Arts Listings

Art and Entertainment Around the East Bay

Friday January 12, 2007

ARIAS ABOUT MALCOLM IN HONOR OF RON 

 

Arias from X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X, will be performed in honor of the inauguration of Ron Dellums as mayor of Oakland at 8 p.m. tonight (Friday) at the Oakland Metro Operhouse, 201 Broadway. $20. www.oaklandopera.org. 

 

HITCHCOCK CLASSICS IN EL CERRITO 

 

The Cerrito Theater continues its series Hitchcock thrillers this weekend with Rear Window (1954), starring Jimmy Stewart as a man who becomes obsessed with the possibly murderous actions of his neighbors. 9 p.m. Friday, 5 p.m. Saturday and at 5 p.m. Sunday. Later films in the series include North by Northwest (1959), and Psycho (1960). 10070 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito.picturepubpizza.com. 

 

CURATOR’S TALK AT 

BERKELEY ART MUSEUM 

 

Curator Constance Lewallen will present a discussion of the work of Bruce Naumann entitled “A Rose Has No Teeth: Bruce Naumann in the 1960s” at 12:15 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18 at the Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way. 642-0808. 

 

PARAMOUNT CLASSICS 

 

Oakland’s  

Paramount Theater will screen the  

film noir classic Double Indemnity (1944) at 8 p.m. tonight (Friday). The program features vintage cartoons, trailers and newsreels, as well as Dec-O-Win, a prize give-away game. Patrons are invited to show up as much as an hour ahead of showtime to stroll through the restored Art Deco theaters lavish lobbies and mezzanine and to enjoy a cocktail at the downstairs bar. 2025 Broadway, Oakland. 465-6400. www.paramounttheatre.com.