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Wednesday July 19, 2000

THEATER

ACTORS ENSEMBLE OF BERKELEY

“Murder At The Vicarage” by Agatha Christie, through Aug. 12. Performance of the classic whodunnit. $10. Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m.; Aug. 10, 8 p.m. Live Oak Theatre, 1301 Shattuck Ave.

528-5620.

CALIFORNIA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL

“Hamlet” by William Shakespeare, July 1 through July 22. Shakespeare probes the shadowy corners of the human psyche in this dark, compelling tragedy of vengeance, madness and murder most foul.

Cost is $21 to $38 general; $19 to $38 seniors; $10 to $38 children. Wednesday and Thursday, 7 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 4 p.m.; July 22, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Bruns Memorial Amphitheatre, Shakespeare Festival Way/Gateway Exit on state Highway 24. (510) 548-9666 or www.calshakes.org

MUSIC VENUES

924 GILMAN ST.

924 Gilman Street is an all-ages, member-run no alcohol, drugs, and violence club located at the corner of 8th street and Gilman Street in Berkeley. Most shows are $5. Memberships for the year are $2. Shows start at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted. For the latest show information call 525-9926.

July 21 Dory Tourette And The Skirtheads, Blood Brothers, Divit, Panty Rade, Erase Erata.

July 22 American Steel, Enemies, Thumbs, I-Farm, Pitch Black.

July 28 Plan 9, Loose Change, Debris, Weakerthans, Big Link.

July 29 Plan 9, Loose Change, Weaker Than, Debris, Big Link.

July 30 Dillinger Escape Plan, Candira, Isis, Cadillac Blindside (5 p.m.).

August 4 Hellchild, Benumb, Yellow Machine Gun, Spaceboy, Vulgar Pigeons. August 5 Causey Way, Black Man - White Man - Dead Man, Boy Pussy USA, Monday Mornings.

August 11 Hellbillys, Riffs, Menstrual Tramps, Fleshies, Shut Up Donny.

August 12 Excruciating Terror, Plutocracy, Chupalabre, Creation Is Crucifiction, State Of The Union.

(510) 525-9926.

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

“Rarities and Suprises”

Join George Cleve, Music Director and Conductor, for a night the “Midsummer Mozart Festival,” on Friday, August 4. The concert will include “Three Adagios and Fugurd after J.S. Bach,” K. 404, “Six Variations on G minor on ‘Helas, j’ai perdu mon amant,’” K. 360, highlights from the “Abduction from the Seragio,” and “Divertimento” in D Major for 2 Horns and Strings K. 334.

First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way, at Dana. For ticket call City Box Office at 510-392-4400.

THE STARRY PLOUGH PUB

For age 21 and over. Music on Wednesday at 8 p.m.; Thursday at 9:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday at 9:45 p.m. unless otherwise noted. 3101 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. (510) 841-2082.

LAST DAY SALOON

Willis, a Seattle band, will play at the Last Day Saloon on August 2. The quintet will bring its Indie folk-pop sound to Berkeley in support of their will EP, “Bourgeois Blues.” “Bourgeois Blues” represents the natural progression of music that Willis has been creating and performing since their formation in 1996. The band also incorporates an electric range of instruments into their sets, ranging from the pedal steel, to accordion and conga drums.

(510) 483-2926.

CLUB MUSE

Marie Schumacher and the Invisible Band

Thursday, July 20 from 8 p.m.-10 p.m. is a solo show. Friday, July 21 from 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. is with the band. Thursday, August 3 frin 8 p.m.-11 p.m. is with the band.

856 San Pablo Ave., Albany.

(510) 528-2872.

OPERA

THE BERKELEY OPERA

“Beatrice and Benedick” by Hector Berlioz, through July 23. A joyous evening of wit, deception and romance based on William Shakespeare’s comedy “Much Ado About Nothing.” Jonathan Khuner conducting. Sung in English.

$16 to $30 general; $24 senio rs; $15 youths age 17 and under. Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, 2640 College Ave., Berkeley. (925) 798-1300 or www.juliamorgan.org

MUSEUMS

BERKELEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

"Berkeley's Ethnic Heritage." Through March 2001.

The exhibit examines the rich cultural diversity of our city and the contributions of individuals and minority groups to our history and development. The exhibit look at the original native tribelets in the area and the immigrants who settled in Ocean View and displaced the Spanish/Mexican landowners. It also examines the influence of theUniversity of California, the San Francisco earthquake, and World War II on the population and culture of Berkeley, and subsequent efforts to overcome discrimination. Curated by Linda Rosen and the Berkeley Historical Society Exhibit Committee. Thursday through Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m. Wheelchair accessible. Admission free.

Berkeley Historical Society located in the Veterans Memorial Building, 1931 Center Street, Berkeley. 510-848-0181

www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/histsoc

UC BERKELEY ART MUSEUM

“Doug Aitken/MATRIX 185: Into the Sun,” through Sept. 3. An exhibit of works primarily in video and film, using the interplay of art and media to evoke deserted landscapes.

“Rodin and His Contemporaries,” through August. An exhibit of 11 bronze maquettes on loan from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation in Los Angeles. The bronzes range in style from the artist's classically inspired “Torso of a Woman” to the anguish of “The Martyr.” Some of the maquettes were cast during Rodin’s lifetime, others have been cast fairly recently under the aegis of the Musee Rodin which alone is authorized to cast his sculptures posthumously.

$6 general; $4 seniors and students ages 12 to 18; free children age 12 and under; free Thursday, 11 a.m. to noon and 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. 2626 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. 642-0808.

HALL OF HEALTH

2230 Shattuck Ave. (lower level), Berkeley

A hands-on community health education museum and science center sponsored by Children's Hospital Oakland and Alta Bates Medical Center.

“This is Your Heart!” ongoing. An in teractive exhibit on heart health.

“Good Nutrition,” ongoing. This exhibit includes models for making balanced meals and an exercycle for calculating how calories are burned.

“Draw Your Own Insides,” ongoing. Human-shaped chalkboards and models with removable organs allow visitors to explore the inside of their bodies.

“Your Cellular Self and Cancer Prevention,” ongoing. An exhibit on understanding how cells become cancerous and how to detect and prevent cancer.

Free. For children ages 3 to 12 and their parents.

549-1564

LAWRENCE HALL OF SCIENCE

“Experiment Gallery,” through Sept. 10. Step inside a giant laboratory and experiment with concepts surrounding sound, light, mechanics, electricity, and weather.

“Math Rules!” ongoing exhibit. A math exhibit of hands-on problem-solving stations, each with a different mathematical challenge. Make mathematical ice-cream cones, use blocks to build three dimensional structures, make dodecagon pies from a variety of mathematical shapes and stretch mathematical thinking.

“Within the Human Brain,” ongoing installation. Visitors test their cranial nerves, play skeeball, master mazes, match musical tones and construct stories inside a simulated “rat cage” of learning experiments.

$6 general; $4 seniors, students and children ages 7 to 18; $2 children ages 3 to 6; free children under age 3. Daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Centennial Drive, University of California, Berkeley. (510) 642-5132 or www.lhs.berkeley.edu

PHOEBE HEARST MUSEUM

Kroeber Hall, UC Berkeley

“Modern Treasures from Ancient Iran,” through Oct. 29. This exhibit explores nomadic and town life in ancient and modern Iran as illustrated in bronze and pottery vessels, and textiles.

“Phoebe Hearst Museum-Approaching a Century of Anthropology,” a sampling of the vast collections of the museum, its mission, history, and current research, with selections from ancient Egypt, ancient Peru, California Indians, Asia (India), and Africa.

“Ishi and the Invention of Yahi Culture,” Ishi, the last Yahi Indian of California, spent the final years of his life, 1911 to 1916, living at the museum, working with anthropologists to record his culture, demonstrating technological skills, and retelling Yahi myths, tales, and songs.

Wednesday through Sunday 10 am -4:30 pm; Thursday until 9 pm (Sept-May)

(510) 643-7648

HABITOT CHILDREN’S MUSEUM

Kittredge Street and Shattuck Avenue

A museum especially for children age 7 and younger. Highlights include “WaterWorks,” an area with some unusual water toys, an Infant Tree for babies, a garden especially for toddlers, a child-scale grocery store and cafe, and a costume shop and stage for junior thespians. The museum also features a toy lending library.

Exhibit: “Back to the Farm,” open-ended. This interactive exhibit gives children the chance to wiggle through tunnels like an earthworm, look into a mirrored fish pond, don farm animal costumes, ride on a John Deere tractor and much more.

Admission is $4 for adults; $6 child age 7 and under; $3 for each additional child.

Hours: Monday and Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Tuesday and Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

(510) 647-1111

JUDAH L. MAGNES MUSEUM

2911 Russell St., Berkeley

“Telling Time: To Everything There Is A Season,” through May 2002.

An exhibit structured around the seasons of the year and the seasons of life with objects ranging from the sacred and the secular, to the provocative and the whimsical. Highlights include treasures from Jewish ceremonial and folk art, rare books and manuscripts, contemporary and traditional fine art, video, photography and cultural kitsch. Through Nov. 4: “Spring and Summer.”

Free. Sunday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

(510) 549-6950.

GALLERIES

KALA INSTITUTE

“Markings/Imprints,” through July 28. The 2000 Kala Art Institute Fellowship Awards Exhibitions, Part I, featuring works by Susan Belau, Liliana Lobo Ferreira, and Jamie Morgan.

Free. Tuesday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Workshop Media Center Gallery, 1060 Heinz Ave., Berkeley. (510) 549-2977.

TRAYWICK GALLERY

Rachel Davis, Samantha Fisher, Benicia Gantner, Cherith Rose, through July 22. An exhibit of new work by the four artists.

Free. Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. 1316 10th St., Berkeley. (510) 527-1214.

ADDISON STREET WINDOWS GALLERY

“Yangtze River: in the Dragon’s Teeth”

Carol Brighton's poured paper paintings of the Yangtze River gorges, through July 31. Six-foot paper pieces in the long format of a Chinese scroll. This artwork is done in support of the International Rivers Network campaign to save the Yangtze River. The full impact of these beautiful compositions can even be viewed from across the street.

Addison Street Windows Gallery, 2018 Addison St., Berkeley

POETRY

LA PEÑA CULTURAL CENTER

3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley.

The multimedia show “Destruction or Love” will take place this Thursday, July 20 at 8 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center.

This show is based on the poetry of the Spanish poet Vicente Aleixandre.

A poet is looking for reason to keep living, he spends the night alone remembering key moments of his life.

He takes a trip to inside himself and his feelings, and reflects on life, death, and human nature.

“Destruction or Love” comes out of a series of poetry readings by Vicante Aleixandre and brings together sensorial experiences in a creative way, with a group of actors and dancers who produced the video, music and choreography.

(510) 849-2568 or www.lapena.org

CODY’S BOOKS POETRY FLASH

The Haiku Anthology Contributors Reading

Garry Gay, Jerry Kilbride, Vincent Tripi, Micheal DylanWelch

Edited and with a foreword by the former Haiku Society of America president Cor van den Heuvel, The Haiku Anthology collects 850 of the best English language Haiku and related works. A selection of Bay Area contributors will read at this event. "Haiku is basically about living with intense awareness, about having an openness to the existence around us-kind of openness that involves seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching."--Cor van den Heuvel August 2, Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.

Donation is $2.00

Joseph Di Prisco And Dean Young

Joseph Di Prisco's newest book, Poems in Which, won the 2000 Dorothy Brunsman Poetry Prize. An essayist and reviewer, he is also the co-author of a recent book about adolescence and growing up, Field Guide to the American Teenager. His novel, Confessions of Brother Eli, is forthcoming in the fall. Dean Young has published three books of poems, most recently First Course in Turbulence. "Dean Young's exhilarating, complex, and wide-ranging poems give one the impression of conversations with an angel in which the poet has to be super-alert at every second, for every second counts and the angel knows everything. To listen to these conversations is to experience a colloquial, witty, emotional, and urgent discourse not to be found anywhere else."--Kenneth Koch. August 9, Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Donation is $2.00

Leonard J. Cirino and Marc Elihu Hofstadter

Leonard J. Cirino, editor and publisher of Pygmy Forest Press, is the author of twenty-one poetry collections, including The Terrible Wilderness of Self, 96 Sonnets Facing Conviction, and American Minotaur & Other Work, Poems 1998. His newest collection is The Sane Man Speaks & Other Poems. Marc Elihu Hofstadter is the author of House of Peace. He has published his poems and critical articles in many literary journals, including Exquisite Corpse and Talisman, and works as the Librarian of the San Francisco Municipal Railway. August 16, Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Donation is $2.00

Jamal Ali and Russell Gonzaga

Jamal Ali writes in a broad spectrum of genres from journalism and history to poetry and plays. He's been performing and reading across the U.S. since 1985. His published works include Jazz is a Sacrament of Substance. Russell Gonzaga is a celebrated performance and slam poet based in the Bay Area. August 23, Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Donation is $2.00

Joe Todaro

Joe Todaro is the author of Notes From a Burning Theater, a poetry chapbook. He co-produced, withCelia White, the 1998 Urban Epiphany poetry reading in Buffalo, New York, the largest such event in that city's history. Celia White is a poet, fiction writer, and librarian. Her poetry chapbooks are Cusp, Mouth, Stick, and Lit; her poems have appeared in Exquisite Corpse and upstream. The event room at Cody's is wheelchair accessible. Please ask for help or directions at the Information Desk. ASL interpreters for the deaf and hearing impaired can be provided with reasonable advance notice. August 30, Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Donation is $2.00

Janice M. Gale and Noel Peattie

Berkeley poet Janice M. Gale's new book is House of Leaves. A former dancer, cook, editor, community organizer and teacher, she has been an activist for social justice for more than fifty years. Noel Peattie published Sipapu, a review journal for librarians and others interested in dissent literature, including poetry, and the small press, between 1970-1996. His poetry books include In the Dome of Saint Laurence Meteor and Western Skyline. August 13, Sunday, 7:30 p.m. Donation is $2.00

Parking is available at the Durant/Channing Garage; Cody's will validate one hour of parking with purchase.

Cody's Books: (510) 845-7852 • Poetry Flash: (510) 525-5476

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tion in Los Angeles. The bronzes range in style from the artist's classically inspired “Torso of a Woman” to the anguish of “The Martyr.” Some of the maquettes were cast during Rodin’s lifetime, others have been cast fairly recently under the aegis of the Musee Rodin which alone is authorized to cast his sculptures posthumously.