Arts & Events

"A NIGHT AT THE OPERA," -- Sept. 17. Martinez Opera Contra Costa -more-

GOLDEN GATE PARK MUSIC CONCOURSE -- -more-

ARTHAUS -- -more-

JULIA MORGAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS -- -more-

A GREAT GOOD PLACE FOR BOOKS -- -more-

BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE -- -more-

AMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATER -- -more-

"BAY AREA HEART GALLERY," -- Exhibit consists of -more-

AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM AND LIBRARY AT OAKLAND -- The -more-

ASIAN ART MUSEUM OF SAN FRANCISCO -- The Asian Art -more-

Kino's Lost Keaton release is perhaps misnamed. "Overlooked," "dismissed," or "neglected" might have been more accurate, for these films were never lost, but merely disregarded. -more-

I found a little jewel last Friday night. There is a small 67-seat theatre at 999 E. 14^thSt. in San Leandro called the California Conservatory Theatre of San Leandro. They touted themselves to be a professional theatre, but I doubted it from the looks of their website and the fact that you can’t buy a ticket online. But they lived up to their promise. If I had paid double the ticket price for The 25^th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee musical, I would have gone home happy. -more-

The last week to catch Inferno Theatre's unusual production of Galileo's Daughters, written, designed and directed by Giulio Perrone at the Berkeley City Club (review in last week's Planet). Thursday-Saturday, 8 p. m.; Sunday at 5. $12-$25, sliding scale. 698-4030; infernotheatre.org

TheatreFirst's Anton In Show Business, play about an ensemble of seven actresses rehearsing--and coming apart over--a production of Three Sisters, directed by the company's artistic director Michael Storm, is onstage at the Marion Greene Theater, 531-19th St., off Telegraph (and a block from 19th Street BART) on the north side of the old Fox Theater, uptown Oakland. Thursdays-Sundays through September 26. $15-$30. 436-5085; theatrefirst.com -more-

THE INEVITABLE examines Hillary Clinton’s failed bid for the presidency the most fascinating event during the 2008 presidential campaign. I believe the roots of Clinton’s failure were psychological. She began the campaign believing her nomination and election were certain and, therefore, lost touch with her primary intention. Once the bubble of inevitability burst, Clinton faced an external and internal crisis. She had to reorganize her political campaign and get her head straight. As Clinton struggled to get her political act together, warring instincts within her own personality battled on stage. By the time this conflict was resolved, Clinton had become the effective candidate many of us expected, but it was too late for her to overcome Obama’s delegate lead. -more-

D'ANN'S DANCE STUDIO -- -more-

CARMEN FLORES RECREATION CENTER -- -more-

"SUN SPHERES," -- "Sun Spheres'' is a trio of mosaic -more-

"CALIFORNIA COASTAL CLEANUP DAY," -- Sept. 25. Tens of thousands -more-

"12TH ANNUAL DELTA BLUES FESTIVAL," -- Sept. 18. Featuring EC -more-

"12TH ANNUAL DELTA BLUES FESTIVAL," -- Sept. 18. Featuring EC -more-

"ROCKRIDGE OUT AND ABOUT STREET FESTIVAL," -- Sept. 26. A street -more-

ARDENWOOD HISTORIC FARM -- Ardenwood farm is a working farm that -more-

The Berkeley Historical Society greets the fall with a flourish this coming weekend with back-to-back town / gown events. -more-

When I lived in the Southwest between ’66 and ’71, I attended a Ute sundance, many Pueblo Indian ceremonies and, when I worked on the To’Hajiilee reservation, many Navajo healing rites that few outsiders have ever seen. But I’d never been to a pow wow. The first pow wow I ever attended I also helped organize, on Berkeley Indigenous Peoples Day 1993. -more-

For those of you with a special spot in your heart for bats (not too many, I daresay), you should be pleased to hear of a September 21st meeting of the Berkeley Garden Club. On this occasion,the guest speaker will be Maggie Hooper of the California Bat Conservation Fund. -more-