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Arts Calendar
FRIDAY, DEC. 19
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
ACCI Gallery, “Peace on Earth” Ornament show reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Show runs to Jan 3. Mon. - Thurs. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Fri. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sat. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 1652 Shattuck Ave. 843-2527.
www.accigallery.com
THEATER
“The Christmas Revels” at the Scottish Rite Theatre, 1547 Lakeside Drive, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $17-$35 and are available from www.calrevels.org or by calling Frantix at 415-621-1216.
Shotgun Players, “The Death of Meyerhold,” through Dec. 28 at the Live Oak Theater, 1301 Shattuck Ave. Thurs.-Sat. performances at 8 p.m. and Sun. at 7 p.m. 704-8210. www.shotgunplayers.org
Shotgun Theatre Lab, “Heavy Days,” a collaborative ensemble piece at 8 p.m. at La Val’s Subterranean, 1834 Euclid, at Hearst. Cost is $10. 704-8210. www.shotgunplayers.org
FILM
Yasujiro Ozu: “Tokyo Twilight” at 7 p.m. and “The Munekata Sisters” at 9:40 p.m.at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
MUSIC AND DANCE
BHS Jazz Lab Band Winter Concert at 7:30 pm at Florence Schwimley Little Theatre. $5 for students/seniors/BHS staff and $10 general admission.
SONiA of Disappear Fear at 8 p.m. at Rose Street House of Music, a house concert and grassroots musical community featuring women singer/songwriters. 594-4000 ext. 687. www.rosestreetmusic.com
Women's Antique Vocal Ensemble presents a concert of Christmas music at 8 p.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft Way. Admission is $5-$10. 233-1479.
Let’s Go Bowling, Aggrolites, Soul Captives at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $8. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Palenque performs Cuban Son at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Avotcja and Modupue, perfrom Afro-Asian jazz at 8 p.m. at La Peña. Cost is $12. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Dynamic, Freeway Planet and Bambu at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $6.
848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Eggplant Casino performs lounge, tango, polka at the 1923 Teahouse at 8 p.m. Suggested donation of $7-$10. 644-2204. www.epicarts.org
Hot Buttered Rum String Band performs high altitude bluegrass at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $15.50 in advance, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Julie Kelly at 8:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Brainoil, Street Trash, Slit Wrists, Bury the Living, Friday Night Youth Service 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.
Millicent Wood, jazz vocalist performs a Christmas Celebration at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Donation of $10 requested. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com
Anton Schwartz, saxophonist, at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Tickets are $12-$18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
Syncrosystem at 9 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
Jazz Mine from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Il Porcino Restaurant, 1403 Solano Ave. 528-1237.
Seventy at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. www.beckettsirishpub.com
SATURDAY, DEC. 20
CHILDREN
Los Amiguitos de La Peña with Betsy Rose at 10:30 a.m. at La Peña. Cost is $4 for adults, $3 for children. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
“Dimensions in Fiber” at the Assison Street Windows Gallery, with textile works by George-Ann Bowers, Nina Jacobs, Beth Shipley and Andrea Tucker-Hody. Reception for the artists at 6:30 p.m., 2018 Addison St., between Shattuck and Milvia. 981-7533.
THEATER
“The Christmas Revels” See listing for Dec. 19.
FILM
Ysaujiro Ozu: “Good Morning” at 2 and 7 p.m. and “Late Autumn” at 4 and 8:55 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Geoffrey Blum, author of new adventures involving the classic Disney character, Uncle Scrooge, at 2 p.m. at Dr Comics and Mr Games, 4014 Piedmont Ave., Oakland. 601-7800. And at 3 p.m. at Eastwind Books, 2066 University Ave. 548-2350.
MUSIC AND DANCE
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
Bart Davenport, Thom & Nedelle, Dave Gleason, Snowpark& Sam Keener in concert at 9 p.m. at the Oakland Metro, 201 Broadway at 2nd St., Oakland. Tickets are $7. 763-1146. www.oaklandmetro.org
Jackeline Rago and the Venezuelan Music Project at 8:30 p.m., at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $12 in advance, $14 at the door. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Mikey Dread, performs reggae at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $16 in advance, $18 at the door. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
My Hero, Research and Development, at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Tom Rush, legendary folk singer, 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
Holiday Bluegrass Celebration with David Thom and Homespun Row at 4 p.m. at The Jazz House. Donation $8-15, sliding scale. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.com
Angel of Thorns, Hidden Tracks and Truckasaurus Sex at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $5. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Cuarteto Sonando performs Latin 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.epicarts.org
Monkey Knife Fight at 9 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
Sylvia and the Silvertones at 8:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Plan 9, Tabaltix, Ashtray, Live Ammo, Brutal Death at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $5. 525-9926.
SUNDAY, DEC. 21
THEATER
“The Christmas Revels” See listing for Dec. 19.
FILM
Yasujiro Ozu: “Floating Weeds” at 2:30 and 7:35 p.m. and “The End of Summer” at at 5:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
MUSIC AND DANCE
Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at 4:30 p.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft Way. Donations requested. 845-0888.
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, with violinist Andrew Manze, in an all-Bach Christmas programat 7:30 p.m. at the First Congragational Church, 2345 Channing Way. Tickets are $29-$60 and are available from 415-392-4400. www.philharmonia.org
ACME Observatory Contem-
porary Performance Series presents EKG, the duo of Kyle Bruckmann and Ernst Karel, and the Matt Volla ensemble at 8:15 p.m. at The Jazz House. Admission is free, donations accepted. 649-8744. http://music.acme.com
Winter Solstice Ritual with Caroline Casey, KPFA host at 8 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $20. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Oka Road, The Latrells, and Melissa Rapp Band at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $3. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Laurie Lewis’ Holiday Revue and Freight Fundraiser at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $15.50 in advance, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761 www.freightandsalvage.org
MONDAY, DEC. 22
CHILDREN
“Wind in the Willows” performed by the The Oakland Public Theater at 2 p.m. in the Community Room of the Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge. Sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library. 981-6223.
MUSIC
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. 23
MUSIC AND DANCE
Mimi Fox, solo guitar, at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 24
MUSIC AND DANCE
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.
THURSDAY, DEC. 25
MUSIC AND DANCE
10th Annual Dykelah Escape-from-you-know-what-day Musical Extravaganza, benefit for Shalom Bayit (Jewish women working to end domestic violence) concert & potluck, featuring Cofi Kwango, the Rivkin Twins, Eileen Hazel, Helen Chaya, Lia Rose, at 4 p.m. at Rose Street House of Music. For information and location call 594-4000 ext. 687. www.rosestreetmusic.com
Jerry Christmas, Grateful Dead DJ Night with Digital Dave at 10 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $6. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Keni El Lebrijano, flamenco guitar, at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
FRIDAY, DEC. 26
CHILDREN
Drumming with Nigerian Masters, Rasaki Aladokun and Olusola Adeyemi, at noon and 1:30 p.m. at Lawrence Hall of Science, Centennial Drive. Cost is $4.50 to $8.50. 642-5132.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Caribbean Allstars and Pan Extasy at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenez. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
ELMNOP and FourOneFunk at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $7. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Frank Johnson at 8:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Blowout Trio at 9 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
Sterling Dervish at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. www.beckettsirishpub.com
SATURDAY, DEC. 27
MUSIC AND DANCE
Surco Nuevo performs salsa at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Through Walls, Thriving Ivory, Drive Line at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $6. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
World Beat Celebration with Neal Cronin, Joyce Wermont, and Vlad Ulyashin perform acoustic rhythmic/harmonic sounds of the Middle East, and Rap, Tuvan harmonic singing, at 7 p.m. at A Cuppa Tea, 3200 College Ave., corner of Alcatraz. 654-1904.
Hobo Jungle, 7th Direction at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Kammen and Swan at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $15.50 in advance, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Reggae Party with Irie Productions at the 1923 Teahouse at 8 p.m. Suggested donation of $7-$15. 644-2204. www.epicarts.org
Nicole McRory at 9:30 p.m. at Beckett’s Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Ave. 647-1790. www.beckettsirishpub.com
Spencer Day at 8:30 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
The Phenomenauts, The Soviettes, The Stellas, No Apologies Project, The Skyflakes at 924 Gilman St., an all-ages, member-run, no alcohol, no drugs, no violence club. Cost is $5. 525-9926.
Blue and Tan at 9 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
