Arts Listings
Arts and Entertainment: Around the East Bay
PHOTOGRAPHING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Civil rights photojournalist Matt Heron will discuss his work covering the struggle for voting rights in the South at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Community Meeting Room of the Berkeley Public Library at 2090 Kittredge St. 981-6100.
100 YEARS OF
SAMUEL BECKETT
Wilde Irish Productions will host the Beckett Centennial Celebration, an afternoon of staged readings from the writer’s works at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Berkeley City Club Library, 2315 Durant Ave. Admission is free, but reservations are strongly suggested. 644-9940. www.wildeirish.org.
CLOSELY WATCHED FILMS AT PFA
Screenwriter Frank Pierson will lead a shot-by-shot analysis and discussion of Dog Day Afternoon (Sidyney Lumiere, 1975) at 7 p.m. Friday at Pacific Film Archive. The discussion is part of PFA’s “Closely Watched Films” series in which Pierson will discuss several of his works, including Cool Hand Luke (Stuart Rosenberg, 1967) at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Cat Ballou (Elliot Silverstein, 1965) at 9:15 p.m. Saturday, and The King of the Gypsies (1978), which Pierson directed himself, at 5:30 p.m. Sunday. 2575 Bancroft Way. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu.
NEEDLEPOINT ARTWORK AT MAGNES MUSEUM
“Through the Eye of the Needle: Fabric Art of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz” opens Monday and runs through Feb. 11 at the Judah L. Magnes Museum at 2911 Russell St.549-6950. www.magnes.org.
