Features

TUESDAY, OCT. 12 

FILM 

Experimental Works from Bay Area Schools at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Karen Eng, editor, discusses “Secrets and Confidences: The Complicated Truth About Women’s Friendships” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com 

Mark Satin describes “The Radical Middle: A New Politics of Our Time” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com 

The Whole Note Poetry Series, with Paradise at 7 p.m. at The Beanery, 2925 College Ave., near Ashby. 549-9093. 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Branford Marsalis Quartet at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $24-$46 available from 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu 

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

Peter Barshay & Marcos Silva at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810. 

Jazz House Jam at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Donation $5. www.thejazzhouse.com 

Roberta Gambarini at 8 and 10 p.m. Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $8-$12. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com 

Jazzschool Tuesdays, a weekly showcase of up-and-coming ensembles from Berkeley Jazzschool at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277. 

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 13 

FILM 

Fiercely Primitive: Guy Maddin “Leave Her to Heaven” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

“Political Art in California” with Peter Selz at 7 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut St. 644-6893. www.berkeleyartcenter.org 

George Lakoff discusses his new book, “Don’t Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate – The Essential Guide for Progressives” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com 

Cafe Poetry at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

Berkeley Poetry Slam at 8:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5-$7. 841-2082 www.starryplough.com 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Jerry Kuderna, piano concert at noon at 2324 Shattuck Ave. Free. www.berkeleyartsfestival.com 

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

Nuba with Dror Sinai at 8 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $10. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

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

Kaki King, guitar, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $17.50-$18.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org 

Improvised Composition Experiment open jam session at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Cost is $5. www.thejazzhouse.org 

Mel Martin & The Tenor Conclave at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $10-$16. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com 

THURSDAY, OCT. 14 

EXHIBTION OPENINGS 

“Threshold: Byron Kim” Guided tour at 12:15 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. at Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

“Transparent Story” Reception for Midori Harima, recipient of the 2004 Kala Board Prize, at 6 p.m. at Kala Art Institute, 1060 Heinz Ave. Exhibition runs to Nov. 27. Gallery hours are Tues.-Fri. noon to 5:30 p.m., Sat. noon to 4:30 p.m. 549-2977. www.kala.org 

FILM 

Documentary Voices: “A Narmada Diary” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

“Hysteria” a film by Antero Alli at 9 p.m. at Endocrine Company Warehouse, 278 Fourth St., Oakland. Cost is $5-$10. www.verticalpool.com/hysteria. 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Michael Parenti on “Superpatriotism” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com 

Han Ong reads from his novel “The Disinherited” at 5 p.m. at IEAS Conference Room, 2223 Fulton St. http://ieas.berkeley.edu 

Joy Hakim introduces “The Story of Science” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com 

Sayre Van Young introduces “London’s War: A Traveler’s Guide to World War II” at 7:30 p.m. at Easy Going Travel Bookstore, 1385 Shattuck Ave. 843-3533. 

“Reclaiming Zimbabwe: The Exhaustion of the Patriarchal Model of Liberation” with Prof. Horace Campbell, Syracuse Univ., at 6 p.m. at Alekebulan Bookstore, 1757 Alcatraz, Oakland. 595-7918. 

End-Dependence Collective “Our Voices are End-Dependent” at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $7-$10. 849-2568. www.lapena.org  

Word Beat Reading Series at 7 p.m. with featured readers Joe Donohoe and Lenore Weiss at Mediterraneum Caffe, 2475 Telegraph Ave. 526-5985.  

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Get the Lead Out Benefit concert for Melissa Crabtree at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $17.50-$18.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org 

ThaMuseMeant, Baby Gramps, Wavy Gravy at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $10. 841-2082. www.starryplough.com 

Brian Kane at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810. 

Peter Brotzmann, Michael Wertmueller, and Marino Pliakas at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Cost is $8-$15 sliding scale. www.thejazzhouse.com 

David Sanchez Quintet at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square, through Sun. Cost is $16-$22. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com 

FRIDAY, OCT. 15 

CHILDREN 

Mo Willems introduces “Knuffle Bunny” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. 559-9500. www.codysbooks.com 

EXHIBITION OPENINGS 

“Objects and Representations of Balinese Religion and Culture” opens at the GTU, Flora Lamson Hewlett Library, 2400 Ridge Rd. and runs through Jan. 15. 649-2541. www.gtu.edu/library 

FILM 

Berkeley Video & Film Festival Awards and premieres at 7:30 p.m. at Wheeler Auditorium, UC Campus. Tickets are $6-$8. 843-3699. www.berkeley- 

videofilmfest.org 

Fiercely Primitive: Guy Maddin “Archangel” at 7:30 p.m. and “The Road to Glory” at 9:20 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

THEATER 

Acme Players Ensemble, “Ghost in the Machine” Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m., call for Sun. times., through Nov. 7, at APE Space, 2525 Eighth St. Suggested donation $5-$20. 332-1931. 

Aurora Theatre Company, “The Persians” runs through Oct. 17. Tickets are $28-$45. 843-4822. www.auroratheatre.org 

“Aya de León is Running for President” at 8 p.m. at La Peña. Tickets are $8-$10. 273-2473. www.ayadeleon.com 

Berkeley Rep, “The Secret in the Wings” at the Roda Theater, 2015 Addison St. until Oct. 17. Tickets are $10-$55. 647-2949. www.berkeleyrep.org 

Magical Acts Ritual Theater, “Heretics, Harlots and Heroes,” at Belladonna, 2436 Sacramento St. Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun at 2 p.m. through Oct. 23. Tickets are $16-$26. 883-0600. www.belladonna.ws 

Shakespeare in the Yard, “Notes From William, III” Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 4 p.m. at Sister Thea Memorial Theater, 920 Peralta St. West Oakland, through Oct. 17. Tickets are $5-$20. 208-5651 

TheatreFirst “Joe Egg” at 8 p.m. at Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Blvd. Through Oct. 17. Tickets are $22. 436-5085. 

Un-Scripted Theater Company, “Fear,” a full-length improvised horror story, Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m. at La Val’s Subterranean, 1834 Euclid Ave. through Oct. 30. Tickets are $7-$12. 869-5384. www.un-scripted.com 

Woman’s Will, “Lord of the Flies” Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 3 p.m., at Eighth Street Studios, 2525 Eighth St., through Oct. 24. Free, donations encouraged. 420-0813. www.womanswill.org 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

M. Steven Shackley, editor, “The Early Ethnography of the Kumeyaay” at 4 p.m. at at Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology, UC Campus, Bancroft at College. 643-7648.  

Justin Frank, clinical professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, George Washington Univ., looks at “Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President” at 12:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com  

Maxina Ventura at 7:30 p.m. at the Fellowship Café, Fellowship Hall, Cedar and Bonita. 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Soli Deo Gloria “Spiritual Journeys” a concert of American music featuring spiritual, gospel and classical sacred works at 7:30 p.m. at Zion Lutheran, 5201 Park Blvd., Piedmont. Tickets are $15-$20. 415-982-7341. www.sdgloria.org 

“Disaster Series–The Continuation” by Joe Goode, Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Playhouse. Tickets are $8-$14. http://theater.berkeley.edu 

Wayne Wallace Quintet, a concert of Afro-Cuban music at 8 p.m. at the Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge St. 981-6100. www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org 

Dick Hindman Trio at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $12-$18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com 

The Cosmosamatics, featuring Sonny Simmons and Michael Marcus at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Cost is $8-$15. www.thejazzhouse.com 

Palenque at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Salsa dance lesson with Wendy Ellen Cochran at 8:30 p.m. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

David Mallet at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $16.50-$17.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org 

DJ & Brook, jazz trio, at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344. www.nomadcafe.net 

Jello Biafra, Daphne Gottleib, Meliza Banales, in a punk rock and spoken word benefit for Jesse Townley, at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $7. 841-2082. www.starryplough.com 

Plan 9, The Deep Eynde, S.M.D. at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $6. 525-9926. 

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

Stiletta, Top Brown, Chow Nasty, Secret Synthi at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $7. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com 

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

SATURDAY, OCT. 16 

CHILDREN 

Los Amiguitos de La Peña with Princess Moxie Puppet Show at 10:30 a.m. at La Peña. Cost is $3-$4. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

EXHIBITION OPENINGS 

Mary Spivey, “Watercolors” Reception at 5:30 p.m. at Giorgi Gallery, 2911 Claremont Ave. at Ashby. Exhibition runs through Oct. 31. 604-1473. 

Worth Ryder Art Gallery First Year Graduate Exhibition Reception at noon at Worth Ryder Gallery, 116 Kroeber Hall, UC Campus. 642-2582. 

“Landscape” local landscape painters. Reception at 7 p.m. at Fourth Street Studio. 527-0600. 

FILM 

Berkeley Video & Film Festival Sat. and Sun. from 1 p.m. to midnight at Wheeler Auditorium, UC Campus. Tickets are $5-$8. 843-3699. www.berkeleyvideofilmfest.org 

Fiercely Primitive: Guy Maddin “Twilight of the Ice Nymphs” at 7 p.m. and “Cowards Bend the Knee” at 8:50 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

THEATER 

Central Works, “A Step Away” Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 5 p.m. at the Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave. Through Nov. 21. Tickets are $8-$20. 558-1381. 

“Aya de León is Running for President” at 8 p.m. at Jahva House, 1428 Alice St., Oakland. Tickets are $7. 273-2473. www.ayadeleon.com 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Thea Bellos talks about the photographs in “¡Cuba Viva!” and the Bush Administration restrictions at 2 p.m. at the Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge St. 981-6100. www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org 

Gish Jen introduces her new novel “The Love Wife” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com 

“Literature and Love” with Diana Paxson at California Writers Club, at 10 a.m. at Barnes & Noble, Jack London Square, Oakland. No charge. www.berkeleywritersclub.org 

“Exploring Inner and Outer Landscapes,” a slide show and lecture by Stephen Altschuler, featuring his nature photography of the Point Reyes National Seashore, at 7:30 p.m. at the Berkeley Psychic Institute, 2018 Allston Way. Cost is $10. 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Trinity Chamber Concert with Amy Brodo, Paul Rhodes baroque cello and gamba, Katherine Heater, harpsichord, at 8 p.m. at Trinity Chapel, 2320 Dana St. Tickets are $8-$12. 549-3864. www.TrinityChamberConcerts.com 

Chava Albertstein at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $22-$38.642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu 

Barry and Alice Oliver, folk, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $16.50-$17.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org 

Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Tour at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $16-$18. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

SoVoSó at 8 p.m. at the Jazzchool. Cost is $15-$18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com 

West African HighLife Band at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. African dance lesson with Comfort Mensah at 9 p.m. Cost is $11-$13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

The Wayward Monks, jam rock jazz, at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Cost is $6-$15. www.thejazzhouse.org 

Michael Zilber Quartet at 9 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.  

J-Soul at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344. www.nomadcafe.net 

86 The Band, Bermuda Triangle Service, Wensler Willgain at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $6. 841-2082. www.starryplough.com 

Poor Bailey, Three Hours Old, Fine by Me, Fat Kid Running at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $8-$10. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com 

Animosity, Reflux, Botox Aftermath, The Clones, The Vice at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $6. 525-9926. 

SUNDAY, OCT. 17 

FILM 

Fiercely Primitive: Guy Maddin “Seventh Heaven” at 5:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

“Yossi and Jaeger” about two male soldiers in the Israeli army who fall in love, at 2 p.m. at the BRJCC, 1414 Walnut St. Donation $5. 848-0237. www.brjcc.org 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

“Threshold: Byron Kim” Guided tour at 2 p.m. and panel discussion at 3 p.m. at Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

Poetry Flash with Julia B. Levine and Sarah Maclay at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. Donation $2. 845-7852.  

International Women’s Writing Guild readings at 3 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. 559-9500. www.codysbooks.com 

Gary Paul Nabhan explains “Why Some Like it Hot: Foods, Genes and Cultural Diversity” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Spice of Life Festival with the Berkeley High School Jazz Combo at 11 a.m., Maria Marquez at noon, Wil Blades Organ Trio at 1:30 p.m. Misturada at 3 p.m. and Jazzschool Big Band at 4:30 p.m. at Cedar and Shattuck.  

Organ Recital with David R. Hunsberger playing ten chorale preludes by J.S. Bach at 4 p.m. at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave. Donations accepted.  

Live Oak Concert John Lutterman performs and discusses J. S. Bach’s Six Suites for Solo Cello at 7:30 p.m. at the Berkeley Arts Center, 1275 Walnut St. 644-6893. www.berkeleyartcenter.org 

Ancient European Folk Songs performed by Lily Storm, Tim Rayborn, Shira Kammen at 7:30 p.m. at Parish Hall, St. Alban's Church, 1501 Washington St., Albany. Tickets are $12-$15.  

Brentano String Quartet at 3 p.m. at Hertz Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $38. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu 

Music, Dance and Ritual of Kerala, India at 7 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $22-$42. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu 

“Imagining a Map of the World” solo dance performance by Evangel King at 11 a.m. at 1374 Francisco St. Donation $7-$15. 841-9441. 

“Disaster Series–The Continuation” by Joe Goode at 2 p.m. at Zellerbach Playhouse. Tickets are $8-$14. http://theater.berkeley.edu 

Archiglas Acapella Choral Ensemble from St. Petersberg Russia at 7:30 p.m. at Julia Morgan. Tickets are $12-$20 at the door. www.juliamorgan.org 

California Friends of French Lousiana Music at 2 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $5-$8. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

Austin Lounge Lizards at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $18.50-$19.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org 

Acoustic Ace of Spades at 1 p.m. at MamaBuzz Cafe, 2318 Telegraph Ave. 289-2272. 

Americana Unplugged: The Squirrelly String Band at 5 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277. 

Blame it on the Sex, Music Box Serial Killer at 8 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $6. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com?