Benjamin S. Velasco
berkeley, ca
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Choice Moms Expo
Where: Faculty Club
Date: 2007-04-28 09:00:00
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Choice Mom Expo (West Coast) Welcome to registration for the first-ever Choice Mom Expo (West Coast), to be held at Berkeley Faculty Club on Saturday, April 28, 9-1:30. Doors open at 8:30. Your registration will include the cost of: lunch, refreshments, gift bag, intimate Q&A opportunities with more than 14 speakers, and a valuable 100-page Choice Mom Handbook of information and advice. Note that the $42 registration fee increases to $55 after April 25. Also note that childcare is currently full, although we are accepting waitlisting. NO DROP-IN CHILDCARE will be allowed, because we have a careful child:caregiver ratio. Speakers and topics: Anne Bernstein, Answering the Daddy Question Susan Willman, What to Expect When You Want to be Expecting Christy Jones, The Egg Freezing Option Linda Scaparotti, Estate Planning for the Choice Mom Ellen Resneck, Financial Planning Tips for the Choice Mom Leah Klungness, Parenting Advice for the Choice Mom Diane Ehrensaft, Acknowledging the Birth Other Lynne Jacobs, Building a Multiracial Family Carla Pedrussian, Selecting a Donor Alice Ruby, Trends in Donor Conception Ami Jaeger, Negotiating with a Known Donor Susan Romer, How to Adopt as a Single Woman Lynne Jacobs, International Agencies Open to Singles Rachel Sarah, Dating as a Single Mom Karen Miller, Momma Zen We are able to offer the Expo to you at such a low cost thanks to generous sponsor support from: Ameriprise Financial Services Extend Fertility Reproductive Science Center California Cryobank The Sperm Bank of California Law Offices of Linda M. Scaparotti Adopt International (Note that a few discounts and scholarships will be available; if the full payment is a hardship for you, check the box on payment page to learn about these opportunities.) Gift bags for all participants will include the Choice Mom Handbook, giveaways, and discounts.
Alistair Horne discusses Savage War of Peace with Lewis Klau...
Where: The Hillside Club
Date: 2007-04-30 19:30:00
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Monday April 30 7:30 pm A rare and historic opportunity to see the famous British author and historian Sir Alistair Horne who has caught the world’s attention with his powerful insights into US problems in Iraq by comparing them to the French colonial war in Algeria. Organized by LitMinds At The Hillside Club 2286 Cedar Street in North Berkeley (at the corner of Cedar and Arch Streets) Admission: $5 at the door; no one turned away for lack of funds. for telephone information contact The Hillside Club at (510) 848-3227 or e-mail Lewis Klausner at lewis@litminds.org Distinguished British historian, Sir Alistair Horne’s 1977 landmark historic account of the French colonial war in Algeria, A Savage War of Peace has emerged as an underground classic among military officers in Iraq. Until recently, used copies of this book were selling on Amazon.com for $150 as policy makers, analysts, and the general public were trying to understand the complex problems of the Iraqi insurgency by studying the parallel problems faced by the French army in Algeria. In response to huge demand for the book New York Review of Books has brought out a new paperback edition that includes a new preface by Horne that discusses the parallels between the Algerian and Iraqi wars. Besides treating the military problems posed by each of these occupations, he has added a discussion of the problem of torture, the damage inflicted not only on individuals, but also the damage that Abu Ghraib inflicted upon the viability of a peaceful American occupation in Iraq. Please join us to learn first hand from a great contemporary historian why the lessons of a 50-year old French colonial war are relevant today in Iraq. Sir Alistair Horne is a fellow at St. Anthony’s College, Oxford, and lives in Oxfordshire. He was awarded the French Légion d’Honneur in 1993 and received a knighthood in 2003 for his work on French history. He is author of 18 books, including La Belle France, The Price of Glory, and Seven Ages of Paris. This event is organized by LitMinds.org and supported by Moe's Books and Radio Station KPFA.
Fred Randolph Quintet
Where: Anna's Jazz Island
Date: 2007-05-23 20:00:00
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Hi everyone, wanted to personally invite you to our debut at Annas's Jazz Island on Wednesday May 23rd, '07 Featuring: Fred Randolph, basses Erik Jekabson, tpt./fl. Rob Roth, ten./sop. sax Adam Shulman piano Bryan Bowman, drums At Anna's Jazz Island 2120 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704 Wednesday Evening May 23rd, at 8pm www.annasjazzisland.com or call (510) 841-JAZZ for information We will be playing all original music from first two cds plus new compositions. All the best, Fred Randolph
Ma'ikwe Schaub Ludwig: Passion as Big as a Planet: Evolving ...
Where: Green City Gallery
Date: 2007-08-29 19:00:00
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Ma'ikwe has worked with non-profits, social change organizations and intentional communities for 19 years as an organizer, director, teacher and consultant. She is a co-founder of the Zialua Ecovillage in Albuquerque, and has recently worked on the Administrative staff for a publicly funded Charter School. Ma'ikwe's organizational work is supplemented by 13 years of personal growth work (including teaching) with the Avatar materials. Her commitment to personal growth and service flavors her teaching and consulting with a solid understanding of human development, a sensitivity to undercurrents, and a healthy dose of playfulness and appreciation. She is a graduate of the Dynamic Facilitation training, teaches facilitation with Laird Schaub, and has been working with consensus (as both a facilitator and participant) for 5 years. She is available for talks about leadership and sustainability. Donation requested to help support this all volunteer Speaker Series. No one turned away.
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.
Berkeley Coworking Office Warming & Open House
Where: Berkeley Coworking
Date: 2007-08-03 18:00:00
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We are having an office warming & open house to celebrate the opening of a new East Bay Coworking site at 2930 Shattuck Suite 305 (cross-street Ashby and near Asby BART). Directions are on our website at www.BerkeleyCoworking.com. Coworking is a movement to create a community of cafe-like collaboration spaces for developers, writers and independents (see www.coworking.info for more details). We are organized in the style of the www.CitizenSpace.us coworking offices that are based in San Francisco. Come see what coworking is about, and help fill our white walls with ideas!
Bang 17: Knights of the Round Table
Where: UC Berkeley San Francisco Bay Area
Date: 2007-04-28 12:30:00
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BANG is the Bay Area Night Game, started in November of 2002 by David Alyea. The first ever BANG race was held in the Presidio in San Francisco, and 10 teams on that night solved 10 puzzles while traversing a 7 mile course in near pitch black conditions. Along the way, they climbed through equipment in children's playgrounds, deciphered perl code, visited the pet cemetary, and even stopped to bowl at the Presidio Bowling Alley. Since the first BANG race, the event has swelled to include fields of 30 or more teams. And, the puzzles have gotten harder. Still, at the core, BANG is meant to be a night-time only game played outdoors in which teams traverse by foot the entire course, carrying game supplies, flashlights, and plenty of extra clothing to stay warm into the night.
The Arcade Fire
Where: Greek Theater
Date: 2007-06-01 20:00:00
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Arcade Fire is Win Butler, Regine Chassagne, Tim Kingsbury, Richard Parry, Howard Bilerman and Win's little brother Will. Arcade Fire is an indie/alternative/rock group from Montreal, Canada.
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.
Fred Randolph Quintet
Where: Anna's Jazz Island
Date: 2007-05-23 20:00:00
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Hi everyone, wanted to personally invite you to our debut at Annas's Jazz Island on Wednesday May 23rd, '07 Featuring: Fred Randolph, basses Erik Jekabson, tpt./fl. Rob Roth, ten./sop. sax Adam Shulman piano Bryan Bowman, drums At Anna's Jazz Island 2120 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704 Wednesday Evening May 23rd, at 8pm www.annasjazzisland.com or call (510) 841-JAZZ for information We will be playing all original music from first two cds plus new compositions. All the best, Fred Randolph
Sonic Youth
Where: Berkeley Community Theater
Date: 2007-07-19 20:00:00
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Sonic Youth is one of alternative music's original and most influential bands. Borrowing from free-form noise and melding it with the performance-art aesthetic of the New York post-punk avant garde, the group redefines what noise can mean within rock.
Can You Hear Me? Israeli and Palestinian Women Fight for Pea...
Where: JCC of the East Bay
Date: 2007-10-11 19:30:00
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Can You Hear Me? Israeli and Palestinian Women Fight for Peace is the first documentary film to explore in depth the role of Israeli and Palestinian women peace activists dealing with one of the world’s oldest conflicts. Though prospects for peace have ebbed and flowed between Israelis and Palestinians, women peace activists have worked consistently to bring an end to the bloodshed that has brought much anguish to both sides. No matter how desperate the political situation seems these women never stop communicating with each other. $6 members, $8 general public
SELS presentation
Where: Boalt Hall UC Berkeley School of Law
Date: 2008-03-11 12:45:00
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room 140
Jerry Hannan
Where: Starry Plough Irish Music & Dancing! Every Monday!
Date: 2008-06-07 21:00:00
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Jane Ganahl: Naked on the Page
Where: Cody's Bookstore
Date: 2008-03-07 19:00:00
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Jane Ganahl will discuss and read from her book, 'Naked on the Page.'
Wake the Dead
Where: Freight & Salvage Coffee House
Date: 2007-07-25 20:00:00
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Wake the Dead blend traditional Celtic music with the songs of the Grateful Dead.
Old Blind Dogs
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2007-09-20 20:00:00
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The Aberdeen-based band, which toured Europe and North America extensively throughout the '90s before dissolving in 1998, is touring once again.
Y!RB Brain Jam: Rashmi Sinha (SlideShare) - The Perils of Po...
Where: Yahoo! Research Berkeley
Date: 2007-05-25 15:00:00
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(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). The Perils of Popularity Rashmi Sinha (SlideShare) ABSTRACT: Can web-based social systems with their wide reach, user-generated and user-filtered content harness the wisdom of crowds? Duncan Watts recent experiments reveal how popularity based web social systems can throw up fickle, random trends that are essentially unreplicable, and only tangentially related to quality. However, popularity as a way to filter information continues to rise in popularity - replacing hierarchical menus, overtaking tags, and even used in lieu of relevance. Rashmi will link decades of psychology research on group decision making and social influence to what is happening on the web today. What are successful models of popularity based filtering on the web? What are ways to avoid the Watts dilemma - including Google's model of sociality, tag-based social systems, and object-based social networks. She will present some principles for the design of web social systems and how there were used in the design of SlideShare and discuss how SlideShare as an evolving social system handles popularity. BIO: Rashmi Sinha is a designer, researcher and entrepreneur. She leads the team that created SlideShare (often described as "YouTube for Powerpoint"), and MindCanvas (think online surveys meet online games). Rashmi received a PhD in cognitive psychology from Brown University in 1998. After moving to UC Berkeley for a PostDoc, she fell in love with the web, and realized that many issues that technologists think about are problems of human psychology. She switched departments and worked on search interfaces & recommender systems at the Information School, UC Berkeley. Deciding that she enjoyed practical problems more, she founded Uzanto, a user experience consulting company. Her company's first venture into products - MindCanvas (Nov 2005) - reshapes traditional research techniques like card-sorting, and divide-the-dollar into game-like experiences for remote research. In Oct 2006, Uzanto released its second product - Slideshare, a website for sharing presentations. SlideShare is growing fast, letting everyone from teachers, students, conference speakers and venture capitalists share and find presentations on topics as diverse as Chinese history, children's stories and Ruby on Rails. Rashmi writes a blog at rashmisinha.com. She is involved in the HCI community, was a founding member of the Information Architecture Society, and co-chairs the monthly BayCHI talk series.
IPhone Dev Meetup
Where: Berkeley Coworking
Date: 2008-05-15 20:00:00
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The forum is open for all things iPhone, espcially SDK and web app development. Come on by to discuss, network, and to socialize. There will be food and drinks and pleanty of power outlets and WiFi to go around.
Cindy Bullens
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2007-12-10 20:00:00
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Cindy Bullens is a singer/songwriter who has penned songs for Sarah Brown the Texas Blues Diva, Irma Thomas the Soul Queen and the Dixie Chicks.
Roy Zimmerman
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2007-12-12 20:00:00
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Roy Zimmerman is a guitarist/songwriter/satirist who founded the Southern California folk quartet the Foremen.
La Plebe
Where: 924 Gilman
Date: 2007-12-21 20:00:00
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La Plebe is a punk/rock band hailing San Francisco, California. Psycho 78 is a Misfits cover band that performs quality old skool punk rock.
Patty Chang
Where: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Date: 2007-11-15 18:00:00
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Patty Chang presents a new performance-work-in-progress part of her long-term investigation of Hollywood actress Anna May Wong and transcultural issues at the advent of sound film.
Moira Smiley and VOCO
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2007-11-14 20:00:00
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With influences from Dublin to Sofia, Bjork to Bessie Smith, Bobby McFerrin to Baaba Maal, VOCO sings the amazing spectrum of the voice with unrivaled integrity and playfulness.
Robert Kuttner: the Squandering of America
Where: Cody's Bookstore
Date: 2007-11-27 19:00:00
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Robert Kuttner has established himself as one of our most lucid economic and political critics. Through his book 'The Squandering of America: How the Failure of Our Politics Undermines Our Prosperity,' He demonstrates how political choices about the economy have been captured by a narrow economic class, with four out of five Americans less prosperous than thirty-five years ago, while the top ten percent has pulled away. He points the way to a very different path for citizens to reclaim an economy of broad prosperity.
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.
The Savoy Family Band
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2007-11-29 20:00:00
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This band plays a special brand of honed-down, hard-core Cajun music featuring knock-your-socks off rhythms that are straight from the prairies of Southwestern Louisiana.
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.
Ramblin Jack Elliott
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2007-12-01 20:00:00
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Ramblin Jack Elliott is an American folk performer. Jack Elliott's style is distinctive in its use of excellent guitar technique matched with laconic, humorous storytelling and an emotional intensity in the singing.
David Jacobs-Strain
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2007-11-23 20:00:00
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David Jacobs-Strain, a roots-blues singer and guitarist, has received international critical acclaim for his ability to take the treasured classics of the blues and make them his own.
Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2007-11-24 20:00:00
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Native Berkeleyite Laurie's songwriting, fiddling and crystal-clear singing have brought her national recognition, a Grammy and two International Bluegrass Music Association Awards for Female Vocalist of the Year. Through her many band and solo outings, Laurie has become a key figure in bluegrass, traditional and folk music circles. The band also features Tom Rozum, Todd Phillips, Craig Smith and Scott Huffman.
Darol Anger
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2007-12-13 20:00:00
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Renowned fiddler Darol Anger has been reinventing the American string ensemble for over 25 years, incorporating his explorations into American traditional, bluegrass, jazz and world musics. Mike Marshall is one of the world's most accomplished and versatile acoustic musicians, a master of mandolin, guitar and violin whose playing is as imaginative and adventurous as it is technically thrilling. Able to swing gracefully from jazz to classical to bluegrass to Latin styles, he puts his stamp on everything he plays with an unusually potent blend intellect and emotion a combination of musical skill and instinct rare in the world of American vernacular instrumentalists.
Freight Holiday Revue
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2007-12-22 20:00:00
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This all-star musical line-up features Camogie, Norton Buffalo, Cascada de Flores, Caren Armstrong and hosted by Danny Carnahan.
High Country
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2007-12-31 20:00:00
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High Country has been the Bay Area's premier traditional bluegrass band for three decades, with their mixture of driving rhythm, deft picking and soulful vocals.
12/20: FREE Gingerbread House Party at Habitot Children's Mu...
Where: Habitot Children's Museum
Date: 2007-12-20 09:30:00
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Young children can join in the season's spirit of giving by coming to our Gingerbread House Party and helping decorate an enormous gingerbread house with candies, cookies and other sweets that will be donated to a local family shelter. Please bring a bag of candy to share. For a list of candies that work well with gingerbread house making, please ask our front desk. December 20; 9:30 am - 1:00 pm at Habitot Children's Museum This Free Admission Day is generously sponsored by Wells Fargo 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: http://www.habitot.org/hab/events.htm or call 510-647-1111
Information and Service Design Lecture Series: MyLifeBits: A...
Where: Berkeley iSchool Room 202
Date: 2007-11-13 17:00:00
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Speaker: Jim Gemmell, Microsoft Research Next Media MyLifeBits is a lifetime store of everything. It is the fulfillment of Vannevar Bush's 1945 Memex vision including full-text search, text & audio annotations, and hyperlinks. MyLifeBits is both an experiment in lifetime storage and a software research effort. As an experiment, Gordon Bell has captured a lifetime's worth of articles, books, cards, CDs, letters, memos, papers, photos, pictures, presentations, home movies, videotaped lectures, and voice recordings and stored them digitally. He is now paperless, and is beginning to capture phone calls, IM transcripts, television, and radio. In this talk, we will demonstrate the software we have developed for MyLifeBits, which leverages SQL server to support: hyperlinks, annotations, reports, saved queries, pivoting, clustering, and fast search. MyLifeBits is designed to make annotation easy, including gang annotation on right click, voice annotation, and Web browser integration. It includes tools to record Web pages, IM transcripts, radio and television. The MyLifeBits screensaver supports annotation and rating. We are beginning to explore features such as document similarity ranking and faceted classification. We have collaborated with the WWMX team to get a mapped UI, and with the SenseCam team to digest and display SenseCam output. http://www.mylifebits.com/ has more information.
Page Stegner: the Selected Letters of Wallace Stegner
Where: Cody's Bookstore
Date: 2007-11-13 19:00:00
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Wallace Stegner, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in 1972, was a great writer. As an author, historian, teacher, and environmentalist, he influenced countless prominent individuals during his long life. Through this book 'The Selected Letters of Wallace Stegner,' Page Stegner introduces some of those relationships and these letters cover a broad range of topics, including literature, history, conservation and Stanford.
Tulsa
Where: 924 Gilman
Date: 2008-01-25 20:00:00
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In spite of its name, Tulsa is a band from Massachusetts.
Billy C Farlow and Krich
Where: Ashkenaz
Date: 2007-12-14 21:30:00
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David Gans hosts the weekly radio show 'Dead To The World' on KPFA in Berkeley. David also plays the role of troubadour, regularly hitting the road to bring his unique musical vision to an ever-growing legion of fans. His most recent recording is called 'Solo Acoustic.'
Caren Armstrong
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2008-01-05 20:00:00
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Caren Armstron's playing style references folk, country, blues, jazz, traditional and pop music, yet is distinctively her own.
Bomberas De La Bahia
Where: La Pena Cultural Center
Date: 2007-12-08 20:00:00
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Enjoy an evening of Afro-diaspora performances by local artists, dancers and musicians.
Khalil Bendib
Where: La Pena Cultural Center
Date: 2007-12-13 19:30:00
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Award-winning cartoonist, broadcaster and social critic Khalil Bendib will discover electoral politics and throws his fez in the ring.
TV Giveaway @ Golden Gate Fields
Where: Golden Gate Fields
Date: 2007-12-02 12:00:00
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Enjoy a day of Horse racing and have a chance to win a 42" Plasma TV. One TV will be given away after every race. Contest cards will be distributed at the admission gates, one per paid admission. One name will be drawn after each of the Golden Gate Fields' races 1 through 8. See official rules at Golden Gate Fields for more information.
Change the Beat
Where: Ashkenaz
Date: 2008-01-31 20:00:00
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This is a benefit show for Ungandan and Rwandan Refugees featuring performances by the Dub 4, Timothy Rabbit and Violet Hour.
Shoghaken Ensemble
Where: Ashkenaz
Date: 2008-03-01 00:00:00
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Gevorg Dabaghyan's eight piece Shoghaken Ensemble from Armenia presents an extraordinary ancient tradition of exhilarating folk dances and haunting love songs and lullabies.
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.
Community Song Circle
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2008-01-17 20:00:00
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Hosted by Kim Hermanson, this gathering will be open to everyone who wants to raise his or her voice in song, from closet singers who want to work on their harmonies to singer-songwriters who would like to perform original material.
Anais Mitchell
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2008-01-16 20:00:00
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Anais Mitchell is a young, up-and-coming folk singer/songwriter.
Homespun Rowdy
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2008-02-04 20:00:00
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Homespun Rowdy is a young San Francisco bluegrass band steadily gaining respect in the Bay Area. With a solid appreciation of traditional bluegrass and gospel, Homespun Rowdy performs both the old and the new mixed in with their own original material. Dividing vocal responsibilities across several members of the band and singing around a single microphone keeps the band and audiences on their toes.
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.
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.
Monterey Jazz Festival: 50th Anniversary Tour
Where: University of California, Berkeley Zellerbach Hall
Date: 2008-01-12 20:00:00
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The longest continually-running jazz festival in the world, The Monterey Jazz Festival is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a national tour of six of its most talented musicians. Maintaining Monterey's tradition of bringing together veteran and younger artists, the touring show stars Terence Blanchard (trumpet), James Moody (saxophone), Benny Green (piano), Nnenna Freelon (special guest vocalist), Derrick Hodge (bass) and Kendrick Scott (drums).
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.
Laurie Anderson - Homeland
Where: Zellerbach Hall
Date: 2008-10-24 20:00:00
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"The reigning performance artist of her time" (Boston Globe), Laurie Anderson enjoys international fame for multimedia presentations in which she casts herself in roles as varied as visual artist, composer, poet, photographer, filmmaker, electronics whiz, vocalist, and instrumentalist. Her remarkable Homeland consists of a series of songs and stories that create a poetic and political portrait of contemporary American culture. Conceived as one long piece of music, Homeland moves through many worlds—from Greek tragedy to American business models—addressing the current obsession with fear, violence, and security. Technologically, this new work is Anderson's most sophisticated production to date.
Adam Balbo, Fancy Dan Band, Chris Stroffolino
Where: Blake's
Date: 2008-02-16 20:00:00
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ADAM BALBO Folk/Electroacoustic/Lyrical http://www.myspace.com/adambalbo NOBODY BEATS Indie/Pop/Ghettotech http://www.myspace.com/nobodybeatsoakland FANCY DAN BAND Country/Rockabilly http://www.myspace.com/fancydanband CHRIS STROFFOLINO Other/Other/Pop http://www.myspace.com/chrisstroffolino Admission: $7-$8
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.
Jazz Vocalist Ellen Robinson
Where: Anna's Jazz Island
Date: 2008-01-11 20:00:00
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ELLEN ROBINSON Sizzling Jazz Vocals with JON HERBST - piano BUD SPANGLER - drums JOHN SHIFFLETT - bass and featuring ANTON SCHWARTZ - sax A great way to celebrate Valentine’s weekend. It will be another rollicking and hear-felt evening of live music -- romantic ballads, gusty blues, timeless jazz standards, and some of my own original material. Let's Pack the House...again! "Ellen Robinson knows how to connect with an audience ....she just lets it fly, and what happens is a lovely melodic parade." Jim Santella, All About Jazz Since we sold out last time---reservations are definitely needed! http://www.ellenrobinson.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
Michael Parenti: Contrary Notions
Where: Cody's Bookstore
Date: 2008-01-17 19:00:00
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Internationally acclaimed, award winning author Michael Parenti is one of America's most astute and engaging political analysts. He will discuss his book 'Contrary Notions.'
Cal basketball vs. Arizona State
Where: Haas Pavilion
Date: 2008-01-17 19:30:00
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Radio: KYOU (1550 AM)
Wednesday Open Mic Night with GG Tanaka (10PM)
Where: Beckett's Irish Pub
Date: 2008-01-16 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!
Wednesday Open Mic Night with GG Tanaka (10PM)
Where: Beckett's Irish Pub
Date: 2008-01-16 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!
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 ###
Michael Parenti: Contrary Notions
Where: Cody's Bookstore
Date: 2008-01-17 19:00:00
Type:
Internationally acclaimed, award winning author Michael Parenti is one of America's most astute and engaging political analysts. He will discuss his book 'Contrary Notions.'
Jane Bernstein - Rachel in the World: A Memoir
Where: Cody's Bookstore
Date: 2008-01-26 19:00:00
Type:
Louise Dunlap: Undoing the Silence
Where: Cody's Bookstore
Date: 2008-01-29 19:00:00
Type:
This book provides guidance to both citizens and professionals wishing to influence democratic processes through letters, articles, reports and public testimony.
Michael Parenti: Contrary Notions
Where: Cody's Bookstore
Date: 2008-01-17 19:00:00
Type:
Internationally acclaimed, award winning author Michael Parenti is one of America's most astute and engaging political analysts. He will discuss his book 'Contrary Notions.'
Charles Halpern: Making Waves and Riding the Currents
Where: Cody's Bookstore
Date: 2008-01-22 19:00:00
Type:
Cal basketball vs. Arizona State
Where: Haas Pavilion
Date: 2008-01-17 19:30:00
Type:
Radio: KYOU (1550 AM)
Skeleton Television
Where: Blake's
Date: 2008-01-18 21:30:00
Type:
Skeleton Television is a rock band from Oakland, California. The members of Skeleton Television are Zach Haller, Bennett Park, and Mike Skipper.
Active Arts Theatre for Young Audiences Presents: Little Wom...
Where: Julia Morgan Center for the Arts
Date: 2008-01-19 14:00:00
Type:
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.
Active Arts Theatre for Young Audiences Presents: Little Wom...
Where: Julia Morgan Center for the Arts
Date: 2008-01-20 14:00:00
Type:
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.org Event submitted by Eventful.com on behalf of NEQA.
UC Business Plan Happy Hour Mixer
Where: Bank of America Forum, Haas School of Business
Date: 2008-01-23 17:00:00
Type:
Sonja Lyubomirsky: How of Happiness
Where: Cody's Bookstore
Date: 2008-01-25 19:00:00
Type:
Bringing hard science to bear and using more than a dozen uniquely formulated happiness-increasing strategies, Sonja Lyubomirsky offers a new and potentially life-changing way to understand our innate potential for joy and happiness as well as our ability to sustain it in our lives.
Osvaldo Golijovs: Ayre
Where: University of California, Berkeley Zellerbach Hall
Date: 2008-03-01 20:00:00
Type:
This production of 'Ayre,' the most recent major work from renowned Argentinean-born composer Osvaldo Golijov, boasts enough star power to light a small city. He will be supported by Dawn Upshaw and Orquesta Los Pelegrinos
San Francisco Jazz Collective
Where: University of California, Berkeley Zellerbach Hall
Date: 2008-03-15 20:00:00
Type:
SFJAZZ Collective celebrates the sound of jazz as a vital and ever-changing art form.
Drive-By Truckers
Where: Amoeba Music
Date: 2008-02-14 18:00:00
Type:
The Drive-By Truckers specialize in down-home Southern rock.
Jim Malcolm
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2008-01-31 20:00:00
Type:
Jim Malcolm is one of Scotland's finest folk singers and songwriters.
Hallowed Ground: A Violent Femmes tribute band (featuring GG...
Where: Beckett's Irish Pub
Date: 2008-03-08 22:00:00
Type:
HALLOWED GROUND: A Violent Femmes tribute band featuring GG Tanaka ** PAUL LEBER, bass ** MIKE MARES, percussion ** GG TANAKA, guitars and vocals
Wishful Drinking (30-below day)
Where: Berkeley Repertory Theater
Date: 2008-02-15 20:00:00
Type:
Carrie Fisher is the life of the party on Berkeley Rep’s 40th birthday with Wishful Drinking, an uproarious and sobering look at her Hollywood hangover. Fisher tells a true and intoxicating story with the strong, wry wit that she poured into bestsellers like Postcards from the Edge. Born to celebrity parents, she was picked to play a princess in the original Star Wars when only 19 years old. Alas, aside from a demanding career and her role as a single mother, Carrie also spends her free time battling addiction, weathering the wild ride of manic depression and lounging around various mental institutions. It’s an incredible tale—from having Elizabeth Taylor as a stepmother, to marrying (and divorcing) Paul Simon, from having the father of her daughter leave her for a man, to ultimately waking up one morning and finding a friend dead beside her in bed. Entertainment Weekly declares Drinking “drolly hysterical,” and the Los Angeles Times dubs it a “Beverly Hills yard sale of juicy anecdotes.” Don’t miss this outrageous chance to get Carried away. Free small-batch spirits tasting at 7PM and 30-Below, free post-show party for 20-somethings.
Jim Post: Mark Twain and the Laughing River
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2008-02-02 20:00:00
Type:
The Smithsonian calls Jim Post's "depiction of Mark Twain is nothing less than brilliant, and each sentence and song is a gem ...nothing but kudos from our audience members of all ages...This is a show that should be on Broadway." 'Mark Twain and the Laughing River' is a one man tour de force---part musical, part drama and thoroughly entertaining
“Monster in the Dark" - foolsFURY’s 10th Anniversary Season
Where: Ashby Stage
Date: 2008-02-09 20:00:00
Type:
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.
California Guitar Trio
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2008-04-18 20:00:00
Type:
After touring with Fripp's League of Crafty Guitarists, this trio fused their individual backgrounds in classical, rock, blues, country, jazz and surf music and began honing their intricate original compositions, surf covers and classical re-workings.
Wednesday Open Mic with host GG Tanaka (10PM)
Where: Beckett's Irish Pub
Date: 2008-02-06 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!
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
Brazilian Guitar Festival
Where: University of California, Berkeley Zellerbach Hall
Date: 2008-02-07 20:00:00
Type:
Brazilian Guitar Festival features Brazilian-born brothers Sergio and their sister Badi Assad with Romero Lubambo and Celso Machado. Together, these remarkable musical emissaries will lead an exhilarating musical journey from the pulsating city of Rio de Janeiro to the jungles of the Amazon and back again.
The Monolators
Where: Blake's
Date: 2008-03-29 21:00:00
Type:
The Monolators are a husband and wife rock duo from Los Angeles. Linda Moody and Tammy Fortin have been musical collaborators since 1998, drawing recent critical attention in the band Blue Gum Art. They formed Excuses For Skipping in March of 2003, and were soon joined by Jen Goebel on bass, Allison Duke on drums and Marielle Hauge on keyboards.
Solo Bach Night
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2008-02-12 20:00:00
Type:
This evening devoted to music features performances by Lara St. John, Sam Bass, Dave Grossman, Lynda Arnold, Kelly Back and Fred Weed.
ISD Lecture - Service Innovation with Non-Designers - Speake...
Where: South Hall
Date: 2008-02-12 17:00:00
Type:
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
Type:
The duo presents a concert featuring traditional Irish fiddle and guitar music.
Fran Avni
Where: La Pena Cultural Center
Date: 2008-02-16 10:30:00
Type:
Fran Avni will get you singing and moving with songs both original and traditional. Acclaimed singer and children's performer Bonnie Lockhart offers a joyful music for children and families.
Adam Balbo, Fancy Dan Band, Chris Stroffolino
Where: Blake's
Date: 2008-02-16 20:00:00
Type:
ADAM BALBO Folk/Electroacoustic/Lyrical http://www.myspace.com/adambalbo NOBODY BEATS Indie/Pop/Ghettotech http://www.myspace.com/nobodybeatsoakland FANCY DAN BAND Country/Rockabilly http://www.myspace.com/fancydanband CHRIS STROFFOLINO Other/Other/Pop http://www.myspace.com/chrisstroffolino Admission: $7-$8
Adelina Anthony: La Angry Xicana-Y Que?!
Where: La Pena Cultural Center
Date: 2008-02-16 20:00:00
Type:
Hailed by critics as "bawdy, proud and hysterical" and "screamingly funny," Adelina is one of the few-if not the only-queer Chicanas of her generation following in the provocative footsteps of Latina lesbian comic pioneers Marga Gomez and Monica Palacios. She presents her solo show 'La Angry Xicana-Y Que?!.'
Glen Phillips
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2008-02-17 20:00:00
Type:
Glen Phillips has been making music for two decades now, starting as the 14-year-old frontman of Toad the Wet Sprocket. His solo efforts draw inspiration from The Replacements, Talk Talk, XTC, and Peter Gabriel among others. Phillips melds his influences with the his indigenous SoCal singer-songwriter tradition, filling his music with heart and spirit.
Wednesday Open Mic with host GG Tanaka (10PM)
Where: Beckett's Irish Pub
Date: 2008-02-20 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 (http://www.myspace.com/ggtanaka) for more information!
Poetry in the Community
Where: La Pena Cultural Center
Date: 2008-02-21 19:30:00
Type:
This evening features multi-generational poetry conversation.
Ame Elliott (IDEO) | Grounded Leaps: Methodological Choices ...
Where: UC Berkeley School of Information
Date: 2008-02-21 17:15:00
Type:
This talk discusses how Human Factors research drives design by making grounded leaps from latent user needs to new product and service concepts. Example projects from a variety of domains illustrate contextual observations and co-creation exercises, the basic techniques for grounding insights, with particular attention to how the core value of empathy drives methodological choices. Next, the methodological challenges posed by two non-traditional types of design are discussed: 1) designing to transform organizational cultures and 2) designing services beyond the scope of a single artifact. The talk concludes with thoughts about current frontiers in Human Factors research. A Special Talk sponsored by the Berkeley Center for New Media and the UC Berkeley School of Information
Science at the Theater - - Free Community Lecture with Mary ...
Where: Berkeley Repertory Theater
Date: 2008-03-10 17:30:00
Type:
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.
Eddie Vedder
Where: University of California, Berkeley Zellerbach Hall
Date: 2008-04-07 19:30:00
Type:
Leslie and the LY's
Where: Amoeba Music
Date: 2008-03-09 14:00:00
Type:
Leslie and the Ly's explode with beats from another land, outfits to blind the eyes, lyrics to enlighten the soul and dance moves never before witnessed.
Berkeley Executive Leadership Series
Where: Haas School of Business (UC Berkeley)
Date: 2008-05-05 07:00:00
Type:
The Berkeley Executive Leadership Program provides participants with the ideas, knowledge, and the practical tools that will help them build a better business in these times of volatility and unanticipated change. Organizations that send their people to this program will see their training investments pay tangible dividends where they count most. The program will actively engage participants in interactive, cross-disciplinary exercises, give-and-take discussions, and explorations that will prepare them to lead better than ever - starting the day they return to the office. Participation is limited and class composition is carefully monitored to encourage a one-on-one dynamic that will allow each participant to receive personalized coaching and organizational consulting. A smaller class size allows participants the time and attention to form strong networks among each other, faculty, consultants and industry experts. Participants will find a multitude of engaging executive education methodologies integrated throughout the program. This year's program has been specifically re-focused to address the multiple challenges that leaders must face in increasingly unpredictable external and internal environments. This meticulously crafted series of one-week courses delivers the kind of out-of-box thinking and highly pragmatic tools that leaders must use to succeed in our rapidly evolving world. Any 1 week of the program, $7000; discounts for additional weeks.
Brian Fagan: the Great Warming
Where: Cody's Bookstore
Date: 2008-03-10 19:00:00
Type:
Fagan's new work tells the global story of climate change between the 10th and 15th centuries, known as the Medieval Warming Period.
Myra Melford
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2008-03-03 20:00:00
Type:
At the keyboard, Melford recasts the blues and boogie-woogie of her Chicago hometown, folds in elements of the music of Eastern Europe and India and blends them with the rangy, percussive avant-garde stylings she cultivated in studies with Don Pullen and Henry Threadgill. This personal musical vocabulary is further enriched by a lush lyricism and organized by an architectural sense of composition that she derived from classical training. Described by Down Beat magazine as a "sonic innovator [whose reputation] has been built on electronics, trips to the fringes of electric jazz, rock 'n' roll, danceable beats and snappy writing," composer and keyboardist Wayne Horvitz has led a number of experimental/improv jazz groups including the President, Pigpen, Zony Mash, and Ponga, and has also released work as a solo artist. This jazz group features Ben Perowsky, Tim Luntzel and Jim Campilongo.
Freight and Salvage Open Mic
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2008-03-25 19:30:00
Type:
Tonight's feature is Gray, who will perform in the 6th slot. All performers are welcome to participate in this event that has produced some of our brightest performers, including: Shawn Colvin, Dana Carvey, Alvin Youngblood Hart, and Patrick Landeza. HERE'S HOW IT WORKS! One unique aspect of our Open Mic is that, unlike those held in noisy bars where people show up in spite of the fact that there's live music, you will be playing to a supportive group of friends and performers who are actually listening!!! The sign-up begins at 7:30, when the doors open. However, people with advance tickets get let in first, so they have first dibs on the list. People often start lining up as early as 7, some even come before 7 to get an advance ticket before the box office closes (at 7). Tickets are $4.50 in advance, $5.50 at the door, even if you are performing. EXCEPTION: Any performer showing up with a paying, non-performing member of the audience plays for free!!! Note: you must show up together to take advantage of this offer. Solo performers get to play one song, groups get to play two songs. Management reserves the right to occasionally award a performer with an extra song, for any reason management deems appropriate. BONUS: Anyone, performers and audience alike, staying until the end of the night is entitled to a FREE TICKET to an upcoming Freight show of their choice. This is a great deal, considering the Freight's normal ticket prices. Shows that are sold out or close to being sold out are excluded from this offer.
Edessa
Where: Ashkenaz
Date: 2008-03-09 19:30:00
Type:
Edessa is a band that specializes in Balkan dance music.
Alan Rinzler's Writing Workshop
Where: Cody's Bookstore
Date: 2008-03-09 15:00:00
Type:
Rinzler's annual workshops is for aspiring writers.
Science at the Theater - - Free Community Lecture with Mary ...
Where: Berkeley Repertory Theater
Date: 2008-03-10 17:30:00
Type:
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.
Firkin Gravity Festival
Where: Triple Rock Brewery & Alehouse
Date: 2008-04-05 11:00:00
Type:
this year's festival features twenty-five to thirty breweries which will showcase different styles of beer ranging from classic English style Bitters to triple IPA's. Admission price for the General Public will be $20.00 which includes a logo glass and 5 tasting tickets; plus, a wooden token for a full pour We will be offering additional tasting tickets for a nominal fee.of: $1.00 per taste or $5.00 for six tasting tickets.
Animal Law review session
Where: Boalt Hall UC Berkeley School of Law
Date: 2008-05-01 15:20:00
Type:
The New Up
Where: Starry Plough Irish Music & Dancing! Every Monday!
Date: 2008-04-12 21:00:00
Type:
This San Francisco five-piece ignites the dance floor with intelligent songwriting, commanding stage presence and a potent blend of rock and pop with a funk and dub flair. Formed in 2005 Silver Griffin is an energetic and dynamic trio. They create unique style of music combining indie, rock, pop, jazz, funk and blues.
Swedish Chamber Orchestra: Thomas Dausgaard, Conductor
Where: University of California, Berkeley Zellerbach Hall
Date: 2008-04-06 15:00:00
Type:
Founded in 1995, the acclaimed Swedish Chamber Orchestra is gifted ensemble of 38 musicians led by Music Director Thomas Dausgaard. This concert will also feature Polish-Hungarian pianist, Piotr Anderszewsk.
Todd Shipley Band
Where: Beckett's Irish Pub
Date: 2008-04-05 22:00:00
Type:
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
Dave Matthews Band, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
Where: Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley
Date: 2008-09-06 19:00:00
Type:
Street Level Health Project
Where: La Pena Cultural Center
Date: 2008-04-16 20:00:00
Type:
Street Level Health Project is a nonprofit entry point to the health care system for those most often overlooked, namely urban immigrant communities, the uninsured, underinsured and recently arrived.
Vclav Havels Vanek
Where: JCC East Bay
Date: 2008-05-01 20:00:00
Type:
Eastenders Repertory Company returns to the JCC with three Vanek Plays: AUDIENCE, UNVEILING, and PROTEST by former president of the Czech Republic, Vclav Havel. This trilogy centers on the authors fictional alter ego Ferdinand Vanek, who, like the playwright-turned-statesman Havel, worked in a brewery before being jailed as a political dissident. Imprisoned for four years in the mid-1970s, Havel wrote AUDIENCE and UNVEILING after his release to entertain a small gathering of fellow writers, all of whom had their work banned in their native countries. In AUDIENCE, Vanek has a bleakly absurd and comical encounter with his boss; in UNVEILING he visits a frighteningly conformist and avidly consumerist couple; and in PROTEST, Vanek confronts his friend, a successful TV writer, to convince him to sign an anti-government petition. Special Program On Monday May 5 and Wednesday May 7, AUDIENCE will be presented together with readings of works by Pavel Kahout, Pavel Landovsky and Jir Dienstbier, playwrights who all devised their own dramas about Vanevk. These readings will be followed by a moderated discussion about the role of the artist in a politically repressive regime.Event submitted by Eventful.com on behalf of JCCEB.
Feist
Where: Greek Theatre
Date: 2008-07-19 20:00:00
Type:
presale 4/8 @ noon https://tixx1.artistarena.com/feist/ l: feist p: tickets
OFF PAGE: Old Bears with Dave Newhouse
Where: JCC East Bay
Date: 2008-05-27 19:30:00
Type:
Dave Newhouse wondered what happened to the kids in his 1956 graduating class at Menlo-Atherton High School on the Peninsula. With the classs fiftieth reunion approaching in 2006, he hit the road to find out. It turns out these Happy Days kids experienced considerable unhappiness, and tragedy, in their adult years including three classmates whom he interviewed that died before the book was published. Going to school in the 1950s, they experienced historic change: the civil rights movement, space program, rock n roll, the Salk polio vaccine, and the popularity of television, fast food and Elvis. Newhouses book looks into the difficulty of growing olderalcoholism, divorce, blindness, Alzheimers, a son in Iraqand offers valuable lessons for a younger generation. Dave Newhouse is a long-time columnist for the Oakland Tribune. Old Bears is his seventh book.Event submitted by Eventful.com on behalf of JCCEB.
R.E.M.
Where: Greek Theatre
Date: 2008-06-01 20:00:00
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2nd show added $39.50 $59.50 $89.50 1st show http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/419313/
Vera Wilde
Where: Ashby Stage
Date: 2008-09-21 17:00:00
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a musical play book, music and lyrics by Chris Jeffries directed by Maya Gurantz musical director Dave Malloy Two radical lives collide in this vaudevillian and exuberant original musical play by Seattle playwright and composer Chris Jeffries. In 1880, Oscar Wilde wrote his first play Vera, or the Nihilists, about a Russian radical Vera Zasulich, known as "the mother of terrorism." But was she? Jeffries brings these two complicated heroes together to create whip-smart tale about the costs of changing the world.
Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage
Where: Ashby Stage
Date: 2008-06-01 17:00:00
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a Banana Bag & Bodice collaboration written by Jason Craig music by Dave Malloy directed by Rod Hipskind Winners of Fringe Festival Awards in San Francisco and Dublin and two-time "Best of Time Out New York" winners Banana Bag & Bodice bring their outlandish creative spark to Shotgun in 2008 with this new adaptation. Get ready as Beowulf is transformed into an opera with heroes, monsters, and YOU. Revenge comes swiftly to those that have sucked the passion out of this tale for generations. Do you have the courage to face Grendel? He waits for you!
ALL THE KINGS MEN Tour (reggae)
Where: Shattuck Down Low Lounge
Date: 2008-05-16 20:00:00
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ALL THE KINGS MEN TOUR 2008 ARMY (St. Croix) DAVID MORRISON (The Abyssinians) TUFF LION (Bamboo Station) LUV FYAH (Million 7) The most dynamic reggae showcases in existence. Combining top-notch musicianship with the finest vocalists in the reggae world. DAVID MORRISON ATKM will feature the Abyssinians' own David Morrison who's voice has been proclaimed to be the reincarnate of the legendary Dennis Brown. In his first solo release- "One day At A Time"- Morrison's breathtaking voice will capture you with a full, rich and classy sound which will leave you wondering why he didn't have a solo CD before now. Truely a singer's singer, able to transcend the classic style of the past and welding it with the contemporary sound of today. TUFF LION Tuff Lion is one of the most recorded guitarists' of our time. His extensive credits as musician and producer are too long to mention all. Notably, he's produced Dezarie, Midnite, Bamboo Station, and Army along with countless other projects. His ability is reminiscent of Stevie Wonder, where, in his first solo release, "Utterance", is performed (all instruments), recorded and mixed by Tuff Lion himself. You've heard his works under other artists' names already, now it's time to hear Tuff Lion stage front and center. LUV FYAH Luv Fyah is an exciting new singjay hailing from California. He presence and delivery lives up to his name bringing plenty of Fire and Love to the stage. His multi-dimensional talent allows him to deliver high energy chanting combined with sweet and soulful vocals. His upcoming release, "Ethiopia We Belong", that features 20 brand new riddims produced by Seth Theodore of Million 7 Sound, blends tasty classic lovers rock along side an energetic dancehall and new roots flavor. The mix promises to be sweet and spicy. CELEBRITY HORNZ Celebrity hornz has been adding their flavor to the pot with most of the classic reggae artists/groups that come through the west coast. In the last year alone, Celebrity Hornz has recorded on over 15 albums. They have toured extensively around the world with outfits like- U- Roy, Big Youth, Sugar Minott, Leroy Sibbles, Yami Bolo, Cornell Campbell, I-grade showcases, Don Carlos, and Sister Carol to name a few. Expect to see some original ska tunes featuring Celebrity Hornz to begin the showcase. The collective experience of the ATKM all-star band is a true showcase of musicianship and experience at its finest.
Adam Mansbach: the End of Jews
Where: Cody's Bookstore
Date: 2008-04-17 19:00:00
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'The End of the Jews' offers all the rewards of the traditional family epic, but Mansbach's irreverent wit and rich, kinetic prose shed new light on the genre.
Kathy Kallick and Friends
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2008-05-11 13:00:00
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Kathy Kallick's bluegrass and traditional country classics, as well as her compelling originals, incorporate the unique perspective and refreshing musical sensibilities that won her a Lifetime Achievement Award from the California Bluegrass Association in 2001. Kallick's band features Tom Bekeny on mandolin, Avram Siegel on banjo, Amy Stenberg on bass and Brian Wicklund on fiddle -- sparkles and drives, brilliantly showcasing Kathy's incandescent vocals.
Fundraising Event
Where: La Pena Cultural Center
Date: 2008-04-23 19:30:00
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Celebrate the peace activism of Code Pink with Rebecca Riots, Melanie DeMore, Betsy Rose and Kelly Takunda-Orphan.
American Bach Soloists presents 1685 and the Art of Ian Howe...
Where: First Congregational Church/Berkeley
Date: 2008-04-19 20:00:00
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Featuring award-winning countertenor Ian Howell performing the works of Bach, Handel, Scarlatti and Avison American Bach Soloists Jeffrey Thomas, Conductor Also featuring: Debra Nagy (oboe), Corey Jamason (organ and harpsichord) ALSO APPEARING: Friday, April 18 @ 8:00pm (pre-concert lecture at 7pm) St. Stephens Church (3 Bayview Avenue in Belvedere) Sunday, April 20 @ 7:00pm (pre-concert lecture at 6pm) St. Marks Lutheran Church (1111 OFarrell Street @ Franklin in San Francisco) Monday, April 21 @ 8:00pm (pre-concert lecture at 7pm) Davis Community Church (412 C Street @ 4th in Davis) TICKETS: $16-$42 general; $10 student/senior advance; $5 student rush at the door for all performances BOX OFFICE: (415) 621-7900 and www.americanbach.org Countertenor Ian Howellwinner of the Laurette Goldberg Prize at the 2006 American Bach Soloists/ Henry I. Goldberg Young Artists Competitionis showcased in a program featuring works by Bach, Handel, and Domenico Scarlatti, three composers coincidentally born in 1685. Mr. Howell, praised for his polished sound, clear resonance, and powerful enunciation, will perform Bachs luscious cantata Vergngte Ruh and Scarlattis gorgeous Salve Regina. In addition, he will offer an exquisite collection of Handel arias, composed for the opera and concert stage in the era of the celebrated castrati, Senesino, Guadagni, and Farinelli. Mr. Howell, noted for his polished sound, clear resonance, and powerful enunciation by San Francisco Classical Voice, has performed on major concert stages across the United States, Europe, Mexico, Canada, Japan, and Taiwan. He recently took First Prize at the American Bach Soloists International Solo Competition with an acclaimed performance of Bachs cantata, Vergngte Ruh, and Third Prize (and made his Carnegie Hall Debut) at the Oratorio Society of New Yorks Competition. This Blacksburg, VA native can be heard with the all male chamber choir, Chanticleer, on one DVD and seven CDs, including the GRAMMY award winning Lamentations and Praises, and the GRAMMY award nominated Our American Journey. Mr. Howell has appeared in Handels Hercules (Lichas) and Semele (Athamas), Purcells The Fairy Queen (First Countertenor), and Brittens A Midsummer Nights Dream (Oberon). Concert appearances include Handels Messiah, Bachs St. John Passion, and Monteverdis Vespers (1610). Future engagements include performances with the American Bach Soloists, the Portland Baroque Orchestra, the Choir of St. Thomas Church Fifth Ave (NYC), and a debut recording with the American Bach Soloists. ABOUT AMERICAN BACH SOLOISTS: Founded in 1989, the American Bach Soloists (ABS) continue to introduce audiences to the masterworks of Bach and his contemporaries as well as little-known gems from the Baroque and early-Classical eras through historically informed performances using period instruments and leading vocal interpreters of Baroque music. Under the leadership of Co-founder and Music Director Jeffrey Thomas the ensemble has become a veritable Whos Who of early music specialists and has been called superbly musical, and a breath of fresh air.Event submitted by Eventful.com on behalf of NEQA.
Agualibre
Where: Ashkenaz
Date: 2008-05-02 00:00:00
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Agualibre sings and plays a blend of soul-drenched Latin music and hip-hop, with such world music flavors as son, samba, salsa, merengue and reggae.
Steve Lopez: the Soloist
Where: Cody's Bookstore
Date: 2008-04-21 19:00:00
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Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Steve Lopez will be discussing his book, the story of a promising musician who succumbed to mental illness and the quest to reclaim his life and talent.
Jared Bernstein - Crunch: Why Do I Feel So Squeezed
Where: Cody's Bookstore
Date: 2008-04-26 19:00:00
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Is Social Security really going bust, and what does that mean to us? How much can presidents really affect economic outcomes? Why does the stock market go up when employment declines? What's a living wage? And why do we feel so squeezed? In 'Crunch' Jared Bernstein answers these questions.
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.
A Evening Honoring Utah Phillips
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2008-05-06 20:00:00
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This concert features performances by Jody Stecher, Kate Brislin, Larry Hanks and others.
Jared Bernstein - Crunch: Why Do I Feel So Squeezed
Where: Cody's Books
Date: 2008-04-26 19:00:00
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Is Social Security really going bust, and what does that mean to us? How much can presidents really affect economic outcomes? Why does the stock market go up when employment declines? What's a living wage? And why do we feel so squeezed? In 'Crunch' Jared Bernstein answers these questions.
Demystifying the Bar II – Nuts & Bolts
Where: Boalt Hall UC Berkeley School of Law
Date: 2008-04-23 12:45:00
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Room 105
Black Mountain
Where: Blake's
Date: 2008-04-29 08:30:00
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Black Mountain is a Canadian band that plays murky, blues-infused rock music.
Scott Nygaard
Where: Freight & Salvage
Date: 2008-06-19 20:00:00
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Scott Nygaard is one of the most inventive and original guitarists in the bluegrass/acoustic music scene.
Acoustic Open Mic @924 Gilman
Where: 924 Gilman
Date: 2008-05-01 20:00:00
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ACOUSTIC OPEN MIC May 1 OPEN MIC NIGHT!!!! Show up Thursday May 1st at Gilman and play your acoustic musica! Food and such will be available as always!!!! WOO! -TNB
Memories and Dreams of the Twentieth Century
Where: DaSilva Ukulele Co.
Date: 2008-05-03 20:00:00
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May 3,10, 2008 at 8pm, May 4 at 7pm. $15 requested donation. Memories and Dreams of the Twentieth Century, an evening of stories (and a couple of songs) written and performed by Michael D. Brown and directed by Andrea Gordon. A quote from one of these true stories might best describe the evening: "The personal life, deeply lived, expands into truths beyond itself." Characters such as an uncle who may or may not be a Mafia guy, the night-shift guard in a Wyoming jail, a champion race horse, Antonin Artaud, and a mysterious woman in a tale of passion and coincidence create an emotional landscape that is both dramatic and humorous. Michael D. Brown has been creating and performing original plays for more than 25 years. His best known work was with the highly acclaimed Moving Men Theater Co. of Berkeley from 1972 to 1983. Most recently his work has received staged readings at The Magic Theatre. This is his first solo performance. Andrea Gordon is a mult