Arts And Entertainment

Arts Calendar

Tuesday April 15, 2008
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Aurora Theatre Stages ‘Trojan Women’

By Ken Bullock, Special to The Planet
Tuesday April 15, 2008
Hecuba (left, Carla Spindt) and Helen (right, Nora el Samahy) face off in front of the chorus in The Trojan Women.
Here is the end of meaning; here is loss beyond comprehension.” A former queen—only the day before, queen of a great city—finds herself and her entourage of young women captives after their home has been overwhelmed by stealth, burned and demolished. Before they are taken away to a new life as slaves, as chattel in a foreign land, there are confrontations with other women that would seem to define, or refine, the terms of their grievous situation. -more-

Arts Calendar

Friday April 11, 2008
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‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’ for Youngsters

By Ken Bullock
Friday April 11, 2008
The Emperor’s New Clothes, a family show by that great musicals team Ahrens & Flaherty (Seussical, Ragtime), will be staged by Active Arts for Young Audiences, opening this weekend at the Julia Morgan Center on College Avenue. -more-

‘Firebird’ at The Crucible

By Ken Bullock
Friday April 11, 2008
The crowd was streaming through the flaming metal portals of The Crucible’s big industrial complex on Oakland’s 7th Street well before curtain time for the “fire ballet” production of Stravinsky’s Firebird. -more-

Arts & Entertainment: Sekimachi and Stocksdale at the Berkeley Art Center

By Zelda Bronstein
Friday April 11, 2008
A wooden bowl by Bob Stocksdale in the Berkeley Art Center exhibit.
The Berkeley Art Center’s current show, “Loom & Lathe: The Art of Kay Sekimachi and Bob Stocksdale,” is full of revelations. -more-