FRIDAY, JUNE 9 

Impeachment Banner Fridays at 6:45 to 8 a.m. on the Berkeley Pedestrian bridge between Seabreeze Market and the Aquatic Park, until impeachment is realized. www. Impeachbush-cheney.com 

City Commons Club Noon Luncheon is cancelled today. For information on future events, please call 526-2925.  

Berkeley Critical Mass Bike Ride meets at the Berkeley BART the second Friday of every month at 5:30 p.m.  

Women in Black Vigil, from noon to 1 p.m. at UC Berkeley, Bancroft at Telegraph. 548-6310. 

SATURDAY, JUNE 10 

Live Oak Park Fair Sat. and Sun. from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. featuring 125 artists and craftspeople. Free. Free shuttles provided from the North Berkeley BART Station to the park. 898-3282. www.liveoakparkfair.com 

Repainting Willard Community Peace Labyrinth from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Willard Middle School, Telegraph Ave. between Derby and Stuart. Volunteers needed. 526-7377. 

Health Fair with informational workshops, screenings, fun and giveaways for the whole family from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the social hall and parking lot of 6401 San Pablo Ave., Oakland.  

Walk on the Wild Side A 5.5 mile hike over varied terrain to investigate wildlife, wildflowers and a wild watershed. Meet at 9 p.m. at the Wildcat/Alvarado staging are in Tilden Park. Bring a sack lunch, water and sunscreen. 525-2233. 

“Backyard Habitat” a workshop to learn about the wildlife native to the area, what they need to secure food and shelter from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at De Anza High School, 5000 Valley View Road, Richmond. Free. 665-3538. www.spawners.net 

Full Moon Walk at John Muir National Historic Site A walk to the top of Mt. Wanda, in Martinez, to see the full moon, and nocturnal animal life along the way. Free, but reservations required. 925-228-8860. 

Mini-Farmers in Tilden A farm exploration program, from 10 to 11 a.m. for ages 4-6 years, accompanied by an adult. We will explore the Little Farm, care for animals, do crafts and farm chores. Wear boots and dress to get dirty! Fee is $6-$8. Registration required. 636-1684. 

Cerrito Creek Work Party Meet at at 10 a.m. at the end of Adams St., one block west of San Pablo, to remove invasives. 848-9358. www.fivecreeks.org 

La Pena’s 31st Birthday Open house and performances by artists and groups who have had long association with La Peña, at 6 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave. Free. 654-9587. 

Jeremy’s One Man Show with giant origami, juggling, magic, comedy, unicycling, at noon at El Cerrito Library, 6510 Stockton Ave., El Cerrito. Free for grades 6 -12. 526-7512.  

Emergency Preparedness Class on Light Search & Rescue from 9 a.m. to noon at 997 Cedar St. Free, but registration required. 981-5506.  

Berkeley History Center Walking Tour: “Explore the New Berkeley City College Building” has been postponed to July 22. 848-0181.  

Walking Tour of Jack London Waterfront Meet at 10 a.m. at the corner of Broadway and Embarcadero. Tour lasts 90 minutes. For reservations call 238-3234.  

East Bay Baby Fair Resources for pregnancy, birth and parenting from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the BRJCC, 1414 Walnut St. 540-7210. 

Vegetarian Cooking Class on Breakfast and Brunch from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at First Unitarian Church of Oakland, 685 14th St. Cost is $45. 531-2665.  

Cooking the African Way A demonstration on how to make nutritious Nigerian Yoruban food at 1 p.m. at Oakland Public Library, Martin Luther King Jr. Branch, 6833 International Blvd. 615-5728. 

New Business Startup Expo Meet new local entrepreneurs and learn how to start your own business, from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland City Hall. 879-4020. 

Learn to Row Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Jack London Aquatic Center, 115 Embarcadero, Oakland. 208-6067. 

Suppressed Histories: Japan with Max Dashu on women in Japanese culture and history at 7:30 p.m. at Ancient Ways, 4075 Telegraph, Oakland. Suggested donation $10-$20. 

Great War Society East Bay Chapter meets to discuss “Myths of WWI” at 10:30 a.m. at 640 Arlington Ave. 527-7118. 

SUNDAY, JUNE 11 

Community Labyrinth Peace Walk at 3 p.m. to rededicate the Willard Community Peace Labyrinth, Willard Middle School, Telegraph Ave. between Derby and Stuart. 526-7377. 

Trees are Treasures Learn about the diverse tree species in Tilden on a 2 mile walk at 2 p.m. at Tilden Nature Center. 525-2233. 

People’s Park Community Garden Tour Learn about native and edible plants with long time gardener, Terri Compost. Hear some history and find out how to get involved and garden in this unique and special place. Meet at 1 p.m. at the South West (Bongo Burger) corner of the People’s Park Community Garden. 658-9178. 

Green Sunday Election Wrap-Up with Wilson Riles, former Oakland City councilmember and mayoral candidate, and and J. Douglas Allen Taylor, Berkeley Daily Planet staff writer, at 5 p.m. at Niebyl-Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave. at 65th in North Oakland. 

Make Your Own Liquid Fertilizers A workshop to learn how to turn weeds and other natural byproducts into plant fertilizers. Bring 2 liter plastic bottles, old hoses or bicycle tubes, cardboard or newspaper, large containers or 5 gallon buckets with lids, misc. tools, and leave with a system of your own. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Berkeley Eco-House, 1305 Hopkins St. Cost is $1, sliding scale, no one turned away. 547-8715. 

Architecture Tour of the Oakland Museum’s Building and Gardens at 1 p.m. at Oakland Museum of California, 10th and Oak Sts. Free. 238-3818. 

“Disaster Then and Now: Ready or Not?” Earthquake discussion at 2 p.m. at Oakland Museum of California, 10th and Oak Sts. Free. 238-3818. 

Art Book Sale including catalogs, journals and magazines from the Museum’s own collection as well as donations from private collections. From 1 to 4 p.m. at Oakland Museum of California, 10th and Oak Sts. Free. 238-3818. 

“Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till” film screening at 2 p.m. at Parkway Speakeasy Theater, 1834 Park Blvd., Oakland. Discussion to follow. 848-1994. 

Red Cross Blood Drive from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Mary Magdalen Parish, 2005 Berryman. To make an appointment call 526-4811. 

Free Garden Tours at Regional Parks Botanic Garden in Tilden Park Sat. and Sun. at 2 p.m. Call to confirm. 841-8732. www.nativeplants.org 

Lake Merritt Neighbors Organized for Peace Meet at 3 p.m. at the colonnade at the NE end of the lake. 763-8712.  

Sunday Summer Forum: Towards a More Just World with Pierre Laboissiere, Haiti Action Committee, at 9:30 a.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley, 1 Lawson Rd., Kensington. 525-0302, ext. 306. 

Tibetan Buddhism with Readings from Voice of the Buddha on “Buddha’s Enlightenment” at 6 p.m. at the Tibetan Nyingma Institute, 1815 Highland Pl. 843-6812.  

MONDAY, JUNE 12 

World Affairs/Politics Discussion Group for people 60+ years old meets at 10:15 a.m. at the Albany Senior Center, 846 Masonic Ave. Cost is $2.50. 524-9122. 

Berkeley CopWatch organizational meeting at 8 p.m. at 2022 Blake St. Join us to work on current issues around police misconduct. 548-0425. 

TUESDAY, JUNE 13 

Return of the Over-the-Hills Gang Hikers 55 years and older who are interested in nature study, history, fitness, and fun are invited to join as we circumnavigate Round Top, one of the highest peaks in the Berkeley hills and a center of ancient volcanic activity. From 10 a.m. to noon. To register call 525-2233.  

Civil Liberties Film Series “The Exonerated” followed by a talk with Natasha Minsker, ACLU Death Penalty Project, and Barbara Becnel, co-author with Stanley “Tookie” Williams, at 7 p.m. Richmond Public Library, Madeline F. Whittlesey Room, 325 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond. 620-6561. 

Berkeley High School Site Council meets at 4:30 p.m. in Room D218 of the Admin building. The agenda includes 10th grade counseling (SB813), Site Plan Subcommittee report, School Governance Council Proposal. 525-0124. 

Raging Grannies of the East Bay invites new folks to come join us from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. to sing (any voice will do), help plan our next gig, or write outrageously political lyrics to old familiar tunes, at Berkeley Gray Panthers, 1403 Addison St., in Andronico’s mall. 548-9696. 

Berkeley Camera Club meets at 7:30 p.m., at the Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda. 548-3991.  

St. John’s Prime Timers meets at 9:30 a.m. at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave. 845-6830. 

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14  

Walking Tour of Old Oakland uptown to the Lake to discover Art Deco landmarks. Meet at 10 a.m. in front of the Paramount Theater at 2025 Broadway. Tour lasts 90 minutes. Reservations can be made by calling 238-3234. 

“Winged Migration” A documentary dedicated to birds and their long-distance flights at 7:30 p.m. at Humanist Hall, 390 27th St., Oakland. Donations of $5 accepted. 

“How to Run a Successful Co-op and the Co-op Movement,” with Lisa Bruzzone and Cathy Goldsmith of The Cheese Board, at 1:30 p.m. at the Albany Senior Center, 846 Masonic. All welcome. 524-9122. 

East Bay Genealogical Society with Caroline Earhart on her family quilt “My Family’s Road to California” at 10 a.m. in the Library Conference Room of the Family History Center, 4766 Lincoln Ave. Oakland. All welcome. 635-6692. 

Celebrate Flag Day at Habitot Children’s Museum by creating a giant community flag from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 2065 Kittredge St. Cost is $5-$6. 647-1111. 

“Girl, I’ve Been Through A Lot..” Poetry workshop for girls age 13 to 17 at 4 p.m. at Oakland Public Library, Room 219, 125 14th St. 238-3134. 

Traditional Dances to Reconnect with the Earth at 10:30 a.m. at the Albany Senior Center, 846 Masonic, Albany. Donation requested. Come alone or with friends. No special agility required. 528-2261. 

Walk Berkeley for Seniors meets every Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. at the Sea Breeze Market, just west of the I-80 overpass. 548-9840. 

The Berkeley Lawn Bowling Club free instruction every Wed. and Sat. at 10:30 a.m. at 2270 Acton St. 841-2174.  

Fresh Produce Stand at San Pablo Park from 3 to 6:30 p.m. in the Frances Albrier Community Center. Sponsored by the Ecology Center’s Farm Fresh Choice. 848-1704.  

Jewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay Annual Meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Congregation Beth El, 1301 Oxford St.  

Berkeley Peace Walk and Vigil at the Berkeley BART Station, corner of Shattuck and Center. Sing for Peace at 6:30 p.m. followed by Peace Walk at 7 p.m. www.geocities.com/ 

vigil4peace/vigil 

THURSDAY, JUNE 15 

Family Day at UC Botanical Garden with hands-on activities from 10 a.m. to noon at 200 Centennial Drive. Cost for one parent and one child is $14-$18. Additional adult or children per family are $7 each. Registration required. Space is limited. To register call 643-2755. 

Embracing Diversity Films “Out of the Shadow” a documentary of a woman with paranoid schizophrenia, at 7 p.m. at Albany High School Library, 603 Key Route Blvd. Please enter through gym doors on Thousand Oaks Blvd. Suitable for children over 12. Free. Discussion follows. 527-1328. 

World of Plants Tours Thurs., Sat. and Sun. at 1:30 p.m. at the UC Botanical Garden, 200 Centennial Drive. Cost is $5. 643-2755. http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu 

Historical & Current Times Book Group meets on Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Albany Library, 1249 Marin Ave. 548-4517. 

CITY MEETINGS 

Council Agenda Committee meets Mon. June 12, at 2:30 p.m., at 2180 Milvia St. 981-6900. 

Youth Commission meets Mon., June 12, at 6:30 p.m., at 1730 Oregon St. Philip Harper-Cotton, 981-6670.  

City Council meets Tues., June 13, at 7 p.m in City Council Chambers. 981-6900. www.ci. 

berkeley.ca.us/citycouncil 

Commission on Disability meets Wed., June 14, at 6:30 p.m. at the North Berkeley Senior Center. Don Brown, 981-6346. TDD: 981-6345.  

Homeless Commission meets Wed., June 14, at 7 p.m., at the North Berkeley Senior Center. Jane Micallef, 981-5426.  

Planning Commission meets Wed., June 14, at 7 p.m., at the North Berkeley Senior Center. Janet Homrighausen, 981-7484.  

Police Review Commission meets Wed., June 14, at the South Berkeley Senior Center,. 981-4950.  

Waterfront Commission meets Wed., June 14, at 7 p.m., at 201 University Ave. Cliff Marchetti, 981-6740.  

Design Review Committee meets Thurs., June 15, at 7:30 p.m., at the North Berkeley Senior Center. Anne Burns, 981-7415. 

Transportation Commission meets Thurs., June 15, at 7 p.m., at the North Berkeley Senior Center. Peter Hillier, 981-7000.  

West Berkeley Project Area Commission meets Thurs., June 15, at 7 p.m., at the West Berkeley Senior Center. Iris Starr, 981-7520.

FRIDAY, JUNE 9 

THEATER 

Altarena Playhouse “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown” at 8 p.m. Fri. and Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. 1409 High St., Alameda, through June 11. Tickets are $12-$15. 523-1553.  

Berkeley Rep “The Glass Menagerie” at 8 p.m. at the Thrust Stage, 2025 Addison St. Tickets are $59. Runs through June 18. 647-2949.  

Berkeley Rep “The Miser” at 8 p.m. at the Roda Theater, 2015 Addison St. Tickets are $53. Runs through June 25. 647-2949.  

California Shakespeare Theater “The Merry Wives of Windsor” at the Bruns Amphitheater, 100 Gateway Blvd., Orinda. Tues.-Thurs., 7:30 p.m., Fri.-Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 4 p.m. through June 25. Tickets are $15 and up. 548-9666.  

Masquers Playhouse “The Fantasticks” Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m. at 105 Park Place, Point Richmond. Tickets are $18. 232-4031. www.masquers.org 

Shotgun Players “King Lear” Thurs.-Sun. at 8 p.m. at the Ashby Stage, 1901 Ashby Ave. to June 18. Tickets are $15-$30, reservations suggested. 841-6500.  

FILM 

Isabelle Huppert: Passion and Contradiction “The Lacemaker” at 7 p.m. and “Loulou” at 9:10 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808.  

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Shan Sa reads from “The Empress” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698.  

E. Lynn Harris reads from “I Say a Little Prayer” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. 

Douglas Coupland introduces is novel of the digital age “jPod” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Telegraph. 845-7852.  

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Tammy Hall Quintet featuring Helena Jack at 8 p.m. at the Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge St. 981-6233. 

Oakland Opera “X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X” at 8 p.m. at Oakland Metro Opera House, 201 Broadway, through Sun. Tickets are $32-$36. 763-1146. 

Peter Hallifax and Julie Jeffrey, viols at 11 a.m. at Loper Chapel, Dana at Durant. Tickets are $7-$10. 220-1195. 

Janine Johnson, harpsichord at 5 p.m. at Trinity Chapel, 2320 Dana St. Tickets are $10-$15. 549-1520.  

Flauti Diversi “Counterpoint: Bach and The Beatles” at 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Tickets are $10-$12. 527-9840. 

Atris, Brides of Obscurity at 9 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $8-$10. 848-0886.  

Hurricane Sam Rudin and the Hotshots at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. Cost is $7. 841-JAZZ.  

West Coast Beatbox Battle at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $11-$13. 525-5054.  

Adrianne, singer-songwriter, at 8 p.m. at Caffe Trieste, 2500 San Pablo Ave. 548-5198.  

High Country, bluegrass, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $18.50-$19.50. 548-1761.  

Josh Workman & Perry Thoorsell Duo at 9 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.  

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

Barry Syska & Friends at 8:30 p.m. at Epic Arts 1923 Ashby Ave. Cost is $5-$10. 

Rockermoms Benefit Concert at 7:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Late Show at 11 p.m. with Vince Charming and the New Americans. Cost is $5. 841-2082.  

Fleshies, Toys That Kill, Kreamy ‘Lectric Santa at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $5. 525-9926.  

Sleepy Alligator, Famous Last Words at 9 p.m. at the Uptown Nightclub, 1928 Telegraph, Oakland. Cost is $8. 451-8100.  

San Pablo Project, Latin funk, reggae, at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277. 

Gary Burton Quartet Revisited at 8 and 10 p.m., through Sun. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $10-$65. 238-9200.  

SATURDAY, JUNE 10 

CHILDREN  

Jose-Luis Orozco and the Children of Centro Vida at 10 a.m. at La Pena Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $8 adults, $5 children, and $25 families 525-1463.  

Early Music for Families Young musicians will demonstrate instruments used to play Renaissance and Baroque music at 2 p.m. at International House, Bancroft and Piedmont. Free. 848-5591.  

THEATER 

“Lily, The Felon's Daughter” 19th Century fun, frolic and music, at 8 p.m., Sun. at 3 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley, 1 Lawson Road, Kensington. Suggested donation is $20. 524-2912.  

EXHIBITIONS 

“Expect Respect: The Power, Joy, and Dignity of Being a Woman” Reception for the artists at 2 p.m. at Prescott-Joseph Center for Community Enhancement, 920 Peralta St, Oakland. 835-8683.  

“Fresh Paint - Second Coat” Meet the artists from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m at Piedmont Lane Gallery, upstairs, 4121 Piedmont Ave. Oakland. www.3lisha.com/freshpaint 

East Bay Open Studios Sat. and Sun. For maps and times see www.proartsgallery.org 

FILM 

Against Indifference: The Cinema of Krzysztof Kieslowski “Three Colors: Blue” at 8:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808.  

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Rhythm and Muse “In Celebration of Swimming” spoken word and music at 7 p.m. at Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut St. in Live Oak Park. Donations appreciated. Benefits public pool use for homeless and low-income youth. 644-6893. 

J. Othello will read from and discuss his book “The Soul of Rock ‘N Roll: A History of African Americans in Rock Music” at 2 p.m. at the Oakland Public Library, West Auditorium, 125 14th St. 238-3134. 

Alexander Polikoff describes “Waiting for Gautreaux: A Story of Segregation, Housing, and the Black Ghetto” at 4:30 p.m. at at Cody’s Books on Telegraph. 845-7852.  

Sean Wilsey explains “The Thinking Fan’s Guide to the World Cup: 32 Writers on 32 Countries” at 7:30 p.m. at at Cody’s Books on Telegraph. 845-7852. 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Philharmonia Chamber Players “Viva Vivaldi: Concerti by Candlelight” 10:30 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way. Tickets are $20-$40. 642-9988.  

Kensington Symphony in a program honoring Robert Schumann at 8 p.m. at Northminster Presbyterian Church, 545 Ashbury Ave., El Cerrito. Suggested donation. $10-$15. 524-9912. 

La Peña 31st Birthday An evening of performances by artists and groups who have had a long association with La Peña at 6 p.m. at La Peña. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

Emma’s Revolution Benefit Concert at 7 p.m. at Berkeley Friends Church, 1600 Sacramento St. at Cedar. Tickets are $20 and up at Cody’s Books.  

Charles Hamilton Jazz Ensemble at 8 p.m. at the Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge St. 981-6233. 

“Lost Tales: Glimpses from 1000 Ramayanas” Classical Indian dance at 4 p.m. at the Julia Morgan Theater, 2640 College Ave. Tickets are $12-$18. 338-4538. 

St. Ann Consort O Wondrous Novelty: Masterpieces of Monastic Chant at 1 p.m. at St. Joseph of Arimathea Chapel, Bowditch at Durant. Tickets are $8-$15. 717-9422 

Pacific Collegium, Motets of Couperin le Grand, Bernier, and others at 3 p.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft Way. Tickets are $10-$15. 459-2341. 

Baroque Etcetera “Pallas Nordica: A Swedish Queen in Rome” at 3 p.m. at Trinity Chapel, 2320 Dana St. Tickets are $10. 540-8222. 

Voci Women’s Vocal Ensemble “Aphrodesia” at 7:30 p.m. at The Marsh, 2118 Allston Way. Tickets are $20-$50. 800-838-3006. 

Babatunde Lea Quartet at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island. Cost is $10. 841-JAZZ.  

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

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

Robin Flower & Libby McLaren at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $18.50-$19.50. 548-1761.  

Kalas, Ragweed, 100 Suns at 9 p.m. at the Uptown Nightclub, 1928 Telegraph, Oakland. Cost is $8. 451-8100. 

Ed Saindon and Dick Whittington at 8 p.m. at the Jazz- 

school. Cost is $20. 845-5373.  

Ben Stolorow, solo piano, at 9 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810. 

Best Friends, The Morning Benders, Birds and Batteries at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $8. 841-2082.  

Punks for Pets Benefit for the Berkeley East Bay Humane Society with The Uptones, The Plus Ones, Abi Yo Yo’s at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $6. 525-9926. 

BabShad Jazz at 8 pm. at the Sea Mi Restaurant, 856 San Pablo Ave. 845-5692. 

SUNDAY, JUNE 11 

CHILDREN 

Circus Clowning A showcase by the students of the Clown Conservatory at Circus Center at 2 p.m. at Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, 2640 College Ave. Tickets are $7.50 children, $12.50 adults. 925-798-1300.  

FILM 

“Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till” at 2 p.m. at Parkway Speakeasy Theater, 1834 Park Blvd., Oakland. Discussion to follow. 848-1994.  

Against Indifference: The Cinema of Krzysztof Kieslowski “Decalogue 7 and 8” at 3 p.m. and “Decalogue 9 and 10” at 5:15 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808.  

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Gabriela Taylor reads from “Geckos and Other Guests: Tales of a Kuaa’i Bed & Breakfast” at 5 p.m. at Black Oak Books, 1491 Shattuck Ave. 486-0698. 

Bill Buford describes “Heat: An Amateur’s Adventures as Kitchen Salve, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St.  

MUSIC AND DANCE 

The “Farewell” Consort to celebrate Pastor Jim Stickney’s many years of support for early music at 7:30 p.m. at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 1501 Washington Ave., Albany. Suggested donation $10-$1. 525-1716. 

San Francisco Choral Artists “Partly Cloudy With a Chance of Song” at 4 p.m. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 11 Montecito Ave., at Bay Place, Oakland. Tickets are $18-$25. 415-979-5779. 

Horizon Woodwind Quintet at 7:30 p.m. at Berkeley Art Center, Live Oak Park, 1275 Walnut St. Cost is $8-$10. 

Seda Ensemble, Persian classical music at 7 p.m. at Julia Morgan Center, 2640 College Ave. Tickets are $25. 925-798-1300. 

Young People’s Symphony Orchestra Pops Concert at 2 p.m. at Greek Orthodox Church, 4700 Lincoln Ave., Oakland. Tickets are $10-$15. 849-9776. 

Junior Recorder Society Concert at 5 p.m. at International House, 2299 Piedmont Ave. Free.  

Renaissance and Traditional Music from the British Isles and Scandinavia at 2 p.m. at Trinity Chapel, 2320 Dana St. Tickets are $10-$15. 549-3864. 

Galileo Project “Liebesmahl: Feast of Love” Sat 3 p.m. at St. Joseph of Arimathea Chapel, Bowditch at Durant. Tickets are $10-$15. 787-9956.  

Sweet Hope and Bitter Despair: the Ayres of England’s Golden Age at 7 p.m. at St. Joseph of Arimathea Chapel, corner of Bowditch and Durant. Tickets are $8-$10. 415-565-3274.  

King’s Trumpetts & Shalmes at 8 p.m. at Trinity Chapel, 2320 Dana St. Tickets are $10-$15. 415-665-2083.  

“A Visit to Paris” Concert of French music at 2 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 201 Martina St., Point Richmond. Tickets $10 at the door. 237-5551.  

Orquesta La Moderna Tradicion at 8 p.m. at the Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge St.. 981-6233. 

Rachel Efron Quintet at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. Cost is $7. 841-JAZZ.  

Gift Horse at 11 a.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344.  

Americana Unplugged: Jacob & Harry at 5 p.m. at Jupiter, 2181 Shattuck Ave. 655-5715.  

Tanaora at 4:30 p.m. at the Jazzschool, 2087 Addison. Cost is $12-$15. 845-5373.  

Leftover Dreams, music from The Great American Songbook at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $17.50-$18.50. 548-1761. 

MONDAY, JUNE 12 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Poetry Express with John Rowe at 7 p.m, at Priya Restaurant, 2072 San Pablo Ave. 644-3977. 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

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

Mark Murphy at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $10-$18. 238-9200.  

TUESDAY, JUNE 13 

CHILDREN 

Desert Dave and his pets kick-off the Kensington Library’s Summer Reading Program at 6:30 p.m. at 61 Arlington Ave. 524-3043. 

FILM 

Against Indifference: The Cinema of Krzysztof Kieslowski Early Works: Program 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808.  

READINGS AND LECTURES 

“The State of Democracy Today” with Cecilia Tichi & Iain Boa at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698.  

Andrew Dean Nystrom introduces his “Top Trails Yellowstone Grand Teton National Parks” with a slideshow at 8 p.m at Mrs. Dalloway’s, 2904 College Ave. 704-8222. 

Laurie R. King introduces her new crime novel “The Art of Detection” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. 559-9500.  

“Works In Progress” Women’s Open Mic at 7:30 p.m. at Montclair Women’s Cultural Center, 1650 Mountain Blvd., Oakland. Cost is $5.  

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Singers’ Open Mic with Ellen Hoffman at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. 841-JAZZ.  

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

Michael Coleman Trio Jazz Jam at 8 p.m. at the Uptown Nightclub, 1928 Telegraph, Oakland. Bring your instrument. 451-8100.  

Debbie Poryes & Friends, jazz, at 7 p.m. at Caffe Trieste, 2500 San Pablo Ave., at Dwight. 548-5198.  

Walter Savage Quartet at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $6-$10. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com 

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 

EXHIBITIONS 

“Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India” opens at the Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way. Cost is $5-$8. 642-0808. 

FILM 

Against Indifference: The Cinema of Krzysztof Kieslowski “Camera Buff” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808.  

READINGS AND LECTURES 

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

Rabbi Michael Lerner will read from “The Left Hand of God: Taking Back Our Country from the Religious Right” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698.  

Alison Bechdel introduces her memoir “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. 559-9500.  

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 

Luke Westbrook at 8:30 p.m. at the Uptown Nightclub, 1928 Telegraph, Oakland. Cost is $5. 451-8100. 

Orquestra La Verdad, salsa, at 8 p.m. at Shattuck Down Low. Cost is $5-$10. 548-1159.  

Dick Conte Trio & Dick’s Birthday Party! at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. 841-JAZZ.  

Goapele at 8 and 10 p.m. through Sun. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $15-$24. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com 

THURSDAY, JUNE 15 

THEATER 

San Francisco Recovery Theatre “The Spot” A teenage couple’s lives change dramatically when she gets pregnant. Thurs. and Fri at 8 p.m., Sat. at 2 and 8 p.m. at Live Oak Theater, 1301 Shattuck Ave. Tickets are $18. 1-866-468-3399. 

FILM 

Isabelle Huppert: Passionand Contradiction “Madame Bovary” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808.  

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Janine Brown & Lucy Traber 2005 Members’ Showcase Winners. Artist discussion at 7 p.m. at Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut St. in Live Oak Park. Free, donations appreciated. 644-6893. 

“Expect Respect: The Power, Joy, and Dignity of Being a Woman” Artists panel discussion at 5:30 p.m. at Prescott-Joseph Center for Community Enhancement, 920 Peralta St, Oakland. 835-8683.  

Sandy Tolan reads from “The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East” at 7 p.m at Mrs. Dalloway’s, 2904 College Ave. 704-8222. 

Maqams/Modes: The Music of the Jews in the Land of Islam with Prof. Martin Schwartz, at 6:30 p.m. at the Magnes Museum, 2911 Russell St. Cost is $6-$8. 549-6950.  

Mike Madison will discuss “Blithe Tomato: An Insider's Wry Look at Farmer’s Market Society” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698.  

Word Beat Reading Series on “The Lion Speaks: An Anthology for Hurricane Katrina” at 7 p.m. at Mediterraneum Caffe, 2475 Telegraph Ave. 526-5985. 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Steve Traylor-Ramirez at 8 p.m. at La Peña. Cost is $8-$10. 849-2568.  

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

“Slave, The Funk Party” at 8 p.m. at Kimball’s Carnival, 522 2nd St., Oakland. Tickets are $25-$35 from ticket web.  

Atmos Trio at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. Cost is $5. 841-JAZZ.  

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

Mr. Lexicon, The Late Night Dates at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5. 841-2082. 

Swoop Unit at 8:30 p.m. at the Uptown Nightclub, 1928 Telegraph, Oakland. Cost is $6. 451-8100. 

This weekend as part of the San Francisco Jazz Festival, the Herbst Theatre will feature tap dancer extraordinaire Savion Glover on Saturday and Latin saxophone and clarinet virtuoso Paquito D’Rivera on Sunday. 

Savion Glover 

Tap dance is a quintessentially American art form, the dance analog to instrumental jazz. The roots of tap go back at least to the cakewalk of the 1890s, but when sound film entered the scene in 1929, fans all over the world had a chance to see and hear the great tappers do astounding feats with their astounding feets. 

Bill “Bojangles” Robinson danced up and down a flight of steps just on his toes. John Bubbles added heel taps to create rhythm tap. Dancers like Honi Coles and Cholly Atkins, who followed up on Bubbles innovations, were just as suave and sophisticated as Astaire and Kelly. 

Eventually, Cholly became the choreographer for all the Motown groups. The Nicholas Brothers added acrobatics. By the Forties, when Bird and Diz were inventing bebop, dancers like Baby Lawrence and Bunny Briggs followed their lead and invented paddle and roll, a step that fit with the new rhythms. 

Today we have Savion Glover who has bundled up all the steps and styles of the past and carried them into the present. 

Nothing of the past has been lost, but something brand new has been added. Savion is the greatest living tap dancer because he is the most innovative and contemporary. 

The last time he was in the area, at the Marin Center Veterans Memorial Auditorium in November, he presented a program of tapping to the classics. This could easily have been effete, but Savion had me convinced during Mozart’s Divertimento in D major, that he was right and everyone else had missed Mozart’s rhythmic and percussive genius. 

His own rhythmic and percussive genius along with remarkable grace, energy and improvisational genius are not to be missed. 

Paquito D’Rivera  

Alto saxophonist and clarinetist Paquito D’Rivera was born in Cuba in 1948. In fact he celebrated his 58th birthday just this week on June 4. 

As a child prodigy in his native Cuba he often played with the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra, sometimes premiering works by top Cuban composers. His father, a tenor saxophonist, introduced him to jazz and he learned more from the radio show “Willis Conover Jazz Hour” which was broadcast to Cuba by the Voice of America.  

Curiously, the Voice of America was barred by law from broadcasting in the United States, so Conover’s show, arguably the best jazz programming ever broadcast on radio, had a tremendous impact outside of the United States while we suffered here with very little decent jazz radio at that time. Paquito was a founding member of the Orquesta Cubana de Musica Moderna. He went on to be a founding member of Irakere in 1973. 

The group also included such future stars as trumpeter Arturo Sandoval and pianist Chucho Valdes. After defecting in 1980, Paquito moved to New York and was soon playing with Dizzy Gillespie, a musician who adored Cuban music and was adored in Cuba. Paquito, who brings his quintet to the festival, is certainly the greatest Latin alto player of all time, combining Cuban roots, bebop and his own personal lyricism. 

Savion Glover presents two shows on Saturday, June 10, at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., at Herbst Theatre, San Francisco. 

On the following night, Sunday, June 11, at 7 p.m., Paquito D’Rivera brings his quintet to Herbst Theatre. 

For more information call 415-788-7353 or visit their website at sfjazz.org. 

In any of Shakespeare’s comedies, some of the “low” characters are usually referred to as clowns. In CalShake’s new production of The Merry Wives of Windsor, there’s a different generic term for funnymen and women: puppets. 

And they’re puppets of all sizes, from the “weathercock” messenger Robin, fluttering above the heads of actors, fellow puppets and audience, to Pistol, shaped eponymously like a swaggering blunderbuss, to that character Orson Welles referred to as The Bard’s greatest creation, great in girth, forgivable faults and “only deliberately a clown,” symbol of the Merrie Olde England already waning by Tudor times: Sir John Falstaff, here a veritable blimp, worthy of being a float in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. 

The story of Merry Wives is simple, yet the plot’s filled with amorous and domestic complications. Like a Chinese box puzzle, the play must dismantle itself before it’s clear who’s fooling who. 

However, everybody seems to trick Falstaff, who lumbers along good naturedly at the center of things, heaped with abuse, derision and laughter for the foibles of his vanity. Funnyman Ron Campbell is encased in the huge, billowing frame of the Falstaff zeppelin, characteristically muttering countless asides to himself, and finally emerging in a lather at curtain call.  

The biggest go-around is Falstaff’s burlesque wooing of the Merry Wives themselves, Mistresses Page and Ford (Catherine Castellanos and Delia MacDougall), thinking to gain both love and money (to fuel his profligate roistering) by divide-and-conquer tactics. 

The wives’ own counter-plot leads the grand buffoon on as does the botched counterintelligence of jealous Master Ford (Anthony Fusco) who alternately goads on Falstaff while in disguise and roars in vengefully to catch him in flagrante, only to come up empty-handed. All the while, Falstaff is consigned to various ignoble—and painful—backdoor exits as dirty linen and in elephantine drag, always in the nick of time. 

The final indignity to Sir John proves to be a group masquerade, in which fantastic spirits haze the butt of so many jokes, who, finally wised up, exclaims, “I do begin to perceive that I am made an ass.”  

A great deal of the fun of this version is got by the effects of live actors relating to puppet, in particular, Delia MacDougall and Anthony Fusco (who plays Master Ford with all the stops out, more cartoon character from Fractured Fairy Tales than either clown or puppet, in a hilarious performance of manic virtuosity). This develops a rhythm all its own that interweaves with the plot and the outlandish chatter issuing from the puppets of all shapes and sizes. 

Danny Sheie and Lorna Howley lend their voices particularly well to their animate charges, though the cookie-cutter cruciform Welsh preacher Hugh Evans veers between Scots and Swedish more than cymrophone, dandling a rosary and crucifix suspicious in Elizabethan hands. 

John Ludwig, Chris Brown and Jason Hines have come up with quite a brood of puppets, which both clash and blend in with their human brethren under Sean Daniels’ direction. 

Despite its declaration of a proud puppet geneology leading back to the Puritan closing of the theaters and resultant Shakespeare Fests, there are moments when the proceedings seem more like a Vegas floor show with Muppet knock-offs. Neither are the Elizabethan “vagaries of falling in love, and tensions within marriage as an institution” explored or revealed comically, in particular, as resident dramaturg Laura Hope artfully expounds in the program, stitching the season’s plays thematically together. 

But the real accent is on fun for everyone, a carefree opener for the season under the summer sky in the hills outside Orinda. For that, the show goes over like a ton of bricks, as intended. 

California Shakespeare presents The Merry Wives of Windsor at the Bruns Amphitheater, 100 Gateway Blvd., Orinda, Tues.-Thurs 7:30 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 4 p.m., through June 25. For more information, call 548-9666 or see www.calshakes.org.