Arts And Entertainment
The Theater: Oscar Wilde’s ‘Salome’ Takes the Stage at the Aurora
By Ken Bullock, Special to the Planet
Tuesday September 12, 2006
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Arts: Monterey Jazz Promises Ideal Excusion for Next Weekend
By Ken Bullock, Special to the Planet
Friday September 08, 2006
A couple hours south of Berkeley by car, the West Coast’s longest-running jazz festival—at 49, the longest-running in the same location in the world—is gearing up to swing the weekend of Sept. 15-17, on the Monterey County Fairgrounds.
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Moving Pictures: Carol Reed’s ‘Fallen Idol’ Finally Comes to Berkeley
By Justin DeFreitas
Friday September 08, 2006
In May, the Daily Planet reviewed the theatrical re-release of Carol Reed’s 1948 classic The Fallen Idol, which had opened in San Francisco and was scheduled to open in Berkeley the following week. However, the day the review was published, we were informed that the East Bay engagement had been canceled due to poor attendance at the San Francisco screenings. A few readers were a bit annoyed.
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Moving Pictures: Global Lens Film Series at Grand Lake
By Justin DeFreitas
Friday September 08, 2006
The Global Lens Film Series starts today at Oakland’s Grand Lake Theater. Now in its third year, the festival’s mission is to “promote cross-cultural understanding through cinema” by screening narrative films of merit that have been overlooked by U.S. distributors.
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