Arts Listings

Arts and Entertainment Around the East Bay

Tuesday January 30, 2007

NEW TAPESTRY TO BE UNVEILED 

 

An unveiling of a new tapestry by Elisa Kelven will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Story Room of the Berkeley Public Library, preceded and followed by family concerts with Juan Sanchez at 2:15 and 3:15 p.m. 2090 Kittredge St. 981-6224. 

 

A THOUSAND DECISIONS IN THE DARK 

 

Film critic David Thomson continues his film and discussion series examining the state of cinema toward the end of the 1950s with a screening of Some Like it Hot at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Pacific Film Archive. $4-$8. 2575 Bancroft Way. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu. 

 

A DISCUSSION OF ART AND VIOLENCE 

 

Tim Clark, Tom Laqueur and Francine Masiello will discuss art and violence in conjunction with the ongoing exhibition of “Paintings of Abu Ghraib” by Colombian artist Fernando Botero at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Morrison Library at the Doe Library on the UC Berkeley campus. 643-5651. www.clas.berkeley.edu. 

 

DANGEROUS DAMES AND DARK STREETS 

 

OK, so it’s not in the East Bay, but the fifth annual Noir City film noir festival, running through Sunday night at the Castro Theater, is more than worth the trip across the bay. The series screens double features every night for just $10, and often includes onstage interviews with actors and actresses from the heydey of the genre in the 1940s and ’50s, including Marsha Hunt and Richard Erdman.This week the festival will spotlight the work of Charles McGraw, Glenn Ford, Burt Lancaster, screenwriter Roy Huggins, cinematographer John Alton, and the queen of noir, Joan Crawford.  

429 Castro St., San Francisco. www.thecastrotheatre.com.