FRIDAY, OCT. 24
“A Tale of Symbiosis” Brecht, Bacteria, and the Biosphere, an evening of science, ecological storytelling, song, and artwork, co-authored by R.G. Davis and Joyce Todd McBride, with a 100-foot-long painted scroll by Ariel. Music by Schoenberg, Satie, and J.T. McBride. At 8 p.m. at Berkeley Arts Festival Gallery, 2324 Shattuck Ave. Tickets are $8-$15 sliding scale. 665-9496. www.berkeleyartsfestival.com
CHILDREN
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with readings from “Dora the Explorer” and other stories, at 10:30 a.m. at Barnes and Noble.
THEATER
The Un-Scripted Theater Company, “Fear” a full-length thriller, no two shows are the same, at 8 p.m. at La Val’s Subterranean, 1834 Euclid Ave. Tickets are $7-$10. 415-869-5384. www.unscripted.com
Dept. of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies presents “The Story of Susanna” by Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl, at 8 p.m. in Zellerbach Room 7. Admission is $7. 642-9925. jreil@uclink.berkeley.edu
Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, “Ain't Misbehavin’,” starring Vivian Jett from the original Broadway cast, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $29.50 - $50, and are available from 925-798-1300. www.juliamorgan.org
FILM
Heddy Honigmann: “Private” and “Good Husband, Dear Son” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Anne Garrels, introduces “Naked in Baghdad: The Iraq War as Seen by NPR correspondent Anne Garrels,” at 7:30 p.m. in the Large Assembly of First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way. Tickets are $5. Sponsored by Cody’s Books and The Graduate School of Journalism. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
END-dependence Spoken Word Tour, fundraiser for Rocky Boice, Jr., sponsored by MEXA/Centro Abya Yala Xicana/ Latino Agenda Office, at 8 p.m. 145 Dwinelle, UC Campus. $5-8 sliding scale. www.brownpride.
com/END-dependence
MUSIC AND DANCE
Prague Chamber Orchestra and The Eroica Trio at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $30-$52. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Trinity Chamber Concerts, from West to East, piano to didjeridu at 8 p.m. at Trinity Chapel, 2320 Dana St. Admission by donation, $12 general, $8 students, seniors, disabled. No one turned away. 549-3864.
Festival Antiqua, “The Black Dragon,” music from the Time of Vlad Dracula at 8 p.m. at the Parish Hall, St. Alban’s Church, 1501 Washington St., Albany. Tickets are $15 general and $12
students and seniors. 486-2803 or 524-7952. www.timrayborn.com/Festival
La Monica “The Amorous Lyre,” a performance featuring music by 17th century Italian Baroque masters such as Monteverdi, Castello, and Marini at 8 p.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft Way. Admission is $15, $9 for students and seniors. 323-547-4442.
Ani DiFranco at 7:30 p.m. at the Greek Theater. 642-0212.
The Slackers and Maxine perform Ska at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenez. Cost is $10 in advance, $12 at the door. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Kellye Gray, jazz singer, at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $12-$18. 845-5373. www.jazz-
school.com
Mood Food, The Saul Kaye band, and Tad Jordan perform at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $7. 841-2082.
www.starryploughpub.com
peAktimes, experimental dance, music and theater based on today’s news, at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Suggested donation $5-$10. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.org
Sylvia and the Silvertones at 9:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Bizar Bazaar improvise and jam at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
Monster Cock Rally perform free jazz at the 1923 Teahouse at 8 p.m. Donation of $7-$15, no one turned away. 644-2204. www.epicarts.org
Laurel Canyon Ramblers perform left coast bluegrass 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
Lovemakers, Boy Skout, Ned at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $5. 525-9926.
Seventy, original pop influenced by the Beatles, Joe Jackson, etc. at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. beckettsirishpub.com
SATURDAY, OCT. 25
“A Tale of Symbiosis” Brecht, Bacteria, and the Biosphere, see listing for Oct. 24.
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
“Diversity in Figures,” featuring Phoebe Ackley, Janet Bradlor, The Artist Hines, and Michael Sacramento at 8 p.m., with music at 9 p.m. at 4th Street Studio, 1717D 4th St. 527-0600.
THEATER
Dept. of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies presents “The Story of Susanna”
see listing for Oct. 24.
The Un-Scripted Theater Company, “Fear” see listing for Oct. 24.
Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, “Ain't Misbehavin’,” at 2 and 8 p.m. see listing for Oct. 24.
CHILDREN
Los Amiguitos de La Peña with Gary Lapow at 10:30 a.m. at La Peña. Cost is $4 for adults, $3 for children. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
FILM
New Latin American Cinema: “25 Watts” at 5 and 8:40 p.m. and “The Birthday” at 7 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Banned Books Week Join us for a community reading from “The Guinness Book of World Records,” from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Central Library Plaza, 2090 Kittredge St. 981-6100.
Rhythm and Muse with M.O.S.A.I.C., Eliza Shefler, Gael Alcock, Nicole Milner and Susan Newman at 7 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Center. 644-6893. www.berkeleyartcenter.org
Dan Rhodes and DBC Pierre read from their respective novels, “Timoleon Vieta Come Home” and “Vernon God Little” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Joel ben Izzy reads from “The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness,” at 7:30 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut St. 848-0237. www.brjcc.org
MUSIC AND DANCE
San Francisco Early Music Society presents Ensemble Mirable, Joanna Blendulf, cello; JungHae Kim, harpsichord; with guest artists Jay White, counter-
tenor; Katherine Kyme, violin; and Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin, at 8 p.m. at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave. Tickets are $25-22, $10 for students. 528-1725. www.sfems.org
Kensington Symphony, with Laurien Jones, guest conductor, performs Beethoven, Vivaldi and Franck at 8 p.m. at Northminster Presbyterian Church, 545 Ash-
bury Ave. El Cerrito. Suggested donation $10, seniors $8. 534-4334.
Conscious Fools, an evening of performance, poetry and fools, presented by Minoo Hamzavi at 8 p.m. in Western Sky Studio, 2525 Eighth St. Tickets are $10-$15, seniors and students $5. 848-4133.
Tom Rigney and Flambeau perform Cajun/Zydeco at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cajun dance lesson with Patti Whitehurst at 8:30 p.m. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Blues and Otherstuff, with Miss Faye Carol and The Off The Hook Band at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $15 and up, sliding scale. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
The Tiptons, Lemon Lime Lights, and Bill Holdens at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $8. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Hafez Modirzadeh, Persian-American saxophonist, at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $10-$15. 845-5373. www.jazz-
school.com
Sarah Manning, jazz saxophonist, at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Donations suggested.
649-8744. www.thejazz-
house.org
Divas Latinas, the music of passion with Viviana Guzman and Tianne Frias 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
Solo Oud Night with Tom Chandler and Eliot Bates at the 1923 Teahouse at 8 p.m. Suggested donation of $7. 644-2204. www.epicarts.org
Kellye Gray at 9:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Yaphet Kotto, Hot Cross, Lick Golden Sky, Anodyne, 30 Years Way at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $5. 525-9926.
Famous Last Words at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
Nicole McRory at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. becketts-
irishpub.com
SUNDAY, OCT. 26
“A Tale of Symbiosis” Brecht, Bacteria, and the Biosphere, see listing for Oct. 24.
Inspired by Chagall Artist and Arts Educator Nancy Katz opens her studio for play with assorted colorful materials. All, including creatively blocked adults, are welcome. From 1 to 4 p.m. at 2121 Bonar Street, #F, in the Strawberry Creek Design Center. 665-9496.
Workshop with Anna Halprin, “Honoring the Living, Honoring the Dead,” with teacher and dancer, Anna Halperin, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Live Oak Park Gym, 1301 Shattuck Ave., culminating in a performance with participants. Cost is $100. By reservation. 665-9496.
Berkeley Potters Guild Tour and Demonstration at 1 p.m. at the Potters Guild, 731 Jones St. at 4th. 524-7031.
CHILDREN
Caribbean Kids’ Show with Asheba from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $6 for adults, $4 for children. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
FILM
“Heavy in the Game,” a docu/film depicting the lure of the drug life in East Oakland, written, directed and produced by Goldie the Poet. At 7 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $5-$8. www.lapena.org
Fernando de Fuentes: From the Revolution to the Comedia Ranchera “Let’s Go With Pancho Villa!” at 5:30 p.m. and “Over on the Big Ranch” at 7:20 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
International Women’s Writing Guild Celebration, featuring D. H. Melhem reading from her new book “Conversation with a Stonesman” at 3 p.m. at Cody’s Books, 1730 Fourth St. 559-9500. www.codysbooks.com
Gene(sis): Contemporary Art Explores Human Genomics, Lecture with Paul Rabinow, professor of anthropology at 3 p.m. in the Museum Theater Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way. 642-0808. www.bampfa.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 Aliki Barnstone and Mark Turpin at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. Donation $2. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
University Symphony, under the direction of David Milnes, performs at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Auditorium. Cost is $2-$8. 642-9988.
California Revels at 2 p.m. at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Tickets are $10 general, $5 children, and are available from 925-798-1300. www.juliamorgan.org
Live Oak Concert Third Annual Harvest of Song at 8 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Center in Live Oak Park. Pre-concert dicussion at 7:15 p.m. Tickets are $8-$10. 644-6893. www.berkeleyartcenter.org
Music from Scotland, England and Beyond with Pete Morton at 7:30 p.m. Donation of $12 in advance, $15 at the door. For reservations and location email sally@greenberg.org
Marcelle Dronkers, soprano, and friends, in an afternoon of song and spoof from the world of opera and operetta, at 4 p.m. at The Crowden School, 1475 Rose St. Tickets are $12, children free. 559-2941. www.thecrowdenschool.org
Deaf Electric at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Sliding scale donation suggested. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.org
Freddy Clark and All Over the World at 7:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $10. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Tenores San Gavino performs traditional four voice Sardinian polyphony 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
Kenny Washington Quartet at 4:30 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $12-$18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
Americana Unplugged, with Jupiter Jam-Bo-Ree at 4 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
MONDAY, OCT. 27
READINGS AND LECTURES
Nell Freudenberger reads from her debut collection of stories, “Lucky Girls,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Poetry Express, theme night Things That Scare You, from 7 to 9:30 p.m., at Priya Restaurant, 2072 San Pablo Ave. berkeleypoetryexpress@yahoo.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
TUESDAY, OCT. 28
FILM
Alternative Visions: The Films of Hannes Schüpbach, with the filmmaker in person at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Berkeley Breathed on “Flawed Dogs: The Year-End Leftovers at the Piddletton ‘Last Chance’ Dog Pound” at 4 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. www.codysbooks.com
Don Lattin on “Following Our Bliss: How the Spiritual Ideals of the Sixties Shape Our Lives Today,” at 7:30 p.m. at First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way, entrance on Dana. Admission is free. Sponsored by Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Tom Bissell introduces Uzbekistan in ”Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Tim Cahill reads from world travel stories in “Hold the Enlightenment: More Travel, Less Bliss,” at 7:30 p.m. at Easy Going Bookstore, 1385 Shattuck Ave at Rose, 843-3533.
The Whole Note Poetry Series, with Selene Steese and open mic, at 7 p.m. at The Beanery, 2925 College Ave., near Ashby. 549-9093.
Poets Gone Wild with Maryanne Robinson reading from “Pieces Together” at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Landesjugendorchester of Rheinland-Pfalz, German youth orchestra, performs at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $20. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Band Concerts at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $4. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Dayna Stephens House Jam at The Jazz House. Donation $5. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com
Tracy Grammer 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
Mimi Fox, solo guitar, at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 29
FILM
Fernando de Fuentes: From the Revolution to the Comedia Ranchera, “La Zandunga” at 7 p.m. and “Jalisoc Sings in Seville” at 9:05 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Studs Terkel on “Keeping Faith in Difficult Times” at 8 p.m. at Wheeler Auditorium, UC Campus. Tickets are $12-$18, available from Cody’s 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Donna Nebenzahl and Nance Ackerman will show slides and discuss their new book “Womankind: Faces of Change Around the World,” at 7:30 p.m. at Boadecia's Books, 398 Colusa Avenue at Colusa Circle, Kensington. 559-9184. www.bookpride.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
MUSIC AND DANCE
Lunchtime Concert: Strings with Robert Howard, cello and Cary Ko, violin at noon at Berkeley Arts Festival Headquarters, 2110 Shattuck Ave. Free. 665-9496.
www.berkeleyartsfestival.com
Wednesday Noon Concert with Shaw Pong Liu, violin and Monica Chew, piano perform Ginastera and Prokofiev at the Chevron Auditorium at International House, corner of Bancroft and Piedmont Aves. Admission is free. 642-4864.
From the Cafetorium in Berkeley: Better Bad News Berkeley artist George Coates’ independent media project will be shown at 7 p.m. on BTV Channel 25. 665-9496.
www.berkeleyartsfestival.com
Manufacturing of Humidifiers Randy Proter, Ward Spangler, and Dan Plonsey in three solo performances, and then collectively as the Return of the Manu-
facturing of Humidifiers, at 8 p.m. at Berkeley Arts Festival Headquarters, 2110 Shattuck Ave. 665-9496. www.berkeleyartsfestival.com
Adrienne Torf, pianist and composer, performs in a benefit for Breast Cancer Action, 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
Band Concerts at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $4. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Edie Carey, singer/songwriter 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
Savant Guard, electro-acoustic jazz rock combo performs at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
Jules Broussard, Bing Nathan and Ned Boynton at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
THURSDAY, OCT. 30
FILM
Genetic Screenings: “Demon Seed” with filmmaker Greg Niemeyer in person, at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
“The Black Panthers (in Israel) Speak & Drowning by Bullets,” at 7 p.m. at 340 Stephens Hall, UC Campus. Sponsored by Middle Eastern Studies. 642-8208 cmes@uclink4.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Word Beat Reading Series at 7 p.m. with featured readers Monique Everhart and Jack Boulware, followed by an open mic, at Mediterraneum Caffe, 2475 Telegraph Ave., near Dwight Way. For information call 526-5985 or 205-1749.
Daniella Gioseffi introduces her revised “Women on War: An International Anthology of Writings from Antiquity to the Present,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852.
www.codysbooks.com
Bram Dijkstra speaks on “American Expressionism: Art and Social Change, 1920-1950,” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. www.codysbooks.com
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
MUSIC AND DANCE
Planet Grooves with DJ Omar at 10 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $6. 525-5054.
www.ashkenaz.com
Wake the Dead, Celtic music tribute to the Grateful Dead, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $18.50 in advance, $19.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Sarah Zaharako 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
Keni El Lebrijano, flamenco guitar, at 8 :30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.