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Ashkenaz July 14: 9:30 p.m., Paul Pena, Zulu Exiles, Tuvan throat singing and township jive. $12; July 15: 6 p.m., Food and Funk, Salsa dance and beginning Salsa lesson, Israeli food; July 17: 9 p.m., Rock n’ Blues with The Jennifer Will Band. $7; July 18: 9 p.m., Swamp boogie with Tee Fee, 8 p.m. dance lesson with Diana Costillo; July 19: 10 p.m., Dead DJ Nite with Digital Dave. $5; July 20: 9:30 p.m., Steve Lucky and The Rhumba Bums play East Coast Swing and Lindy Hop. 8 p.m. dance lesson with Nick and Shanna. $11; July 21: 9:30 p.m., Balkan Night with Edessa and Anoush. Turkish dance lesson with Ahmet Luleci at 8 p.m. $12; July 22: 9 p.m., Wagogo, Heartpumping Miranda music from Zimbabwe. $10; 1317 San Pablo Ave. 525-5099 www.ashkenaz.com 

Berkeley Art Center July 14: 7 p.m., Rhythm and Muse featuring Adelle and Jack Foley, open mike sign up at 6:30; July 15: Live Oak Concert with David Cheng, Marvin Sanders, Ari Hsu. 1275 Walnut Street 352-6643 

Berkeley Arts Festival Gallery July 22: 4 p.m., Pianist Jerry Kuderna performs the complete piano music of Arnold Schönberg. Suggested donation $10; 2200 Shattuck Ave. 665-9496 

Eli’s Mile High Club Doors open at 8 p.m. July 14: Mark Hummel; July 21: Little Jonny. 3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland 655-6661 

Freight & Salvage July 13: Jeremy Cohen's Violinjazz Vintage string swing $16.50; July 14: 10 a.m. - noon, Sedge Thomson’s West Coast Live featuring author Walter Mosely, Ray’s Vast Basement, The Waikiki Steel Works, hyperventilation by monologist and movie star Josh Kornbluth, pianist Gini Wilson, plus other surprise guests and audience true stories. $12; July 15: Carol McComb, Sterling originals $17.50 Music at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted. 1111 Addison St. 548-1761 or 762-BASS or www.thefreight.org 

Jupiter July 13: UHF- Mod Rock from Portland. July 14: Fred Zimmerman Quartet- Local Piano and Jazz. July 17: Amaldecor- Combination of traditional Eastern European and French Swing. July 18: Cannonball w/ DJ Aspect- “hiphop-groove-latin-jazz-funk”. July 20: Koochen & Hoomen- local electronic. July 21: Orbit 4- hip-hop, drum ’n’ bass, breakbeat, jungle and jazz. July 24: Stringthoery- local jazz blues and rock. July 25: Suite 304- vocal harmany-based groove pop. July 27: Sexfresh- traditional American pop. All music starts at 8:00 p.m.www.jupiterbeer.com; or call the hotline: THE-ROCK (843-7625)  

La Pena Cultural Center July 13: 8 p.m., Word Descara Series with Devorah Major, Babatunde Lea, Kash Killian, Richard Howell, Elmaz Abindader, and others; July 14: 8:30 p.m., Word Descara Series with Mingus Amungus, Seeking, Melissa Lozano, Grito Serpertino, and others; July 15: 3:30 p.m., Domingo do Rumba- Local aces of Rumba, Cuban rhythm and dance; 7:30 p.m., Laborfest- this year’s theme is “Reclaiming Tomorrow” a historical journey towards a future society without classes or bosses; July 19: 8:00 p.m., Rebecca Riots with Kim & Krista- Singer/songwriters from Berkeley; July 20: 8 p.m., Collective Soul- hip-hop, spoken word, 9:30 p.m., Mermelada’s Latin American music jam with Quique Cruz; July 21: 8:00 p.m., Family and Friends- Talent Showcase with soul, hip-hop and spoken word; July 22: 7 p.m., It Takes a Community to Raise a CD- Mary Watkins & Lisa Cohen, Gwen Avery, Avotcja, June Millington & the Slamming Babes, Blackberri and more; July 24: 7:30 p.m., Temp Slave, the Musical- Musical Satire from Madison, Wisconsin; July 27: 8:00 p.m., Raphael Manriquez- singer composer and guitar player celebrates release of new album; ; 3105 Shattuck Avenue 849-2568 

La Note/Jazzschool July 15: 4:30 p.m., vocalist W. Allen Taylor; 5:30 p.m., jazz trio Michael Hauser Group; July 22: 4:30 p.m. Vocalist Nanda Berman; 5:30 p.m., David McGee Group; July 29: 4:30 p.m., vocalist Lily Tung; 5:30 p.m., Jazzschool Advanced Jazz Workshop. $5. 2377 Shattuck Avenue 845-5373. 

Rose Street House of Music July 13: 8 p.m. “Doria Roberts & Making Waves” Featuring special guest slam poet Aya de Leon; July 20: 8:30 p.m., “Divabands Unplugged” with Bern, Roberta Donnay, and Elin Jr. $8-20 donation. No one turned away for lack of funds. 594-4000 ext. 687 

Shattuck Down Low Lounge Every Tuesday: 9:30 p.m., Posh Tuesdays with DJ’s Yamu, Delon, Add1, and Tequila Willie. Shattuck at Allston. www.thebeatdownsound.com  

Starry Plough Pub Sunday and Wednesday, 8 p.m.; Thursday, 9:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 9:45 p.m. unless otherwise noted. July 13: Drums and Tuba, Mega Mousse, $7; July 14: Jerry Joseph and The Jackmormons, The John Shipe Band $7 3101 Shattuck Ave. 841-2082. 

“Joanne D. Carey and Brendan Carey” July 15: 4 p.m., A benefit for the Berkeley Arts Festival, the Carey’s perform original work. 2200 Shattuck Avenue 486-0411 

“Midsummer Mozart Festival” All shows at 7:30 p.m. July 20: Four pieces including the Overture to “The Abduction to the Seraglio”; July 28: Four pieces including “March in D Major”; . First Congregational Church 2345 Channing Way (415) 292-9620 www.midsummermozart.org  

“Emeryville Taiko” June 22: 2 p.m., Traditional Japanese drumming with American influence. $5 - $10. Julia Morgan Center for the Arts 2640 Collage Ave. 925-798-1300 

“The Great Sebastians” Opens July 13, 8 p.m., presented by Actors Ensemble of Berkeley. Friday and Saturday evenings 8 p.m. through August 11, plus Thursday, Aug. 9. A tale about a mind-reading act touring behind the Iron Curtain. A communist general believes the act and “invites” the Sebastians to his villa where the humor and excitement follows. $10. Live Oak Theatre, 1301 Shattuck (at Berryman). For reservations call 528-5620 

“Romeo and Juliet” Through July 14, Thurs. - Sat. 8 p.m. Set in early 1930s just before the rise of Hitler in the Kit Kat Klub, Juliet is torn between ties to the Nazi party and Romeo’s Jewish heritage. $8 - $10. La Val’s Subterranean Theater 1834 Euclid 234-6046 

“A Life In the Theatre” Runs through July 15. Wed. - Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. David Mamet play about the lives of two actors, considered a metaphor for life itself. Directed by Nancy Carlin. $30-$35. $26 preview nights. Berkeley City Club 2315 Durant 843-4822 

“Comedy of Errors” July 14 - 15, 21- 22: 1 p.m.: Free park performance of this Shakespeare comedy by Women’s Will, the Bay Area’s all-female Shakespeare company. July 14 and 15 at John Hinkel Park, Southampton at Somerset Place, July 21 and 22 at Live Oak Park, 1301 Shattuck Avenue at Berryman. 415-567-1758  

“The Laramie Project” Extended through July 22: Weds. 7 p.m., Tues. and Thur. -Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. (After July 8 no Wednesday performance, no Sunday matinee on July 22.) Written by Moises Kaufmen and members of Tectonic Theater Project, directed by Moises Kaufman. Moises Kaufman and Tectonic members traveled to Laramie, Wyo., after the murder of openly gay student Matthew Shepherd. The play is about the community and the impact Shepherd’s death had on its members. $10 - $50. The Roda Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre 2015 Addison St. 647-2949 www.berkeleyrep.org 

“The Skin of Our Teeth” Through July 29: Tues. - Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Fri. 8 p.m., Sat. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Sun. 4 p.m. Part of the California Shakespeare Festival, a Thorton Wilder play about a typical family enduring various catastrophes. $10 - $146. Bruns Memorial Amphitheater, off Highway 24 at the Shakespeare Festival Way/Gateway Exit. 548-9666 

“Orphan” July 13 through August 5 (no show on July 20): Fri. and Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 7 p.m. Lyle Kessler’s dark comedy about a mysterious stranger invading the home of two orphaned brothers. $15. The Speakeasy Theater, 2016 Seventh St. 326-8493 

“Iphegenia in Aulis” Through August 12: Sat. and Sun. 5 p.m. No performances July 14 and 15, special dawn performance on August 12 at 7 a.m. A free park performance by the Shotgun Players of Euripides’ play about choices and priorities. With a masked chorus, singing, dancing, and live music. Feel free to bring food and something soft to sit on. John Hinkel Park, Southhampton Place at Arlington Avenue (different locations July 7 and 8). 655-0813 

Opera 

“Carmen” Berkeley Opera takes a fresh look at George Bizet’s popular opera with a new English-language adaptation by David Scott Marley. Marley’s version restores many lines that had been cut from the familiar version, and includes additional material from the 1846 French novella the opera is based on. “It’s a little darker and sexier than the opera most people think they know,” says Marley. July 13, 20 and 21 at 8 p.m. July 15 and 22 at 7 p.m. July 14 at 2 p.m.  

$30 general, $25 seniors, $15 youth & handicapped, $10 student rush. Julia Morgan Theater 2640 College Ave. 841-1903 

Films 

La Pena Cultural Center July 18: 7 p.m., Laborfest- International Working Class Film & Video Festival. “Resistance as Democracy” by Larry Mosque, “The International” by Peter Miller, “Songs of the Thai Labor Movement” by Wayne. $7 donation. July 29: 2:00 p.m., Laborfest- International Working Class Film & Video Festival. “Not in my Garden” by Video 48. $7. 3105 Shattuck Avenue 849-2568 

Pacific Film Archive July 14: 7 p.m., “You and Me,” 8:50 p.m., “Man Hunt”; July 15: 3 p.m., Family Classic “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”; 5:30 p.m., “The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story”; July 17: 7:30 p.m., “Bangkok Bahrain”; July 18: 7:30 p.m., “Kiss Me Quick” , 9 p.m., “The Flesh Eaters”; July 19: 7:30 p.m., “Golem -- The Spirit of Exile”; July 20: 7 p.m., “Fires on the Plain”, 9:05 p.m., “Harp of Burma”; July 21: 7 p.m., “The Woman in the Window”, 9 p.m., “Scarlet Street”; July 22: 5:30 p.m., “Odd Obsession”; 7:30 p.m., “Nihonbashi”; July 24: 7:30 p.m., “In the Valley of the Wupper” and “In the Name of the Duce”; July 25: 7:30 p.m., “Spider Baby 2000”; July 29: Family Classic “A Boy Named Charlie Brown”; $4. Sundays, 3 p.m. New PFA Theatre, 2575 Bancroft Way 642-1412 

“Street Scene” July 15: 2 p.m., This 1931 film explores themes of antisemitism and identity in New York tenements. $2 donation. Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center 1414 Walnut Street 848-0237 

Exhibits 

“Watershed 2001” Through July 14: Wednesday - Sunday Noon - 5 p.m. Exhibition of painting, drawing, sculpture and installation that explore images and issues about our watershed. Berkeley Art Center 1275 Walnut St. 644-6893 

“Rachel Davis and Benicia Gantner Works on Paper” Through July 14: Tues. - Sat., 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Watercolors by Davis, mixed-media by Gantner. Opening reception June 13, 6 - 8 p.m. Traywick Gallery 1316 Tenth St. 527-1214 www.traywick.com 

“Ames Gallery Artists” Through July 22: Thur. - Sun. Noon - 7 p.m., Temporary gallery as part of the Berkeley Arts Festival with works from Wilbert Griffith, Dorothy Binger, Julio Garcia, and Leon Kennedy. Berkeley Arts Festival Gallery 2200 Shattuck Ave. 486-0411 

“The Trip to Here: Paintings and Ghosts by Marty Brooks” Through July 31: Tues. - Sun. 11 a.m. - 1 a.m. View Brooks’ first California show at Bison Brewing Company 2598 Telegraph Ave. 841-7734  

“Bernard Maisner: Illuminated Manuscripts and Paintings” Through Aug. 8 Maisner works in miniature as well as in large scales, combining his mastery of medieval illumination, gold leafing, and modern painting techniques. Flora Lamson Hewlett Library 2400 Ridge Rd. 849-2541 

“Musee des Hommages” Masterworks by Guy Colwell Faithful copies of several artists from the pasts, including Titian’s “The Venus of Urbino,” Cezanne’s “Still Life,” Picasso’s “Woman at a Mirror,” and Boticelli’s “Primavera” Ongoing. Call ahead for hours 2028 Ninth St. (at Addison) 841-4210 or visit www.atelier9.com 

“New Visions: Introductions 2001” Through August 18: Wed. - Sat.: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Juried by Artist- Curator Rene Yanez and Robbin Henderson, Executive Director of the Berkeley Art Center, the exhibition features works from some of California’s up-and-coming artists. Pro Arts 461 Ninth St., Oakland 763-9425 

“Geographies of My Heart” Collage paintings by Jennifer Colby through August 24; Flora Lamson Hewlett Library 2400 Ridge Rd. 649-2541 

Images of Portugal Paintings by Sofia Berto Villas-Boas of her native land. Open after 5 p.m. Voulez-Vous 2930 College Ave. (at Elmwood) 

“Queens of Ethiopia: Intuitive Inspirations,” the exceptional art of Esete-Miriam A. Menkir. Through July 11. Women’s Cancer Resource Center Gallery 3023 Shattuck Ave. 548-9286 ext. 307 

“The Decade of Change: 1900 - 1910” chronicles the transformation of the city of Berkeley in this 10 year period. Thursday through Saturday, 1 - 4 p.m. Through September. Berkeley History Center, Veterans Memorial Building, 1931 Center St. Wheelchair accessible. 848-0181. Free.  

Readings 

Cody’s 2454 Telegraph Ave. Readings at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. July 14: Alexander Cockburn and John Strausbaugh discuss Cockburn’s book “Five Days That Shook the World” and Strausbaugh’s “Rock ‘Til You Drop” ; July 15: Jimmy Santiago Baca discusses “A Place to Stand”; July 16: “Critical Resistance to the Prison-Industrial Complex,” a panel discussion; July 17: Ralph Berberich, MD, discusses his memoir “Hit Below the Belt: Facing up to Prostate Cancer”; July 19: Lonny Shavelson talks about “Hooked: Five Addicts Challenge Our Misguided Drug Rehab System”; July 23: Brian Skyes reads “The Seven Daughters of Eve”; July 24: Susann Cokal reads from “Mirabilis.” $2 donation. 845-0837 

Cody’s 1730 Fourth St. Readings at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. July 13: Joe Di Prisco reading “Confessions of Brother Eli”; July 20: Lynne Hinton reads from her second novel, “The Things I know Best”; July 25: Alice Randall reads from “The Wind Done Gone.” $2 donation. 559-9500 

La Pena Cultural Center July 13: 8:00 p.m., Word Descarga Series- Poets and musicians collaborate across cultures. Devorah Major, Babatunde Lea, Kash Killian, Richard Howell and more. $10. July 14: 8:30 p.m., Word Descarga Series- Mingus Amungus, Melissa Lozano, Grito Serpertino and more. $12. 2105 Shattuck Avenue 849-2568 

Poetry Nitro Weekly poetry open mike. 6:30 p.m. sign-up, 7 p.m. reading. July 16: Featuring the Silicon Valley Slam Team; July 23: Featuring Jonathan Yaffe. Cafe de la Paz 1600 Shattuck Ave. 843-0662  

Tours 

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Free. University of California, Berkeley. 486-4387 

Berkeley City Club Tours 2315 Durant Ave., Berkeley. The fourth Sunday of every month, Noon - 4 p.m. $2 848-7800  

Golden Gate Live Steamers Grizzly Peak Boulevard and Lomas Cantadas Drive at the south end of Tilden Regional Park Small locomotives, meticulously scaled to size. Trains run Sunday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Rides: Sunday, noon to 3 p.m., weather permitting. 486-0623  

Dance 

“Ganga-Ashtakam” July 15: 2 p.m., Indian Bharata Natyam classical dance celebrating the Indian river and goddess Ganga. Dancers Anuradha Murali, Shilpa Sejpal, and Gopitha Tharmalingam. $5 - $10. Julia Morgan Center for the Arts 2640 Collage Ave. 925-798-1300 

Museums 

Habitot Children’s Museum “Back to the Farm” An interactive exhibit gives children the chance to wiggle through tunnels, look into a mirrored fish pond, don farm animal costumes, ride on a John Deere tractor and more. “Recycling Center” Lets the kids crank the conveyor belt to sort cans, plastic bottles and newspaper bundles into dumpster bins. $4 adults; $6 children age 7 and under; $3 for each additional child age 7 and under. Monday and Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Tuesday and Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed Sundays, Memorial Day through Labor Day) Kittredge Street and Shattuck Avenue 647-1111 or www.habitot.org  

UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology Lobby, Valley Life Sciences Building, UC Berkeley “Tyrannosaurus Rex,” ongoing. A 20 by 40-foot replica of the fearsome dinosaur made from casts of bones of the most complete T. Rex skeleton yet excavated. When unearthed in Montana, the bones were all lying in place with only a small piece of the tailbone missing. “Pteranodon” A suspended skeleton of a flying reptile with a wingspan of 22-23 feet. The Pteranodon lived at the same time as the dinosaurs. Free. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. 642-1821 

UC Berkeley Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology will close its exhibition galleries for renovation on October 1. It will reopen in early 2002. On View until October 1, 2001: “Ishi and the Invention of Yahi Culture.” “Sites Along the Nile: Rescuing Ancient Egypt.” “The Art of Research: Nelson Graburn and the Aesthetics of Inuit Sculpture.” “Tzintzuntzan, Mexico: Photographs by George Foster.”  

$2 general; $1 seniors; $.50 children age 17 and under; free on Thursdays. Wednesday, Friday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Kroeber Hall, Bancroft Way and College Ave. 643-7648 or www.qal.berkeley.edu/~hearst/ 

Lawrence Hall of Science “Science in Toyland,” through Sept. 9. Exhibit uses toys to demonstrate scientific principles and to help develop children's thinking processes. Susan Cerny’s collection of over 200 tops from around the world. “Space Weather,” through Sept. 2. Learn about solar cycles, space weather, the cause of the Aurorae and recent discoveries made by leading astronomers. This interactive exhibit lets visitors access near real-time data from the Sun and space, view interactive videos and find out about a variety of solar activities. “Within the Human Brain,” ongoing. Visitors test their cranial nerves, play skeeball, master mazes, match musical tones and construct stories inside a simulated “rat cage” of learning experiments. “Saturday Night Stargazing,” First and third Saturdays each month. 8 - 10 p.m., LHS plaza. Space Weather Exhibit now - Sept. 2; now - Sept. 9 Science in Toyland; Saturdays 12:30 - 3:30 p.m. $7 for adults; $5 for children 5-18; $3 for children 3-4. 642-5132 

Holt Planetarium Programs are recommended for age 8 and up; children under age 6 will not be admitted. $2 in addition to regular museum admission. “Constellations Tonight” Ongoing. Using a simple star map, learn to identify the most prominent constellations for the season in the planetarium sky. Daily, 3:30 p.m. $7 general; $5 seniors, students, disabled, and youths age 7 to 18; $3 children age 3 to 5 ; free children age 2 and younger. Daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Centennial Drive, UC Berkeley 642-5132 or www.lhs.berkeley.edu  

The UC Berkeley Art Museum is closed for renovations until the fall.