Election Section
Arts Calendar
TUESDAY, MAY 24
READINGS AND LECTURES
David Skibbins reads from his new mystery “Eight” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
Carol Setters, author of “Kick Start: A Cosmic Biker Babe's Guide to Life” at 7 p.m. at Change Makers Books for Women, 6536 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. 655-2405.
Susann Cokal introduces her historical novel “Breath and Bones” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Sauce Piquante at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cajun dance lesson at 8 p.m. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Clarinet Thing with Beth Custer, Ralph Carney, Ben Goldberg, Sheldon Brown, and Harvey Wainapel at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $17.50- $18.50. 548-1761.
Jug Free America, Orth at 9:30 p.m. at The Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Tickets are $5. 444-6174.
Brian Kane, solo jazz guitar, at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
7: ES-EL at 9 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $6-$7. 848-0886.
Ah LaRocca at 9 p.m. at Cafe Van Kleef, 1621 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Cost is $5. 763-7711.
Flutology at 8 and 10 p.m. Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $10-$16. 238-9200.
Jazzschool Tuesdays at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25
THEATER
Berkeley Rep, “Honour” opens at the Thrust Stage, 2025 Addison St. and runs through July 3. Tickets are $20-$39. 647-2949. www.berkeleyrep.org
FILM
Berkeley High Annual Student Film Festival at 6 p.m. at Florence Schwimly Little Theater, Berkeley High Campus.
READINGS AND LECTURES
Martha O’Conner introduces “The Bitch Posse” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Jorge Emmanuel, Abe Ignacio and Helen Toribio discuss “The Forbidden Book: The Philippine-American War in Political Cartoons” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698.
Berkeley Poetry Slam with host Charles Ellik and Three Blind Mice, at 8:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5-$7. 841-2082
MUSIC AND DANCE
Music for the Spirit “Famous War Horses Played on the Organ” at 12:15 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church of Oakland, 2619 Broadway. 444-3555.
Vechirka, an Ukranian party with Kitka at 8 p.m. at the Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar St. Donations help to send the group to the Ukraine this summer. 444-0323. www.kitka.org
Calvin Keys Trio at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. 841-JAZZ. www.AnnasJazzIsland.com
Ned Boynton Trio at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Jug Free America at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Universal, salsa, at 8 p.m. at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $5-$10. 548-1159.
Happy Turtle, jazz-funk-lounge at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
Sonic Camouflage at 9 p.m. at Cafe Van Kleef, 1621 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Free. 763-7711. www.cafevankleef.com
Penny Lang & The Echo Hunters at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $17.50-$18.50. 548-1761.
Anthony Wilson Nonet at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square, through Sun. Cost is $10-$16. 238-9200.
THURSDAY, MAY 26
CHILDREN
Story Theater PLUS! With students from Redwood Day School and the College of Marin at 7 p.m. at Julia Morgan Theater. www.juliamorgan.org
THEATER
Subterranean Shakespeare “The Taming of the Shrew,” Thurs.-Sat. at 8 p.m. at Berkeley Art Center in Live Oak Park, through June 24. No show June 2. For reservations call 276-3871.
FILM
Latino Film Festival: “Oscar” in Spanish with subtitles at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $8. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
READINGS AND LECTURES
Alan Burdick introduces “Out of Eden: An Odyssey of Ecological Invasion” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
Iain Boal, T.J. Clark Joseph Matthews and Michael Watts discuss “Afflicted Powers: Capital and Spectacle in a New Age of War” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698.
Word Beat Reading Series with Charles Curtis Blackwell and Phillip T. Nails at 7 p.m. at Mediterraneum Caffe, 2475 Telegraph Ave. 526-5985.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Art Maxwell Group at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. 841-JAZZ.
Benefit for the Family of George Robinson at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $10-$20, sliding scale. 525-5054.
King Wilkie at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $17.50-$18.50. 548-1761.
Mirror Image, Send for Help at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5. 841-2082. www.starryplough.com
Jeremy Cohen and Dean Riley at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Tango #9 at 9 p.m. at Cafe Van Kleef, 1621 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Cost is $5. 763-7711.
Piano Music by Tim Ross and Jack Kruscup, Thurs. and Fri. at 5 p.m. at the Kerr Dining Room, Faculty Club, UC Campus. Early Bird specials at $13.99. For reservations 540-5678.
Gary Burton Generations Band at 8 and 10 p.m. through Sun. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square, through Sun. Cost is $12-$22. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com
FRIDAY, MAY 27
THEATER
Berkeley Repertory Theater “The People’s Temple” at the Roda Theater, through June 5. Tickets are $20-$55. 647-2949. www.berkeleyrep.org
Berkeley Repertory Theater, “Honour” at the Thrust Stage, 2025 Addison St. through July 3. Tickets are $20-$39. 647-2949. www.berkeleyrep.org
Impact Briefs 7: “The How-To Show” Thu.-Sat at 8 p.m. at La Val’s Subterranean, 1834 Euclid Ave., through May 28. Tickets are $10-$15. 464-4468. www.impacttheatre.com
Subterranean Shakespeare “The Taming of the Shrew,” Thurs.-Sat. at 8 p.m. at Berkeley Art Center in Live Oak Park, through June 24. No show June 2. For reservations call 276-3871.
EXHIBITIONS
“Sojourns” New works by Michael Shemchuk and Emily Payne. Reception at 6 p.m. at Cecile Moochnek Gallery, 1809-D Fourth St. Exhibition runs through June 26. 549-1018. www.cecilmoochneck.com
READINGS AND LECTURES
David Ewing Duncan describes “The Geneticist Who Played With My DNA: And Other Masterminds from the Frontiers of Biotech” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Audra McDonald, soprano, at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $32-$68. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Graham Richards, Peter Barshay at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. 841-JAZZ. www.AnnasJazzIsland.com
Baby James, J. Meyers, Laila Tov at 9:30 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $5-$7. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Dick Hindman Trio at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $12-$18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
Obatelo at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $15. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Afro-Muzika at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. African dance lesson with Comfort Mensah at 9 p.m. Cost is $11-13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Beth Waters and Larkin Gail at 8 p.m. at Caffe Trieste, 2500 San Pablo Ave., at Dwight. 548-5198.
Eddie From Ohio at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $19.50-$20.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Vince Wallace Quintet at 9 p.m. at Cafe Van Kleef, 1621 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Cost is $5. 763-7711 www.cafevankleef.com
Garrin Benfield and Cas Lucas at 7:30 p.m. at Epic Arts, 1923 Ashby Ave. Cost is $5-$10.
Shanna Carlson Quartet at 9 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Adrian West at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344. www.nomadcafe.net
Two Foot Yard, Plays Monk at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $7. 841-2082. www.starryplough.com
The Sick, The Hyper Kids, No Nothing Party at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St., an all-ages, member-run, no alcohol, no drugs, no violence club. Cost is $6. 525-9926.
Izum, funk, at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
Gary Burton Generations Band at 8 and 10 p.m. through Sun. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square, through Sun. Cost is $12-$22. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com
SATURDAY, MAY 28
THEATER
“Smug Shift” an evening of hip, underground comedy at 8:30 and 11 p.m. at The Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph Ave. Oakland. Cost is $7. 444-6174.
The Conscious Cabaret “Scared Skitless” with Errol and Rochelle Alicia Strider, at 8 p.m. at Unity of Berkeley, 2075 Eunice St. Cost is $15-$25. 528-8844. unityberkeley.org
“Requiem for a Friend” an intermedia performance ritual, directed by Antero Alli, Sat. and Sun. at 9 p.m. at Finnish Brotherhood Hall, 1970 Chestnut St. Cost is $10.
READINGS AND LECTURES
“Living History and the Theater” with Leigh Fondakowski, playwright and director of “The People’s Temple” at 5 p.m. at Berkeley Rep, 2015 Addison St. Free. 647-2949. www.berkeleyrep.org
“Bruce Lee’s Oakland Years: The Dragon and the Tiger” with authors Sid Campbell and Greglon Yimm Lee at 4 p.m. at Eastwind Books of Berkeley, 2066 Unversity Ave. 548-2350.
Pam Tent reads from “Midnight at the Palace: My Life as a Famous Cockette” at 7:30 p.m. at The Long Haul, 3124 Shattuck Ave. 540-0751.
MUSIC AND DANCE
Novello Quartet, a concert of Boccerini and Mozart at 8 p.m. at Trinity Chapel, 2320 Dana St. Tickets are $12-$18. 415-794-1100. www.novelloquartet.org
Bay Area Youth Harp Ensemble with the Triskelea Harp Trio and The Pleiades Ensemble at 2 p.m. at St. Mary Magdalen Church, 2005 Berryman. Donation $5-$15. 548-3326.
Pacific Boychoir Academy presents its farewell tour concert at 7 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 27th St. and Broadway. Tickets are $8. 452-4722. www.pacificboychoiracademy.org
“Las Buenas Flamenquitas” with the Azahar Dance Foundation at 8 p.m. at Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Tickets are $10-$17. 925-798-1300. www.juliamorgan.org
Kurt Elling, piano and vocals, at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $18-$32. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
Jason Marineau, Tina Marshall with the Ellen Hoffman Trio, at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. 841-JAZZ. www.AnnasJazzIsland.com
Fred Randolph Jazz Trio at 9:30 p.m. at Albatross, 1822 San Pablo Ave. Cost is $3. 843-2473. www.albatrosspub.com
The Bobs at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $19.50-$20.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Jose Seves at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $12. 849-2568. www.lapena.org
Wil Blades Trio at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $12-$18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
Johnny Otis Living Tribute Band at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $10-$12. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
Sleep in Fame, Unjust, Re-Ignition at 9 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $8-$10. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Julie Kelly Quartet at 9 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Hal Stein Quartet at 9 p.m. at Cafe Van Kleef, 1621 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. 763-7711. www.cafevankleef.com
Barry Syska & Gentry Bronson at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344. www.nomadcafe.net
Boom Bip, The Fog, Rapatron at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $6. 841-2082. www.starryplough.com
Chuck Steed, R&B funk, at 7 p.m. at Spuds, 3290 Adeline Ave. Cost is $7. 597-0795.
Circu Mutante, Guire Doodate at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St., an all-ages, member-run, no alcohol, no drugs, no violence club. Cost is $6. 525-9926.
Times 4, with saxophonist Lincoln Adler, at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
SUNDAY, MAY 29
READINGS AND LECTURES
Poetry Flash with Gabrielle Calvocoressi and C. Dale Young at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. Donation $2. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Distant Oaks, part of the series “Offerings” at 7 p.m. at Grace North Church, 2138 Cedar St. Suggested donation $10. 213-3122.
Novello Quartet, a concert of Boccerini and Mozart at 7:30 p.m. at Berkeley Art Center. Tickets are $8-$10. 415-794-1100. www.novelloquartet.org
Shakti Dance Company with Mythili Prakash in solo at 6:30 p.m. at Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Tickets are $15-$20. 925-798-1300.
Via Rio with Dave Bell, Ron Blanchard, Mike Golds and others at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. 841-JAZZ. www.AnnasJazzIsland.com
Victor Mendoza, vibraphone, at 4:30 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $20. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com
Death Breeds Sorrow at 4 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $8. 848-0886. www.blakesontelegraph.com
Mind Eraser, Say Goodbye at 5 p.m. at 924 Gilman St., an all-ages, member-run, no alcohol, no drugs, no violence club. Cost is $6. 525-9926.
MONDAY, MAY 30
MUSIC AND DANCE
Americana Unplugged: Tom Huebner at 4 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
Jimmy Bosch at 8 and 10 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $8-$12. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com
TUESDAY, MAY 31
FILM
Alternative Visions: “The Lost Generation” with filmmaker Jack Walsh at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
READINGS AND LECTURES
Patricia Rain discusses “Vanilla: A Cultural History of the World’s Favorite Flavor and Fragrance” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com
Dylan Schaffer introduces his new mystery “I Right the Wrongs” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
The People’s Jazz Quintet at 8 p.m. at Anna’s Jazz Island, 2120 Allston Way. 841-JAZZ. www.AnnasJazzIsland.com
Randy Craig Trio at 7:30 p.m. at Caffe Trieste, 2500 San Pablo Ave., at Dwight. 548-5198.
Bill Frisell with Brian Blade & Sam Yahel at 8 and 10 p.m. through Thurs. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Cost is $16-$24. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com
Jazzschool Tuesdays at 8 p.m. at Jupiter. 848-8277.
Gary Rowe, solo jazz piano, at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1
EXHIBITIONS
Alvarado Artists Group Show with works by Marilyn MacGregor, Barbara Werner, Joan Lakin Mikkelsen, Carla Dole and MJ Orcutt opens at the Giorgi Gallery, 2911 Claremont Ave. 848-1228.
READINGS AND LECTURES
Michael Eric Dyson asks “Is Bill Cosby Right? Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?” at 7:30 p.m. at First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way. Donation $10. Sponsored by Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com
MUSIC AND DANCE
Sonic Camouflage at 8 p.m. at Cafe Van Kleef, 1621 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. 763-7711 www.cafevankleef.com
Ned Boynton Trio at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.
Paul Arnoldi at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $17.50-$18.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org
Whiskey Brothers at 9 p.m. at Albatross, 1822 San Pablo Ave. 843-2473. www.albatrosspub.com
Quimbobo, salsa, at 9:30 p.m. at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $5-$10. 548-1159.ô
