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Arts Calendar
FRIDAY, JUNE 20
FILM
Nicholas Ray: “55 Days at Peking” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4 members, UC students, $5 UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth, $8 adults. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
City Commons Club Noon Luncheon Series, “Better Shove this Letter into the Stove” with Robert H. Hirst, Ph.D., Professor, Doe
Library; Director, Mark Twain Project, UC Berkeley. Luncheon 11:45 a.m. $11.50 - $12.50, speech at 12:30 p.m., at the Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant St. For information and reservations 526-2925, 665-9020.
Regina Louise talks about her childhood running away from over 30 foster homes in “Somebody’s Someone” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books, 1730 Fourth St. 559-9500. www.codysbooks.com
Carole Terwillenger Meyers will show slides and discuss her updated book, “Weekend Adventures in Northern California,” at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Latin Jazz Legacy Series, with Columna B and the Snake Trio. Panel at 7:30 p.m., performance at 8:30 p.m., at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $12 in ad-
vance, $15 at the door.
849-2568. www.lapena.org
Mikhail Baryshnikov “Solos with Piano,” with Koji Attwood, piano at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Playhouse. Tickets are $86. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Fania, a Senegalese singer, performs at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $14 in advance, $16 at the door. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Irish Ceili Night, with lessons at 7 p.m., dancing at 9 p.m. at the International House, 2299 Piedmont. Cost is $11 for class and dancing, $7 after 9 p.m. 650-326-6265. www.fridaynightwaltz.com
Wake the Dead, a Celtic tri-
bute to the Grateful Dead, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $17.50 in advance, $18.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Alessandra Belloni, Southern Italian percussionist, singer, and dancer performs at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Suggested donation is $10. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.org
Virus 9, The Enemies, The Frisk, Endless Struggle, Contraceptions 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.
Jucifer, Drunk Horse, and Replicator perform at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $7. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Orixa, The Audrye Sessions, and Fine by Me perform rock at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $6. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
SATURDAY, JUNE 21
CHILDREN
“Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” Books go on sale at 12:01 a.m. at Cody’s on Fourth St. 559-9500 and Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
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 3 free. 549-1564.
Youth Music Clinic on Rhythm at The Jazz House. Cost is $10. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.org
Celebrate Summer with readings of “It’s Summer-
time” and “How Will We Get to the Beach?” at 11 a.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
FILM
“Videodrome,” a film about video, at 8 p.m. at the Long Haul, a reading room, library and community center in South Berkeley located at 3124 Shattuck Ave. Wheel-
chair accessible. 540-0751. www.thelonghaul.org
Douglas Sirk: “All I Desire” at 5 and 8:45 p.m., and “All That Heaven Allows” at 7 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4 members, UC students, $5 UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth, $8 adults. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
“Let’s Face It,” a free screening of the documentary about women exploring their aging faces, featuring Berkeley women, at 2:30 p.m. at the Albany Public Library, 1247 Marin Ave., at Masonic. 526-5075. www.letsfaceit.tv
READINGS AND LECTURES
“Unbound and Under Covers” Experiments in visual writing, at 7 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut St. 644-6893. www.berkeleyartcenter.org
MUSIC AND DANCE
Mikhail Baryshnikov “Solos with Piano,” with Koji Attwood, piano, at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Playhouse. Tickets are $86. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Trinity Chamber Concerts
Tom Heasley performs on his digitally manipulated tuba, at 8 p.m. at Trinity Chapel, 2320 Dana St. Suggested donation of $12 general, $8 students, seniors or disabled. 549-3864.
Bay Street Arts and Music Festival, free live music, crafts and food vendors, and children’s activities, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Bay St. in Emeryville. Proceeds benefit Emery Education Foundation. 655-4002.
Prom Nite with Harvey Sid Fisher, folk-pop lounge crooner, at 10 p.m. at The Ivy Room, 858 San Pablo Ave., Albany. Cost is $7 for singles, $10 for couples. 524-9220.
New Spirit Talent Show,
featuring music, dance and comedy, at 7 p.m. at the Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Ave. Cost is $8-$20. 704-7729.
Vienna Teng performs 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
The Servants and special guests perform at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $10. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Hyim Sextet, Thunderpussy and Fiyawata perform pop funk at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $6. 848-0866. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Johnny Nocturne and Mz. Dee perform at 9:30 p.m., with a swing dance lesson with Nick and Shanna at 8 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashken-
az.com
Under a Dying Sun, Light the Fuse and Run, Transistor Transistor, The November Group, Angry for Life 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, JUNE 22
CHILDREN
Teatro Nahual presents “La Otra Cara del Indio,” en español at 2 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $10 for adults, $5 for children. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Caribbean Kids’ Show with Asheba from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $5 for adults, $3 for children. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
FILM
“The Frisco Kid,” a humorous look at Jewish pioneers in the American West, with Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford, at 2 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center, 1414 Walnut St. Suggested donation $2. 848-0237.
Douglas Sirk: “The First Legion” at 5:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4 members, UC students, $5 UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth, $8 adults. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
“Teaching Teo,” a humorous short about raising a child in a lesbian household, by Ber-
keley resident and former Willard teacher Diane Dodge, at noon at the Castro Theater in SF. 649-9956.
READINGS AND LECTURES
Summer Solstice Gathering of Poets with Adam David Miller, Rita Flores Bogaert, David Shaddock, Carolyn Scarr, Steve Arntson and Dennis Fritzinger, from 2 to 5 p.m in the Peralta Community Garden on Peralta St., between Hopkins and Gilman. 231-5912.
Poets Miriam Sagan and Gary Young at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. Donation $2. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Jerry Zolten chronicles the 75-year history of an important musical group in “Great God A’mighty! The Dixie Hummingbirds: Celebrating the Rise of Soul Gospel Music,” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
Guided Tour of Paul Kos: “Everything Matters,” at 2 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way, at 2 p.m. Free for members, UC students, faculty and staff, $5 seniors and disabled, $8 adults. 642-1412. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
MUSIC AND DANCE
Beck performs at 3 p.m. at the Greek Theater, Piedmont and Hearst Aves. Tickets for $39.50 are available from www.ticketmaster.com
Joseph Zitt's Calculating Codes and Naive Melodies,
works for sextet, and Aaron Bennett's Electro-magnetic
Trans-personal Orchestra at 8:15 p.m. at The Jazz House. Admission is free, donations accepted. 649-8744. http://sfsound.org/acme
African Drum Workshop, held every Sunday with Wade Peterson. Beginners from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., experienced from 12:30 to 2 p.m., at The Jazz House. Cost is $15-$25, and advan-
ced registration is encouraged. 533-5111.
Mikhail Baryshnikov “Solos with Piano,” with Koji Attwood, piano at 3 p.m. at Zellerbach Playhouse. Tickets are $86. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Piedmont Youth Bagpipe Band performs at noon at the Lawrence Hall of Science, Centennial Drive near Grizzly Peak. 642-5132.
Listen and Bayonics perform at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $7. 848-0886. ww.blakesontelegraph.com
Sourdough Slim, humor and music, 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
Bay Street Arts and Music Festival, free live music, crafts and food vendors, and children’s activities, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Bay St. in Emeryville. Proceeds benefit Emery Education Foundation. 655-4002.
MONDAY, JUNE 23
READINGS AND LECTURES
Huston Smith, authority on world religions, discusses his new book, “Buddhism: A Concise Introduction,” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
Will Ferguson presents his satirical anti-self help manual, “Happiness,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
TUESDAY, JUNE 24
FILM
Peter Watkins: “The Jour-
ney,” episodes 7-13, at 6 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4 members, UC students, $5 UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth, $8 adults. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Berkeley Summer Poetry
from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Mediterranean Cafe, 2475 Telegraph Ave. Free, open mic, poetry, prose, and short fiction artists welcome. 549-1128.
Craig Danner introduces his first novel, “Himalayan Dhaba,” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
Firoozeh Dumas talks about life in Southern California with her extended Iranian family in “Funny in Farsi”at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Richard Sterling discusses his new book “World Food in California Cuisine,” at 7:30 p.m. at Easy Going Travel Shop and Bookstore, 1385 Shattuck Ave. at Rose. 843-3533. www.easygoing.com
Kathy Sanborn discusses her new book, “The Seasons of Your Career,” at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Tanja Fiechtmair on the Alto Sax at 8 p.m. at The 1923 Teahouse, 1923 Ashby Ave. 644-2204.
Noche Flamenca from Madrid performs at Zeller-
bach Playhouse, UC Campus, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $42. 642-9988. www.calperfs.
berkeley.edu
D. B. Walker Band plays the blues at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $7. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Waikiki Steel Works, Hawaiian-flavored steel guitar at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $17.50 in advance, $18.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25
FILM
I Found it at the Movies: “The Andromeda Strain” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4 members, UC students, $5 UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth, $8 adults. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Robert MacNeil, Canadian-born former co-anchor of
The MacNeil-Lehrer News
Hour, discusses his new book, “Looking for My Country: Finding Myself in America,” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Julie Shigekuni reads from her new novel, “Invisible Gardens,” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
Diana DeLonzor presents cures for the punctually challenged in “Never be Late Again” at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
Berkeley Poetry Slam with host Charles Ellik at 8:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $7 at the door, $5 with student i.d. 841-2082.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Noche Flamenca from Madrid performs at Zeller-
bach Playhouse, UC Campus, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $42. 642-9988. www.calperfs.
berkeley.edu
Paul Thorn, one-man house-rocker, performs 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
Susie Ibarra, improv drummer, performs at 8 p.m. at The Jazz House. Cost is $15. 649-8744. www.thejazzhouse.org
Cocodril performs traditional Lousiana fare at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz, with a Cajun dance lesson at 8 p.m. Cost is $11. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
THURSDAY, JUNE 26
FILM
Peter Watkins: “The Jour-
ney,” episodes 14-19, at 6 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4 members, UC students, $5 UC faculty, staff, seniors, disabled, youth, $8 adults. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Cecil Brown uncovers the story of a legendary crime in “Stagolee Shot Billy” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Darren Shan returns with his latest adventures in the Cir-
que du Freak series, “Vampire Prince,” at 7 p.m. at Cody’s Books, 1730 Fourth St. 559-9500.www.codysbooks.com
Nancy Rawles reads from her new novel about a Creole matriarch, “Crawfish Dreams,” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
Mario Jimenez Castillo reveals the meaning of dreams in “Diccionario de Los Suenos.” Presentation in Spanish and English at 7:30 p.m. at Barnes and Noble. 644-0861.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Summer Noon Concert Downtown with Voz e Vento, a Brazilian jazz emsemble, at the Berkeley BART Station. Seating available. Sponsored by the Downtown Berkeley Assoc. 549-2230.
Noche Flamenca from Madrid performs at Zeller-
bach Playhouse, UC Campus, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $42. 642-9988. www.calperfs.
berkeley.edu
Belle de Gama, Low Flying Owls and Liz Anah Band perform at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5. 841-2082. www.starryploughpub.com
Ruthie Foster, Texas blues and gospel singer, performs at 8 p.m. at Freight and Sal-
vage Coffee House. Cost is $15.50 in advance, $16.50 at the door. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Sarah Luella/Local Love Enforcement and CitiZen One at 8 p.m. at The 1923 Teahouse, 1923 Ashby Ave. 644-2204.
AT THE THEATER
Actors Ensemble of Berkeley, “The Bacchae,” directed by David Stein. Euripedes’ play about Dionysus and his revenge against a hateful king. Sat. and Sun., June 21 through July 6, at 5:30 p.m., outdoors in John Hinkle Park, off The Arlington at Southampton Ave and Somerset Place. Free admission. 525-1620. www.aeofberkeley.org
Aurora Theater Company, “Thérèse Raquin,” by Emile Zola, directed by Tom Ross. A sinister tale set among the lower classes in nineteenth-century Parisian society. Runs June 20 to July 27, at 2081 Addison St. Tickets are $32 and $34. 843-4822.
www.auroratheatre.org
Berkeley Repertory Theater,
“The Guys,” by Anne Nelson, directed by Robert Egan. Through July 5, Tues. - Sun., call for starting times. $10 - $54. The Roda Theater, 2016 Addison St. 647-2918. 647-2949.www.berkeleyrep.org
California Shakespeare Festival runs May 28 to October 22. Performances this year will be Julius Caesar, Arms and the Man, Measure for Measure, and Much Ado About Nothing. Please call for dates and times. The Bruns Amphitheater, Orinda. 548-9666. www.calshakes.org
Central Works Theater Ensemble, “The Wyrd Sisters” directed by Jan Zvaifler. Through July 13,
Thurs. - Sat. at 8 p.m. and Sun. at 5 p.m. at the Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave. Tickets are $8-$20 sliding scale. For reservations and information call 558-1381.
Shotgun Players presents
“under milk wood” by Dylan Thomas at Eighth Street Studio, 2525 8th St. Through June 29, Thurs. - Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 7 p.m., Sun. June 29 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $18 adults, $12 children and seniors, $10 on Thursdays. 704-8210. www.shotgunplayers.org
