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Arts Calendar
FRIDAY, SEPT. 19
FILM
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: “Fox and His Friends,” at 7 and 9:25 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
“They Live,” John Carpenter’s cult classic, at 8 p.m. at the Long Haul, 3124 Shattuck Ave. Wheelchair accessible. 540-0751. www.thelonghaul.org
Berkeley Art Center Film Festival: Political and Social Commentary, at 7 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Center. Tickets are $5-$10 sliding scale. 644-6893. www.berkeleyartcenter.org
READINGS AND LECTURES
William Greider discusses “The Soul of Capitalism: Opening Paths to a Moral Economy,” at 12:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Michael Parenti reveals the secret life of the empire in “The Assassination of Julius Caesar: A People’s History of Ancient Rome,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Ravi Shankar The legendary sitarist performs with his daughter Anoushka at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $36-$68. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Mary Watkins, pianist and composer, is featured at Fellowship Cafe & Open Mic at 7:30 p.m. at Fellowship Hall, Cedar and Bonita Sts. A donation of $5-$10 is requested.
Jazz Singers Collective, with Walter Bankovitch, piano, Bill Douglass, bass, and Steve Robertson, drums, at 8 p.m. at the Jazz-
school. Tickets are $7-$12 and are available from 507-2498.
Donna the Buffalo performs roots rock at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Kris Delmhorst, contemporary songcraft, 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
CWK Trio performs acoustic modern jazz at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Suggested donation is $8-$12 sliding scale. 649-8744.
www.thejazzhouse.org
Redmeat and The Bellyachers at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $7. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Michael Bluestein Trio at 9 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
JND, Bray, and Thriving Ivory at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $7. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Municipal Waste, Capitalist Casualties, Caustic Christ, Voetsek, Agents of Satan, Strung Up 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.
Woman at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. beckettsirishpub.com
Reorchestra at 8 p.m. at Jupiter, 2181 Shattuck Ave. 848-8277.
Mokai and MarQue at the 1923 Teahouse at 8 p.m. Suggested donation of $7-$15. 644-2204. www.epicarts.org
SATURDAY, SEPT. 20
Euripides’ “Medea,” performed by the National Theatre of Greece at 8 p.m. at the Greek Theatre, UC Campus. Pre-performance talk with UC Berkeley Dept. of Classics Professor Mark Griffith at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $32 and $62. 642-0212. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
EXHIBITION
Photographs of Inner Mongolia by Michael Sun, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the 3rd Floor Community Room, Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge.
CHILDREN
Kids on the Block Puppet Show, promoting acceptance and understanding of physical and cultural differences at 2 p.m. at the Hall of Health, 2230 Shattuck Ave., lower level. Suggested donation $3. Children under 3 free. 549-1564.
FILM
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: “Mother Goes to Heaven,” at 7 and 9:15 p.m., at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Berkeley Art Center Film Festival: Bums’ Paradise, at 7 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Center in Live Oak Park. Tickets are $5-$10 sliding scale. 644-6893. www.berkeleyartcenter.org
READINGS AND LECTURES
Joe Conason, political columnist, reveals the right-wing in “Big Lies: The Right-Wing Propaganda Machine and How It Distorts the Truth,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Bruce Balfour reads from his new book, “The Digital Dead,” at 2 p.m. at The Other Change of Hobbit, 2020 Shattuck Ave.
MUSIC AND DANCE
San Francisco Early Music Society presents Anne Azema, soprano, and Shira Kammen, vielles and harp, at 8 p.m. at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave. Tickets are $22 for SFEMS members and Seniors, $25 for non-members, $10 for students. 528-1725. www.sfems.org
Trinity Chamber Concerts, with Tom Rose, clarinet, and Miles Graber, perform an all English music program, at 8 p.m. at Trininy Chapel, 2320 Dana St. Admission by donation, $12 general, $8 students, seniors, disabled. No one turned away. 549-3864.
Remember Shakti with John McLaughlin, guitar, and Zakir Hassain, tabla, U. Shrinivas, electric mandolin and V. Selvaganesh, ghatam and kanjira, at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $26-$56 and are available from 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Women Singing Out! presented by Rose Street House of Music and East Bay Pride at 8 p.m. at the Oakland Metro, 201 Broadway at 2nd in Jack London Square. Tickets are $8-$15 sliding scale. 594-4000 ext. 687.
“Jah Music for the People” at the 1923 Teahouse at 8 p.m. Suggested donation of $7-$15. 644-2204. www.epicarts.org
Suzy Thompson and Friends at 2 p.m. at Down Home Music, 10341 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito. 525-2129. www.downhomemusic.com
Barry and Alice Olivier, contemporary folk at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $16.50 in advance, $17.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Brightback, Joanna Newsom, Sean Hayes at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $6. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Pietro Lusvardi on the contrabasso at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Suggested donation is $6-$15 sliding scale. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.org
Steve Smith-Mike Zilber Group with special guests Dave Liebman and Fareed Haque at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Tickets are $20-$25. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
Alphabet Soup, El Jefe at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $7. 848-0866. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Reggae Angels and Amandala Poets CD release party at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13-$20. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Post Junk Trio at 8 p.m. at Jupiter 848-8277.
Scott Amendola with Nat Su and Devin Hoff at 9 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Nicole McRory at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. beckettsirishpub.com
SUNDAY, SEPT. 21
Euripides’ “Medea,” performed by the National Theatre of Greece. at 7 p.m. at the Greek Theatre, UC Campus. Pre-performance talk with UC Berkeley Dept. of Classics Professor Mark Griffith at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $32 and $62. 642-0212. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Oliver Ranch Tour, to benefit the Richmond Art Center. A special opportunity to visit a private reserve dedicated to site-specific sculpture. Cost is $95 per person, which includes a $50 donation to the Richmond Art Center. Reservations required. Call A New Leaf Gallery at 525-7621, or email info@sculpturesite.com
CHILDREN
The Kids of the Dayton Tribune Meet Vanessa Thill and Kelly Reed, the 12-year-old founders of the Bay Area annual literary magazine, at 4 p.m. at Cody’s Books, 1730 Fourth St. 559-9500. www.codysbooks.com
FILM
“Homage to Chagall,” at 2 p.m. at the Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut St. Suggested donation $2. 848-0237. www.brjcc.org
The Films of Germaine Dulac: “Ame d’Artiste” at 5:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Jim Campbell/Matrix 208: “Memory Array” at 3 p.m. in Gallery 1, Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way. Cost $8, free to UC staff, faculty and students. 643-6494. tctorres@uclink.berkeley.edu
Guided Tour: Gene(sis): Contemporary Art Explores Human Genomics, at 2 p.m., Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Poetry at Cody’s with Jennifer Arin, Katherine Case, Y. Morales, Annie Stenzel, Jennifer Sweeney and Virginia Westover at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. Donation $2. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Tom Farber reads from his novels “The Beholder” and “A Lover’s Quarrel: On Writing and the Writing Life” at 7:30 p.m. Black Oak Books. 486-0698.
www.blackoakbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Pebble Theory, Cilantro, Sun Chasing Shadows at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $3. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
All Shoko Night, featuring the Natto Quartet and the Hikage-Segel Duo, at 8:15 p.m. at The Jazz House. Free, donations accepted. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com
Paula West at 4:30 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $20-$25. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
Lucy Kaplansky with Nina Gerber, vocals with guitar accompaniment, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $19.50 in advance, $20.50 at the door. 548-1761 www.freightandsalvage.org
The People with LZ Phoenix, Sol Americano and Dr. Masseuse at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $10. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Indian Classical Music with Jyoti Rout, Pandit Habib Khan, and Prof. Mohini Mohan Pattnaik at 7 p.m. at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Tickets are $15-$20 available from 925-798-1300.
Taarka seismic gypsy jazz at the 1923 Teahouse at 8 p.m. Suggested donation of $7-$15, no one turned away for lack of funds. 644-2204. www.epic-
arts.org
Americana Unplugged Series: The Whiskey Brothers at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
MONDAY, SEPT. 22
READINGS AND LECTURES
Andrei Codrescu, NPR commentator and World Heavy-
weight Champion, reads from his new poetry collection “it was today” at 7:30 p.m. at Moe’s Books at 2476 Telegraph Ave. 849-2087.
Elinor Langer reveals the world of skinheads in “A Hundred Little Hitlers: The Death of a Black Man, the Trial of a White Racist, and the Rise of the Neo-Nazi Movement in America,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Poetry Express, open mic featuring Paradise, from 7 to 9:30 p.m., at Priya Restaurant, 2072 San Pablo Ave. berkeleypoetryexpress@yahoo.com
Catherine Brady reads from her new collection “Curled in the Bed of Love,” which won the Flannery O’Conner Award for Short Fiction, at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698.
www.blackoakbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Steve Gannon Band and Mz. Dee at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $4. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
The Frail Rhino at the 1923 Teahouse at 8 p.m. Suggested donation of $7-$15, no one turned away for lack of funds. 644-2204. www.epicarts.org
TUESDAY, SEPT. 23
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
“Reality and Illusion: The City of Berkeley Photographed” Reception from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Worth Ryder Gallery in Kroeber Hall at the Bancroft and College entrance to UC Campus. 642-4800. http://art.berkeley.
edu/rev2/wrGallery
CHILDREN
Lemony Snicket Day at Cody’s Books. “The Slippery Slope” will be available. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
FILM
The Films of Germaine Dulac: “The Smiling Madame Beudet” and other films at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Robert Hass, Poet Laurate and co-founder of River of Words, reads at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
Maxine Hong Kingston, reads from “The Fifth Book of Peace,” a hybrid of memoir and fiction at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books, 1730 Fourth St. 559-9500. www.codysbooks.com
Amy Wallace discusses her new memoir “Sorcerer’s Apprentice: My Life with Carlos Castaneda” at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
MUSIC AND DANCE
DP and The Rhythm Riders at 8:30 p.m., with a Cajun dance lesson with Cheryl McBride at 8 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Mimi Fox, solo guitar, at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Beth Robinson, Doug Blumer, singer-songwriter double bill, 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
Dayna Stephens House Jam at The Jazz House. Donation $5. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 24
FILM
“Discovering Dominga,” documentary by Patricia Flynn at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. A benefit for the Guatemala Accompaniment Project. Cost is $8-$12 sliding scale. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Rainer Werner Fassbinder: “Veronica Voss“ at 5 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. and “Satan’s Brew”at 7:05 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Poets from the San Francisco Bay Area will gather with a symbolic giant peace dove at La Peña at 6:30 p.m. to read their “win with words not war” message from three new anthologies: “Farewell to Armaments,” “Flaunt Peace in the Face of War,” and “For You World Peace IMAGINE.”
Meredith Maran discusses “Dirty: Inside America’s Teen-
age Drug Epidemic,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Liz Franklin discusses her new book, “How to Get Organized Without Resorting to Arson,” at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
PEN West presents an evening of readings and discussion in observation of Banned Book Week, at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
Berkeley Poetry Slam with host Charles Ellik at 8:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $7, $5 with student i.d. 841-2082. www.starryplough.com
Café Poetry and Open Mic hosted by Paradise at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Donation requested. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
MUSIC AND DANCE
Wednesday Noon Concert University Symphony Orchestra, David Milnes, conductor, Chevron Auditorium at International House, corner of Bancroft and Piedmont Aves. Admission is free. 642-4864.
Nanjing University Traditional Instruments Orchestra perfrom at 8 p.m. at the International House Auditorium, 2299 Piedmont. Free for I-House members, residents and alumni, $5 for the general public. 642-9460. landerso@uclink.berkeley.edu
Sólas, traditional and contemporary Irish music, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $19.50 in advance, $20.50 at the door. 548-1761 www.freightandsalvage.org
The Anthony Paule - Mz. Dee Band at 9 p.m., with a swing dance lesson with Nick and Shanna at 8 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Jules Broussard, Bing Nathan and Ned Boynton at 8 p.m. at Downtown, 2102 Shattuck Ave. 649-3810.
Outbound Trio at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 25
FILM
“Unanswered Questions of 9-11,” presented by The Robber Barons, at 7 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Free. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Genetic Screenings: “Homo Sapiens 1900” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Guided Tour: Gene(sis): Contemporary Art Explores Human Genomics, at 12:15 and 5:30 p.m., Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Word Beat Reading Series at 7 p.m. with featured readers Steve Arntson and Anna Wolfe, followed by an open mic, at Mediterraneum Caffe, 2475 Telegraph Ave., near Dwight Way. For information call 526-5985 or 205-1749.
Wayne Bernhardson shows slides and talks about his new book, “Moon Handbook: Buenos Aires” at 7:30 p.m. at Easy Going Travel Shop and Bookstore, 1385 Shattuck Ave. at Rose. 843-3533.
Neal Stephenson reads from his new novel, “Quicksilver” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Educator’s Night, for K-12 educators, with author Meredith Maran, at 6 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. Please RSVP to 644-0861.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Otep Myrrhy Music from Medieval Bohemia at 8 p.m. at at the Parish Hall, St. Alban’s Church, 1501 Washington St., Albany. Tickets are $12-$15 and are available from 486-2803 or 524-7952. www.timrayborn.com/Festival
Julieta Venegas, Mexican singer and rock artist, at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $12 in advance, $15 at the door. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
The Influents, The Flipsides, The Spinning Jennies at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Kathy Kallick, album release show, 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
Rosh Hashana Concert at 8 p.m. at the 1923 Tea House. 644-2204.
Keni El Lebrijano, flamenco guitar, at 8:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
