Features

TUESDAY, MARCH 16 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Neely Tucker describes “Love in the Driest Season: A Family Memoire” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com 

“Travels Though the Center of the Sahara Desert” a slide show and lecture by Philip Hassrick at 7:30 p.m. at Easy Going Bookstore, 1385 Shattuck Ave. 843-3533. 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, “21st Century Cellos” at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $21-$45. 841-2800. www.berkeleysymphony.org 

Golden Gate Wind Quintet, “Gigi’s Fabulous Adventure” a marriage of pop, free jazz, contemporary classical, and cyberfunk at 8 p.m. at 1111 Solano Ave. Tickets are $20, available from 524-1696.  

Mimi Fox, solo guitar, at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810. 

Dayna Stephens House Jam at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Donation $5. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com 

The Black Brothers: Shay, Michael and Martin 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 

Jazzschool Tuesdays, a showcase of ensembles at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277. 

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17 

FILM 

Film 50: “Ali: Fear Eats the Soul” at 3 p.m. and Meet Your Makers: “Since” at 9:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Chang-Rae Lee introduces his new novel “Aloft” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com 

Suzy Becker recounts “I Had Brain Surgery, What’s Your Excuse?” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com 

Café Poetry and open mic, hosted by Paradise at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Wednesday Noon Concert at International House, Piedmont Ave. at Bancroft. 642-4864. http://music.berkeley.edu 

Stump Tail Dog celebrates St. Patrick’s Day at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

Green and Root, CD release party at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $15.50 in advance, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org 

Traditional Irish Music with Driving with Fergus at 5 p.m. at The Starry Plough. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com 

St. Patrick’s Day with Don and Michele Clark, Steven Donaldson, Cathryn Bauer and Friends at 8:30 p.m. at Albatross, 1822 San Pablo Ave. 843-2473. www.albatrosspub.com 

Jules Broussard, Bing Nathan and Ned Boynton at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810. 

Stolen Bibles, American-rooted rock and roll, at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277. 

THURSDAY, MARCH 18 

EXHIBITION OPENINGS 

“Fluid Exchange” exhibition of graduate art work from California College of Arts, at Worth Ryder Gallery, Kroeber Hall, UC Campus. Reception from 4 to 9 p.m.  

“Lisboa” photographs by Dennis Letbetter, taken with a 6x7 cm panoramic camera. At North Berkeley Frame and Gallery, 1744 Shattuck Ave. 549-0428.  

THEATER 

Central Works, “The Duel” a new play adapted from Chekhov’s novella, at 8 p.m. at the Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave. Runs Thurs. - Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 5 p.m. through March 27. Tickets are $8-$20. 558-1381. www.centralworks.org 

“The Vagina Monologues” performed by the women and men of LUNA Bar at 7:30 p.m. at the Berkeley Repertory Theater, 2025 Addison St. Tickets are $25 and are available from 647-2949 or 888-427-8849. 

FILM 

Film and Video Makers at Cal at 7 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

“Ant Farm 1968-1978” Guided Tour at 12:15 p.m. at Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way. 642-0808. 

Simryn Gill/Matrix 210 Gallery Talk at 6 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

“The Inextinguishable Symphony: A True Story of Music and Love in Nazi Germany” with Martin Goldsmith at 7 p.m., Durham Studio Theater, UC Campus. http://LS.berkeley.edu/CollegePresents 

“The Fourth World and Folk Art,” with Nelson Graburn, Prof. of Anthropology, at noon at the Phoebe Hearst Museum, corner of College Ave. and Bancroft Way. 643-7648. http://hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu 

“Museums of Learning” A discussion with Steve Seidel, Director of Project Zero at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education, at 7 p.m. at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Sponsored by the California College of the Arts Center for Public Life. 594-3763. www.cca.edu/capl. 

Karen Armstrong describes “The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness” at 7:30 p.m. at First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way. $10 donation requested. Sponsored by Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com 

Debra Ginsberg introduces “About My Sisters” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. www.codysbooks.com 

David K. Shipler, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, describes “The Working Poor: Invisible in America” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com 

Word Beat Reading Series  

with featured readers Rita Flores Bogaert and Adam David Miller, at 7 p.m. at Mediterraneum Caffe, 2475 Telegraph Ave. 526-5985.  

Jonathan Kirsch discusses “Gods Against the Gods: The History of the War Between Mono- 

theism and Polytheism” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Raskidus, Jah Fly and Unda P at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

Rachel Garlin 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 

Transcender, Slow Poisoners, Evergreen Dazed at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com 

David Maloney, “The Great Blight,” a folk opera, at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $15.50 in advance, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org 

San Francisco Medicine Ball at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. www.beckettsirishpub.com 

Flowtilla at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277. 

Keni El Lebrijano, flamenco guitar, at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810. 

FRIDAY, MARCH 19 

CHILDREN 

Elmo’s Birthday at 10:30 a.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861. 

THEATER 

Berkeley Repertory Theater, “Ghosts” by Henrik Ibsen, at 8 p.m. and runs through April 11. 647-2917. www.berkeleyrep.org 

Everyday Theater, “The Bright River,” a show by Tim Barsky, at 8 p.m. at the Transparent Theater, 1901 Ashby Ave. Through March 20. Tickets are $12-$20 and are available from 644-2204. 

Youth Musical Theater Commons “West Side Story” performed by 7th-11th grade youth at 7:30 p.m. at Longfellow Auditorium, 1500 Derby St. Tickets are $10 adult, $5 youth, available at the door. 848-1797.  

Un-Scripted Theater “Imrov Survivor” at 8 p.m. at Temescal Arts Center, 511 48th St. at Telegraph, and runs to April 3. Tickets are $7-$10. 415-869-5384. www.un-scripted.com 

FILM 

Chantal Akerman “The Capture” at 7 p.m. and “All Night Long” at 9:10 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Edwidge Danticat reads from “The Dew Breaker” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Berkeley High School Jazz Ensemble and Combos Spring Concert at 7:30 p.m. at the Florence Schwimley Little Theater, BHS Campus, Allston between MLK Jr. Way and Milvia. Tickets are $3-$10. 527-8245. berkeleyjazz@comcast.net 

Newport Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary Tour at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $22-$46 available from 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu 

Jr. Bach Festival at 7:30 p.m. at First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way. Tickets are $5-$10. 843-2224. www.juniorbach.org 

Acoustic Pop with a Social Conscience with Greg Lamboy in a benefit concert for the Friday Night on College community meal. At 7:30 p.m., College Avenue Presbyterian Church, 5951 College Ave., next to Dreyers. 658-3665.  

Gun and Doll Show, Lemon Lime Lights at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $6. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com 

Lichi Fuentes in a concert honoring International Women’s Month at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $12 in advance, $14 at the door. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

The New Hope Bboy/Bgirl Battle with Sisterz of the Underground at 7 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

Double Standards, jazz duo, at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344. www.nomadcafe.net 

AC/DSHE, The Station and Stiletta at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $10.  

848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com 

Leftover Dreams with Tony Marcus and Patrice Haan at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $16.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org 

Alan Smithline, guitarist and vocalist at 7:30 p.m. at the Fellowship Café, Fellowship Hall, Cedar and Bonita Sts.  

Alexis Harte Band and Laughingstock at 9:30 The Oakland Metro, 201 Broadway, Oakland. Tickets are $8 at the door. 736-1146. www.oaklandmetro.org  

Michael Bluestein Trio at 8:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810. 

Johnny Talbot & DaThangs, live funk, at 9 p.m. at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $10. 548-1159. www.shattuckdownlow.com 

Gravytrain, The Quails, The Kingdom at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $5. 525-9926. 

Peaktimes, improvisational dance and music at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Sliding scale donation of $8-$15 requested. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com 

Domino Theory, jazz and funk, at 9 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277. 

Woman at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. www.beckettsirishpub.com 

SATURDAY, MARCH 20 

CHILDREN  

“Wild About Books” storytime with Louise Rafkin and her young students of Studio Naga in a martial arts presentation, at 10:30 a.m. at the Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge St. 981-6223. 

Los Amiguitos de La Peña Ms. Jay’s Playhouse, music and movement at 10:30 a.m. at La Peña. Cost is $4 for adults, $3 for children. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

Sean Powersí Shadow Puppet Workshop from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut St. Cost is $5-$15 sliding scale. 644-6893. www.berkleyartcenter.org 

Dance Jammies, a multi-generational dance event from 6 to 9 p.m. at Motivity Center, 2525 8th St. Cost is $9. 832-3835. 

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. Sug- 

gested donation $3. Children under 3 free. 549-1564. 

EXHIBITION OPENINGS 

“4x4: Four Sculptors Work in Four Materials” opens at A New Leaf Gallery/Sculpturesite with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. at 1286 Gilman St. 525-7621. www.sculpturesite.com 

THEATER 

Youth Musical Theater Commons “West Side Story” performed by 7th-11th grade youth at 7:30 p.m. at Longfellow Auditorium, 1500 Derby St. Tickets are $10 adult, $5 youth, available at the door. 848-1797.  

A Family Affair, Teen Council One-Acts Festival at 8 p.m. and 2 p.m. March 21, at Berkeley Rep’s Thrust Stage, 2025 Addison St. Tickets are $5-$10. 647-2949.  

“Code Blue at the Genome Zoo” at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Berkeley Rep’s Thrust Stage, 2015 Addison St. Recommended for ages 7 and up. Tickets are $10. 647-2949. www.berkeleyrep.org 

FILM 

The Case for Pavel Jurácek, “The Key to Determining Dwarfs, or The Last Travel of Lemuel Gulliver” at 7 p.m. and “Every Young Man” at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

“The Spirit of Fès: a Vision of Peace,” a roundtable discussion moderated by UC Davis ethnomusicologist Sandra Graham at 3 p.m. in Morrison Hall, UC Campus.  

MUSIC AND DANCE 

The Spirit of Fes Tour, Moroccan sacred music, at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $22-$42 available from 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu 

Berkeley Youth Arts Festival with Sean Powersí Shadow Puppets at 2 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut St. 644-6893. www.berkleyartcenter.org 

Berkeley Youth Art Festival with Dance and Rhythm of India at 4 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut St. 644-6893. www.berkleyartcenter.org 

“From the Yachats Music Festival” by Four Season’s Concerts at 7:30 p.m. at Oakland’s Calvin Simmons Theatre. Long-time Berkeley music teacher, Jesse W. Anthony, will be honored as the third recipient of Four Seasons Concerts “Founder’s Award for Distinguished Service to Our Community.” For tickets, contact Four Seasons Concerts at 601-7919. www.fourseasonsconcerts.com 

UUCB Chancel Choir Spring Concert, under the direction of Bryan Baker, at 8 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley, One Lawson Road, Kensington. Suggested donations at the door are $10-$25. 525-0302. www.uucb.org  

Balkan Showcase Benefit for Ashkenaz More than 15 bands contribute their music to celebrate Ashkenaz’s 31st Anniversary at 7 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $20. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

“People Like Me” a world dance and music celebration for the whole family at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Tickets are $6-$12. 925-798-1300. 

Healing Muses presents “La Foolia” a spectacle of early music at 8 p.m. at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 1501 Washington Ave., Albany. Tickets are $15-$18. All proceeds benefit Healing Muses’ hospital music program. Advance reservations recommended. 524-5661. www.healingmuses.org 

Dave Gleason at 2 p.m. at Down Home Music, 10341 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito. 525-2129. 

Jewish Music Festival with David Krakauer’s Klezmer Madness at 8 p.m. at Wheeler Auditorium, UC Campus. Tickets are $20-$25. 848-0237. 

Jen August performs in a benefit for the National Organization for Women at 7:30 p.m. at Change Makers Bookstore, 6536 Telegraph, Oakland.  

G. S. Sachdev, bansuri, with Swapan Chaudhuri, tabla, at 7:30 p.m. at St. John’s Presbyterian Church 2727 College Ave. Tickets are $22-$26 in advance, $30 at the door. 594-0754. 

Philharmonia Baroque, “La Musique du Roi Soleil” at 8 p.m. at First Congregational Church, Dana and Durant. Tickets are $29-$60 and are available from 415-392-4400. www.philharmonia.org 

All Ages Show with The People, Justifi, The Hep at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $7. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com  

Janis Ian at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $20.50 in advance, $21.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org 

Madeline Eastman, “Slightly Left of Standard” at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $20. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com 

Beth Custer Emsemble performs jazz, funk, Latin, rock at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Donations of $8-$15 suggested. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.org 

Para ti Chichito Cepeda, Puerto Rican drumming, at 8:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $12. 849-2568. www.lapena.org  

Singer-Songwriter Night with Inka at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344. www.nomadcafe.net 

Reggae Angels at 9 p.m. at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $7-$10. 548-1159. www.shattuckdownlow.com 

The Lucky Stiffs, Blvd Strays, Jack Killed Jill at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $6. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com 

Helen Chaya, Vivian’s Keeper at the 1923 Teahouse at 8 p.m. Donation of $7-$15, no one turned away for lack of funds. 644-2204. www.epicarts.org 

Triad with Dave Rocha at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277. 

Rock and Roll with Nicole at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. www.beckettsirishpub.com 

Scott Amendola with Ben Goldberg on reeds and Devin Hoff on bass, at 8:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810. 

Allegiance, Lights Out, Our Turn, Worn Thin, The Answer, Dead in Hollywood, 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.Ä