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Tuesday, May 2
The American Tapestry
7:30 p.m.
Fine Arts Cinema, 2451 Shattuck Ave.
Directed by Gregory Nava, El Norte Productions, with original score by composer John Adams, this film traces the lives through the generations of immigrant families, from Poland, China, Africa, Ireland and Mexico. $8.
Bus No. 65
First Stage Children’s Theater
7:30 p.m.
Julia Morgan Theater, 2646 College Ave. $4.
Bus No. 51
Wednesday, May 3
New Music at UC Berkeley
Noon
Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley Campus
Work by graduate student composers.
Buses No. 7, 51, 64
Carefree, Carfree Tour to MusicSources
1:30 p.m.
Meet at Festival Gallery, 2216 Shattuck Ave.
A tour/demonstration by founder Laurette Goldberg of the early music resource center.
Lecture/demonstration by German composer Georg Graewe
2 p.m.
UC Center for New Music & Audio Technologies (CNMAT), 1750 Arch St. Free.
Buses No. 8, 65
Youth Arts Festival
3 p.m.
Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut St.
Youth Jamboree! Led by Greg Gomez, two school bands run the gamut from cool chamber music to hot jazz. Free.
Poetry Flash at Cody’s
7:30 p.m.
2454 Telegraph Ave.
D. Nurske, Norman Fischer.
Bus No. 40
Thursday, May 4
Jazzschool BART Plaza Concert
Noon
The Advanced Jazz Workshop, under the direction of Mike Zilber, will perform. Sponsored by
Downtown Berkeley Association, Amoeba Music, BART, Berkeley Daily Planet.
UC Students Poetry Reading
12:10-12:50 p.m.
Morrison Room, Doe Library, UC Campus. Free.
Buses No. 7, 51, 64
Youth Arts Festival
7 p.m.
Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut St.
Poetry with Rita Davies & Katie Johnson Oxford Elementary School students read their original poems. Free.
Friday, May 5
Carefree Carfree Tour to KALA Art Institute
1:30 p.m.
Meet at Festival Gallery, 2216 Shattuck Ave.
Mr. Zhao, Lu Yue (China, 1998; Bay Area Premiere)
7:30 & 9:30 p.m.
Pacific Film Archive, 2575 Bancroft Way
Buses No. 7, 51, 64
The Sounds of Berkeley: A Vibrating Experience
8 p.m.
Festival Gallery, 2216 Shattuck Ave.
Helen Holt, Sherry Burke, Debra Dooling-Sherman, Dress, Aidan McIntyre, Art Peterson, Waldir Sachs, Robert Sherman, Steven Strauss, John Zalabak. $5, FOF (Friends of Festival) free.
Marcus Shelby Orchestra, big band, Ellington-inspired jazz
8:30 p.m.
La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave. $10, FOF $8.
Bus No. 43
Saturday, May 6
Cinco de Mayo Celebration, a family sing-along
11:30 a.m.
Habitot Children’s Museum, 2230 Shattuck Ave. Children $6, Adults $3, FOF $5 & $2.
Downtown Music Circus
1-5 p.m.
Hundreds of musicians of every tradition will gather on Shattuck Avenue between University Avenue and Haste Street, playing from streetside, stores, balconies, cafés, and a piano situated on the divider at Center St. You, too, can bring an instrument and join in the fun. Sponsored by the Downtown Berkeley Association and Amoeba Music.
For Fun, Ning Ying (China/Hong Kong, 1995)
7 p.m.
On the Beat, Ning Ying (China, 1995)
9 p.m.
Pacific Film Archive, 2575 Bancroft Way
Bus No. 7, 51, 64
Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra
8 p.m.
St. Joseph the Worker Church, 1640 Addison St.
Bach, B Minor Mass. Free.
Bus No. 51
Liam Ensemble: Traditional Persian Music
8 p.m.
Julia Morgan Theater, 2646 College Ave. $25.
Bus No. 51
Celebration of Spring: A Benefit for the Crowden School
8 p.m.
St. John’s Church, 2727 College Ave.
Turtle Island String Quartet. Tickets: 658-2799.
Bus No. 51
Sunday, May 7
Jazz on Fourth Street
11 a.m.-4 p.m.
A benefit for the Berkeley High Jazz Ensemble with Mingus Amongus, Charanga Tumbao y Cuerdos, Kemp Generation, Berkeley High Jazz Ensemble.
Bus No. 51
Carefree Carfree Tour to Bernard Maybeck’s First Church of Christ-Scientist
11:30 a.m.
Meet at Festival Gallery, 2216 Shattuck Ave.
Crowden School Community Music Day
1-5 p.m.
Crowden School, 1475 Rose St.
A family affair with an instrument “petting zoo” for children of all ages. Performances by the Kairos Youth Choir, the Arethusa Woodwind Ensemble, and the Rose Street Players Musical Theater. Free.
510-559-6910
Bus No. 67
Kimi Kodani Hill Lecture on Berkeley’s Ethnic Diversity
1 p.m.
1931 Center St.
Sponsored by the Berkeley Historical Society. Free.
510-848-0181
Youth Arts Festival
2 p.m.
Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut St.
Washington School Student Concert and Dances from Sri Lanka. Free.
Jazzschool Concert: Brazilian Rhythms
4:30 p.m.
La Note, 2375 Shattuck Ave. $12, FOF $10.
Bus No. 43, 7, 51
China: Fifty Years Inside the People’s Republic
4:30-6:30 p.m.
Berkeley Art Museum Theater
Slide Show and Panel Discussion: Other Views, with photographers Jeffrey Aaronson and Xing Danwen, moderated by Robert Templer.
Himalayan Fair Concert
7 p.m.
King Middle School, 1781 Rose St.
510-848-6767, ext. 609
Buses No. 15, 67
News from Native California Magazine presents ShadowLight Productions
7:30 p.m.
Festival Gallery, 2216 Shattuck Ave.
Tales from Native California, a lecture/demonstration of California Indian stories. Free.
Poetry Flash at Cody’s
7:30 p.m.
2454 Telegraph Ave.
Performance poet Sandy Diamond, Quraysh Ali Lansana.
Buses No. 40, 64
Works in the Works 2000
7:30 p.m.
Eighth St. Studio, 2525 Eighth St. $8, FOF $7.
Bus No. 65
