Arts Listings

‘APPARITION OF THE ETERNAL CHURCH’ 

Tonight (Friday) at 7 p.m. Paul Festa’s acclaimed music film, Apparition of the Eternal Church, which registers the “often riotous” responses of 31 nonbelievers to Catholic composer Olivier Messiaen’s apocalyptic musical vision, receives its Bay Area premiere by CalPerformances at Wheeler Auditorium—admission free. Participants include local cultural folk such as Richard Felciano, Eisa Davis and Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket), as well as pronouncements from Harold Bloom.