 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
The Urban Monks at 8 p.m. at Spuds Pizza, 3290 Adeline St. Cost is $7-$10. 558-0881.
Falsano Baiano, alternative Latin, at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
Amber Asylum, Graves at Sea, Laudanum at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St., an all-ages, member-run, no alcohol, no drugs, no violence club. Cost is $6. 525-9926.
SUNDAY, FEB. 19
FILM
The Troubles We’ve Seen: A History of Journalism in Wartime at 3 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808.
READINGS AND LECTURES
Bootstrap Productions Poets Andrew Schelling, Derek Fenner and David Michalski at 7:30 p.m. at Moe’s Books, 2476 Telegraph Ave. 849-2087.
Poetry Flash with Laynie Brown and Brian Teare at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. Donation $2. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
“Let the People Speak” The International Women’s Writing Guild celebrates Black History Month with Bay Area poets and writers at 3 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. 559-9500.
Island Literary Series, jazz and poetry with Kathryn Takara, Ukali Johnson, Chandra Garsson, Karla Brundage and Wanda Sapir, at 3 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island. Cost is $3. 841-JAZZ.
MUSIC AND DANCE
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra “Valentines for a Cello” with Matt Haimovitz, at 3 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way. Free. 415-248-1640. www.sfchamberorchestra.org
Volti, chamber singers, featuring the premiere of “Sound Explanations” by Eric Lindsay at 4 p.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft Way. Tickets are $8-$20. 415-771-3352. www.voltisf.org
Jonathan Biss, pianist, at 3 p.m. at Hertz Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $42. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Noche Flamenca at 7 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $ 24-$48. 642-4864. http://music.berkeley.edu
Mas Con Menos, Afro-Cuban folkloric music and dance at 8 p.m.at La Peña. Cost is $18-$20. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
John Kiskaddon Quintet at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. Cost is $7. 841-JAZZ. www.AnnasJazzIsland.com
Echo Beach at 11 a.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344.
Allison Miller Trio at 4:30 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $12-$15. 845-5373.
Bobby Hall and Friends Annual Gospel Concert at 5 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 201 Martina, at W. Richmond Ave., Point Richmond. 236-0527. www.point
richmond.com/methodist
Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $17.50-$8.50. 548-1761.
MONDAY, FEB. 20
READINGS AND LECTURES
Derek Fenner and Ryan Gallagher, poets, at 8 p.m. at Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Ave. 649-1320.
Poetry Express with Paradise at 7 p.m., at Priya Restaurant, 2072 San Pablo Ave. 644-3977.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Tom Russell with Andrew Hardin at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $20.50-$21.50. 548-1761 www.freightandsalvage.org
Jeremy Pelt Group at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $10-$16. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com
