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Friday November 16, 2007

FRIDAY, NOV. 16 

THEATER 

Actor’s Ensemble of Berkeley”Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead” Thurs.-Sat. at 8 p.m. at Live Oak Theater, 1301 Shattuck Ave., through Nov. 17. Tickets are $10-$12. 841-5580.  

Aurora Theatre Cmpany“Sex” Wed.-Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 2 and 7 p.m. at 2081 Addison St., through Dec. 9. Tickets are $28-$50. 843-4822. www.auroratheatre.org 

Berkeley Playhouse “Seussical, the Musical” Thurs.-Sat. at 7:30 p.m., Sat. at 2 p.m., Sun. at 3 pm. at the Ashby Stage, 1901 Ashby Ave., through Dec. 2. Tickets are $18-$23. 665-5565.  

Berkeley Rep “After the Quake” at the Trust Stage, 2025 Addison St., through Dec. 21. Tickets are $33-$69. 647-2949. www.berkeleyrep.org 

Central Works “Every Inch a King” Thurs.-Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 5 p.m. at the Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave., through Nov. 18. Tickets are $9-$25. 558-1381. 

Contra Costa Civic Theatre “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m., selected Sun. at 2 p.m. at Contra Costa Civic Theatre, 951 Pomona Ave., (at Moeser), El Cerrito, through Dec. 9. Tickets are $11-$18. 524-9132.  

Impact Theatre “A Very Special Money & Run Winter Season Holiday Special” Thurs.-Sat. at 8 p.m. at La Val’s Subterranean, 1834 Euclid Ave., through Dec. 22. Tickets are $10-$15. 464-4468. http://impacttheatre.com 

Masquers Playhouse “Little Mary Sunshine” Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m., selected Sun. at 2:30 p.m. at 105 Park Place, Point Richmond. Through Dec. 15. Tickets are $18. 232-4031. www.masquers.org 

UCB Dept. of Theater, Dance, and Performance “Wintertime” Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 2 p.m. at the Durnahm Studio Theater, UC Campus., through Nov. 18. Tickets are $8-$14. 642-8827. theater.berkeley.edu 

Wilde Irish Productions “The Children of Lir” Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 3 p.m., through Nov. 24 at Gaia Arts Center, 2116 Allston Way. Tickets are $10-$12. 841-7287. www.wildeirish.org 

EXHIBITIONS 

“The Gift of Art” Group show of mixed media, paintings and sculpture. Reception at 6 p.m. at Cecile Moochnek Gallery, 1809-D Fourth St. 549-1018. 

FILM 

“The Roe’s Room” with filmmaker Lech Majewski in persom at 7 p.m. and “Glass Lips” at 9:15 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $5.50-$9.50. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Hecho in Califas Yosimar Reyes, poet and He(R)evolition, written and performed by Julia Grob at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10-$12. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

Dorothea Lasky and Eric Baus read their poetry at 7:30 p.m. at Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Ave. 649-1320. 

Bloch Lecture Series “The Castrato in Nature” with Prof. Martha Feldman at 4:30 p.m. at 125 Morrison Hall, UC Campus. 642-4864.  

The Magpies Poetry Reading by Judy Wells, Dale Jensen, Ralph Dranow and Barbara Hazard at 7:30 p.m. at Giorgi Gallery, 2911 Claremont Ave. at Ashby.  

Ha Jin talks about “A Free Life” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. 559-9500. www.codysbooks.com  

Sasha Cagan introduces “To-Do List: From Buying Milk to Finding a Soul Mate, What Our Lists Reveal about Us” with a “List Slam” at 7:30 p.m. at Mrs. Dalloway’s, 2904 College Ave.  

MUSIC AND DANCE 

San Francisco City Chorus performs Mendelssohn’s “Walpurgisnacht” and Durfle’s ‘Requiem” at 8 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way. Tickets are $15-$20. 415-701-7664. www.sfcitychorus.org 

Peace Nick with Roy Zimmerman, satirical songwriter, at 8 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley, 1 Lawson Rd., Kensington. Tickets are $10-$20, $30 for reception at 6:30 p.m. and show. 525-0302, ext. 306. www.brownpapertickets.com 

Marvin Sanders, flute, Lena Lubotsky, piano at 7:30 p.m. at Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut St. 644-6893. www.berkeleyartcenter.org 

Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 7 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $34-$76. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu 

Babtunde Lea’s “Summoning of the Ghost” The Art of the Organ Trio with Delbert Bump at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. Cost is $14. 841-JAZZ. www.AnnasJazzIsland.com 

Mamadou & Vanessa Sidibe, Walter Strauss Trio with Stephen Kent at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $10-$15. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

Studio Band at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $10. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com 

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

Loop Station at 8:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.  

Renee Asteria and Ruben Quinones at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344. www.nomadcafe.net 

R&B Free Jazz Gospel Supreme 80 at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $8. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com 

Guttermouth, Red Handed, United Defiance at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St., an all-ages, member-run, no alcohol, no drugs, no violence club. Cost is $5. 525-9926. 

The P-PL at 10 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. www.beckettsirishpub.com 

Forrest Day, The Zazous, Deraj the Scatterbrain, Celcius 7 at 9:30 p.m. at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $5-$8. 548-1159.  

Tina Malia and Lisbeth Scott at 7:30 p.m. at Sacred Space at Rudramandir, 830 Bancroft Way at 6th. Cost is $20-$25. 486-8700. 

Bird Head, jazz, at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 843-8277. 

Gato Barbieri at 8 and 10 p.m., through Sun. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $24-$28. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com 

SATURDAY, NOV. 17 

CHILDREN  

Los Amiguitos de La Peña with Melissa Rivera, bilingual children’s songs, at 10:30 a.m. at La Peña. Cost is $5 for adults, $4 for children. 849-2568.  

The Bubble Lady at 11 a.m. at Studio Grow, 1235 Tenth St. Cost is $7. 526-9888. 

EXHIBITIONS 

Box Art Benefit Auction to benefit a Youth Fellows Initiative at Pro Arts at 6 p.m. at 550 Second St. 763-9425.  

“Cultural Memories” Color pigment photographs by Mary Ann Hayden. Reception at 5 p.m. at Photolab Gallery, 2235 Fifth St. 644-1400. 

New Work by Susan Anson and Michelle Echenique Sat. and Sun. from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 2407 4th St. 549-1543. 

“Exhibit 17: Attention to Detail” Photographic images by Jill Thomas and Lori Nunokawa. Opening reception at 6 p.m. at Float Art Gallery, 1091 Calcot Place, Unit #116., Oakland. 535-1702. 

Artists Reception at 2 p.m. at Alta Galleria, 2980 College Avenue, #4. 421-1255. 

“Made In Equilibrium” Works by Michele Elizabeth Lee, Brady Nadell and Ross Drago opens at ABCo Artspace, 3135 Oakland, Oakland. www.abcoartspace.com 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Visions of Peace & Justice Slideshow and discussion celebrating the publication of “Visions of Peace & Justice: 30 Years of Political Posters from the Archives of Inkworks Press 1974-2007” at 7 p.m. at Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut St. www.inkworkspress.org 

Taubman Piano Seminar with John Bloomfield, Robert Durso, Marc Steiner, others from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sat. and Sun. at Berkeley Piano Club. 2724 Haste St., Berkeley. Suggested donation $110 per day in advance. 523-0213. eswarthout@sbcglobal.net 

“Performing Past and Present” Robert Lepage in conversation with Prof. Anthony J. Cascardi at 7 p.m. at UC Berkeley Art Museum, 2621 Durant Ave. 643-9670. 

art+activism=artivism A discussion on the intersection between arts and community action at 2 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Free. 849-2568.  

William Moor and Jenny Drai read in celebration of the first issue of the poetry journal “Sorry 4 Snake” at 7:30 p.m. at Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Ave. 649-1320. 

Theo Gangi introduces “Bang Bang” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. 559-9500. 

Kitty Burns Florey on “Bernadette’s Barking Dog: The Quirky History and Lost Art of Diagramming Sentences” at 7:30 p.m. at Mrs. Dalloways, 2904 College Ave. 704-8222. 

Shawna Yang Ryan reads from her debut novel “Locke 1928” at 3 p.m. at Eastwind Books of Berkeley, 2066 University Ave. 548-2350. 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Chaskinakuy Andean village music at 8 p.m. at Trinity Chapel, 2320 Dana St. Tickets are $8-$12. 549-3864. www.trinitychamberconcerts.com/2007-2008.html 

Chora Nova “Homage to Saint Nicholas” at 8 p.m. at First Congregational Church of Berkeley, at Dana and Durant. Tickets are $10-$18. www.choranova.org 

Kalbass, Alafia Dance Ensemble Haitian Vertieres Celebration at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $10-$15. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

Taubman Faculty Piano Concert with John Bloomfield, Robert Durso, Marc Steiner, Elizabeth Swarthout, Rebecca Bogart, and Debbie Poryes at 7:30 p.m. at Berkeley Piano Club, 2724 Haste St. Suggested donation $20. 523-0213.  

La Monica “The Amorous Lyre: Virtuoso Sonatas and Cantatas of 17th Century Italy” at 8 p.m. at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College. Tickets are $10-$27. 528-1725.  

University Chorus at 8 p.m. at Hertz Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $4-$12. 642-9988. 

CUBAHIA! music and dance from Cuba and Brazil at 8 p.m. at Laney College Theater, 900 Fallon St. Oakland. Tickets are $24-$27. 1-800-504-4849.  

Rockinghorse, acoustic rock, at noon at Cafe Zeste, 1250 Addison St. at Bonar, in the Strawberry Creek Park complex. 704-9378. 

Mamaz, Rebel Diaz, The Getback Crew, hip hop at 9 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10-$12. 849-2568.  

Robin Gregory & Her Trio at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. Cost is $12. 841-JAZZ.  

Haitian Cultural Extravaganza with Kalbass, Alafia Dance Ensemble and Haitian rap artist J-W, at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $12-$15. 525-5054.  

Beltaine’s Fire, Scott Simon at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344.  

Will Blades Quartet at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 843-8277. 

House Jacks at 5 and 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $18.50-$19.50. 548-1761.  

Greg Murai & Everyday Wisdom at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $12-$15. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com 

Cari Lee & the Saddle-ites, rockabilly, country-jazz, at 9 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.  

Ben Adams Jazz Group at 9:30 p.m. at Albatross, 1822 San Pablo Ave. Cost is $3. 843-2473. www.albatrosspub.com 

Debby Gipsman with Lisa Zeiler, Alyn Kelley and Phil Gorman at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $8. 841-2082.  

Shook Ones, Easel, Final Flight 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. 

SUNDAY, NOV. 18 

EXHIBITIONS 

“The Works of a Year in Mexico” Paintings by Juana Alicia. Gallery talk by the artist at 3 p.m. at Joyce Gordon Gallery, 406 14th St., Oakland. 465-8928. 

“Works by the late Susannah Fiering” from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, 1924 Cedar St. at Bonita.  

Photographs of Hill Tribe Women in Northern Thailand by Adrienne Miller. Artist talk at 2 p.m. at the Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge St. 981-6241. 

“Silent Light” photographs and prints by Jo-Anna Pippen. Reception from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Albany Community Center Foyer Gallery, 1249 Marin Ave., Albany. 524-9283. 

Cambodian Women’s Quilt Project from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Kensington Farmers’ Market, 303 Arlington Ave. 684-6502. 

“One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now” Guided tour at 2 p.m. at Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft. Cost is $5.50-$9.50. 642-0808. 

FILM 

“The Knight” with filmmaker Lech Majewski in person at 4:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $5.50-$9.50. 642-0808.  

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Day of the Dead Gallery Talks with artists Joaquin Alejandro Newman and Lisa Ramirez at 2 p.m. at Oakland Museum of California, Oak at 10th St., Oakland. Cost is $5-$8. 238-2022.  

Tomás Saraceno: Microscale, Macroscale, and Beyond: Large-Scale Implications of Small-Scale Experiments. Artist talk at 3:30 p.m. at Gallery 1, Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way. Cost is $5-$8. 642-0808. 

Iroquois Storytelling with artist-illustrators, music and dance at 2 p.m. Other activities at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. at Fourth Street Studio, 1717d Fourth St. 527-0600.  

Dogs Party with Editors of The Bark, Cameron Woo and Claudia Kawczynska, at 4 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. Dogs welcome, biscuits will be served. 559-9500. 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Jonathan Rhodes Lee, harpsichordist, performs J.S. Bach’s The Well Tempered Clavier, Book I at 4 p.m. at St. John's Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave. 845-6830. 

Canciones en Noviembre with Anne Shapiro, mezzo, Duo Trujillo, piano and guitar, at 4 p.m. at Giorgi Gallery, 2911 Claremont Ave. Donation of $15 to aid Latin American Suzuki Scholarship Fund. 654-4053. 

Madeline Eastman, jazz vocalist at 2 p.m. at Chapel of the Chimes, 4499 Piedmont Ave., Oakland. Cost is $15. 228-3218. 

BAY-Peace Open House & Youth Performance Showcase and a chance to support young people who are fighting back against military recruiting and war, from 2 to 5 p.m. at 470 Fruitvale Ave, Oakland. 809-7416.  

Cornelius Cardew Choir, new and experimental choral classics, at 7:30 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut St. Tickets are $10. 644-6893. 

Cuarteto Latinoamericano in celebration of Jorge Liderman’s 50th Birthday at 3 p.m. at Hertz Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $34. 642-9988.  

Dan Paul, singer, songwriter, guitarist at 5 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 201 Martina St., Point Richmond. Donation $10. 236-0527.  

UC Berkeley’s Danceworx Showcase at 7:30 p.m. at Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, 2640 College Ave. Tickets are $9 at the door.  

Grupo Falso Baiano at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island,2120 Allston Wa. Cost is $10. 841-JAZZ. www.AnnasJazzIsland.com 

Felonious with DJ Zeljko, Balkan dance, at 8 p.m. at the JCC of the East Bay, 1414 Walnut St. Cost is $8-$10. 848-0237, ext. 139. 

Koko de la Isla, Flamenco Open Stage, at 7:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $10. 525-5054.  

Maria Muldaur at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $21.50-$22.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org 

MONDAY, NOV. 19 

EXHIBITIONS 

“Recent Landscape Photographs by Rob Reiter” opens at The LightRoom Gallery, 2263 Fifth St. 649-8111. 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Cathy Wilkerson describes “Flying Too Close to the Sun: My Life and Times as a Weatherman” at 7:30 p.m. at Moe’s Books, 2476 Telegraph Ave. 849-2087. 

Robert Hass reads from “Time and Materials: Poems 1997-2005” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. 559-9500. 

Tellabration! Storytelling by the Stagebridge Theater Company at 3 p.m. at Arts First Oakland, 2501 Harrison St at 27th. Tickets are $10-$15. 444-4755.  

Poetry Express with Boundless Gratitude, plus Mark States birthday celebration, at 7 p.m. at Priya Restaurant, 2072 San Pablo Ave. 644-3977. 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

West Coast Songwriters Competition at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $5. 548-1761  

Pepe y su Orquesta at 8:30 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $10. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com 

TUESDAY, NOV. 20 

EXHIBITIONS 

“Site Revamped” Paintings by Marty McCorkle and Rachel Dawson opens at the Esteban Sabar Gallery, 480 23rd St., Oakland. 444-7411.  

FILM 

“Film and Video at CCA: Relational Aesthetics” with filmmakers in person at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $5.50-$9.50. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Tell on on Tuesdays Storytelling at 7:30 p.m. at Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Cost is $8-$12 sliding scale. www.juiamorgan.org 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Tri Tip Trio at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cajun dance lesson at 8 p.m. Cost is $10. 525-5054.  

Singers’ Opn Mic with Ellen Hoffman at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. Cost is $5. 841-JAZZ.  

Kasper/Sherman Quartet at 7 p.m. at Caffe Trieste, 2500 San Pablo Ave. 548-5198.  

Brian Bromberg’s Down Right Upright All Stars at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $12-$20. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com 

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 21 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

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

La Verdad at 9:30 p.m. at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $5-$10. 548-1159.  

Mo’ Fone at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 843-8277. 

Mikie Lee and Amber at 10 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790.  

Brian Bromberg’s Down Right Upright All Stars at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $12-$20. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com