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Arts Calendar
TUESDAY, JUNE 3
FILM
The Inquiring Camera: “The American Egypt” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4 members, UC students, $5 UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth, $8 adults. 642-0808. www.
bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
James Weinstein, founder and longtime editor of the Socialist Review, discusses “The Long Detour: The History and Future of the American Left” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Andy Clark, Director of the Cognitive Science Program at Indiana University, discusses his new book, “Natural-born Cyborgs: Minds, Technologies, and the Future of Human Intelligence,” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Zabava! Izvorno and Rumen Shopov and Friends at 8:30 p.m., with a Balkan dance lesson at 7:30 p.m., at Ash-
kenaz. Cost is $10. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4
FILM
I Found it at the Movies: “Made in Hollywood” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4 members, UC students, $5 UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth, $8 adults. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Sidney Blumenthal, advisor to President Clinton from 1997 to 2001, provides a behind the scenes narrative of “The Clinton Wars” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Writers Group discusses “How to Write for the New Age Market” with author Richard Webster at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
Leon Wofsy reads from his new book, “At 80: An old bird’s eye view of the year following September 11, 2001,” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Bluegrass Homecoming, in celebration of the Freight’s 35th Anniversary, with Bluegrass Intentions, Dix Bruce and Jim Nunally, High Country, the Kathy Kallick Band, Jody Stecher and Kate Brislin, and True Blue at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $17.50 in advance, $18.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Ignit, Green Hell, Caps-X, Parkside Drive perform punk rock at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $6. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Tom Rigney and Flambeau at 8:30 p.m., with a Cajun dance lesson at 8 p.m., at Ashkenaz. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
THURSDAY, JUNE 5
FILM
Antero Alli: “Under a Shipwrecked Moon” Finnish-born, Berkeley-based filmmaker presents his personal film of family and memories at 9 p.m. at 21 Grand, 449-B 23rd St., near Telegraph, Oakland. 464-4640.
Vera Chytilová: “Fruit of Paradise” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4 members, UC students, $5 UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth, $8 adults. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Gallery Talk with Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson explor-ing art’s ability to provide insights into contemporary global issues, at 12:15 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way. 642-1412. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
David Halberstam tells the story of four great ballplayers, their friendship and transition to older age in “The Teammates” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Simon Wood talks about his new thriller “Accidents Waiting to Happen” at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Noon Concert Downtown
Rhonda Benin and Soulful Strut at the Berkeley BART Station. Seating available. Sponsored by the Downtown Berkeley Assoc. 549-2230.
Berkeley Edge Fest
The music of Edmund Cam-
pion and Cindy Cox, with texts and concepts by poet John Campion, featuring the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, at 8 p.m. at Hertz Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $22. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
New Age Academy Benefit Performance featuring both student and professional artists, at 6:30 p.m. at 2921 Adeline St. 848-4664.
Rachel Garlin performs contemporary folk at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $15.50 in advance, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Brian Joseph in Concert performs politically-conscious urban folk music at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $12. 849-2568.
George Pedersen and His Pretty Good Band and Sons of Emperor Norton at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Erika Luckett and Ellis sing at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Cost is $8-$10 sliding scale. 649-8744. www.thejazz-
house.org
FRIDAY, JUNE 6
FILM
“The Battle of Algiers,” a film about the uprising of the Algerian people against French colonialists in the 1960’s, at 8 p.m. at the Long Haul, a reading room, library and community center in South Berkeley located at 3124 Shattuck Ave. Wheel-
chair accessible. All events are free. 540-0751. www.thelonghaul.org
Nicholas Ray: “Party Girl” at 7:30 p.m. and “Hot Blood” at 9:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4 members, UC students; $5 UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth; $8 adults. 642-0808.www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
City Commons Club Noon Luncheon Series, “Mars Revealed,” with Conrad Jung, lecturer, Chabot Space and Science Center. Luncheon 11:45 a.m. $11.50 - $12.50, speech at 12:30 p.m., at the Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant St. For reservations call 526-2925, 665-9020.
Haiku: A Critical Look at an Ancient Form, with Gabe Winer, creator of the Haiku Wall at Berkeley High; Gar-
ry Gay, president, Haiku Poets of Northern California; and Ry Belville, translator of Nakahara Chuya, at 7 p.m. at the Berkeley Public Library, third floor Community Meeting Room, 2090 Kittredge Ave. 981-6121.
Poets Melody Lacina and Laura Horn at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. Donation $2. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Marguerite Sprague de-
scribes the rise and fall of a California mining town in “Bodie’s Gold” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books, 1730 Fourth St. 559-9500. www.codysbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Berkeley High School Jazz Ensemble, Combos and Lab band perform at 7 p.m. in the Florence Schwimley Little Theater, 1920 Allston Way. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students, seniors and BHS staff, available at the door. 548-8026. www.berkeleyhighjazz.org
New Age Academy Benefit Performance featuring both student and professional artists, at 2 p.m. at 2921 Adeline St. 848-4664.
Berkeley Edge Fest The music of Terry Riley at 8 p.m. at Hertz Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $22. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Mike Olmos Quartet, with trumpeters Mike Olmos and Noel Jewkes, bassist Em-
manuel Vaughn-Lee and drummer Jeff Mars at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $12-$18. 845-5373. www.jazz-
school.com
Anthony Jeffries and his All Stars, blues band at Rountree’s, 2618 San Pablo Ave. 663-0440.
Pandeiros do Brasil with Karana and Dandara and the Ginga Brasil Dance Troupe at 9:30 p.m., with Brazilian dance lesson at 9 p.m., at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
The Bill Horvitz Band, an experimental jazz trio, performs at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Cost is $10. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.org
Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart perform roots country originals at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $15.50 in advance, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Weary Boys and PBR Street Gang perform at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $8. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Voces por la Paz, a Concert for Peace, celebrating La Peña’s 28th Anniversary, with Latin American, Afro-Cuban, Chicano and folk music at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10 in advance, $12 at the door. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Himsa, Beneath the Ashes, The Answer, With Passion, The Harms perform 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.
SATURDAY, JUNE 7
Pro Arts East Bay Open Studios 2003 June 7-8, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. For list of participating studios go to www.pro
artsgallery.org/ebos2003
CHILDREN
David Thom Band introduces children to bluegrass music and instruments, at 1 p.m. at The Jazz House. Cost is $5-$10 sliding scale, children and students accompanying adults are free. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.org
Oliver’s Urban Twist, a performance by Walden School, set in 1970’s New York with dancing, singing and laughter, at 2 p.m. at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, 2640 College Ave. Also on Sun. at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12, available at the door. www.juliamorgan.org
New Age Academy Benefit Performance featuring both student and professional artists, at 2 p.m. at 2921 Adeline St. 848-4664.
FILM
Superfest XXIII Interna-
tional Media Festival on Disabilities From 1 to 5p.m., at La Peña. Cost is $5-$10. Screening of award winners. Call 845-5576 for schedule or www.madknight.com/cdt.
Nicholas Ray: “Wind Across the Everglades” at 4:30 and 8:55 p.m. and “The True Story of Jesse James” at 7 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4 members, UC students; $5 UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth; $8 adults. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
“Banned in Berkeley,” a film by five disabled women artists on their sexuality and relationships, at 8 p.m. at the Long Haul. 3124 Shattuck Ave. Wheelchair accessible. All events are free. 540-0751. www.thelonghaul.org
READINGS AND LECTURES
Bay Area Poets Coalition presents an open poetry reading from 3 to 5 p.m. on the front lawn of 1527 Vir-
ginia St., Berkeley, off of Sacramento St., one block east of the North Berkeley BART station. 527-9905. poetalk@aol.com
Norman Fischer discusses “Taking Our Places: The Buddhist Path to Truly Growing Up” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody's Books. 845-7852. ww.codysbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Chanticleer performs at 8 p.m. at the First Congrega-
tional Church, 2345 Chan-
ning Way. Tickets are $22-$37. 415-392-4400. www.chanticleer.org
Trinity Chamber Concerts
Esfir Ross, solo piano, performs Mozart, Brahms and Chopin at 8 p.m. at Trinity Chapel, 2320 Dana St. Sug-
gested donation of $12 general, $8 students, seniors or disabled. 549-3864.
Berkeley Edge Fest The music of John Adams and Ingram Marshall at 6 p.m., and musicians and composers Steve Lacy, George Lewis and David Wessell at 9 p.m. at Hertz Hall, UC Campus.
Tickets are $22 for each performance. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Kotoja performs at 9:30 p.m., with a dance lesson with Comfort Mensah at 9 p.m., at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Patrice Pike and Shelley Doty perform at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $6. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
A. J. Roach performs Ap-
palachian music at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Cost is $6-$15. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.org
Ponte las Pilas celebrate the style and defiance of the Zoot Suiter, and dance to Dr. Loco’s Rocking Jalapeña Band at 8:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10 in advance, $15 at the door. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Oak, Ash and Thorn perform a cappella with a British Isles flavor at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $16.50 advance, $17.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
The Hellbillies, Iron Lung, The Profits, Face Down in Shit, Case of Emergency perform 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.
SUNDAY, JUNE 8
CHILDREN
Family Classics: “Fantastic Voyage” at 2 p.m. Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4 members, UC students, $5 UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth, $8 adults. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Winds Across the Bay, the East Bay's youth wind ensemble, celebrates its 10th anniversary with a performance by current and past members of works by Giu-
seppi Verdi, Nicholas Rim-
sky-Korsakov, Johan deMeij and Joseph Willcox Jenkins, at 2 p.m. at the Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek. Tickets are $9 at the door or by calling 925-943-SHOW.
FILM
Vera Chytilová: “Prefab Stories” at 5:30 p.m. and “Wolf Chalet” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4 members, UC students, $5 UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth, $8 adults. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Superfest XXIII Interna-
tional Media Festival on Disabilities, screening of award winners, from 1 to 5p.m., at La Peña. Cost is $5-$10. Reception with filmmakers from 6 to 7 p.m. For schedule, call 845-5576. www.madknight.com/cdt.
READINGS AND LECTURES
“Unbound and Under Covers” Experiments in visual writing, reception for the artists, at 2 p.m. at the Ber-
keley Art Center, 1275 Walnut St. 644-6893. www.berkeleyartcenter.org
Poets Clive Matson and Marc Hofstadter at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. Donation $2. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
African Drum Workshop every Sunday with Wade Peterson. Beginners from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., experienced from 12:30 to 2 p.m., at The Jazz House. Cost is $15 - $25, advanced registration is encouraged. 533-5111.
Berkeley Edge Fest
A tribute to Lou Harrison, featuring Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio and musicians performing on the gamelan at 3 p.m. at Hertz Hall. Tickets are $22. 642.9988.
Baroque Chorale Guild performs a variety of music from Europe in a Bon Voyage concert prior to their tour to Tuscany in July, at 7:30 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing, at Dana. Tickets are $22 general, $17 students and seniors. 650-969-4095. www.bcg.org
Oakland Civic Orchestra, under the direction of Martha Stoddard, presents “In Light and Shadow,” with works by Albinoni, Gabrieli and Beethoven at 4 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 114 Montecito Ave. in Oakland. The concert is free. 238-3896.
Transmission Trio and Patrick Cress’s Telepathy perform unconventional jazz at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. 649-8744. www.thejazz-
house.org
Vox Populi performs songs of love and desire at 4 p.m. in Gallery A of the Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Dann Zinn Band performs a blend of processed and original jazz and world music at the Jazzschool at 4:30 p.m.
Cost is $12-$18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
Carol Fran, Carmen Getit, Wendy DeWitt and Sue Palmer, Queens of the Boogie Woogie perform at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $15.50 in advance, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
AT THE THEATER
Berkeley Repertory Theater
“The Guys,” by Anne Nelson, directed by Robert Egan. An exploration of loss and redemption in the aftermath of 9/11. Runs until July 5, Tues. - Sun., call for starting times. Tickets are $42-$54. The Roda Theater, 2016 Addison St. 647-2918. 647-2949. www.berkeleyrep.org
California Shakespeare
Theater opens May 31 with “Julius Caesar.” Bruns Amphitheater, off Highway 24 in Orinda. Please call for dates and times 548-9666. www.calshakes.org
Shotgun Players presents
“under milk wood,” a play for voices by Dylan Thomas, exploring the characters in a fishing town in Wales. At Eighth Street Studio, 2525 8th St., through June 22, Thurs. - Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 7 p.m. Tickets are $18 adults, $12 children and seniors, $10 on Thursdays. 704-8210. www.shotgunplayers.org
Transparent Theater
Virginia Woolf's “Night and Day,” a stage adaptation by Tom Clyde, concerning the loves and careers of a group of young people in London in 1910. Through June 8, Thurs. - Sat., 8 p.m. Tickets are $20. Sun., 7 p.m. pay what you can. 1901 Ashby Ave. 883-0305. www.transparenttheater.org
