Beverly P. Church
berkeley, ca
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- Member since: 2007-04-21 00:00:00
- Last log-in: 2007-08-26 00:00:00
- Events: 148
Events:
Australian Bebop Ragas
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2007-10-05 20:00:00
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Australian Bebop Ragas is a trio featuring Stephen Kent, Teed Rockwell and Sameer Gupta.
East Bay Green Drinks
Where: Triple Rock Brewery & Alehouse
Date: 2007-06-20 17:30:00
Type:
EAST BAY GREEN DRINKS is a lively monthly gathering for people interested in sustainability, including green business, architecture, design, organics, clean energy and other topics. We meet the third Wednesday of every month at: Triple Rock Brewery 1920 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley CA (two blocks north of University Avenue, and close to the downtown Berkeley BART station) Sign up to receive our monthly email reminders at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SustainabilityHappyHourEastBay/
Exciting new events at Habitot Children's Museum!
Where: Habitot Children's Museum
Date: 2007-09-08 09:30:00
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“Kites in the Air!” at Habitot Children’s Museum! On September 7, 8, from 10:30am-11:00am, children learn that kites and windsocks move through the sky because of the wind that pushes it. Create your own kite to take home using a variety of materials and colorful paper bags to fly in the Wind Tunnel exhibit. This is a FREE-with-admission event! “Float or Sink?” at Habitot Children’s Museum! On September 12, 14, 15, from 10:30am-11:00am, stop by the Waterworks exhibit and guess what objects will sink and which will float. This week Habitot staff will bring out the Habitot Mystery Box full of fun "floatable" and "sinkable" items including magnets, rubber duckies, and more! This is a FREE-with-admission event! “Become A Storybook Character” at Habitot Children’s Museum! On September 19, 21, 22, from 10:30am-11:00am, help tell the story and participate in interactive storytelling in our Multicultural Reading Tent. Put on silly hats, wear funny glasses and act like a character in our featured story. This is a FREE-with-admission event! “Baby Fun with Scarves and Fabrics” at Habitot Children’s Museum! On September 26, 28, 29, from 10:30am-11:00am, parents, caregivers and babies will have fun looking through different sheer scarves, prisms and colored cellophane in the Infant-Toddler Garden. Explore textured blocks and fabrics, just for our youngest at Habitot. This is a FREE-with-admission event! Habitot Children’s Museum is San Francisco East Bay’s award-winning children’s discovery museum specifically designed for kids under seven years old. We are located one block away from the Downtown Berkeley BART Station at 2065 Kittredge St. Berkeley, CA 94704
Animosity, As Blood Runs Black, The Faceless, Beneath the Ma...
Where: 924 Gilman
Date: 2007-05-26 20:00:00
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DOORS OPEN AT 7:30PM. Admission: $7 ANIMOSITY http://www.myspace.com/animosity AS BLOOD RUNS BLACK http://www.myspace.com/asbloodrunsblack THE FACELESS http://www.the-faceless.com/ BENEATH THE MASSACRE http://www.myspace.com/btm AGENDA OF SWINE http://myspace.com/agendaofswine
Local Action for Climate Change: 'Inconvenient Truth' Slides...
Where: Strawberry Creek Lodge
Date: 2007-06-05 10:30:00
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Raines Cohen, Climate Project presenter and Certified Green Building Professional, will present a customized version of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" slideshow and facilitate a discussion of actions Strawberry Creek Lodge residents, elders, and neighbors can take, from changing light bulbs to letter writing to lobbying and installing solar systems. Hosted by the Strawberry Creek Lodge Tenants Association Legislative Action Committee.
The War Between Religion and Law in America, a talk with Pe...
Where: The Hillside Club
Date: 2007-05-22 19:30:00
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GOD ON TRIAL: political activist, draft resister, and civil rights attorney Peter Irons talks with USF Law School Dean Jeffrey Brand. Tuesday May 22 7:30 pm At the Hillside Club 2286 Cedar Street in Berkeley $5 at the door; no one turned away for lack of funds. For information e-mail lewis@litminds.org This event is organized by LitMinds.org. Eminent civil rights attorney, political activist, and legal scholar Peter Irons will be in conversation with Jeffrey Brand, Dean of the USF Law School, to talk about his new book God On Trial: Dispatches from America's Religious Battlefields. The event will be introduced by Lewis Klausner of LitMinds.org. Over the past two decades, federal courts have become contentious battlefields in America’s growing religious wars. Since 1989, five momentous court cases testing the principles of separation of Church and State have divided communities—and the nation. Peter Irons, a noted constitutional scholar, lawyer, and author of the bestselling May It Please the Court, provides detailed and penetrating accounts of these cases. He includes first-person monologues from both sides of each case that reveal the passions and rationales at work in these conflicts. Irons shows that when the courts debate issues like the public display of a cross or the words “under God” in the pledge of allegiance they founder and drift for lack of clear legal standards.
Rick Di Dia
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2007-08-29 20:00:00
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Rick Di Dia plays in various tunings and has developed his own method of lap-style magic. Poaching from the blues, jazz, folk ballads, stomps, bluegrass and hollars, he picks, strums and slides his own brand of stripped down Americana.
The Mystery of the Kaddish: Its Profound Influence on Judais...
Where: JCC of the East Bay
Date: 2007-11-29 19:30:00
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The Kaddish, widely known as the prayer for the dead, does not speak of death. So why, then, is the Kaddish recited after the death of a close relative? And how did the Kaddish, a prayer of unknown origin, become one of the most famous and familiar prayers in Jewish liturgy? Leon Charney traveled across the globe to solve the mystery of the Kaddish. Join us for a fascinating walk through Jewish history and culture as he shares his discoveries. Leon H. Charney has enjoyed a distinguished career as advisor to world leaders. He aided Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in bringing Soviet Jewish dissidents to Israel, and helped Jimmy Carter broker the Camp David Accords. He is the author of three books and hosts The Leon Charney Report, a weekly, national television show. He is also a cantor by training, and may demonstrate the various melodies of the Kaddish. FREE
East Bay iPhone Developers Meeting
Where: Berkeley Coworking
Date: 2007-08-21 19:00:00
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On Tuesday, August 21st I will be hosting an East Bay iPhone Developers Meeting, at 7pm until 10pm in our www.BerkeleyCoworking.com conference room. The address and directions are on the website, and it is two blocks from Ashby BART. We can only fit 25 people, so I'm using the Upcoming RSVP system to limit the attendees to that number. You can register at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/234913/ . If you register and end up not being able to attend, please change your registration to no so that someone else can take your place. There is no charge for attending. Like iPhoneDevCamp and MacHack, I'd like to focus on things that we can build together. Some possibilities: * A microformat for describing iPhone webapp services. This could include icon, description, pointers to special web pages, etc. * Support of various microformat standards like hCard. * An iPhone standard UI and examples for OpenID. * Exploration of what we can do usefully with Safari Canvas. If you have some other suggestions on what we should discuss, post them at http://groups.google.com/group/iphonewebdev/browse_thread/thread/f7b0ddfe3af2b140 . So bring your laptop development environment, your iPhone, and your ideas!
TASTE MATTERS with Benjamin Wurgaft
Where: Judah L. Magnes Museum
Date: 2007-07-26 18:30:00
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"Exotic, Nostalgic, Bizarre: Jewish Food in the Eyes of American European Food Writers" Over the past two centuries, food writers, both Jewish and non-Jewish, have described the cuisine of Jewish societies in striking terms, often marked by the tropes of orientalism, nostalgia, or anti-Semitism. Descriptions of "Jewish food," its ingredients, sights and smells, provide a means to negotiate complex attitudes towards Jewish difference, and the possibilities of maintaining a Jewish identity in the modern world. Wurgaft surveys a range of food writers in an attempt to trace the representation of Jewish identity in a small, but lively, literary domain. $8 non-members; $6 members.
Y!RB Brain Jam: Nancy Van House, UCB - Distant Closeness
Where: Yahoo! Research Berkeley
Date: 2007-06-22 15:00:00
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Description Free and open to the public - and followed at 4pm with a Social Jam that includes refreshments - and beer. It would be helpful if you mark attending/watching above. Distant Closeness: Flickr and the Changing Sociality of Images ABSTRACT: Flickr is much more than a useful tool for sharing photos: it is helping to change the role of images in people's lives, in their interactions, and their individual and collective construction of self. This is what we are finding in an on-going study of Flickr users, part of a larger project aimed at understanding (1) how new photo making and sharing technologies relate to prior and emergent photographic practices and (2) what the enthusiastic adoption of these new technologies tells us about the adoption and adaptation of new technology more generally. Personal photography is extraordinarily widely-practiced and highly valued. Digital photography and online sharing have been very successful. Flickr is a new form of online sharing which has also been quite successful. We've been studying non-professional photographers in general (film and digital), cameraphone uses, and now Flickr and ZoneTag users to see how changing image-making and sharing technologies support and illuminate prior practices and purposes and enables new ones. We're interested in how people are actually using new media and multimodality in the changing role of images in people's activities and interactions. Many theories of technological change try to explain why only some technologies successfully enter into our sociotechnical ecologies. We content that investigating the successful incorporation of these new image-making and sharing technologies will help us understand the issue of technological change more generally. BIOGRAPHY: Nancy Van House is a Professor in the School of Information (formerly SIMS, the School of Information Management and Systems) at UC Berkeley. Her research is rooted in Science and Technology Studies, Visual Studies, and New Media. Her interest is in understanding the intersection between people's practices and activities and new technology.
One-Way Ticket: Our Son’s Addiction to Heroin, by Rita Lowen...
Where: JCC of the East Bay
Date: 2007-11-28 19:30:00
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Addiction knows no boundaries, reveals the author, in this powerful story of a mother’s love, a cherished son, and the helplessness and hopelessness of addiction. Despite growing up in a white, upper-middle class Jewish family, her adored son Josh was already using heroin when just past his Bar Mitzvah, culminating in his death at the age of only 38. This riveting account will touch anyone who has ever loved a child. • Date and Time: Wednesday, November 28, 7:30 pm
East Bay iPhone Developers Meeting
Where: Berkeley Coworking
Date: 2007-08-21 19:00:00
Type:
On Tuesday, August 21st I will be hosting an East Bay iPhone Developers Meeting, at 7pm until 10pm in our www.BerkeleyCoworking.com conference room. The address and directions are on the website, and it is two blocks from Ashby BART. We can only fit 25 people, so I'm using the Upcoming RSVP system to limit the attendees to that number. You can register at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/234913/ . If you register and end up not being able to attend, please change your registration to no so that someone else can take your place. There is no charge for attending. Like iPhoneDevCamp and MacHack, I'd like to focus on things that we can build together. Some possibilities: * A microformat for describing iPhone webapp services. This could include icon, description, pointers to special web pages, etc. * Support of various microformat standards like hCard. * An iPhone standard UI and examples for OpenID. * Exploration of what we can do usefully with Safari Canvas. If you have some other suggestions on what we should discuss, post them at http://groups.google.com/group/iphonewebdev/browse_thread/thread/f7b0ddfe3af2b140 . So bring your laptop development environment, your iPhone, and your ideas!
Scorchin Night of Reggae
Where: Shattuck Down Low Lounge
Date: 2007-04-27 22:00:00
Type:
NATIVE ELEMENTS San Francisco's reggae favorite Native Elements (now in their 10th year as a cohesive unit) never fail to bring postivity and niceness to all of their music gatherings. As recording artist's they spin a curious fabric of luvers rock, roots and conscious dancehall wrapped cozily in a bright "frisco-pino" treatment. A family before anything else Native Elements strives to make their show a warm and inviting experience for all; young and old, red gold and green and everything in between. http://www.native-elements.com BINGHI GHOST. Hailing from a little island in the Caribbean called St. Croix, Binghi Ghost was raised with all the ingredients to make him a reggae force to be reckoned with. The culture of the island and the direct linkage to old, West African customs and cultures, has given Mr. Ghost all the tools he needs to go in a straight line with his music, as he likes to say..."forward ever, backward never". Plus, he is an individual who truly feels the music and lets it envelop him in its pulsing rhythms and melodies. http://www.binghighost.com also LUV FYAH, will be bring his unique style of Sing-Chant for your listening pleasures. & SELECTA KURIOUS (resident dj for BIGUPRADIO.COM Reality Time radio show will be giving you the best in Reggae. This event is 21 & up with a $10 cover
Ancient Future Guitar and Sitar Jugalbandi
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2007-08-19 20:00:00
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East meets West with seamless fire and grace as famed guitarist Matthew Montfort and sitar master Pandit Habib Khan join forces for an evening of unique jugalbandi.
Erika Luckett
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2007-08-22 20:00:00
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Born in Mexico, raised in Brazil and Venezuela, Erika began her career as a teenager playing guitar and singing in the subways of Paris. In the early 1990s, she settled in the Bay Area where she founded and toured with world jazz ensemble, Wild Mango.
Monterey Jazz Festival - 50th anniversary tour
Where: Zellerbach Hall
Date: 2008-01-12 20:00:00
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A musical first in the West, the Monterey Jazz Festival has proved to be both artistically ambitious and great fun, regularly showcasing the brightest stars in the jazz universe. Celebrating its 50th anniversary, the Festival hits the road with a roster of musical heavyweights representing the very best in modern jazz. Terence Blanchard ("His writing is superb and heartfelt, his playing perfect," says the Wall Street Journal) rose to prominence through his association with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and is one of today's top trumpet players. Saxophonist James Moody has dominated the scene for over 60 years and continues to delight audiences with his vitality and innovative playing. Nnenna Freelon is in "the very top echelon" (Los Angeles Times) of jazz vocalists, and pianist Benny Green "plays funky and hard, and breathes not only be-bop but Oscar Peterson's virtuosic effusions as well" (The New York Times).
Scorchin Night of Reggae
Where: Shattuck Down Low Lounge
Date: 2007-04-27 22:00:00
Type:
NATIVE ELEMENTS San Francisco's reggae favorite Native Elements (now in their 10th year as a cohesive unit) never fail to bring postivity and niceness to all of their music gatherings. As recording artist's they spin a curious fabric of luvers rock, roots and conscious dancehall wrapped cozily in a bright "frisco-pino" treatment. A family before anything else Native Elements strives to make their show a warm and inviting experience for all; young and old, red gold and green and everything in between. http://www.native-elements.com BINGHI GHOST. Hailing from a little island in the Caribbean called St. Croix, Binghi Ghost was raised with all the ingredients to make him a reggae force to be reckoned with. The culture of the island and the direct linkage to old, West African customs and cultures, has given Mr. Ghost all the tools he needs to go in a straight line with his music, as he likes to say..."forward ever, backward never". Plus, he is an individual who truly feels the music and lets it envelop him in its pulsing rhythms and melodies. http://www.binghighost.com also LUV FYAH, will be bring his unique style of Sing-Chant for your listening pleasures. & SELECTA KURIOUS (resident dj for BIGUPRADIO.COM Reality Time radio show will be giving you the best in Reggae. This event is 21 & up with a $10 cover
FREE "Stranger Safety" Event at Habitot!
Where: Habitot Children's Museum
Date: 2007-08-11 11:00:00
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Stranger Safety Day On Saturday August 11th, from11:00 am - 1:00 pm, Habitot is hosting their Stranger Safety Day as part of their annual Early Children's Safety Campaign. Although the vast majority of children reported missing are not stranger abductions, fingerprinting your child so that you have vital information you can give immediately to law enforcement should it ever be needed makes good sense. Senator Don Perata's office has donated fingerprint kits for the day. This event is FREE with admission. We are located one block from the Downtown Berkeley BART station at 2065 Kittredge St. Berkeley, CA 94704 Please visit us at www.habitot.org for more details.
Paola Pastore: Transparency, Shadow, & Reverse Collage
Where: Alta Galleria
Date: 2007-07-14 00:00:00
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Reception Saturday July 14th , 2007, 3-5pm, Exhibit through August 18th Paola Pastore is originally from Rome, Italy and she has lived across three continents. She spent the last 16 years in Michigan where she earned a BFA from Western Michigan University and pursued art as a designer and fine artist. Her work has been exhibited at Western Michigan University, The Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, and the Kingscott Gallery. Shadow, transparency, and reverse collage combine in these small pieces, which are cut into watercolor paper to form subtle lines illuminated by the natural light filtered through translucent colored papers. It is an intimate series based on the human experience, the images evolving from the figure into abstraction.
Cafe Bellie Belly Dance Showcase
Where: Ashkenaz
Date: 2007-08-12 19:30:00
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This event features dozens of belly dancers from an array of Bay Area companies and schools, combined with a belly dance boutique for shopping.
UBZERO V THE MUMMYMEN (Daevid Allen & Big City Orchestrae)
Where: The Starry Plough
Date: 2007-05-17 21:00:00
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One of two Bay Area chances to see daevid allen (Gong) outside Australia this year as he appears in some startlingly different ensembles around the globe. Two gigs on the West Coast with folk from the far side, with Kwisp and BCO.
East Bay Green Drinks
Where: Triple Rock Brewery & Alehouse
Date: 2007-08-15 17:30:00
Type:
EAST BAY GREEN DRINKS is a lively monthly gathering for people interested in sustainability, including green business, architecture, design, organics, clean energy and other topics. We meet the third Wednesday of every month at: Triple Rock Brewery 1920 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley CA (two blocks north of University Avenue, and close to the downtown Berkeley BART station) Sign up to receive our monthly email reminders at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SustainabilityHappyHourEastBay/
Alasdair Fraser
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2007-08-23 20:00:00
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Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser draws deep from the wells of tradition and his own technical prowess. He ranks among the finest interpreters of Scotland's music.
The Battlefield Band
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2008-03-05 20:00:00
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This popular Scottish folk band will utilize the sounds of bagpipes, fiddles, synthesizers and vocals to produce its unique tunes.
Mike Kuniavsky, ThingM | Sketching Smart Things: User Experi...
Where: UC Berkeley School of Information
Date: 2008-03-06 17:15:00
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The user experience design of ubiquitous computing (ubicomp) products is a new branch of design. Like Web design was different from traditional graphic design, ubicomp user experience design is different from traditional industrial design. Mike will discuss how he has tackled (and occasionally has gotten tackled by) the unique challenges of ubicomp UX. He will reposition the notion of information as a design material, and describe how ThingM is attempting to merge interaction design with the principles of agile software development to create new tools for prototyping new interactions.
Farewell Holly
Where: Boalt Hall UC Berkeley School of Law
Date: 2007-05-10 15:30:00
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in the Goldberg Room
Daft Punk, The Rapture, Sebastian and Kavinsky
Where: Greek Theatre
Date: 2007-07-27 20:00:00
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yes. yes.
Jamie Laval
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2007-09-06 20:00:00
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Esteemed for his intensely passionate performances, Jamie Laval consistently delights a wide spectrum of audiences with his unmistakably personal expression of traditional Celtic music. Two-time winner of the Western Open Master Picker Championship, Ashley Broder often combines blues, jazz, bluegrass, Old-time, Irish, classical and Brazilian music.
Ben Bernstein & Friends
Where: The Starry Plough Pub
Date: 2008-06-06 20:00:00
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With Culann's Hounds and the Porch Steps.
Robert Lepage: the Andersen Project
Where: University of California, Berkeley Zellerbach Hall
Date: 2008-05-29 20:00:00
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Director and writer Robert Lepage is one of Canada's most renowned artists. In 'The Andersen Project,' he continues to push artistic boundaries with a work freely inspired by two stories by Hans Christian Andersen as well as anecdotes drawn from the famed Danish author's Parisian travels.
Killing the Dream
Where: 924 Gilman
Date: 2008-01-12 20:00:00
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Killing the Dream is a melodic hardcore band from California but their sound would probably deceive you to believe that they are from the Northeastern seaboard.
Courtney Nicole, Chris Gentry, Patrick Dyer Wolf
Where: Beckett's Irish Pub
Date: 2008-07-10 20:00:00
Type:
COURTNEY NICOLE Acoustic/Indie http://www.myspace.com/sng2me CHRIS GENTRY Acoustic/Bluegrass/Folk Rock http://www.myspace.com/chrisgentryprojects PATRICK DYER WOLF http://www.myspace.com/patrickdyerwolf
Courtney Nicole, Chris Gentry, Patrick Dyer Wolf
Where: Beckett's Irish Pub
Date: 2008-05-15 20:00:00
Type:
COURTNEY NICOLE Acoustic/Indie http://www.myspace.com/sng2me CHRIS GENTRY Acoustic/Bluegrass/Folk Rock http://www.myspace.com/chrisgentryprojects PATRICK DYER WOLF http://www.myspace.com/patrickdyerwolf
Courtney Nicole, Chris Gentry, Patrick Dyer Wolf
Where: Beckett's Irish Pub
Date: 2008-07-10 20:00:00
Type:
COURTNEY NICOLE Acoustic/Indie http://www.myspace.com/sng2me CHRIS GENTRY Acoustic/Bluegrass/Folk Rock http://www.myspace.com/chrisgentryprojects PATRICK DYER WOLF http://www.myspace.com/patrickdyerwolf
Alix Olson: Word Warriors 35 Women Leaders
Where: Cody's Bookstore
Date: 2007-11-26 19:00:00
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Alix Olson and friends perform from 'World Warriors: 35 Women Leaders in the Spoken Word Revolution.'
Paula Kamen: Finding Iris Chang
Where: Cody's Bookstore
Date: 2007-11-28 19:00:00
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In 'Finding Iris Chang', Paula Kamen chronicles her search to connect the dots surrounding Chang's perplexing suicide.
Ann Vileisis: Kitchen Literacy
Where: Cody's Bookstore
Date: 2007-11-14 19:00:00
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The consequences of the distance between farm and table, both historically and in the current age of the factory farm, is the subject of historian Ann Vileisis's provocative book, 'Kitchen Literacy: How We Lost Knowledge of Where Food Comes From and Why We Need to Get It Back.'
House Jacks
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2007-11-17 17:00:00
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New wave a cappella aces, the House Jacks are a rock band without instruments.
12/18-12/22: Gingerbread Workshop at Habitot Children's Muse...
Where: Habitot Children's Museum
Date: 2007-12-18 10:00:00
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Want to make your own gingerbread house to take home? Sign up for our gingerbread house workshop and decorate your own gingerbread house with icing, candy, and other sweets! December 18-22; 10 am and 11 am sessions Please call Liz at (510) 647-1111 x17 to reserve your spot. Pre-registration is required. Members: $20 per child; Non-members: $29 (includes admission for one child and one adult) About Habitot Children's Museum: Habitot Children’s Museum is San Francisco East Bay’s award-winning children’s discovery museum specifically designed for kids under seven years old. We are located one block away from the Downtown Berkeley BART Station at 2065 Kittredge St. Berkeley, CA 94704 For More Information Visit www.habitot.org or call 510-647-1111
Hecho En Califas Festival: Amor Cubano
Where: La Pena Cultural Center
Date: 2007-11-15 20:00:00
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Finding Community Fair with Diana Leafe Christian
Where: Green City Gallery
Date: 2007-11-16 18:00:00
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Designed for community seekers, the Fair will include exhibit tables by members of Northern California communities seeking new members. Author Diana Leafe Christian will offer do a presentation on how to research thoroughly, visit enjoyably, evaluate intelligently, and join gracefully an ecovillage or other kind of intentional community. This is the subject of her new book, Finding Community: How to Join an Ecovillage or Intentional Community. Copies of this book; Diana's first book, Creating a Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities; the new Communities Directory; and other books will be available. East Bay Permaculture Guild and Northern California Cohousing, sponsors. $15-20 donation requested.
Adrian Tomine: Shortcomings
Where: Cody's Bookstore
Date: 2007-11-15 19:00:00
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'Shortcomings,' Adrian Tomine's first long-form graphic novel, is the story of Ben Tanaka, a confused, obsessive Japanese American male in his late twenties and his cross-country search for contentment (or at least the perfect girl). Along the way, Tomine tackles modern culture, sexual mores, and racial politics with brutal honesty and lacerating, irreverent humor, while deftly bringing to life a cast of painfully real antihero characters.
Adrian Tomine: Shortcomings
Where: Cody's Bookstore
Date: 2007-11-15 19:00:00
Type:
'Shortcomings,' Adrian Tomine's first long-form graphic novel, is the story of Ben Tanaka, a confused, obsessive Japanese American male in his late twenties and his cross-country search for contentment (or at least the perfect girl). Along the way, Tomine tackles modern culture, sexual mores, and racial politics with brutal honesty and lacerating, irreverent humor, while deftly bringing to life a cast of painfully real antihero characters.
Todd Shipley Band!
Where: Beckett's Irish Pub
Date: 2007-11-16 21:00:00
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TODD SHIPLEY BAND featuring Dave Gursom (bass), GG Tanaka (drums) and Shane Crosby (guitar) http://www.myspace.com/toddshipley http://www.toddshipley.com
Wednesday Open Mic Night with GG Tanaka (10PM)
Where: Beckett's Irish Pub
Date: 2007-12-05 22:00:00
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OPEN MIC NIGHT with host GG Tanaka at Beckett's Irish Pub in Berkeley! 10PM to 1AM 2 songs per performer Contact GG Tanaka for more information!
Hatchet
Where: 924 Gilman
Date: 2007-11-23 20:00:00
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Hatchet is a trash/metal band from California, and features Marcus (vocals), Julz (lead guitar), McFly (guitar), Dan (bass) and Slave (drums).
Albany Arts Collective
Where: Ashkenaz
Date: 2007-12-21 18:30:00
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This benefit show features two musical acts and an art exhibit, all by young people. Proceeds from this show will be utilised for Albany Music Fund.
Sourdough Slim
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2008-01-10 20:00:00
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Sourdough Slim is a yodeling, singing, ukulele, guitar and accordion-playing, rope-twirling, dancing reincarnation of a 1938-type, wise-guy, country-radio performer.
New Year's Eve Dance Extravaganza
Where: La Pena Cultural Center
Date: 2007-12-31 21:30:00
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Celebrate New Year's Eve Dance Extravaganza with Jesus Diaz and the Cuban Connection.
plaintiff for tree people
Where: Boalt Hall UC Berkeley School of Law
Date: 2007-11-29 12:45:00
Type:
Room 110
Selector Sessions w/ DJs Delon & Fflood f/ Audio Angel
Where: Jupiter
Date: 2007-12-13 20:00:00
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ooh ooh! gonna be a good one. i will update with more info soon :)
Argonautika
Where: Berkeley Repertory Theater
Date: 2007-11-30 00:00:00
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'Argonautika' is an ancient Greek fable about a young man who encounters sea monsters and water nymphs in his voyage across a forbidden ocean to rescue the princess he loves.
Tom Paxton
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2007-11-30 20:00:00
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Tom Paxton emerged from the same 1960s folk movement that produced artists such as Joan Baez, Judy Collins and Bob Dylan. His music, written with elegant and touching simplicity, carries messages of justice, hope and empowerment.
Fred Odell
Where: Beckett's Irish Pub
Date: 2008-02-07 20:00:00
Type:
FRED ODELL http://www.fredodell.net http://www.myspace.com/fredodellmusic
Wednesday Open Mic Night with GG Tanaka (10PM)
Where: Beckett's Irish Pub
Date: 2007-12-05 22:00:00
Type:
OPEN MIC NIGHT with host GG Tanaka at Beckett's Irish Pub in Berkeley! 10PM to 1AM 2 songs per performer Contact GG Tanaka for more information!
Holly Near
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2007-12-02 20:00:00
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Holly Near's career stretches back to the early '70s & is marked by her fervent backing of heartfelt causes, from her anti-Vietnam War work to her support of radical lesbian feminism to numerous global concerns.
Wednesday Open Mic Night with GG Tanaka (10PM)
Where: Beckett's Irish Pub
Date: 2008-01-16 20:00:00
Type:
OPEN MIC NIGHT with host GG Tanaka at Beckett's Irish Pub in Berkeley! 10PM to 1AM 2 songs per performer Contact GG Tanaka for more information!
Calabrese
Where: Blake's
Date: 2008-01-11 21:30:00
Type:
Calabrese appeals to those who feel disgusted and abandoned by the current state of popular music.
Steve James
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2008-02-06 20:00:00
Type:
Steve James plays acoustic blues rock. Eric is virtuoso performer of American traditional music styles including oldtime Appalachian ballads and breakdowns, classic blues, Louisiana Cajun dance music and Hispanic danzons from Puerto Rico and Mexico. He is exceptional for its purity of tone, speed and soulfulness.
The Duhks
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2008-02-20 20:00:00
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The hottest young acoustic band in North America these days comes from unlikely Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The Duhks combine tons of charm, talent and energy with some of the best forms of folk and acoustic music. The Duhks' music is described as "contemporary acoustic," "progressive soul-grass" and "kick-ass rock/folk fusion." There are elements appropriated from Irish fiddle tunes, Canadian French and Scots/Maritime folk and Appalachian Old Time string band in their high-energy music.
Frank Olivier’s Twisted Cabaret and Pandemonium Vaudeville S...
Where: Julia Morgan Center for the Arts
Date: 2008-02-22 20:00:00
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Frank Olivier’s TWISTED CABARET and Pandemonium Vaudeville Show is back! It’s a zany evening of demented fun. Olivier and his hunchback assistant Flynch (played by Unkle Paul Nathan) and the Twisted Cabaret Band to return for a limited 3 show run, performing their outrageous show with Olivier’s wildly funny characters doing 12 astonishing & hilarious acts – from knife-throwing, magic and contortion to fire-eating, juggling, dancing girls and more. Twisted Cabaret is a fast-paced astounding tour-de-force with the multi-talented Olivier charting the unexplored outer edges of comedy. Three shows only Feb 22, 23 and a matinee on Sun Feb 24. Since last here, Twisted Cabaret has played from England to Las Vegas. Olivier honed his skills on comedy club stages, and in theaters from New York to London, throughout Europe and Japan. His ‘Tonight Show’ appearances & other television shows have made him one of the most sought after variety performers anywhere. The critics rave for Olivier and Twisted Cabaret: “Wickedly Funny!” – Jennifer Dunning, New York Times “An astonishing tour de force… madcap comedy” – Robert Hurwitt, San Francisco Chronicle “A wildly funny show. One of those shows that works so perfectly wonderfully, you’re surprised nobody had come up with it before.” – Pat Craig, Contra Costa Times “A delightfully wild ride!” - Brad Rosenstein, SF Bay Guardian “The funniest show I’ve ever seen!” – Jerry Friedman, KGO Radio The encore performance schedule for Twisted Cabaret is February 22nd through 24th, Friday at 8:00 p.m., Saturday at 8 p.m. Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $25, discounts for children and seniors. Tickets may be ordered by calling 800 838-3006 or purchased online at www.TwistedCabaret.com.
Earthcapades
Where: La Pena Cultural Center
Date: 2008-01-26 10:30:00
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EarthCapades' unique and memorable programs offer a hilarious blend of environmental education and entertainment. Circus arts, storytelling, music and comedy are skillfully woven with learning to enthrall audiences of all ages.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Where: University of California, Berkeley Zellerbach Hall
Date: 2008-01-26 20:00:00
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, led by Wynton Marsalis, is a national treasure serving up a big band sound that's second to none. It is composed of 15 of jazz music's leading soloists. It has been hailed as "an extraordinarily versatile orchestra." by the Los Angeles Times.
Elders Guild meeting
Where: Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists
Date: 2008-01-10 18:30:00
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Join us in a journey of self-discovery as we pioneer new territory, piloting a project to lead in aging... in community, and beyond. This is a new program developed by Barry Barkan of the Live Oak Institute. Are You Ready to Make the Transition From Baby Boomer to Elder Boomer? Have you and your contemporaries been thinking about your role as an elder and the way we will age together, support one another and help rescue the future? The Elders Guild Vision and Mission Our Vision ....is a world in which powerful and conscious elders join together in common purpose to bring healing, joy and connection to our lives, our families, our communities and our world. Our Mission ....is to create the communities where we re-imagine our old age, look after one another and embody the wisdom that will enable us to help heal the future. The Elders Guild seeks to unleash the virtually unprecedented resource of a planetary network of conscious and responsible elders by focusing on organizing ourselves in three crucial areas of our individual and collective development: Community, Wisdom, and Championing the Future. UPDATE: first-timer's intro at 6:30 PM, main event at 7.
Kapakahi Live @ Starry Plough, Berkeley
Where: The Starry Plough Pub
Date: 2008-01-10 21:00:00
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Kapakahi is heading over to da East Bay to play @ Starry Plough, Berkeley. If you love live music you don't wanna miss this sure to be entertaining mix of reggae, ska, fusion, hip-hop, and soo much more. The Angry Philosophers will be opening up the night so come early and be ready to dance. Kapakahi wants to see the East Bay get down! For more info visit: KapakahiMusic.com MySpace.com/Kapakahi Event submitted by Eventful.com on behalf of kapakahi.
Todd Shipley Band, GG Tanaka Electric Band
Where: Beckett's Irish Pub
Date: 2008-01-11 22:00:00
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THE TODD SHIPLEY BAND http://www.toddshipley.com http://www.myspace.com/toddshipley featuring Dave Gursom (bass), GG Tanaka (drums) and Shane Crosby (guitar) http://www.myspace.com/toddshipley http://www.toddshipley.com THE GG TANAKA ELECTRIC BAND http://www.myspace.com/ggtanaka
Rebecca Griffin
Where: Caffe Trieste (Berkeley)
Date: 2008-01-15 19:00:00
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Jazz vocalist Rebecca Griffin brings a warm, sultry sound to standards and lesser-known gems. Featuring Michael Coleman, piano and Nate Brenner, bass.
Dr Fred Luskin: Forgive for Love
Where: Cody's Bookstore
Date: 2008-01-16 19:00:00
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Dr. Luskin, director of the Stanford Forgiveness Project and senior fellow at the Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation, delivers a proven seven-step program for creating and maintaining loving and lasting relationships, teaching easy-to-learn forgiveness skills. This program will not only resolve immediate conflicts but improve the overall happiness and longevity of your relationships.
Junius Courtney Big Band
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2008-02-09 20:00:00
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PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For an event on: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9th JAZZ CONCERT and Staged Reading AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH EVENT Contact: P. Mullan 510-647-5038; patmullan@comcast.net Photos Available www.juniuscourtneybigband.com “Every month is African American History Month.” Billy Strayhorn Celebrated in Concert and Drama by Junius Courtney Big Band with Denise Perrier The nineteen-piece Junius Courtney Big Band, featuring Denise Perrier, returns to the Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse (1111 Addision near San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley) to fill every square inch of its stage on Saturday evening, February 9th at 8:00 p.m. Adding to their swinging execution of a roof-raising repertoire, the band will present a celebratory production for African American History Month -- “The Billy Strayhorn Session.” Musical director George “Jazzbeaux” Spencer, bandleader Nat Courtney, and vocalist Denise Perrier portray Strayhorn, Ellington, and Lena Horne in a staged reading that illuminates the performance of select Strayhorn compositions by the full band. Usually credited as Ellington’s arranger and collaborator, Billy Strayhorn was a music master in his own right, and a politically courageous gay black man in a performance world where the limelight was directed elsewhere. Celebrate African American history at its swingingest with the notes of Strayhorn, Ellington and the Junius Courtney Big Band. Tix: $17.50 advance, $18.50 at the door. All ages welcome. Refreshments available. Info: 510-548-1761; http://www.thefreight.org The Freight is an educational, non-profit organization. Co-sponsored by the Berkeley Arts Festival http://www.berkeleyartsfestival.com ###
M*A*T*H: Alan Alda in conversation with Bob Osserman
Where: Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Date: 2008-01-17 19:00:00
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MSRI is pleased to present M*A*T*H: Alan Alda in conversation with Bob Osserman at Berkeley Repertory’s Roda Theatre on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008 from 7:00 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. Alan Alda, Emmy award-winning actor and author of bestselling memoirs, will talk on stage with mathematician Bob Osserman (Special Projects Director at MSRI) about Alda’s lifelong interest in science. He has sought to promote a greater understanding of science by the public, which has led him to host on PBS Scientific American Frontiers for eleven years. Alan Alda is also an acclaimed director and writer for film and television. He has acted in many starring roles on stage, screen, and television, including that of Hawkeye Pierce on the classic TV series M*A*S*H and, more recently, as Senator Arnold Vinick on The West Wing. Berkeley Rep's Roda Theatre is located at 2015 Addison Street in Berkeley (near the Downtown Berkeley BART station on Shattuck Avenue). Tickets for reserved seating are $22 each for premium seats, and $14 for seats in the mezzanine & upper loges; an additional $7 service fee is charged per ticket order (this fee is waived if tickets are purchased in-person at the Box Office at Berkeley Repertory). For tickets, please call the Rep's Box Office at 510.647.2949 or 1.888.427.8849; or order on-line at www.berkeleyrep.org/ticketing/tickets/production.aspx?performanceNumber=2725 For directions to Berkeley Repertory and parking information, go to: www.berkeleyrep.org/planyourvisit/index.aspx
Lashonda Barnett: I Got Thunder
Where: Cody's Bookstore
Date: 2008-01-31 19:00:00
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'I Got Thunder' covers a wide variety of genres, providing a rare glimpse of the most prominent women performing singers and songwriters and their remarkable contributions.
Mona Sutphen and Nina Hachigian: the Next American Century
Where: Cody's Bookstore
Date: 2008-01-23 19:00:00
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Mona Sutphen and Nina Hachigian introduce 'The Next American Century: How the U.S. Can Thrive as Other Powers Rise.'
Gil Shaham, Violinist
Where: University of California, Berkeley Zellerbach Hall
Date: 2008-01-20 15:00:00
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Since winning the prestigious Avery Fisher, he has developed into one of the world's most sought-after concert violinists. You'll be up close as he works his magic with the famous 1699 Stradivari violin known as the Countess Polling.
Roger Rocha and the Goldenhearts
Where: Beckett's Irish Pub
Date: 2008-05-24 20:00:00
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ROGER ROCHA AND THE GOLDENHEARTS Melodramatic Popular Song / Classical / Blues http://www.myspace.com/thegoldenhearts "Is there love on Mars?"
Diana Jones
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2008-03-13 20:00:00
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From the mournful lament of a dance hall girl, to the stomping melodic rant of a young woman's burial instructions, each of Diana's original songs, draws life from the rich cross currents of old timey, country blues and mountain music.
The Black Lips
Where: Amoeba Music
Date: 2008-02-08 18:30:00
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Formed in Atlanta back in 2000, The Black Lips' music is overwhelming, refreshing and unparalleled by their peers. Emerging from the Peach State's garage rock scene with a vengence, the band is touring behind their most recent effort, 'Good Bad, Not Evil.'
California Derby / Fleece Blanket Giveaway
Where: Golden Gate Fields
Date: 2008-01-27 12:00:00
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Come see the best three year old horses Northern California has to offer in the $150,000 California Derby. Get a free California Derby Commemorative Fleece Blanket with admission to Golden Gate Fields.
Active Arts Theatre for Young Audiences Presents: Little Wom...
Where: Julia Morgan Center for the Arts
Date: 2008-01-27 14:00:00
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Adapted for the stage by Marisha Chamberlain This play is suitable for children ages 6 and up Saturdays and Sundays: January 19, 20, 26, 27; February 2, 3, 2008 All shows @ 2pm Julia Morgan Center for the Arts (2640 College Avenue, Berkeley) TICKETS: $18/adults; $14/children (discounts available through http://www.activeartstheatre.org) BOX OFFICE: (925) 798-1300 Based on Louis May Alcotts beloved novel about family life and love, Little Women follows the adventures of sisters Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy as they grow up during the Civil War. Father is off with the Union army, and money is tight, but the girls learn to be resourceful, knowing they can never truly be poor as long as they have each other. Each sisters struggle leads to new adventures and revelations. Pretty Meg, the oldest, wonders if she will ever find love. Tomboy Jo struggles to balance her need for independence with her duty to her family. Shy Beth doesnt realize how much her musical gifts mean to others and little Amy learns that she must think less about herself and more about her family. Their neighbors wealthy Mr. Laurence and his high-spirited grandson, Laurie admire the sisters kindness, talent and pluck, and step in to help when events take a turn for the worse. Active Arts theatrical sparkling production of Little Women is the perfect way to introduce children of all ages to this timeless masterpiece. ABOUT THE COMPANY: Active Arts Theatre for Young Audiences is a professional, non-profit theater company founded by veteran actors from the Bay Area's vibrant theater scene, along with local visual artists and educators. All of the company's repertory is performed by a cast of professional adult actors, instead of the standard mix of young performers and adults. Since the companys debut in 2004, Active Arts has performed for more than 8,000 children and families. Active Arts production of Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business broke box office records in 2005 and the companys subsequent productions included memorable interpretations of "Alexander that the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" based on the short story by Judith Viorst; Dragonwings by Laurence Yep; and "Manzi: The Adventures of Young Cesar Chavez" by Jose Cruz Gonzalez. Closing out the 2007-08 season, Active Arts will premiere The Emperors New Clothes: A Musical by Ahrens and Flaherty April 12 27, 2008. This charming musical is from the team that created Ragtime and Seussical. The Emperors New Clothes re-tells the age-old parable from the viewpoint of a 14-year-old boy. This play is suitable for children ages 4 and up. www.activeartstheatre.orgEvent submitted by Eventful.com on behalf of NEQA.
Wednesday Open Mic with host GG Tanaka (10PM)
Where: Beckett's Irish Pub
Date: 2008-02-06 20:00:00
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OPEN MIC NIGHT with host GG Tanaka at Beckett's Irish Pub in Berkeley! 10PM to 1AM 2 songs per performer Contact GG Tanaka for more information!
Louise Dunlap: Undoing the Silence
Where: Cody's Bookstore
Date: 2008-01-29 19:00:00
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This book provides guidance to both citizens and professionals wishing to influence democratic processes through letters, articles, reports and public testimony.
Jim Malcolm
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2008-01-31 20:00:00
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Jim Malcolm is one of Scotland's finest folk singers and songwriters.
Mamek Khadem Ensemble
Where: Ashkenaz
Date: 2008-02-03 19:00:00
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Mamak Khadem is a classically trained singer who has studied her art in both Iran and the United States. She was lead vocalist of the popular Persian ensemble Axiom of Choice. Khadem will perform with her ensemble featuring Jamshied Sharifi on keyboard and accordion, Naser Musa on oud and vocals, Chris Wabich on percussion, Hamid Saiedi on santur (hammered dulcimer), and Ole Mathisen on clarinet and saxophone.
“Monster in the Dark" - foolsFURY’s 10th Anniversary Season
Where: Ashby Stage
Date: 2008-02-14 20:00:00
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foolsFURY Theater premieres “Monster in the Dark” Written by Doug Dorst; Directed by Ben Yalom Thursdays – Saturdays, Feb. 7 – 9 and 14 – 16 @ 8pm Sundays, Feb. 3, 10, 17 @ 5pm Ashby Stage 1901 Ashby Ave, Berkeley TICKETS: $15 - $30 general admission, sliding scale $12 students/seniors and TBA members Thursdays are Pay-what-you-can BOX OFFICE: (800) 838-3006 and brownpapertickets.com INFORMATION: http://www.foolsfury.org/ foolsFURY Theater Company launches their 10th Anniversary season following a stellar 2007 season distinguished with critical and popular recognition. foolsFURY was awarded the prestigious 2007 San Francisco Bay Guardian GOLDIE Award for 'Best Discovery in Theater'. The company's tour to New York's P.S. 122 was met with critical acclaim. And foolsFURY's sensational "The Turn of the Screw" was recognized as "the Best of the SF Fringe." "Monster in the Dark" tells the horrifying and darkly humorous tale about an end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it flood that threatens a peculiar and bizarrely familiar society. It is a world ruled by 'the Structure,' a shadowy government that monitors its citizens from beneath black umbrellas and within hidden towers. It is a place where business literally consumes you, Faith and Anxiety are preached daily on street corners, and people jump from the sky with the same frequency as rain. Life and society are threatened by a watery natural disaster, and the people of "Monster in the Dark" are challenged to redefine themselves and others; who can be trusted, who is necessary, and what is the greatest resource needed to survive. "Monster in the Dark" is the culmination of a two-year theatrical exploration in foolsFURY's style of "sheer kinetic energy and rigorous physical vocabulary" (SF Bay Guardian). Created by foolsFURY company members under the direction of Ben Yalom and in collaboration with novelist/playwright Doug Dorst, this production, like the best of foolsFURY’s work, is both hilarious and deeply disturbing.
Duck Baker
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2008-04-26 20:00:00
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Duck Baker is American fingerstyle guitarist.
New Century Chamber Orchestra with Rachel Barton Pine
Where: St. John's Presbyterian Church
Date: 2008-06-05 20:00:00
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The Grammy-nominated New Century Chamber Orchestra is pleased to announce the next program in its 2007-08 season. The program, with performances in San Rafael, Berkeley, Palo Alto, and San Francisco, features a 17-member conductorless string orchestra with founding Music Director and guest concertmaster Rachel Barton Pine. Chicago native Rachel Barton Pine has inspired audiences worldwide with her precision and intensity on the violin. In addition to her many recordings and appearances as a soloist and chamber musician, Ms. Pine serves as president of the Rachel Elizabeth Barton Foundation, an organization that provides assistance to young musicians and encourages awareness and appreciation of classical music. Ms. Pine’s fascinating program begins with a work by Saint-Georges, a West Indian composer and fencer who commissioned Hadyn’s six Paris symphonies. Fast forward into the 20th century with Lyric Suite by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer George Walker, a gorgeous piece that is reminiscent of Barber’s Adagio for Strings, followed by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson’s Sinfonietta No. 2, a work flavored with jazz and Romantic elements. Perkinson’s many credits include serving as music director of the Alvin Ailey Dance Company and co-founding New York’s Symphony of the New World. The evening concludes with the richly Romantic and bittersweet String Sextet No. 1 by Brahms. PROGRAM: Saint-Georges Violin Concerto in A Major George Walker Lyric Suite Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Sinfonietta No. 2, Generations Brahms Sextet in B-flat major, Op. 18 WHEN & WHERE: June 5-10, 2008 Rachel Barton Pine, guest concertmaster Jun. 5 at 8pm, St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Avenue, Berkeley Jun. 6 at 8pm, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Avenue, Palo Alto Jun. 8 at 5pm, Osher Marin JCC, 200 North San Pedro Road, San Rafael Jun. 10 at 8pm, Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco TICKETS: Individual tickets are on sale now at www.ncco.org and 415.357.1111 or through City Box at www.cityboxoffice.com and 415.392.4400. Single ticket prices for the orchestra series are $42/$28 (a small service charge applies for single tickets). Half-price tickets are available for students. For more information, call the NCCO at 415.357.1111 or visit the website at www.ncco.org The New Century Chamber Orchestra, founded in 1992, looks for fresh, exciting new ways to present classical music in the San Francisco Bay Area by combining performances of extraordinary quality with innovative programming. The music director or guest concertmaster chooses the programs and guides the artistic vision, but the seventeen members of the orchestra perform without a conductor. Musical decisions are made collaboratively, resulting in an enhanced level of commitment on the part of the musicians to concerts of remarkable precision, passion and power. As part of its dedication to the future of music and to the community, the NCCO provides violin lessons to underserved students in Marin City and San Rafael’s Canal District, as well as intimate classroom performances by string quartets to students in Bay Area elementary schools. The orchestra has released four compact discs, one of which was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1997. HOMEPAGE: http://www.ncco.org
Wednesday Open Mic with host GG Tanaka (10PM)
Where: Beckett's Irish Pub
Date: 2008-02-06 20:00:00
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OPEN MIC NIGHT with host GG Tanaka at Beckett's Irish Pub in Berkeley! 10PM to 1AM 2 songs per performer Contact GG Tanaka for more information!
Steve James
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2008-02-06 20:00:00
Type:
Steve James plays acoustic blues rock. Eric is virtuoso performer of American traditional music styles including oldtime Appalachian ballads and breakdowns, classic blues, Louisiana Cajun dance music and Hispanic danzons from Puerto Rico and Mexico. He is exceptional for its purity of tone, speed and soulfulness.
ISD Lecture - Service Innovation with Non-Designers - Speake...
Where: South Hall
Date: 2008-02-12 17:00:00
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202 South Hall Abstract This talk explore co-designing innovations with everyday people, i.e. non-designers. Salu Ylirisku will present an example case study that was conducted with a bank's phone service in order to develop knowledge management practices and tools. In the case study a combination contextual study and video scenario workshops were utilized together with a co-design approach with the bank's phone service workers. The project created new visions into ways to develop knowledge management in the bank. The talk will also examine experiences from essentially similar projects where new product and service innovations have been explored with non-designers. Bio Salu Ylirisku (M.Sc.) is a visiting researcher at PARC, and is a Computer Science and design researcher at the University of Art and Design Helsinki / School of Design. His current doctoral studies focus on the construction of new ideas in social and material interaction. The particular perspective that he utilizes in the study is called "design framing". Ylirisku has co-authored a book Designing with Video: Focusing the User-centred Design Process, which was published last Fall (2007) by Springer. He has also published several scientific articles on the processes of user-centered innovation.
Maeve Donnelly and Tony McManus
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2008-02-14 20:00:00
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The duo presents a concert featuring traditional Irish fiddle and guitar music.
eWomenNetwork - San Francisco Chapter Strategic Business Int...
Where: Keter Salon
Date: 2008-02-25 18:30:00
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The San Francisco Chapter of eWomenNetwork is hosting a Strategic Business Introduction (SBI) in Berkeley. The Executive Managing Director of the San Francisco Chapter, Ann Evanston, MA would be honored if you would join her at this event. Normally non-members happily pay $75 to attend this powerful event! However, as Ann's personal guest, there is NO charge. This is an invitation only event and space is limited. If you would like to attend you MUST contact: Michele@AME-zingwoman.com to get registered. The purpose of this Strategic Business Introduction session is to: -Start to learn how to create and give a Strategic Business Introduction -Learn about dynamic female business owners and professionals in our area -Learn about what you have to offer -Determine ways in which we can support you and your goals -Learn what help or resources you need to meet your objectives
Shoghaken Ensemble
Where: Ashkenaz
Date: 2008-03-01 00:00:00
Type:
Gevorg Dabaghyan's eight piece Shoghaken Ensemble from Armenia presents an extraordinary ancient tradition of exhilarating folk dances and haunting love songs and lullabies.
Rick Udler
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2008-04-30 20:00:00
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Rick Udler is Brazil based guitarist.
Cara Black: Murder on the Rue De Paradis
Where: Cody's Bookstore
Date: 2008-03-05 19:00:00
Type:
Cara Black will discuss and sign her book, 'Murder on the Rue De Paradis.'
Dee Dee Myers: Why Women Should Rule the World
Where: Cody's Bookstore
Date: 2008-03-06 19:00:00
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When Bill Clinton was elected president in 1993, Dee Dee Myers, at the age of 31, was the only woman in the history of the country appointed to the position of Press Secretary. This book explores the trials women have boldly faced throughout history.
Science at the Theater - - Free Community Lecture with Mary ...
Where: Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Date: 2008-03-10 17:30:00
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MARY ANN PIETTE: Saving Power at Peak Hours FREE Event - no RSVP or Tickets Required! California needs new, responsive demand-side energy technologies, to ensure that periods of tight electricity supply on the grid don't turn into power outages. Led by Berkeley Lab’s Mary Ann Piette, the California Energy Commission (through its Public Interest Energy Research Program) has established a Demand Response Research Center that addresses two motivations for adopting demand responsiveness: reducing average electricity prices, and preventing future electricity crises. The research seeks to understand factors that influence "what works" in Demand Response. Piette’s team is investigating the two types of demand response – load response and price response – that may influence and reduce the use of peak electric power through automated controls, peak pricing, advanced communications, and other strategies. Would you be willing to consider one or some of these? Please join us to learn more about these developments.
Deborah Estrin, UCLA | Leveraging mobile phones to support p...
Where: 110 South Hall - Berkeley School of Information
Date: 2008-03-18 13:00:00
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Special Lecture sponsored by the UC Berkeley School of Information, the Berkeley Center for New Media, and the Berkeley Institute of Design Urban sensing systems based on mobile phones offer unprecedented observational capacity at the scale of the individual; at they same time they are remarkably scalable and affordable given the wide proliferation of cellular phone infrastructure and consumer devices that incorporate digital imagers, bluetooth short-range radios, and location services such as GPS . Many of the architectural lessons learned through the design and deployment of environmental sensing systems appear applicable to urban sensing as well. As with environmental sensing, multiscale data and models are essential to provide interpretive context for individual data streams, and mobility is essential to achieve scalability and coverage. Moreover in-network and decentralized processing will be critical to support privacy and personal control. These systems promise to become a very effective "make a case" technology to address a range of civic concerns, from public health to safety and sustainability…at the same time that they will push even further on our societies concept of privacy and private space. In this talk I will draw upon work-in-progress at the Center for Embedded Sensing. Deborah Estrin (Ph.D. MIT, 1985; BSEE UCB, 1980) is a Professor of Computer Science, holds the Jon Postel Chair in Computer Networks, and is Founding Director of the NSF-funded Center for Embedded Networked Sensing (CENS). CENS mission is to explore and develop innovative, application-focused, distributed sensing systems, from ecosystems to human systems. Deborah’s earlier work focused on Internet scaling, including inter-domain and multicast routing. Since the late 90's her work has focused on multi-disciplinary, experimental-systems research and development as applied to a variety of environmental monitoring challenges. Most recently this work includes participatory-sensing systems, at the personal and community level, leveraging the location, acoustic, image, and attached-sensor data streams increasingly available from mobile phones.
Tom Carden and Mike Migurski, Stamen Design | Visual Urban D...
Where: 110 South Hall - Berkeley School of Information
Date: 2008-03-20 17:15:00
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Design Futures lecture series sponsored by the Berkeley Center for New Media and the UC Berkeley School of Information A talk about the political, social and technical hiccoughs encountered since the inception of Stamen Design’s Oakland Crimespotting project just over a year ago. The talk will cover the inspirations and influences of the project, and how it relates to Stamen’s recent work in web-based information visualization and mapping. About Stamen Since 2001, Stamen has developed a reputation for beautiful and technologically sophisticated projects in a diverse range of commercial and cultural settings. They work and play with a surprising and growing range of collaborators: news media, financial institutions, artists and architects, car manufacturers, design agencies, museums, technology firms, political action committes, and universities.
WebDev/Web 2.0 SIG: Web Metrics Advances User Experiences
Where: Expression College of Digital Media
Date: 2008-03-24 18:30:00
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WebDev / Web 2.0 SIG: Web Metrics advances User Experiences Web Metrics was developed for PPC, but it has now become the tool for managing all forms of marketing across multiple media. The power of data! Andreas Ramos, a Google Adwords Professional will share with us the newest advances in Web Metrics and how the Analytics will improve our site effectiveness. The analytics strategy has become more powerful, improving the way we use the data . Traditional SEO is totally over. We will go over the ways Analytics is being used for managing all forms of marketing across various media, including SEO, PPC, bulk email, link placement, PDAs, radio, TV, newspapers, coupons, and so on. See how they build a general analytics strategy to encompass these new marketing systems. Because nearly all media have become digitized, it's now possible to track everything. Digital marketing is fundamentally customer-centric, benefits-driven. He'll also talk about multivariate testing (utterly critical now) as well as landing pages and how to build a better user experience by listening to the customer, (web metrics). Andreas and Stephanie are finishing a book on this subject for McGraw-Hill, to be published worldwide (Europe, North America, Asia), 50,000 copies, in all bookstores. McGraw-Hill will also sell this as a textbook to universities and MBA schools, plus corporations. Free for members, $10 pre-registered non-members.
Sonny Rollins
Where: University of California, Berkeley Zellerbach Hall
Date: 2008-04-03 20:00:00
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Sonny Rollins has been one of the true jazz giants for more than 40 years, ranking with Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young and John Coltrane as one of the all-time great tenor saxophonists.
Sweet Honey in the Rock
Where: University of California, Berkeley Zellerbach Hall
Date: 2008-04-05 20:00:00
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Sweet Honey in the Rock is a Grammy award-winning, African-American, female, a cappella ensemble with deep musical roots in the sacred music of the Black church - spirituals, hymns, gospel - as well as jazz and blues.
Courtney Nicole, Chris Gentry, Patrick Dyer Wolf
Where: Beckett's Irish Pub
Date: 2008-05-22 20:00:00
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COURTNEY NICOLE Acoustic/Indie http://www.myspace.com/sng2me CHRIS GENTRY Acoustic/Bluegrass/Folk Rock http://www.myspace.com/chrisgentryprojects PATRICK DYER WOLF http://www.myspace.com/patrickdyerwolf
Culann's Hounds
Where: Starry Plough Irish Music & Dancing! Every Monday!
Date: 2008-04-18 20:30:00
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The Culann's Hounds features Scott Marshall, Steve Gardner, Mike Kelleher and Alan Kaufman.
Science at the Theater - 'The Two Faces of Breast Cancer'
Where: Berkeley Repertory Theater
Date: 2008-04-21 17:30:00
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The Two Faces of Breast Cancer: Genes and the Microenvironment JOE GRAY, Berkeley Lab Life Sciences Division Director MINA BISSELL, former Life Sciences Division Director MARY HELEN BARCELLOS-HOFF, Life Sciences Division Deputy Director Moderated by DR. SUSAN M. LOVE, President and Medical Director of the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation A dynamic panel of Berkeley Lab scientists will highlight breast cancer research advances related to susceptibility, early detection, prevention, and therapy -- a biological systems approach to tackling the disease from the molecular and cellular levels, to tissues and organs, and ultimately the whole individual. Joe Gray, Berkeley Lab Life Sciences Division Director, explores how chromosomal abnormalities contribute to cancer and respond to gene-targeted therapies. Mina Bissell, former Life Sciences Division Director, approaches the challenge of breast cancer from the breast's three-dimensional tissue microenvironment and how the intracellular "conversation" triggers malignancies. Mary Helen Barcellos-Hoff, Deputy Director, Life Sciences Division, identifies what exposure to ionizing radiation can tell us about how normal tissues suppress carcinogenesis. The panel will be moderated by Susan M. Love, breast cancer research pioneer, author, President and Medical Director of the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation. FREE Event - No RSVP or Tickets Required!
Earth Day Celebration
Where: Ashkenaz
Date: 2008-04-23 21:30:00
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This event features performances by the Adrian Xavier band and Joe B from the Flux.
Val Esway
Where: Ashkenaz
Date: 2008-05-01 21:00:00
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Whether she's singing sweet sounding tales of drowning and despair or toe tapping ditties of revenge and loss, Val Esway will surely disarm you with her soulful siren sounds.
South Austin Jug Band
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2008-05-22 20:00:00
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The South Austin Jug Band includes James Hyland, Warren Hood, Willie Pipken, Matt Slusher and Will Dupuy playing upright bass, fiddle, mandolin and two acoustic guitars -- that's right no drummer. This is a roots-rock, bluegrass, swing band. The Bluegrass Revolution is a hard driving string band based out of Oakland, California. The band blend hints of bluegrass, alt-country, gypsy jazz, blues and progressive acoustic music with the traditional sounds of the acoustic guitar, fiddle, mandolin and upright bass.
Rabih Alameddine: the Hakawati
Where: Cody's Bookstore
Date: 2008-04-29 19:00:00
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Rabih Alameddine's 'The Hakawati' is an astonishingly inventive, wonderfully exuberant novel that takes readers from the shimmering dunes of ancient Egypt to the war-torn streets of twenty-first-century Lebanon.
Rachel Sontag: the House Rules
Where: Cody's Bookstore
Date: 2008-04-30 19:00:00
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A memoir of a father obsessed with control and the daughter who fights his suffocating grasp, 'The House Rules' explores the complexities of their compelling and destructive relationship and his equally manipulative relationships with his wife and other daughter.
Bruce Molsky
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2008-06-05 20:00:00
Type:
Fiddler and five-string banjo player Bruce Molsky is one of the leading exponents of the old-time string band music of the American south.
Chris Murray Combo plays Berkeley!!!
Where: Blakes on Telegraph
Date: 2008-05-16 20:00:00
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Unkle Fun & All The Rebels present... THE CHRIS MURRAY COMBO plus...MONKEY * JUSTIFI * COUP DE SKA will also be rocksteady on... Friday, May 16, 2008 8:00 PM - 2:00 AM DJ WALLY 2-TONE will be in the house!! Blakes on Telegraph 2367 Telegraph Avenue Berkeley, California 94704 http://www.myspace.com/chrismurray http://www.myspace.com/justifi http://www.myspace.com/monkeyska http://www.myspace.com/coupdeska 18 & UP $10/21 & UP - $12/18 & UP ---------------------------->
Brothers of the Baladi
Where: Starry Plough Irish Music & Dancing! Every Monday!
Date: 2008-05-09 21:00:00
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Brothers of the Baladi now tastefully mix traditional ethnic/acoustic instruments with Western instrumentation, vocals in seven languages and exotic rhythms.
James Howard Kunstler: World Made by Hand
Where: Cody's Bookstore
Date: 2008-04-24 19:00:00
Type:
In 'World Made by Hand,' Kunstler makes an imaginative leap into the future, a few decades hence, and show what life may be like after these coming catastrophes -- the end of oil, climate change, global pandemics and resource wars -- converge.
Jen Sorensen - Slowpoke: One Nation, Oh My God!
Where: Cody's Bookstore
Date: 2008-04-22 19:00:00
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This is the third book-length collection from award-winning cartoonist Jen Sorensen and features her best work from 2004-2008, along with her sharply insightful commentary.
Rum Rebellion
Where: 924 Gilman
Date: 2008-06-14 20:00:00
Type:
Hailing from Portland, Oregon, the band plays folk/punk/rock music and features Dave (guitar, vocals), Sage (bass, vocals), Ben (bouzouki, banjo, vocals), Tyler (tin-whistle) and Jack (drums).
Cory Doctorow - Little Brother
Where: Cody's Bookstore
Date: 2008-05-21 19:00:00
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CORY DOCTOROW reads from LITTLE BROTHER. Free event. Marcus, a.k.a "w1n5t0n," is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system works—and how to work the system. Smart, fast, and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting his high school's clumsy surveillance systems. But his whole world changes when he and his friends find themselves caught in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco. In the wrong place at the wrong time, Marcus and his crew are apprehended by the Department of Homeland Security and whisked away to a secret prison where they're mercilessly interrogated for days. When the DHS finally releases them, Marcus discovers that his city has become a police state. He knows that no one will believe his story, which leaves him only one option: to take down the DHS himself. "I'd recommend Little Brother over pretty much any book I've read this year." —Neil Gaiman Cory Doctorow is a coeditor of Boing Boing and writes columns for Make, Information Week, the Guardian online, and Locus. He has won the Locus Award three times, been nominated for the Hugo and the Nebula, and was named one of the Web's twenty-five influencers by Forbes magazine. He hopes you'll use technology to change the world.
Celtic Sands
Where: Ashkenaz
Date: 2008-05-15 20:30:00
Type:
Celtic Sands is traditional Irish and Scottish band.
Wednesday Open Mic with host GG Tanaka (10PM)
Where: Beckett's Irish Pub
Date: 2008-06-18 20:00:00
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Thievery Corporation
Where: Greek Theater
Date: 2008-06-20 20:00:00
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Poor Man's Whiskey
Where: Starry Plough Irish Music & Dancing! Every Monday!
Date: 2008-05-15 21:00:00
Type:
Poor Man's Wiskey is the hottest bluegrass band to emerge from Sonoma County. Young, talented and engaging, this septet has a knack for creating a hoedown wherever they go. They play with an original style that fuses the bluegrass tradition with thick vocal harmonies, jazz runs and improvisational jams.
Jody Stecher and Bill Evans: the Secret Life of Banjos
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2008-06-21 20:00:00
Type:
This show explores the past, present and future of the banjo.
Von Iva
Where: 924 Gilman
Date: 2008-06-21 20:00:00
Type:
Von Iva is a trio featuring Kelly Harris, Jillian Iva and Rebecca.
This Time Next Year
Where: Blake's
Date: 2008-05-04 07:00:00
Type:
This Time Next Year is a pop-punk band based out of Walnut Creek, CA.
Uncle Zacky and Cousin Erik
Where: Ashkenaz
Date: 2008-05-18 15:00:00
Type:
Uncle Zacky and Cousin Erik is of Hot Buttered Rum.
Kaladrios
Where: Ashkenaz
Date: 2008-05-21 20:30:00
Type:
Kaladrios performs traditional music from the Eastern Mediterranean.
Las Manas Tres
Where: La Pena Cultural Center
Date: 2008-05-16 20:00:00
Type:
Las Manas Tres' stilo is characterized by a mixture of theater, spoken word and movement, centered around themes of social justice, sexuality, motherhood and the relationship between first and third world women.
Benito Cereno
Where: La Pena Cultural Center
Date: 2008-05-21 20:00:00
Type:
Benito Cereno is Bay Area's newest Latin Groove sensation.
San Francisco Opera: the Little Prince
Where: University of California, Berkeley Zellerbach Hall
Date: 2008-05-10 19:30:00
Type:
This opera is based on the book by Antonie de Saint-Exupery, with music by Rachel Portman and libretto by Nicholas Wright. it is sung in English with English supertitles.
Jazz - Soul - Love at Cafe Trieste, Berkeley, Tues 5/13, 7-9...
Where: Caffe Trieste (Berkeley)
Date: 2008-05-13 19:00:00
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Jazz, soul and love is on the menu at Cafe Trieste, Berkeley Tues 5/13. In addition to carefully selected jazz standards, these fine local musicians will be mixing in the soulful blues of Stanley Turrentine and Larry Young as well as a some funky grooves by composers like Karl Denson/The Greyboy Allstars. Drop by for wine & panini...espresso & dessert...music and socializing. When: Tuesday 5/13/2008 7-9pm Where: Cafe Trieste, 2500 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, CA 94702 Map: http://tinyurl.com/29c47b Jazz - Soul - Love is Brian Wood - alto saxophone Sonia Caltvedt - flute Michael Lucey - piano Peter Tittlebach - electric bass Sean McKay - drums
Robert Lepage: the Andersen Project
Where: University of California, Berkeley Zellerbach Hall
Date: 2008-05-28 20:00:00
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Director and writer Robert Lepage is one of Canada's most renowned artists. In 'The Andersen Project,' he continues to push artistic boundaries with a work freely inspired by two stories by Hans Christian Andersen as well as anecdotes drawn from the famed Danish author's Parisian travels.
Special Olympics Summer Games
Where: Haas Pavilion
Date: 2008-06-06 19:30:00
Type:
UC Berkeley Hosts Special Olympics Summer Games June 6-8 900 ATHLETES, 500 LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL, 300 COACHES, 1,300 VOLUNTEERS, 5 OLYMPIC EVENTS The University of California, Berkeley campus will be the site of Special Olympics Summer Games where more than 900 athletes will compete in five Olympic-style events June 6-8. Country vocalist superstar Collin Raye and world-renowned performance artist David Garibaldi will kick off the Games when they perform at Haas Pavilion Friday, June 6 during the Opening Ceremonies of the Special Olympics Northern California Summer Games at UC Berkeley. The ceremonies, presented by AT&T, will be an exciting warm-up event prior to a two-day competition of Special Olympics athletes from throughout Northern California who will compete for gold in aquatics, track & field, bocce, tennis and volleyball. All events are free and open to the public. Joining Raye will be local favorite, David Garibaldi, a 24-year-old performance artist from Sacramento. Garibaldi will create his signature 6 foot tall paintings of music culture icons, including Raye, in a matter minutes. Since 2006, Special Olympics has been Garibaldi's charity of choice and his paintings have raised significant funds for the movement. In addition to the performances from Raye and Garibaldi, the Opening Ceremonies will include the traditional parade of athletes, and morning radio hosts from the Wolf, 95.7 and Special Olympic athletes will emcee the event. The performances will follow our traditional parade of athletes and the lighting of the Special Olympics Cauldron, signaling the beginning of the games. Competition is scheduled to continue from 9 am- 4pm on Saturday and 9 am-2 pm on Sunday. Events are free and open to the public. Free.