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Arts Calendar
Friday, July 5
Free Early Music Group
Singers needed for small group of 15th and 16th century music every Friday
10 a.m.
North Berkeley Senior Center, Hearst at MLK Way.
Contact Ann at 665-8863
Saturday, July 13
Barbara Dane 75th Birthday Concert
7:30 p.m.
Frieght and Salvage coffee house, 1111 Addison St.
Jazz, blues, American folk from around the world
548-1761 for ticket information
Sunday, July 14
Hal Stein Quartet
4:30 p.m.
Jazzschool, 2087 Addison Street € Berkeley
845-5373, www.jazzschool.com
$6-12
Troy Lampkins Group
4:30 p.m.
Jazzschool 2087 Addison Street € Berkeley
Groove-filled, groove-intense music
845-5373, swing@jazzschool.com
$6-12
July 25
Midsummer Motzart
Festival Orchestra
8 p.m.
First Congregational Church
2345 Channing Way
Divertimento in D, Piano concerto #17, Symphony #38 “Prague”
(415) 292-9624 for tickets
$25-50
Saturday, August 3
Bata Ketu
8 p.m.
Alice Arts Center, 1428 Alice St.
Oakland.
Interplay of Cuban and Brazilian
music and dance
www.lapena.org
$20
“Red Rivers Run Through Us”
Until Aug. 11,
Wed. - Sun.
Noon to 5 p.m.
Berkeley Art Center,
1275 Walnut St.
Art and writing from Maxine Hong Kingston's veterans' writing group
Reception, 2 to 4 p.m.
644-6893
From the Attic: Preserving
and Sharing our Past
Until July 26, Thur.-Sat. 1 to 4 p.m.
Veterans Memorial Building
1931 Center St.
Exhibit shows the 'inside' of museum work
848-0181
Free
The Creation of People’s Park
Through Aug. 31, Mon.-Thur. 9 to 9 p.m., Fri. 9 to 5 p.m., Sat. 1 to 5 p.m. Sun. 3 to 7 p.m.
The Free Movement Speech Cafe
UC Berkeley campus
A photo exhibition, curated
by Harold Adler
hjadler@yahoo.com
Free
Jan Wurm: Paintings and Drawings
Mon. and Fri. 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tues.-Thurs. 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Flora Hewlett Library at the Graduate Theological Union
2400 Ridge Road
649-1417
Thursday, July 11
“New Visions: Introductions
'02” Reception
Works from emerging Californian artists
Reception, 6 to 8 p.m. Display up from July 3 to Aug. 10
Pro Arts, 461 Ninth St. Oakland
763-4361
Free
Saturday, July 20
“First Anniversary
Group Show”
July 18 to Aug. 17
Ardency Gallery, Aki Lot, 8th Street
Reception, 5 to 8 p.m.
13 local artists display work ranging from sculpture to mixed media
836-0831
Antony and Cleopatra
Directed by Joy Meads
June 15 to July 20,
Thurs.-Fri. 8 p.m.
La Vals Subterranean Theater
1834 Euclid
234-6046 for reservations
$14 general, $10 student
Abingdon Square
Previews 16,18,19 at 8 p.m. Runs June 21 to July 6, Thurs. to Sat. 8 p.m. Sundays 7 p.m.
Julia Morgan Theater for the Arts, 2640 College Ave.
The Shotgun Players,
directed by Shana Cooper
704-8210 www.shotgunplayers.org
$18 regular, $12 students, previews and Mondays - pay what you can. Opening Night $25\
Grease
July 5-Aug. 10, Sunday matinees
July 14,21,28 Aug. 4
Contra Costa Civic Theater,
951 Pomona Ave. El Cerrito
Directed by Andrew Gabel
524-9132 for reservations
$17 general, $10 for under 16 and under
Don Pasquale Opera
July 13, 15, 17, 19 at 8 p.m.
July 21 at 2 p.m.
Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek
From the Festival Opera
Association, a comedy by
Gaetano Donizetti about an arranged marriage
www.festivalopera.com
Benefactors
July 18 to Aug. 18, Wed.-Sat. 8 p.m. Sun. 2 and 7 p.m.
Previews: July 12-14 and 17
Michael Frayn's comedy of two neighboring couple's interactions
Aurora Theatre Company
2081 Addison St.
843-4822, www.auroratheater.org
for reservations. $26 - $35
The Shape of Things
Sept. 13 to Oct. 20
Aurora Theatre Company,
2081 Addison St.
Neil LaBute's love story
about two students
843-4822, www.auroratheater.org for reservations
$26 - $35
The Heidi Chronicles
July 12 to Aug. 10 Fri. and Sat. 8 p.m.
Live Oak Theater, 1301 Shattuck
Actors Ensemble of Berkeley present Wendy Wasserstein’s play about change.
528-5620
$10
A Thousand and One Arabian Nights
July 12 to Sept. 28, Fri.-Sun. 8 p.m. Sun. 4 p.m.
Forest Meadows Outdoor Amphitheater, Grand Avenue at the Dominican University, San Raphael
Marin Shakespeare Company’s presents this classic story with original Arabic music.
(415) 499-4488 for tickets
$12, youth; $20 senior; $22 general
Alarms and Excursions
Nov. 15 to Dec. 22
Aurora Theatre Company,
2081 Addison St.
Michael Frayn's comedy about the irony of modern technology
843-4822, www.auroratheater.org for reservations
$26 - $35
Poetry Diversified
1st and 3rd Tuesdays,
7:30 to 9 p.m.
World Ground Cafe,
3726 Mac Arthur Blvd., Oakland
Open mic and featured readers
Boas Writing Group
7:30 p.m.
Cody's, 2454 Telegraph Ave.
Stefani Barber, Jean Lieske
and many more
845-7852
$2
Saturday, July 6
Bay Area Arts Coalition
Poetry Reading
3 to 5 p.m.
West Berkeley Branch Library
1125 University Ave.
527-99055
Wednesday, July 10
Carmen Gimenez-Rosello,
Dawn Trook
7:30 p.m.
Cody's, 2454 Telegraph Ave.
845-7852
$2
Sunday, July 14
M.L. Liebler and
Country Joe McDonald
Poetry and Music
7:30 p.m.
Cody's, 2454 Telegraph Ave.
845-7852
$2
Wednesday, July 17
Hannah Stein and Kevin Clark
7:30 p.m.
Cody's, 2454 Telegraph Ave.
Authors of “Earthlight and In the Evening of No Warning.”
845-7852
$2
Open Mike and Featured Poet
7 to 9 P.M. First Thursdays and second Wednesdays each month
Albany Library 1247 Marin Ave
Thursday, July 11: Poets Tenesha Smith-Douglas and Judith Annenbaum.
Second Wednesdays are a monthly Poetry Writing Workshop, led by Alison Seevak.
526-3720 Ext. 19
Free
Friday and Saturday, July 5 and 6
Brainwash Movie Festival
9 p.m.
Alliance for West Oakland Development Parking Lot, 1357 5th St. Across from W. Oakland BART
Weird and unique short films and video festival
(415) 273-1545
$10
Friday, July 5
“Remember the Night”
and “The Good Fairy”
7:30 p.m. and 9:25 p.m., respectively.
UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 2575 Bancroft
Preston Sturges' classic films
Saturday, July 6
“The Great McGinty” and
“Christmas in July”
McGinty at 4:30 and 8:30 p.m.; Christmas at 7 p.m.
UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 2575 Bancroft
Preston Sturges' classic films