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Arts Calendar

Friday December 05, 2003

FRIDAY, DEC. 5 

THEATER 

Berkeley High School, “You Can’t Take it With You,” by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, directed by Rachel Rudy, at 8 p.m. at the Florence Schwimley Little Theater. Tickets are $10, $5 with student i.d. 

Aurora Theatre Company, “The Play of Daniel” with Pacific Mozart Ensemble at 8 p.m. at St. Mark’s Church, 2300 Bancroft. Tickets are $22-$24. 843-4822. www.auroratheatre.org 

Maybeck High School, “Arcadia,” by Tom Stoppard, at 7 p.m. at Oakland Box Theater, 1928 Telegraph Ave. Oakland. Tickets are adults $15 in advance, $18 at the door, students $7 in advance, $10 at door. 841-8489.  

Oakland Opera Theater, “Four Saints in Three Acts,” an opera by Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein, at 8 p.m., at Oakland Metro, 201 Broadway, at 2nd St. Tickets are $15-$25 and are available from www.oaklandopera.org 

FILM 

Yasujiro Ozu: “An Inn at Tokyo” at 7:30 p.m. and “The Only Son” at 9:10 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Joe Sacco introduces his graphic novel, “The Fixer,” about war correspondents at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

California Bach Society, “Christmas Vespers” by Francisco Guerrero, at 8 p.m. at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave. Tickets are $12-$25. 415-262-0272 or tickets@calbach.org 

Sweet Honey in the Rock, female a cappella group, at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $22-$42. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu 

Berkeley Ballet Theater, “The Nutcracker,” at 7 p.m. at Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Tickets are $18 and are available from 843-4689. www.berkeleyballet.org 

Berkeley City Ballet, “The Nutcracker,” at 7 p.m. at Zellerbach Playhouse, UC Berkeley Campus. Tickets are $25. 642-9988 www.berkeleycityballet.org 

Moodswing Orchestra at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Swing dance lesson with Nick and Shanna at 8 p.m. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

Simon Stinger, Castles in Spain, Hazerfan at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $6. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com 

JP Orbit at the 1923 Teahouse at 8 p.m. Donation of $7-$15. 644-2204. www.epicarts.org 

Jucifer, Bottles and Skulls, Race Bannon at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $7. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com 

“A Context for Peace” an evening of new work from Bay Area musicians, authors and poets at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $13 in advance, $15 at the door. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

Crater performs modern jazz at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Sliding scale donation $10-$15. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com 

Collective Amnesia at 8:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810. 

Peter Case, roots music original, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $15.50 advance, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org 

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

Grand Unified Theory, Forget the Jonses, The Apples, The Silence, Static Thought at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $5. 525-9926. 

SATURDAY, DEC. 6 

CHILDREN  

Los Amiguitos de La Peña with Derique the High Tech Clown at 10:30 a.m. at La Peña. Cost is $4 for adults, $3 for children. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

EXHIBITION OPENINGS 

Barbara Bordnick, “Searchings: Secret Landscapes of Flowers” opens at the Pacific Center for Photographic Arts, with a lecture at 5 p.m. and reception at 6:30 p.m. 4221 Hollis St. at Park Ave., Emeryville. 

Margo Mercedes Rivera-Weiss, “La Frutería,” tropical fruit paintings, opens with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Exhibit runs until Jan. 4. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

THEATER 

Berkeley High School, “You Can’t Take it With You,” See listing for Dec. 5. 

Aurora Theatre Company, “The Play of Daniel” See listing for Dec. 5. 

Maybeck High School, “Arcadia,” by Tom Stoppard. See listing for Dec. 5.  

Oakland Opera Theater, “Four Saints in Three Acts,” at 8 p.m. See listing for Dec. 5. 

FILM 

Yasujiro Ozu: “What Did the Lady Forget?” at 3 and 7 p.m. and “The Brothers and Sisters of Today” at 4:35 and 8:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Terry Wolverton reads from “Embers: A Novel in Poems” at 7:30 p.m. at Boadecia’s Books, 398 Colusa Ave., Kensington. 559-9184. www.bookpride.com 

Yu Hua reads from his new book, “Chronicle of a Blood Merchant,” set during the early years of China’s Cultural Revolution, at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com 

California Writers’ Club hosts Joyce Jenkins, editor of “Poetry Flash” at 10 a.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-3635. 

Bay Area Poets Coalition holds an open reading from 3 to 5 p.m. at the South Branch Berkeley Public Library, 1901 Russell St. 527-9905. 

Tanya Holland introduces her new cookbook, “New Soul Cooking” at 3 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-3635. 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Berkeley Ballet Theater, “The Nutcracker,” at 2 and 7 p.m. at Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Tickets are $18 and are available from 843-4689. www.berkeleyballet.org 

Berkeley City Ballet, “The Nutcracker,” at 1 and 5 p.m. at Zellerbach Playhouse, UC Berkeley Campus. Tickets are $25. 642-9988 www.berkeleycityballet.org 

“Looking Through the Eyes of Love” Fund raising event presented by Connecting Through Dance, featuring visually impaired partner dancers, as well as Bay Area professionals at 7 p.m. at Lake Merritt Dance Center, 200 Grand Ave. Oakland. Tickets are $20.00 in advance, $25.00 at the door. 501-4713. www.connectingthroughdance.org 

Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra perform Handel’s “Messiah” at 8 p.m. at St. Joseph the Worker Church, 1640 Addison St. 964-0665. www.bcco.org 

“A Musical Night in Africa” with Kotoja, West African Highlife Band, New Life Band of Tanzania, Babá Okulolo and the Nigerian Brothers, at 8 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $16 in advance, $18 at the door. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

Blues Holiday Concert with Rev. Rabia, Bay Area blues- 

woman, at 8 p.m. at the Berkeley Public Library’s Reading Room, 2090 Kittredge. 981-6100. 

Yuko Maruyama, jazz pianist, in a benefit for Chez Panisse Foundation, at 1 p.m. at Yoshi's at Jack London Square, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland. Tickets are $15-$25. 843-3811.  

Jamie Davis sings music of the masters with an emphasis on romance at 8 p.m. at the Jazz- 

school. Cost is $12-$18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com 

“Isis: The Great Goddess” a multimedia event of music, spoken word and video at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

John Gorka, folk troubador, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $17.50 advance, $18.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org 

Sterling Highway, The Zachary Tree, Hazel at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $6. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com 

Original Intentions at the 1923 Teahouse at 8 p.m. Suggested donation of $7-$15. 644-2204. www.epicarts.org 

Brian Melvin at 8:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810. 

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

www.beckettsirishpub.com 

Yaphet Kotto, Erase Eratta, the Yellow Press, Burmese, Bottled O.G. at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $5. 525-9926. 

Adrian’s Music Salon featuring Lavender Grace and Teja Gerken, singer-songwriters at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Donations of $8-$15 suggested. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.org 

7th Direction and Pocket at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com 

SUNDAY, DEC. 7 

CHILDREN 

Gayle Schmidt and the Toodala Ramblers, bluegrass and old time music for children at 3 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $4-$6. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

THEATER 

Berkeley High School, “You Can’t Take it With You,” See listing for Dec. 5. 

Oakland Opera Theater, “Four Saints in Three Acts,” at 2 and 7 p.m. See listing for Dec. 5.  

FILM 

Yasujiro Ozu: “That Night’s Wife” at 5:30 p.m. and “Dragnet Girl” at 7 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

“To Be or Not To Be,” 1942 classic with Jack Benny at 2 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut St. $2. 848-0237. 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

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 Flash with Clayton Eshelman at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. Donation $2. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com  

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Cantare Chorale and Chamber Ensemble, “O Holy Night,” 115 voices accompanied by winds, brass and organ at 3 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, corner of 27th and Broadway, Oakland. Tickets are $5-$25. 925-798-1300. 

Handel’s “Messiah” Sing at 2:30 p.m., First Church of Christ Scientist, 2619 Dwight Way. Conducted by William Ludtke with organist Lynn Finegan and soloists. Donations benefit Building Restoration Fund. fccsb@mindspring.com 

Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra perform Handel’s “Messiah” at 4 p.m. at St. Joseph the Worker Church, 1640 Addison St. 964-0665. www.bcco.org 

Mimosas and Music, a recital of 17th century German, Italian and French music at 11 a.m. at Giorgi Gallery, 2911 Claremont Ave. $15 donation. 848-1228. www.giorgigallery.com 

“Winter Songs with Kitka,” women’s vocal ensemble performs seasonal music from Eastern Europe at 7 p.m. at Lake Merritt United Methodist Church, 1330 Lakeshore Ave. Oakland. Tickets are $15-$20. 444-0323. www.kitka.org  

Berkeley Ballet Theater, “The Nutcracker,” at 2 p.m. at Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Tickets are $18 and are available from 843-4689. www.berkeleyballet.org 

Berkeley City Ballet, “The Nutcracker,” at 1 and 5 p.m. at Zellerbach Playhouse, UC Berkeley Campus. Tickets are $25. 642-9988 www.berkeleycityballet.org 

Rose Street Art Meets Rose Street Music with a concert by Irina Rivkin and Maria Quiles at 6 p.m. at Boadecia’s Books, 398 Colusa Ave., Kensington. Suggested donation $5-$10. 559-9184. www.bookpride.com 

Flamenco Open Stage at 7:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

The Cottars, youthful Celtic roots, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $15.50 in advance, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org 

Eid-Ul-Fitr, Islamic Cultural Celebration, marking the end of Ramadan with music, poems and stories, at 3 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

San Francisco Saxophone Quartet performs works of Mozart, Brubeck and others at 4:30 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $12-$18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com 

ACME Observatory Contemporary Performance Series Fluxus Concert featuring Bibiana Padillo Maltos at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Sliding scale donation $0-$20. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com 

Total Fury, Harto, Deadfall, Cross the Line at 5 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $5. 525-9926. 

Sol Rebelz and Occupied Thought perform Hip Hop at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $5. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com 

MONDAY, DEC. 8 

THEATER 

Shotgun Theatre Lab, “Heavy Days,” a collaborative ensemble piece about four women who resist and succumb to the allure of madness, at 8 p.m. at La Val’s Subterranean, 1834 Euclid, at Hearst. Cost is $10. 704-8210. www.shotgunplayers.org 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Poetry Express, featuring Garrett Murphy, from 7 to 9:30 p.m., at Priya Restaurant, 2072 San Pablo Ave. berkeleypoetryexpress@yahoo.com 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Sonos Handbell Ensemble, “Sounds of the Season,” under the direction of James Meredith, at 8 p.m at Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek. Tickets are $14-$19 available from 925-943-7469. 

Jazzschool Student Recitals from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Free. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com 

Steve Gannon Band and Mz. Dee at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $4. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com 

TUESDAY, DEC. 9 

THEATER 

Shotgun Theatre Lab, “Heavy Days,” See listing for Dec. 8.  

FILM 

Yasujiro Ozu: “The Lady and the Beard” at 7:30 p.m. and “Tokyo Chorus” at 8:35 p.m.at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Courtableu at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cajun dance lesson with Patti Whitehurst at 8 p.m. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

Hanson Brothers, The Rotters at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $10. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com 

Jazzschool Student Recitals from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Free. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com 

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

www.thejazzhouse.com 

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

Jeffrey Foucault, original acoustic 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 

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10 

EXHIBITION OPENINGS 

The Garden, an exhibit on the theme of Mahayan Buddhism with objects dating from 200 B.C.E. to 2002. Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way. 643-6494. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu  

THEATER 

A Little Puppet Show, with Music, puppetry by Wise Fool and Il Teatro Calamari, music by Mark Growden. Doors at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m. at the Oakland Noodle Factory, 1255 26th St., corner of Union, West Oakland. Tickets are $5-$10 sliding scale, children $3. 415-905-5958.  

FILM 

Cuban Film: “Paradise Under the Stars” at 7 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $8-15, benefit for Pastors for Peace. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

Standby: No Technical Difficulties: Program 5 at 7:30 p.m. Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

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 

“Images of Mary in Art: Our Lady of Guadalupe” with Katie Osanga, doctoral candidate at the GTU, at 7:30 p.m. at All Souls Episcopal Church, 2220 Cedar St. 848-1755. 

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 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Tallis Scholars, Renaissance sacred vocal music, at 8 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way. Tickets are $42. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu 

Ragas and Talas, classical Indian music open jam at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Donation $5. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com 

Jazzschool Student Recitals from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Jazz- 

school. Free. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com 

NC Blues Connection at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. West Coast swing lesson with Nick & Shanna at 8:00 p.m. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

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

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

Brian Wallace at 9 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.