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Arts Calendar
TUESDAY, APRIL 15
“Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther” will be introduced by Kathleen Cleaver and screened at 7 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. A pre-film reception will be held at 5:30 p.m. in the BAM Theater Gallery. Cost is $4 members, UC students; $5 UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth; $8 adults. 642-1412. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Atul Gawande reads from
“Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science” at 12:15 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Motor Dude Zydeco. Cajun dance lesson with Cheryl McBride at 8 p.m., followed by show at 8:30 at Ashkenaz. Cost is $9. 525-5054.
www.ashkenaz.com
Tyrone Hill’s Deep Space Posse, Sun Ra-style experimental jazz with Tyrone Hill on trombone, at the Jazz House, 3192 Adeline St. Doors open 7:30 p.m., show at 8. Cost is $10. 655-9755.
The Movement, Spring 2003 Showcase. UC Berkeley dance group performs at 7 p.m. at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, 2640 College Ave. Tickets $5 from 925-798-1300.
www.juliamorgan.org
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16
Ikiru at 3 p.m. (sold out) and Sympathetic Vibrations at 7:30 p.m., with Paul Klos in person, at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4 for members, UC students; $5 for UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth; $8 for adults. 642-1412.
www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Tamim Ansary reads from
“West of Kabul, East of New York: An Afghan American Story,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852.
www.codysbooks.com
The Cultural Heritage of Iraq and the Impacts of War.
Professors David Stronach, Marian Feldman, Niek Veldhuis will speak on the cultural and archaeological resources threatened by the war at 5 p.m. at 2547 Channing Way. Sponsored by the Archaeological Research Facility. 642-6914. conkey@sscl.berkeley.edu
Noon Concert: Shaw Pong Liu, violin, Jody Redhage, cello, Monica Chew, piano, perform Ravel’s Piano Trio in G. Concert is free, doors open at 11:55 a.m. at Hertz Hall, UC Campus. 642-4864.
http://music.berkeley.edu
Novello Quartet, Tekla Cunningham and Cynthia Miller Freivogel, violins, Anthony Martin, viola, and Elisabeth Reed, cello, perform
Haydn’s The Seven Last Words of Christ on period instruments at 8 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Basilica, 1109 Chestnut, Alameda. Admission by donation. 522-0181.
Timbuktu Heritage Institute Benefit. Special Malian Workshop with Tartit Ensemble at 8 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $10 - $15 sliding scale. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Damelatones Groove and Riot A Go Go at 9:30 p.m. at Blake’s on Telegraph. Cost is $4. 848-0886.
www.blakesontelegraph.com
Carol Denney, singer-songwriter, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $15.50 in advance, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Bob Daley, singer-songwriter, at 7 p.m. at Starbucks Coffeehouse, 2128 Oxford St. 486-1840.
THURSDAY, APRIL 17
UC Jazz at Noon, free concert on Lower Sproul Plaza.
Grateful Dead DJ Nite at 10 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $6. 525-505. www.ashkenaz.com
Spank, DJs: Solarz from Groove Conflux, an evening of hip hop and R&B house at 9:30 p.m. at Blake’s on Telegraph. Cost is $5. 848-0886.
www.blakesontelegraph.com
Patty Larkin, contemporary singer-songwriter, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $18.50 in advance and $19.50 at the door. 548-1761.
www.freightandsalvage.org
Redwood Forest Benefit with Darryl Cherney and the Chernobles, Francine Allen at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is sliding scale $5 - $10. 841-2082.
FRIDAY, APRIL 18
S.F. International Film Festival: The Century of the Self (Parts 1 and 2) at 4 p.m., Blissfully Yours at 7 p.m. and Internal Affairs at 9:45 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive.
Cost is $4 for members, UC students; $5 for UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth; $8 for adults. 642-1412.
www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
The Anarchists, directed by Yu Young-Sik, in Korean with English subtitles. Action film in historical setting of anti-Imperial movement during Japanese occupation. Begins at 8 p.m. at The Long Haul, 3124 Shattuck Ave. 540-0751. www.thelonghaul.org
A. J. Albany reads from “Low Down: Junk, Jazz and Other Fairy tales from Childhood” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852.
www.codysbooks.com
Noon Concert: Cathy Olsen, flute, Brian Christian, piano, perform works by Dutilleux, Roussel and others at Hertz Hall, UC Campus. Concert is free, doors open 11:55 a.m. 642-4864.
http://music.berkeley.edu
Friday Afternoon Hang with the Brubeck Institute Quintet from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Jazzschool. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
Bernard Gilbert, singer-songwriter of topical and satirical songs, at 7:30 p.m. at the Fellowship Cafe, 1924 Cedar St. A donation of $5 - $10 is requested. 540-0898.
Djialy Kunda Kouyate, a Senegalese dance and music ensemble, performs at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $15. 525-5054.
www.ashkenaz.com
The Servants, Autopunch, Alive for Awhile, rock music at 9:30 p.m. at Blake’s on Telegraph. Cost $7. 848-0886.
www.blakesontelegraph.com
Tres Almas performs at 9:30 p.m. at downtown. 649-3810. www.downtownrestaurant.com
Patty Larkin, contemporary singer-songwriter, performs at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $18.50 in advance, $19.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Mingus Amungus with special guest Pete Escovedo, panel at 7:30 p.m., with performance at 8:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $12 in advance, $15 at the door. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Dick Hindman/Seward McCain/Colin Bailey at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $12, $15, $18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
Henri-Pierre Koubaka performs West African folk music at 7 p.m. at Starbucks Coffeehouse, 2128 Oxford St. at Center. 486-1840.
Smelly Kelly’s Plain High Drifters, Yard Sale, Neighborly Deeds perform at
9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $6. 841-2082.
Groovie Ghoulies, The Apers, Short Round, The Mall Rats, The Minds perform at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St., an all-ages, member-run, no alcohol, no drugs, no violence club. Cost $5. 525-9926.
SATURDAY, APRIL 19
Kids on the Block Puppet Show, promoting acceptance and understanding of physical and cultural differences, at 2 p.m. at the Hall of Health, 2230 Shattuck Ave. (lower level). Suggested donation $3, children under three free. 549-1564.
Los Mapaches, a Latin American children’s ensemble, performs at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $3 for children, $4 for adults. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
S.F. International Film Festival: Swing at 2 p.m., The Trilogy I: On the Run at 4:15 p.m., The Trilogy II: An Amazing Couple at 7 p.m. and Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary at 9:15 p.m., at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4 for members, UC students; $5 for UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth; $8 for adults. 642-1412.
Zero Patience, cult activist surrealistic musical about HIV/AIDS. Presented by NEED, Berkeley’s needle exchange project, at 8 p.m. at the Long Haul, 3124 Shattuck Ave. 540-0751. www.thelonghaul.org
Let’s Face It: Women explore their aging faces, a documentary featuring seven Berkeley midlife women discussing their ambivalence, vanity, anxiety and joy. At 2:30 p.m. at the Albany Library, 1247 Marin Ave. For more information call 526-5075.
African Music and Dance Ensemble, directed by C. K. Ladzekpo, performs traditional dances and drumming of West and Central Africa at 8 p.m., Hertz Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $2 - $8. 642-9988.
Reggae Angels, Native Elements, One Groove and DJ Jah Light Music, perform at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Crown City Rockers, Lunar Heights, Feenom Circle, Mavrik perform hip hop at 9:30 p.m. at Blake’s on Telegraph. Cost is $7. 848-0886.
www.blakesontelegraph.com
Post Junk Trio performs at 9:30 p.m. at downtown. 649-3810.
www.downtownrestaurant.com
Reilly & Maloney perform
contemporary folk at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $18.50 in advance, $19.50 at the door. 548-1761.
www.freightandsalvage.org
Ira Marlowe, singer-songwriter, in a free concert at the Jazz House, 3192 Adeline St. Doors open 7:30 p.m., show at 8. 655-9755.
www.thejazzhouse.com
Pr. Rajeev Taranath in concert at 8 p.m. at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts,
2640 College Ave. Cost is $22 for adults, $18 for students, seniors. 925-798-1300. www.juliamorgan.org
Collective Soul presents The Basics, Deuce Eclipse and The Attik with special guests ISIS in performance at 8:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
High Water Rising, Noelle Hampton, Meriwether perform at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost $5. 841-2082.
Plan 9 (fifth anniversary), Lo Fi Neisans, Punk Rock Orchestra, Find Him & Kill Him, Doppleganger perform at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St., an all-ages, member-run, no alcohol, no drugs, no violence club. Cost is $5. 525-9926.
SUNDAY, APRIL 20
S.F. International Film Festival: He Who Must Die at 1:30 p.m., The Day I Will Never Forget at 4 p.m., Untouched by the West at 6:15 p.m. and The Trilogy III: After Life at 8:45 p.m., at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4 for members, UC students; $5 for UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth; $8 for adults. 642-1412.
www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Lama Palzang and Pema Gellek speak on “Visualization and the Tibetan Tradition” at 6 p.m. at the Tibetan Nyingma Institute, 1815 Highland Place. 843-6812.
www.NyingmaInstitute.com
World Drum Clinic, hands-on African drumming clinic, at the Jazz House, 3192 Adeline St., at 10:45 a.m. Beginners 11 a.m.; experienced 12:30 p.m. Cost $15 - $25. Preregistration encouraged. Contact Matthew Winkelstein at 415-356-8593 or 510-533-5111.
www.thejazzhouse.com
Mitch Marcus Quintet performs at 4:30 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $12, $15, $18. 845-5373.
www.jazzschool.com
Wake the Dead performs dance music, mixing traditional Celtic jigs and reels with Grateful Dead songs, at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $14. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
The Nigerian Brothers perform traditional folk music from West Africa at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $15.50 in advance, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761.
www.freightandsalvage.org
Gail Brand with Morgan Gunerman from London and Biggi Vinkeloe from Sweden perform improvisation and avant garde jazz at the Jazz House, 3192 Adeline St. Doors open 7:45 p.m., show at 8:15. Minimum $10. 655-9755. www.thejazzhouse.com
Berkeley High School Jazz Combo performs at 2 p.m. at
Starbucks Coffeehouse, 2128 Oxford St. 486-1840.
MONDAY, APRIL 21
S.F. International Film Festival: The Death of Klinghoffer at 7 p.m. and Eat, Sleep, No Woman at 9:45 p.m., at the Pacific Film Archive.
Cost is $4 for members, UC students; $5 for UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth; $8 for adults. 642-1412.
www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
Robert W. Fuller reads from “Somebodies and Nobodies: Overcoming the Abuse of Rank” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books, 1491 Shattuck Ave. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
Wes “Scoop” Nisker reads from “The Big Bang, the Buddha and the Baby Boom” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852.
www.codysbooks.com
All Star Jam, featuring The Steve Gannon Band and Mz. Dee, 9:30 p.m. at Blake’s on Telegraph. Cost $4. 848-0886.
www.blakesontelegraph.com
TUESDAY, APRIL 22
S.F. International Film Festival: The Decay of Fiction at 7 p.m. and Comandante at 9:15 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4 for members, UC students; $5 for UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth; $8 for adults. 642-1412. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
“28 Very Short Scenes About Love,” an ensemble performance conceived and directed by Linda Carr, Berkeley High School Performing Arts Chair. Through April 26, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. Cost is $15.
Noh Space, 2840 Mariposa St., S.F. 415-621-7078.
www.28shortscenes.com
www.theaterofyugen.org
Aurora Theater Company presents “Partition,” written by Ira Hauptman, directed by Barbara Oliver. Runs from April 17 to May 18. Performance Wednesday through Saturday at 8 p.m. Sunday at 2 and 7 p.m. Tickets $32 - $34. 2081 Addison St. 843-4822.
www.auroratheater.org
Berkeley Repertory Theater
presents “Surface Transit,”
written and performed by Sarah Jones, directed by Tony Taccone. Runs from April 18 to May 18. Thrust Stage, 2025 Addison St. 647-2949, (888) 4BRTTIX.
www.berkeleyrep.org
Black Repertory Group presents “Mulatto,” by Langston Hughes. Runs through April 27. Performance Friday at 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 and 5 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance, $17 at the door. 3201 Adeline St.
652-2120.
www.berkeleyrepertorygroup.org
Shotgun Players present
“Vampires,” by Harry Kondoleon, directed by Joanie McBrien. Runs through May 10. La Val’s Subterranean,
1834 Euclid at Hearst.
www.shotgunplayers.com
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