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Arts Calendar

Friday November 30, 2007

FRIDAY, NOV. 30 

THEATER 

Altarena Playhouse “The Man Who Saved Christmas” Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 2 p.m. at Altarena Playhouse, 1409 High St., Alameda, through Dec. 16. Tickets are $17-$20. 523-1553.  

Aurora Theatre Company “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.  

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 

Black Repertory Group “A Rasin in the Sun” Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 2:30 p.m. at 3201 Adeline St., through Dec. 14. Tickets are $10-$20. 652-2120. 

Contra Costa Civic Theatre “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Fri. and Sat. at 8 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.  

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.  

EXHIBITIONS 

“Site Revamped” Paintings by Marty McCorkle and Rachel Dawson. Opening reception at 5 p.m. at the Esteban Sabar Gallery, 480 23rd St., Oakland. 444-7411.  

“Commemorating 100 Years of the Hellenic Presence in the Bay Area” A pictoral exhibit and reception at 4 p.m. at Ascension Community Cener, 4700 Lincoln Ave., Oakland. www.ascensioncathedral.org 

“Radical Graphics of Taller Tupac Amaru” opens at 550 Second St., Jack London Square, Oakland. www.proartsgallery.org  

Touchable Stories “Richmond: The Story Continues” Fri. at 8 p.m., Sat. at 2 and 6 p.m. at Old Kaiser Cafeteria, Shipyard #3, 1303 Canal Blvd., Richmond. Cost is $6-$12. Reservations required. 619-3675. www.touchablestories.org 

“Purple Holidaze” Opening reception at 7 p.m. at Gallery Eclectix, 7523 Fairmount Ave., El Cerrito. 364-7261. 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Mark Wilson on “Julia Morgan: Architect of Beauty” at 7:30 p.m. at Mrs. Dalloways, 2904 College Ave. 704-8222. 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Ross Dance Company “Speak” Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m. at Laney College, 900 Fallon St., Oakland. Cost is $15-$20. 428-9339. www.rossdance.com 

Summer of Love Salute to benefit Berkeley Liberation Radio with the Barry “the Fish” Melton Band, the Nick Gravenites Band at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $12. 525-5054.  

Marvin Sanders, flute, Lena Lubotsky, piano, at 8 p.m. at Giorgi Gallery 2911 Claremont Ave., at Ashby. 848-1228. 

Circus Oz “The Laughing Gravity Tour” Fri. at 8 p.m., Sat. at 2 and 8 p.m., Sun. at 3 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $26-$48. 642-9988.  

UC Berkeley’s The Movement Fall 2007 Showcase at 8 p.m. at Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, 2640 College Ave. Tickets are $9 at the door. ucb.movement.showcase@gmail.com 

Babtunde Lea’s “Summoning of the Ghost” Tribute to Electric Miles and Beyond at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island. Cost is $14. 841-JAZZ.  

Xile and Xocolate with Meklit Hadero from Ethiopia and MamaCoatl from Mexico at 8:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $15. 849-2568.  

Terrence Brewer Quintet at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $12-$15. 845-5373.  

Euphonia at 8 p.m. at Caffe Trieste, 2500 San Pablo Ave., at Dwight. 548-5198.  

Tom Paxton at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $26.50-$27.50. 548-1761.  

Kismet-Mahal at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344.  

The Flux, Frame of Mind at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $8. 841-2082.  

Swoop Unit at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 843-8277. 

Roy Haynes and Birds of a Feather at 8 and 10 p.m., through Sun. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $16-$28. 238-9200. 

SATURDAY, DEC. 1 

CHILDREN  

Los Amiguitos de La Peña with Colibri at 10:30 a.m. at La Peña. Cost is $5 for adults, $4 for children. 849-2568.  

Andy Z, imaginative musical journeys, at 11 a.m. at Studio Grow, 1235 Tenth St. Cost is $7. 526-9888. 

“Short Attention Span Circus” with Jean Paul Valjean Sat. and Sun. at 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. at Children’s Fairyland, 699 Bellevue Ave, off Grand Ave., Oakland. Cost is $6. 452-2259. 

EXHIBITIONS 

“Recent Landscape Photographs by Rob Reiter” Reception at 2 p.m. at The LightRoom Gallery, 2263 Fifth St. 649-8111. 

Poster Art of David Lance Goines on display from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sun. from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar St. 

“The Art and History of Early California” opens at the Oakland Museum of California, 10th and Oak St., Oakland. Cost is $5-$8. 238-2022. 

“Caalliiffoorrnniiaa Baakkeelliittee” Photographs by Richard Toronto. Reception at 5 p.m. at The Gallery at Lavezzo Designs, 5751 Horton St., Emeryville. 

Beaded Artwork from South Africa, in commemoration of World AIDS Day, on display from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Vital Life Services, 5720 Shattuck Ave. at 57th St., Oakland. 593-6690. 

FILM 

“The Living End” with filmmaker Gregg Araki in person at 8:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $5.50-$9.50. 642-0808.  

READINGS AND LECTURES 

“Made In Equilibrium” works by Michele Elizabeth Lee, Brady Nadell and Ross Drago. Artist talk at 3 p.m. at ABCo Artspace, 3135 Oakland, Oakland. www.abcoartspace.com 

Anna Furtado on the second installment in her lesbian historical fiction series, “The Briarcrest Chronicles” at 7 p.m. at Laurel Book Store, 4100 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland. 531-2073. 

C.S. Giscombe, Susan Gevirtz, Brian Awehali and Catherine Meng read at 2 p.m. at Small Press Distribution Open House 1341 7th St. at Gilman. 524-1668.  

Bay Area Poets Coalition open reading, 3 to 5 p.m., at Strawberry Creek Lodge, 1320 Addison St. Park on the street. 527-9905.  

Poetry Flash with Susan Kelly-DeWitt and Sandra McPherson at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. 559-9500. 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra “Puccini’s Messa di Gloria” at 8 p.m. at St. Joseph the Worker Church, 1640 Addison St. Free, donations appreciated. 

Showcase of Bay Area Chamber Music Artists from 3 to 7:30 p.m. at Berkeley Piano Club, 2427 Haste St. at Dana. Free, reservations suggested. 415-820-153., www.sffcm.org 

Three Trapped Tigers with Tom Bickley and David Barnett, recorders, at 8 p.m. at Trinity Chapel, 2320 Dana St. Cost is $8-$12. 549-3864. 

Terry Bradford with Voena children’s choir, at 8 p.m. at Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, 2640 College Ave. Tickets are $23-$26. 925-798-1300. 

Ross Dance Company “Speak” at 8 p.m. at Laney College, 900 Fallon St., Oakland. Cost is $15-$20. 428-9339. 

Erica Azim, traditional Shona mbira music of Zimbabwe at 8 p.m. at the Mahea Uchiyama Center for International Dance, 729 Heinz Ave. Cost is $15 at the door. 548-6053.  

Mike Glendinning, guitarist, songwriter CD release party at 2 p.m. at Pri Pri Cafe, 1309 Solano, Albany. Cost is $5. Proceeds will go to the Stroke Awareness Foundation. 528-7002. 

Anton Mitzerak & Kim Lorene, world music, at 7 p.m. at Unity of Berkeley, 2075 Eunice St. Donations welcome. 528-8844. 

Gamelan Sari Raras at 7 p.m. at Hertz Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $4-$12. 642-4864.  

Saed Muhssin’s Arab Orchestra of San Francisco & La Peña Community Choru at 8 p.m. at La Peña, 3105 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $15-$18. 849-2568.  

Lloyd Gregory Quartet at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. 841-JAZZ.  

“Musical Night in Africa” at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $15. 525-5054. 

Sotaque Baiano at 8 p.m. at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $5-$10. 548-1159.  

Katherine Peck and Michael Burles at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344. www.nomadcafe.net 

Ramblin Jack Elliott at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $24.50-$25.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org 

WeBe3 with Rhiannon, Joey Blake and David Worm, at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $20. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com 

Pat Nevins and Ragged Glory at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $10. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com 

Royal Hawaiian Serenaders at 9 p.m. at Temple Bar Tiki Bar & Grill, 984 University Ave. 548-9888. 

SUNDAY, DEC. 2 

CHILDREN 

Asheba with Women of the World at Ashkenaz at 3 p.m. Cost is $4-$6. 525-5054.  

EXHIBITIONS 

“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. 

Poster Art of David Lance Goines on display from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar St. 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

“For Keeps: Women Tell the Truth About Their Bodies, Growing Older, and Acceptance” with editor Victoria Zackheim, at 4 p.m. at Mrs. Dalloways, 2904 College Ave. 704-8222. 

Anthony Lappe and Dan Goldman introdce their graphic novel “Shooting War” at 3 p.m. at Comic Relief of Berkeley, 2026 Shattuck Ave 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra “Puccini’s Messa di Gloria” at 4:30 p.m. at St. Joseph the Worker Church, 1640 Addison St. Free, donations appreciated. 

California Bach Society performs Charpentier’s “In Nativitatem Domini Canticum” at 4 p.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft at Ellsworth. Tickets are $10-$25. 415-262-0272. www.calbach.org 

Voci “Voices in Peace: VII: Winter Stillness” at 7 p.m. at Lake Merritt United Methodist Church, 1330 Lakeshore Ave., Oakland. Tickets are $15-$20, free for children under 12. www.vocisings.com 

WomenSing Holiday Concert at 4 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way. Tickets are $10-$25. 925-974-9169. www.womensing.org 

“Messiah-Sing” in Baroque Style at 6 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley, One Lawson Rd., Kensington. Suggested donation $10, no one turned away. 525-0302. 

Savoy Family Cajun Band at 1 p.m. at Down Home Music on Fourth St. 525-2129. 

“Roots, Sass and Jazz” with Rhonda Benin, Darlene Coleman, Muziki Roberson and others at 4 p.m. at Oakland Public Conservatory of Music, 1616 Franklin St. All ages. Tickets are $10-$15. 836-4649. www.blackmusiciansforum.org 

Laurel Ensemble with Lori Lack, piano, and Catherine Seidel, soprano, “All About Igor Stravinsky” at 7:30 p.m. at Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut St. Cost is $10-$15. www.berkeleyartcenter.org 

Classical South-Indian Dance Performance with Zavain Dar and Rebecca Whittington at 5 p.m. at Live Oak Theater, 301 Shattuck Ave. Tickets are $5-$7. www.brownpapertickets.com/event/23493 

Oakland East Bay Symphony “Let Us Break Bread Together” with the Oakland Symphony Chorus, Mt. Eden H.S. Choir, Kugelplex, Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir at 4 p.m. at Paramount Theater, 2025 Broadway. 625-8497. 

Twang Cafe featuring Doug Blumer and the Beer Hunters, Pam Brandon & Maurice Tani, Chickwagon, at 7:30 p.m. at Epic Arts, 1923 Ashby Ave. Cost is $10. www.twangcafe.org 

Holly Near at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $26.50-$27.50. 548-1761. 

Junius Courtney Big Band from 3 to 6 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island. Cost is $15. All ages welcome. 841-JAZZ. 

Con Alma Jazztet at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. 841-JAZZ.  

Girl Talk Band, world jazz, at 1:30 p.m. at Albany Library, 1247 Marin Ave. 526-3720. 

The Troublemakers Union, international music for human rights, at 7 p.m. at La Peña. Cost is $10. 849-2568.  

Ambrose Akinmusire at 4:30 at the Jazzschool. Cost is $20. 845-5373.  

Savoy Family Band at 8 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $15-$18. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

Nate Cooper at 11 a.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344.  

MONDAY, DEC. 3 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Aurora Theatre Company Script Club “Born Yesterday” with Maureen McVerry and Paul Heller at 7:30 p.m. at 2081 Addison St. 843-4822. 

“If Lost Then Found” with Kristin Lucas, artist, at 7:30 p.m. at 160 Kroeber Hall, UC Campus. 643-9565.  

Frank Moore, poetry, at 6 p.m. at Cafe Leila, 1724 San Pablo Ave. 526-7858. 

Poetry Express with Sayre Mingan, youth poet, at 7 p.m. at Priya Restaurant, 2072 San Pablo Ave. 644-3977. 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Ed Neff and Friends, bluegrass, at 7 p.m. at Le Bateau Ivre, 2629 Telegraph Ave. 849-1100. www.lebateauivre.net 

Trovatore, traditional Italian music, at 7 p.m. at Caffe Trieste, 2500 San Pablo Ave. 548-5198.  

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

TUESDAY, DEC. 4 

CHILDREN 

The Mountain Mushers and Their Sled Dogs at 6:30 p.m. at Kensington Library, 61 Arlington Ave. 524-3043. 

FILM 

“Xperimental Eros” with a panel discussion at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $5.50-$9.50. 642-0808.  

READINGS AND LECTURES 

A Reading for “The Collected Poems of Philip Whalen” with Michael McClure, David Meltzer and Clark Coolidge at 7:30 p.m. at Moe’s Books, 2476 Telegraph Ave. 849-2087. 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Jeffery Broussard & The Circle Cowboys 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 Cost is $5. 841-JAZZ.  

BirdHead at 7 p.m. at Caffe Trieste, 2500 San Pablo Ave., at Dwight. 548-5198.  

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 5 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Strictly Speaking with Azar Nafisi, author of “Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books” at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $18-$30. 642-9988.  

Christopher Felver on his historical record of tbe Beat Generation, “Beat” at 7:30 p.m. at Moe’s Books, 2476 Telegraph Ave. 849-2087. 

Thomas Lynch reads Truman Capote’s “A Christmas Memory” at 7:30 p.m. at Mrs. Dalloways, 2904 College Ave. 704-8222. 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Oakland City Center Holiday Concert with Klezmania at noon at 12th and Broadway, Oakland.  

Helene Attia Octet, CD release party, at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. Cost is $10. 841-JAZZ.  

Zoyres, Smyrna Time Machine at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $10. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

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

Larry Gallagher at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $18.50-$19.50. 548-1761.  

THURSDAY, DEC. 6 

EXHIBITIONS 

“One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now” Guided tour at 12:15 and 5:30 p.m. at Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft. Free. 642-0808. 

FILM 

“Chaplin at the Mutual: Four Short Comedies” at 5:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Free. 642-0808.  

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Lunch Poems with Monica de la Torre at 12:10 p.m. at the Morrison Library, inside the Doe Library, UC Campus. 642-0137. 

Peter Dale Scott reads his poems at 7 p.m. at the Albany Library, Edith Stone Room, 1247 Marin Ave., Albany. 526-3720. 

“Jews, Chocolate and Tourism in the Diaspora” with Rabbi Deborah Prinz at 6:30 p.m. at the Magnes Museum, 2911 Russell St. 549-6950. 

Monica de la Torre and Garrett Caples read at 7:30 p.m. at Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Ave. 649-1320. 

Corey Brooks reads from “Their Patriotic Duty: The Civil War Letters of the Evans Family of Brown County, Ohio” at 5:30 p.m. at University Press Books, 2430 Bancroft Way. 548-0585.  

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Jazz Night and Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School with the MLK, Jr. Middle School Jazz Band, the Equanimous Jones Quartet and the Jazz School Middle School Jazz Project at 7:30 p.m. at Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School, 1781 Rose St. at Grant. Admission is free, but donations accepted to support the Jazz Band.  

The Claire Lynch Band at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $18.50-$19.50. 548-1761.  

Pete Madsen Quartet, CD release party, at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. 841-JAZZ.  

Lindsay Tomasic at 7 p.m. at Caffe Trieste, 2500 San Pablo Ave., at Dwight. 548-5198.  

Singer Songwriter Expose with Rodney Brillante, Rick Hardin and Audrey Howard at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $6. 841-2082. 

Mucho Axé at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $8-$10. 849-2568.