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Arts Calendar

Tuesday May 29, 2007

TUESDAY, MAY 29 

EXHIBITIONS 

“Painting to Live: Art from Okinawa’s Nishimui Artist Society, 1948-1950” opens at the IEAS Gallery, 2223 Fulton St., 6th Floor. 642-2809. 

Pinocchio Florentine Art Show Art created by Roberto Ciabani through May 31 at Cafe Expresso Roma, 1549 Hopkins St. 526-8736. 

FILM 

BALLE Film Festival “Manufactured Landscapes” on China’s industrial revolution at 6 p.m. and “The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil” at 8:30 p.m. at Wheeler Auditorium, UC Campus. Tickets are $10-$15. www.livingeconomies.org 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Tell on on Tuesdays Storytelling with Margery Kreitman, Zoe Sheli Sameth, Dana Chernack and Jeff Byers at 7:30 p.m. at Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Cost is $8-$12 sliding scale. www.juiamorgan.org 

Paul Hawken discusses “Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw it Coming” at 7:30 p.m. at First Congregational Church of Berkeley. Suggested donation $5-$10. 559-9500. 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Motordude Zydeco at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cajun dance lesson at 8 p.m. Cost is $10. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

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

Randy Craig Trio at 7:30 p.m. at Caffe Trieste, 2500 San Pablo Ave., at Dwight. 548-5198.  

Jazzschool Tuesdays at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277. 

WEDNESDAY, MAY 30 

FILM 

BALLE Film Festival “Everything’s Cool” on addressing global warming at 6 p.m. and “A Drop of Life” on clean drinking water at 8:30 p.m. at Wheeler Auditorium, UC Campus. Tickets are $10-$15. www.livingeconomies.org 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Paul Duchscherer, author of many books on Arts & Crafts homes, on “Beyond the Bungalow” at 7:30 p.m. at the Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar St. Cost is $20. 848-4288. 

David Corbett reads from his new novel “Blood of Paradise” set in present-day El Salvador, at 7:30 p.m. at Moe’s Books, 2476 Telegraph Ave. 849-2087. 

Sherman Alexie reads from his new novel “Flight” at 7:30 p.m. at First Congregational Church of Berkeley. 559-9500. 

Jewish Writers in the Bay Area with Gina Rose-Halpern at 7:30 p.m. at the JCC of the East Bay, 1414 Walnut St. Cost is $10-$20. 465-3935. 

Berkeley Poetry Slam with host Charles Ellik at 8:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5-$7. 841-2082 www.starryploughpub.com 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Trombonga with Jeffrey Carter, Marcus Bell, Pat Mullan and Curtiss Mays at 12:15 at Berkeley Arts Festival, 2323 Shattuck Ave. www.berkeleyartsfestival.org 

Del Sol String Quartet “Umbilical Chords: Women Composers & the Creative Process” Compositions by Kui Dong, Linda Catlin Smith, Teresa Carreño, Sally Beamish, Ruth Crawford, Mark Fish at 8 p.m. at the Ashby Stage, 1901 Ashby Ave. Tickets are $7-$20. 415-374-0074.  

Joe Escobar Quartet at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. Cost is $8. 841-JAZZ. www.AnnasJazzIsland.com 

Kusun Ensemble at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $12. Ghanian dance workshop at 7:30 p.m. for $8. 525-5054.  

Orquestra Candela at 9:30 p.m. at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. Salsa dance lessons at 8:30 p.m. Cost is $5-$10. 548-1159.  

Alexis Harte at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277. 

The Klez-x and Davka at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $19.50-$20.50. 548-1761.  

THURSDAY, MAY 31 

THEATER 

Berkeley High School “Schoolgirl Figure” Thurs.-Sat. at 8 p.m. at Live Oak Theater, 1301 Shattuck Ave. Benefits the Eating Disorders Program at the Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University. Tickets are $6-$12. 236-1620. ShiftTheatre@aol.com 

FILM 

8th Annual Berkeley High School Film Festival with music videos, animation, documentary and experimental works from students at Berkeley High School at 7 p.m. at the Florence Schwimley Little Theater, Allston between Milvia and MLK. Tickets are $5-$10. 

“Long Train Running: The Story of the Oakland Blues” A documentary presented by Oaklandish at 9 p.m. at the Parkway Speakeasy Theater, 1834 Park Blvd. Oakland. Cost is $6. 962-5044. www.oaklandish.org 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Michele Simon describes “Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back” at 7:30 p.m. at Mrs. Dalloways, 2904 College Ave. 704-8222. 

Arnie Passman reads from “Scherzofrenia” at 8 p.m. at The Book Zoo, 6395 Telegraph Ave, near Alcatraz, Oakland. 654-BOOK. 

J. Ruth Gendler reads from “Notes on the Need for Beauty: An Intimate Look at an Essential Quality” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. 559-9500.  

“Kosher Hollywood: Jews, Food, and Film” with Alisa Braun at 6:30 p.m. at the Magnes Museum, 2911 Russell St. Tickets are $6-$8. 549-6950.  

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School Jazz Band Fundraiser Concert at 7:30 p.m. at 1781 Rose St. Free, but donations benefit the MLK Jazz Band program. 

Pat Nevins and Ragged Glory, Victor Barnes at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $8. All ages show. 525-5054.  

Congolese Dance and Drum Conference A weekend of Central African culture, music, and dance Thurs.-Sat. at Laney College, 900 Fallon Sr. Dance Studio D-100, and Sun. at MCC, 1428 Alice St., Studio A, Oakland. Cost is $15-$20 per workshop. 368-2475. www. 

youmustdance.blogspot.com 

In the Steel of the Night: Joe Goldmark and the Seducers at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $20.50-$21.50. 548-1761.  

Josh Workman Quartet at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. Cost is $8. 841-JAZZ. www.AnnasJazzIsland.com 

The Wiggle Wagons, Uncle Monk, Lariats of Fire at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $7. 841-2082 . 

The Dilettantes, The Mania, The Countless Others at 8:30 p.m. at the Uptown Nightclub, 1928 Telegraph, Oakland. Cost is $5. 451-8100.  

Selector: DJ Riddm at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277. 

FRIDAY, JUNE 1 

THEATER 

Altarena Playhouse “The Last Five Years” Fri and Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 2 p.m. at 1409 High St., Alameda, through June 10. Tickets are $17-$20. 523-1553. www.altarena.org 

Berkeley High School “Schoolgirl Figure” Thurs.-Sat. at 8 p.m. at Live Oak Theater, 1301 Shattuck Ave. Benefits the Eating Disorders Program at the Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University. Tickets are $6-$12. 236-1620. ShiftTheatre@aol.com 

Berkeley Rep “Oliver Twist” at 8 p.m. at the Roda Theater, 2015 Addison St. through June 24. Tickets are $45-$61. 647-2949. www.berkeleyrep.org  

California Shakespeare Theater “Richard III” at the Bruns Ampitheater, 100 Gateway Blvd., Orinda, through June 24. Tickets are $15-$60. 548-9666. www.calshakes.org 

“Dust Storm” the story of the artist Chiura Obata at the Topaz relocation camp in Utah during WWII, at 7 p.m. at Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak at 10th St., Oakland. Cost is $5-$10. 238-2200. 

“Laughter with Paul Mooney and the Mooney Twins” Fri.-Sat. at 8 and 10 p.m., Sun. at 8 p.m. at Black Rep, 3201 Adeline St. Tickets are $25-$50. 652-2120. 

Shotgun Players “The Cryptogram” Thurs.-Sun. at 8 p.m. at The Ashby Stage, 1901 Ashby Ave., through June 17. Tickets are $17-$25. For reservations call 841-6500. www.shotgunplayers.org 

Travelling Jewish Theater “Death of a Salesman” Thurs.-Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 2 and 7 p.m. at Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, 2640 College Ave., through June 10. Tickets are $15-$44. 1-800-838-3006. 

EXHIBITIONS 

“Yosemite Night” Exhibition tour of “Yosemite: Art of an American Icon” at 6 p.m. at Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak at 10th St., Oakland. Cost is $5-$8. 238-2200. 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Tom Odegard and John Rowe read their poetry at 7 p.m. at Nefeli Caffe, 1854 Hearst Ave.  

MUSIC AND DANCE 

“Arts Encounters” featuring Faye Carol, John Handy, Kenny Washington with Khalil Shaheed, Richard Howell, Danny Armstrong, Glen Pearson, Ron Belcher, Deszon Claiborne and Babatunde Lea at 8 and 10 p.m. at the Kaiser Center Auditorium, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland. Benefit for the Oakland School for the Arts. Tickets are $25. 478-8896. www.bennubirdbookings.com  

Presidio Ensemble, modernist-classical quintet, at 8 p.m. at the Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar St. Ticketsa re $10-$15. www.hillsideclub.org  

Very Be Careful, vallenato dance music, at 9:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10-$12. 849-2568.  

Tanaora Brasil at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. Cost is $12. 841-JAZZ.  

Jolly Gibsons, Headshear, 3-P-O, Mo’Fone and more at 5:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $10-$20. 525-5054.  

Norton Buffalo & Friends at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $18.50-$19.50. 548-1761.  

Star Ledbetter and Lisa Alice at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344. www.nomadcafe.net 

Godstomper, Magrudergrind, I Object, Noisear at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St., an all-ages, member-run, no alcohol, no drugs, no violence club. Cost is $7. 525-9926. 

Sweet Crude Bill at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. www.beckettsirishpub.com 

Interseed, Burned Beyond Recognition at 7:30 p.m. at Oakland Metro, 201 Broadway. Cost is $10. 763-1146. www.oaklandmetro.org 

Machina Sol at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277. 

Spiral Arms, Greenhouse Effect, Dolerada at 9 p.m. at the Uptown Nightclub, 1928 Telegraph, Oakland. Cost is $8. 451-8100. www.uptownnightclub.com 

Lalah Hathaway at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square, through Sun. Cost is $22-$26. 238-9200.  

SATURDAY, JUNE 2 

CHILDREN  

Hanna Banana Children’s folk music at 11 a.m. at Studio Grow, 1235 10th St. 526-9888. 

THEATER 

“Scatter My Red Underwear” Workshop performance by Milta Ortiz on vulnerabilities and struggles of four contemporary women of color at 8 p.m. at Malonga Casquelourd Arts Center, 1428 Alice St. Cos tis $7-$15. www.brownpapertickets.com/producer/4096 

EXHIBITIONS 

“Black/White & Color” Painters and photographer explore color and its absence. Opening reception at 6 p.m. at Esteban Sabar Gallery, 480 23rd St., Oakland. 444-7411. www.estebansabar.com 

“The Edge: Where California Culture, Critters and Environment Collide” opens at Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak at 10th St., Oakland. Cost is $5-$8. 238-2200. 

East Bay Open Studios Sat. and Sun. at various studios around the East Bay. For maps see www.proartsgallery.org 

FILM 

Superfest International Disability Film Festival from noon to 5 p.m. and Sun. from 2 to 7 p.m. at Gaia Arts Center, 2120 Allston Way. Tickets are $5-$20 at the door. 845-5576. www.culturedisabilitytalent.org 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

James Wagner and Suzanne Stein, poets, at 7:30 p.m. at Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Ave. 649-1320. 

Bay Area Poets Coalition holds an open reading from 3 to 5 p.m. at Strawberry Creek Lodge, 1320 Addison St. Park on the street, not in Lodge parking lot. 527-9905.  

Alan Bern introduces “Waterwalking” poetry at 6:30 p.m. at Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut St.  

Emerson Spartz and Ben Schoen on “What Will Happen in Harry Potter 7” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. 559-9500. 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Berkeley World Music Festival Sat. and Sun. from noon to 9 p.m. throughout the Telegraph Ave. district between Bancroft Way and Parker St. 647-3506. 

Gamelan Sekar Jaya at 3 p.m. in the gardens of the Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak St. at 10th., Oakland. Concert included with museum admission $5-$8. 238-2200.  

Moment’s Notice Improvised music, dance and theater at Western Sky Studio, 2525 8th St. Tickets are $8-$10. 847-1119. 

The Mixers at 9 p.m. at the Baltic Pub, 135 Park Place, Pt. Richmond. Cost is $5. 237-4782. 

Cave Painters at noon at Cafe Zeste, 1250 Addison St. at Bonar, in the Strawberry Creek Park complex. 704-9378. 

La Trova es Mujer with Leticia Servin and Meli Rivera at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $22-$24. 849-2568.  

Quejerema! at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. Cost is $12. 841-JAZZ.  

Tom Rigney, cajun/zydeco at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Dance lesson at 8 p.m. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com  

Jon Roniger and Sentimental Heroine at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344.  

Margie Adam at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $18.50-$19.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org 

Laurie Antonioli Group at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com 

Ric Didia & Aireene Espiritu at 8 p.m. at Spuds Pizza, 3290 Adeline St. Cost is $7. 558-0881. 

Rimshot at 9 p.m. at the Uptown Nightclub, 1928 Telegraph, Oakland. Cost is $8. 451-8100.  

The Underworld Opera Co. Circus and Variety Show at 9 p.m. at Oakland Metro, 201 Broadway. Cost is $8. 763-1146. www.oaklandmetro.org 

Mitch Marcus Quartet at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277. 

Resilience, Tried & True, Trouble Maker 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, JUNE 3 

THEATER 

“Dust Storm” the story of the artist Chiura Obata at the Topaz relocation camp in Utah during WWII, at 7 p.m. at Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak at 10th St., Oakland. Cost is $5-$10. 238-2200. 

EXHIBITIONS 

Reception for Wang Gangfeng, photographer from Shanghai, at 3 p.m. at Alta Galleria, 2980 College Avenue #4. 421-1255. www.AltaGalleria.com 

FILM 

Superfest International Disability Film Festival from 2 to 7 p.m. at Gaia Arts Center, 2120 Allston Way. Tickets are $5-$20 at the door. 845-5576. www.culturedisabilitytalent.org 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

A Conversation with Peter Selz on Anslem Kiefer’s painting “Die Sieben Himmelspalaste” with Carl Worth at 3 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Muesum, 2626 Bancroft Way. 642-0808. 

Wednesday Writers of Oakland “Something That Metters” at 3 p.m. in the Peralta Pavilion of Alta Bates Summit, Second flr Living Room, 450 30th St., Oakland. Donation $10. RSVP to 869-8735. 

“Wars Within and Across Our Borders” Poetry and music at 6:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave. Open mic follows. Donations of $1-$10. 439-8777. 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Berkeley World Music Festival from noon to 9 p.m. throughout the Telegraph Ave. district between Bancroft Way and Parker St. 647-3506. 

WomenSing and San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus at 4 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way. Tickets are $10-$25. 925-974-9169 www.womensing.org 

Pacific Boychoir Academy Springtime Serenade at 3 p.m. at St. Augustine’s Catholic Church, 400 Alcatraz, Oakland. Free. 652-4722. 

Dennis Edwards, pianist, performs music of Gershwin, Miles Davis, and more at 7:30 p.m. at Berkeley Art Center 1275 Walnut St. Cost is $12-$15. 644-6893. 

Twang Cafe with Val Esway and El Mirage, The Blushin' Roulettes at 7:30 at Epic Arts, 1923 Ashby Ave. Cost is $10.  

Missy Raines & the New Hip at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $17.50-$18.50. 548-1761.  

Aleph Null at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. Cost is $10. 841-JAZZ.  

Ken Berman Trio at 4:30 at the Jazzschool. Cost is $15. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com 

Don Neely’s Royal Society Jazz Orchestra at 5 and 8 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $8. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

Philips Marine Duo at 11 a.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344.  

Skinlab, The Face of Aggression, Ankla at 8 p.m. at Oakland Metro, 201 Broadway. Cost is $10. 763-1146.  

MONDAY, JUNE 4 

EXHIBITIONS 

“Photographs of China and Mongolia” by Berkeley photographer Caroline Johnson, opens at The LightRoom, 2263 Fifth St., Oakland. 649-8111.  

READINGS AND LECTURES 

“Waterwalking” Poetry/dance collaboration with Alan Bern and Lucinda Weaver at 7:30 p.m. at Moe’s Books, 2476 Telegraph Ave. 849-2087. 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Blue Monday Jam at 9 p.m. at the Uptown Nightclub, 1928 Telegraph, Oakland. Cost is $5. 451-8100.  

Valerie Bach, world music, at 7 p.m. at Le Bateau Ivre, 2629 Telegraph Ave. 849-1100.  

Bill Charlap at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $10-$16. 238-9200.