Features

TUESDAY, NOV. 11 

EXHIBITION OPENINGS 

“Music to Your Eyes,” an exhibition of new paintings inspired by classical music, by Dean Hunsaker, at the Addison Street Windows Gallery. Exhibit runs to Dec. 10. Sponsored by the City of Berkeley’s Civic Arts Program. 981-7533. 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Paula Gunn Allen decribes a heroine from the Native American perspective in “Pocahontas: Medicine Woman, Spy, Entrepreneur,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com 

The Whole Note Poetry Series, with Julia Vinograd and Debra Grace Khattab at 7 p.m. at The Beanery, 2925 College Ave. 549-9093. 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Cesaria Evora, Cape Verdean chanteuse, at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $24-$48. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu 

Courtableu at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

Ken Waldman, Alaska’s fiddling poet, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $15.50 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 

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

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 12 

EXHIBITION OPENINGS 

“Chiapas- At the Edge of Light” with photographer Jutta Meier Wiedenbach at 7 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

FILM 

Standby: No Technical Difficulties, Program 2 at 7:30 p.m. Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa. 

berkeley.edu 

THEATER 

Senior Readers’ Theatre, “Changes and Challenges” written and produced by a Berkeley feminist group, at 1:15 p.m. at North Berkeley Senior Center, Hearst Ave. and MLK, Jr. Way. Free. 724-2779. 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

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

Ron George introduces his anthology of 26 stories, “The Kindness of Strangers,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com 

Harsha Ram introduces, “Imperial Sublime: A Russian Poetics of Empire” at 5:30 p.m. at University Press Books, 2430 Bancroft Way. 548-0585. 

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.starryploughpub.com 

Wang Ping will read from “The Magic Whip,” a collection of her poetry, at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Wednesday Noon Concert Voice Faculty Recital at the Chevron Auditorium at International House, corner of Bancroft and Piedmont Aves. Admission is free. 642-4864. 

Cesaria Evora, Cape Verdean chanteuse, at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $24-$48. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu 

NC Blue Connection at 9 p.m. with a West Coast Swing dance lesson with Nick and Shanna at 8 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

Terri Hendrix with Lloyd Maines, Grammy-winning “Texas square peg” at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $15.50 advance, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org 

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

Muchas Bluegracias, Belle Monroe and Her Brew Glass Boys, Ho’Down Quartet at 9 p.m. at Blakes On Telegraph. Cost is $5. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com 

Sam Bevan Trio 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. www.beckettsirishpub.com 

THURSDAY, NOV. 13 

THEATER 

Alchemy Works, “Where There’s a Wil(l), There’s a Play” a collection of short works by, or inspired by famous Wills, at 8 p.m. at the Julia Morgan Theater. Tickets are $10-$15 and are available from 925-798-1300. www.juliamorgan.org 

FILM 

Exhibiting Signs of Age, screening of “Aging in America: The Years Ahead” at 5:30 p.m. and Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival, “The Day I Will Never Forget” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Meredith Maran reads from her new book, “Dirty: A Search for Answers Inside America's Teenage Drug Epidemic,” in a benefit for Bay Area Community Resources at 7:30 p.m. at Diesel Bookstore, 5433 Colllege Ave. 653-9965.  

Gallery Talk: Ecuadorian Fiestas with Grace Johnson, curator of Latin American ethnography at the San Diego Museum of Man, at noon at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Kroeber Hall, Bancroft Way at College Ave. Free with museum admission. 643-7648.  

Exhibiting Signs of Age, Curator’s Talk with Beth Dungan at 12:15 p.m., Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

“Going Home to a Landscape: Writings by Filipinas,” with several of the contributors in person, at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com 

Word Beat Reading Series at 7 p.m. with featured readers Dorothy Jesse Beagle and Raymond Nat Turner, followed by an open mic, at Mediterraneum Caffe, 2475 Telegraph Ave., near Dwight Way. For information call 526-5985 or 205-1749.  

University Press Books Anniversary Party, with Gerald Nachman, author of “Seriously Funny: The Rebel Comedians of the 1950s and 1960s,” from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at 2430 Bancroft Way. 548-0585. 

Carol Bergman reads from “Another Day in Paradise: International Humanitarian Workers Tell Their Stories” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Tim Barsky and Everyday Ensemble, musical theater, 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 

Tin Hat Trio, chamber folk ensemble, 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 

Liberian Schools Benefit with Sia Amma at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $10-$20 sliding scale. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

Alfonso Maya, CD release concert, at 7:30 p.m., at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $7. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

Faraway Brothers and Bingo Band at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com 

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

Scott Hill performs modern jazz at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Sliding scale donation $7-$15. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com 

CV1 at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277. 

O’Dab at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790.  

www.beckettsirishpub.com 

FRIDAY, NOV. 14  

CHILDREN 

Rainbow Fish Storytime at 10:30 a.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861. 

THEATER 

UC’s Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies, “Getting Married,” by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Barbara Oliver, opens at 8 p.m. and runs through Nov. 23 at Durham Studio Theater. Tickets are $8-$14 and are available from TicketWeb 866-468-3399. www.ticketweb.com 

Alchemy Works, “Where There’s a Wil(l), There’s a Play” at 8 p.m. See listing for Nov. 13. 

Aurora Theater Company, “Lobby Hero” opens at 8 p.m. and runs to Dec. 21. Tickets are $28-$40. 2081 Addison St. 843-4822. www.auroratheatre.org 

Polly's Phat Phollies, A Musical of Generous Proportions, a singing and dancing play by well-know Fat Activist, Judy Freespirit, at 7:30 p.m., Hamilton Hall, 685 14th St. at Castro, Oakland. Tickets are $15-$50, sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds. Wheelchair accessible; no scents, please. 836-1153. 

FILM 

Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival, “Thunder in Guyana” at 7:30 p.m. at Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

“Children Underground,” a documentary about street children in Romania, at 8 p.m. at the Long Haul, a reading room, library and community center in South Berkeley located at 3124 Shattuck Ave. Wheelchair accessible. 540-0751. www.thelonghaul.org 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Berkeley High School Jazz Ensemble performs at 7:30 p.m. in the Little Theater, 1929 Allston Way. Tickets are $10 general, $5 students and are available at the door. www.berkeleyhighjazz.org 

In Love with the Violin, a concert by Donna Lerew, violin, and Skye Atman, piano, with narrative by actress Donna Davis, at 8 p.m. at First Unitarian Church of Berkeley, 1 Lawson Rd., Kensington. Tickets are $10-$15. 525-0302. 524-5203. 

The Suzanne Farrell Ballet performs an all-Balanchine program at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $26-$46 and are available from 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu 

The UC Jazz Fall Concert at 7 pm in Chevron Auditorium, International House. Tickets are $5-$10 and may be purchased at the door one hour before the show begins. http://ucjazz. 

berkeley.edu 

Tim Barsky and Everyday Ensemble, musical theater, 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 

Laetitia Sonami, composer, performer and sound installation artist will premiere “The Appearance of Silence,” at 8 p.m. at CNMAT, 1750 Arch St. Cost is $10 general and $5 students. www.cnmat.berkeley.edu 

Moh Alileche performs traditional Amazigh music from Algeria at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Sliding scale donation $10-$15. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com 

Noche de SKAtemoc, with Tokadiscos, La Plebe, Firme and La Banda Skalavera at 9 p.m., at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10 in advance, $12 at the door. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

Wadi Gad, Cosmo, DJ Sister Yasmin perform conscious roots reggae at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $12. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

20 Minute Loop, Bitesize, Ex-Boys Friends, at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $7.  

841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com 

Ned Boynton at 8:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810. 

Lost Weekend, western swing big band, 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 

Matt Berkeley Group at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277. 

Mood Food, Cosmic Mercy at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes On Telegraph. Cost is $8. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com 

Fabulous Disaster, Butcher & Smear, Pin Up Motel, Whore You 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. 

Doctor Masseuse at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790.  

www.beckettsirishpub.com 

SATURDAY, NOV. 15 

CHILDREN  

Los Amiguitos de La Peña with Magic Window Puppets, at 10:30 a.m. at La Peña. Cost is $4 for adults, $3 for children. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

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 

“The Long Walk to Freedom,” an interactive public art project highlighting the contribution of 28 civil rights activists opens at the African American Museum and Library, 659 Fourteenth St., Oakland, with a reception for honorees from 1 to 4 p.m. Exhibition runs Tue. - Sat. through Dec. 31, noon to 5:30 p.m. 486-2340. 

A New Leaf Gallery/ 

Sculpturesite “New Works” reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Exhibition runs to Dec. 15. Gallery hours are Wed. - Fri. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sat. - Sun. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 1286 Gilman St. 527-7621. www.sculpturesite.com 

Kirk Thompson, “Ordinary Nature: Recent Landscape Photography,” from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Photolab Gallery, 2235 Fifth St. Gallery hours are Mon. - Fri. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. 644-1400. 

THEATER 

Polly's Phat Phollies, A Musical of Generous Proportions, See listing for Nov. 14.  

Alchemy Works, “Where There’s a Wil(l), There’s a Play” at 8 p.m. See listing for Nov. 13. 

FILM 

7th Annual SF Latino Film Festival, “The Lost Reels of Pancho Villa,” plus shorts at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $7.50 in advance, $9 at the door. 849-2568. www.lapena.org For information on the Film Festival call 415-454-4039. www.latinofilmfestival.org  

A Short History of Polish Animation, Program 3 at 7 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Multicultural Children’s Picture Books, with readings by three authors, at 2 p.m. at Eastwind Books, 2066 University Ave. 548-2350. 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Trinity Chamber Concerts Farallon Brass Ensemble at 8 p.m. at Trinity Chapel, 2320 Dana St. Admission by donation, $12 general, $8 students, senoirs, disabled. No one turned away. 549-3864. 

San Francisco Early Music Society presents Classics of the Salon, what Mozart, Hayden and their friends played for each other, at 8 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way. Tickets are $22 for SFEMS members and Seniors, $25 for non-members, $10 for students. 528-1725. www.sfems.org 

St. Petersburg String Quartet, at 8 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way. Tickets are $42. Tickets for the previously scheduled Zehetmair Quartet concert will be honored at the door. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu 

The Suzanne Farrell Ballet performs an all-Balanchine program at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $26-$46 and are available from 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu 

Choreographers’ Performance Alliance, “Works in the Works” at 7:30 p.m. at Eighth Street Studio, 2525 Eighth St. Cost is $10. 644-1788, ext. 2. 

Tim Barsky and Everyday Ensemble, musical theater, at the 1923 Teahouse at 8 p.m. Suggested donation of $7-$15. 644-2204. www.epicarts.org 

Laetitia Sonami, composer, performer and sound installation artist will premiere “The Appearance of Silence,” at 8 p.m. at CNMAT, 1750 Arch St. Cost is $10 general and $5 students. www.cnmat.berkeley.edu 

Jinx Jones Trio at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277. 

Dave LeFebvre Quartet, new music and odd meters, at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $12-$18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com 

Roy Rogers and Norton Buffalo, harmonica and guitar duo, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $20.50 in advance, $21.50 at the door. 548-1761.  

www.freightandsalvage.org 

Amandla Poets, South African township jive, Jamaican reggae and American R&B at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

“Hola! Hands out to Latin America!” a concert by the Berkeley Music Cooperative Players at 3 p.m. at La Peña. Donations accepted to help music teachers in Latin America. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

Café de la Paz's 10th Anniversary and Flamenco Celebration featuring Yaelisa and Caminos Flamencos. Dinner show at 8 p.m., seating at 6 p.m. for $40-$47, or late show at 10 p.m. for $20-$27. Reservations encouraged. 843-0662. cafedelapaz.net 

Doni Harvey, blues singer and guitarist, performs at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Sliding scale donation $6-$15. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com 

Naked Barbies and The Jolenes at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $7. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com 

Stymie and the Pimp Jones Luv Orchestra, Thunderpussy at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes On Telegraph. Cost is $6. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com 

Marcos Silva at 8:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810. 

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

Bananas, I Farm, Stivs, Mermaid-Unicorn, Problem at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $5. 525-9926.