Election Section

FRIDAY, MARCH 11 

THEATER 

Bare Stage Productions “One Room” Fri. at 8 p.m., Sat. at 3 and 8 p.m. and Sun. at 3 p.m. at the Choral Rehearsal Room, Cesar Chavez Student Union, UC Campus. Tickets are $5-$7. http://tickets.berkeley.edu  

Central Works, “Enemy Combatant” at the Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave. Performances are Thurs.-Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 5 p.m. through March 26. Tickets are $9-$25. 558-1381. www.centralworks.org 

Contra Costa Civic Theater, “Buried Child” on the disintigration of the American Dream, Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 2 p.m., 951 Pomona Ave., El Cerrito. Tickets are $10. 524-9132. www.CCCT.org 

Cuentos: Voices for (Our) Stories: “You so Fake!” with Leilani Chan and “Rise” with Shyamala Moorty at 8 p.m. at La Peña. Tickets are $7-$10. 849-2568. www.lapena.org 

Impact Theatre, “Othello” at 8 p.m. at La Val’s Subterranean Theater, 1834 Euclid. Thurs.- Sat. through March 19. Tickets are $10-$15. 464-4468. www.impacttheatre.com 

Shotgun Players “The Just” by Albert Camus. Thurs.- Sun. at 8 p.m. at The Ashby Stage, 1901 Ashby Ave. through April 10. Tickets are sliding scale $10-$30. 841-6500. www.shotgunplayers.org 

UC Theater, “Three Sisters” a contemporary staging of Chekhov’s drama, Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 2 p.m. to March 13, at Zellerbach Playhouse, UC Campus. Tickets are $8-$14. 642-9925. http://theater.berkeley.edu 

Un-Scripted Theater Company “You Bet Your Improvisor!” Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m. through March 26 at Temescal Arts Center, 511 48th St. at Telegraph. Tickets are $7-$10. 415-869-5384. www.unscripted.com 

Word for Word Performing Arts Company “Stories by Tobias Wolff” Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m. at Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Tickets are $25 at the door. www.juliamorgan.org 

EXHIBITIONS 

“Blind at the Museum” Conference, from 4 to 7 p.m. and Sat. from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Berkeley Art Museum, 2625 Durant Ave. 642-1295. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

FILM 

International Asian American Film Festival “Ethan Mao” at 7 p.m. and “Keka” at 9:15 p.m. at Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

By the Light of the Moon open mic and salon for women at 7:30 p.m. at Changemakers, 6536 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Cost is $3-$7. 655-2405.  

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $32-$54. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu 

En Pointe Youth Dance Company Fifth Annual Spring Performance featuring five original pieces choreographed and danced by Berkeley youth at 8 p.m. at the Roda Theater, 2015 Addison St. Tickets are $6-$8. www.enpointe.org 

Rachel Garlin Benefit concert for King Middle School student delegation to Washington D.C., at 7 p.m. in the King Middle School Auditorium, 1781 Rose St. Donation $10-$20. 843-0822 

Frank Martin Trio at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com 

Mills College MFA Dance Thesis Concert at 8 p.m. at Lisser Hall, 5000 MacArthur Blvd. Tickets are $5-$7, free to Mills students. 430-2175. 

The Athena Trio at 8 p.m. at Giorgi Gallery, 2911 Claremont Ave. Cost is $12-$15. 848-1228.  

The Aggrolites, The Uptones, Monkey, presented by Bay Area Ska, at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $10. 525-5054. 

Mac Martin & The Dixie Travellers, bluegrass from central Appalachia, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $18.50-$19.50. 548-1761.  

Lua at 8 p.m. at Caffe Trieste, 2500 San Pablo Ave. 548-5198.  

Riot A-Go-Go, Chow Nasty, The Inversions at 9 p.m. at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $5-$7. 848-0886.  

Farma, Firecracker, The Unravellers at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $12. 841-2082.  

Brian Melvin Quartet at 9 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810. 

DJ & Brook, jazz trio, at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344.  

Otis Goodbight, Shotgun Wedding at 9 p.m. at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $7-$10. 548-1159.  

Rob Bayne, Ira Marlowe & Friends at 8:30 p.m. at Epic Arts, 1923 Ashby Ave. Cost is $5-$10. www.epicarts.org 

Babyland, Rajah, and local film shorts at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $6. 525-9926. 

High Violets, Astral, Foxtail Somersault at 9:30 p.m. at The Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Tickets are $5. 444-6174.  

SATURDAY, MARCH 12 

CHILDREN  

East Bay Children’s Theater “Shoemaker and The Elves” at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Oakland Museum, 10th and Oak Sts. Tickets are $6. 655-7285. www.childrens-theatre.org 

EXHIBITIONS 

“13 @ 13” “Berkeley Boys Coming of Age” Portraits by Phoebe Ackle. Reception at 7 p.m. at Fourth Street Studio, 1717D 4th St. 527-0600. www.fourthstreetstudio.com 

“Dulcis Domus” Utilitarian ceramics by Julia Galloway at Trax Gallery, 1812 Fifth St. through April 9. 540-8729. 

FILM 

International Asian American Film Festival “And Thereafter” at 5 p.m., “Oldboy” at 7 p.m. and “Cutie Honey” at 9:45 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808.  

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Chun Yu talks about “Little Green: Growing Up During the Chinese Cultural Revolution” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at 2 and 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $32-$54. 642-9988. www.calperfs.berkeley.edu 

En Pointe Youth Dance Company Fifth Annual Spring Performance featuring five original pieces choreographed and danced by Berkeley youth at 8 p.m. at the Roda Theater, 2015 Addison St. Tickets are $6-$8. www.enpointe.org 

Mills College MFA Dance Thesis Concert at 2 p.m. at Lisser Hall, 5000 MacArthur Blvd. Tickets are $5-$7, free to Mills students. 430-2175. 

Baroque Etcetera “Italian Beauties” at 8 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, 5201 Park Blvd., Oakland. Donation $10. 540-8222. www.baroquetc.org  

American Recorder Orchestra of the West “Music of the British Isles” at 7:30 p.m. at All Souls Church, 2220 Cedar St. Free, donations appreciated. 843-2425. www.schweter.com/arow 

Contra Costa Chorale at 2 p.m. at El Cerrito Methodist Church, 6830 Stockton Ave. Tickets are $12-$15. 514-1861. 

Berkeley Youth Arts Festival Flute Fest with students in grades K-5 at 2 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Center. 644-6893. 

Nigel North, lute solo, at 8 p.m. at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave. Cost is $22-$25. 528-1725. www.sfems.org  

Nancy Schimmel and Friends, in celebration of Nancy’s 70th birthday, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $17.50-$18.50. 548-1761. 

Mujeres/Women: Holly Near and Ronnie Gilbert at 7:30 p.m. at La Peña Cultural Center. Cost is $18-$20. 849-2568.  

Hal Stein at 9 p.m. at Cafe Van Kleef, l621 Telegraph, Oakland.  

“Collage des Cultures Africaines” with the Diamano Coura West African Dance Company at 8 p.m. at Calvin Simmons Theater, Oakland. Tickets are $10-$30. 733-1077. www.urbanevents.com 

The Wilders, The Earl Brothers at 9:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $7. 841-2082.  

Palenque, Cuban Son, at 9:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $13. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

The People, The Debonaires, Soul Captives, ska, hip hop, reggae at 9:30 at Blakes on Telegraph. Cost is $8. 848-0886.  

Frank Sally at 7:30 p.m. at Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Ave. 595-5344.  

The David Jeffrey Jazz Fourtet at 9:30 p.m. at Albatross, 1822 San Pablo Ave. Cost is $3. 843-2473.  

Kellye Gray at 8 p.m. at the Jazzschool. Cost is $12-$18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com  

Carl Sonny Leland Trio at 9 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810. 

R.A.M.B.O., Voestek, Born/ 

Dead, Ashtray at 8 p.m. at 924 Gilman St. Cost is $6. 525-9926. 

The Great Auk at 8:30 p.m. at Epic Arts, 1923 Ashby Ave. Cost is $5-$10. www.epicarts.org 

Floating Goat, Drink the Bleach, Secret Order of the Tusk at 9:30 p.m. at The Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Tickets are $5. 444-6174.  

SUNDAY, MARCH 13 

THEATER 

“Beowulf” The epic translated and performed by Philip Wharton at 7:30 p.m. at La Val’s Subterranean, 1834 Euclid. Sun. nights through Mar. 20. Tickets are $10-$15. 415-608-9683. 

EXHIBITIONS 

“Drawn by the Brush: Oil Sketches of Peter Paul Rubens” guided tour at 2 p.m. at Berkeley Art Museum, 2625 Durant Ave. 642-1295.  

FILM 

International Asian American Film Festival 3:45 to 8 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808.  

READINGS AND LECTURES 

“Poems Against War” with readings by Susan Snyder, Chana Bloch, Anne Barrows, Nezar Alsayyad, Charlotte Painter, Kaya Oakes, Robert Hass and others from 3 to 5 p.m. at Morrison Library, Doe Library, UC Campus. 

Poetry Flash with Sandra Gilbert and Chana Bloch at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. Donation $2. 845-7852.  

International Women’s Writing Guild hosts Katherine V. Forrest at 3 p.m. at Cody’s Books on Fourth St. 559-9500. 

Janet Stickmon reads from her biography “Crushing Soft Rubies” at 4 p.m. at Eastwind Books, 2066 University Ave. 548-2350. 

Peter Phillips and Webster Tarpley discuss what the media failed to report about 9/11 at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

The Sor Ensemble performs Bartok, Dvorak and Prokofiev at 4 p.m. at Crowden Music Center, 1475 Rose St. Tickets are $12, free for children. 559-6910.  

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at 3 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $32-$54. 642-9988.  

Cantabile Choral Guild “Songs of Love and Liturgy” at 7:30 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way. Preview lecture 30 minutes before concert. Tickets are $6-$25. 650-424-1410. www.cantabile.org 

Sounds New A program of new American music at 7:30 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church, 1 Lawson Rd., Kensington. Donations $10-$15. 524-2912. www.SoundsNewUS.org 

Soli Deo Gloria and Camerata Gloria “Across the Pond,” a concert of a cappella music by English composers at 3:30 p.m. at Zion Lutheran, 5201 Park Blvd., Piedmont. Tickets are $15-$20. 415-982-7341. www.sdgloria.org 

Organ Recital by Rodney Gehrke at 6 p.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft Way. 845-0888.  

Baroque Etcetera “Italian Beauties” at 4 p.m. at The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 1823 Hearst St. Donation $10. 540-8222. www.baroquetc.org 

International Women’s Day Celebration “In Song and Struggle” with Shelley Doty and Rachel Garlin at 7 p.m. at La Peña. Cost is $10. 849-2568.  

Dave Lefevbre at 4:30 at the Jazzschool. Cost is $12-$18. 845-5373. www.jazzschool.com 

Earl Howard and David Wessel at 8 p.m. at CNMAT, 1750 Arch St. Tickets are $5-$10. www.cnmat.berkeley.edu/calendar 

Robin and Linda Williams, contemporary acoustic country, at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $18.50-$19.50. 548-1761.  

Jacqui Naylor at 2 and 8 p.m. at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square, through Sun. Cost is $5-$14. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com 

MONDAY, MARCH 14 

EXHIBITIONS 

“Seen, Not Spoken” artwork by the Bentley High School students and artists with disabilities, at NIAD Art Center, 551 23rd St. Richmond, through April 15. 620-0290. www.niadart.org 

THEATER 

Woman’s Will 24-Hour Playfest Join us for the last 2 hours at 8 p.m. at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts. Cost is $12-$25. 420-0813. www.womanswill.org 

The Shotgun Players Theatre Lab, “Monster in the Dark” Mon. and Tues. at 8 p.m. through March 29, at The Ashby Stage, 1901 Ashby Ave. at MLK. Tickets are $10. 841-6500. www.shotgunplayers.org 

FILM 

International Asian American Film Festival “The People of Angkor” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

“Stairway to Paradise” A lecture on “the flowering of the song-jewelers” 1920-1940, with William Bolcom, composer and Joan Morris, mezzo-soprano, at 8 p.m. at Hertz Hall, UC Campus. http://music.berkeley.edu/bloch 

Chellis Glendinning describes “Chiva: A Village Takes on the Global Heroin Trade” at 7:30 p.m. at Black Oak Books. 486-0698. www.blackoakbooks.com 

Robert Boynton and Eric Schlosser talk about “The New Journalism: Conversations with America’s Best Nonfiction Writers on Their Craft” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com 

Poetry Express, featuring Bucky Sinister, from 7 to 9:30 p.m., at Priya Restaurant, 2072 San Pablo Ave. berkeleypoetryexpress@yahoo.com  

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Trovatore, traditional Italian songs, at 7 p.m. at Caffe Trieste, 2500 San Pablo Ave., at Dwight. 548-5198.  

Dervish, music from the west of Ireland at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage Coffee House. Cost is $17.50-$18.50. 548-1761 www.freightandsalvage.org 

TUESDAY, MARCH 15 

THEATER 

The Shotgun Players Theatre Lab, “Monster in the Dark” Mon. and Tues. at 8 p.m. through March 29, at The Ashby Stage, 1901 Ashby Ave. at MLK. Tickets are $10. 841-6500. www.shotgunplayers.org 

FILM 

International Asian American Film Festival “62 Years and 6500 Miles Between” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

John Kelly discusses “the Great Morality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Berkeley Chamber Performances Baguette Quarette at 8 p.m. at Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave. 525-5211. www.berkeleychamberperform.org 

Creole Belles with Andrew Carriere at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cajun dance lesson at 8 p.m. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

Jeremy Cohen Duo at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810. 

René Marie at 8 and 10 p.m. Yoshi’s at Jack London Square. Also on Wed. Cost is $10-$16. 238-9200. www.yoshis.com 

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16 

THEATER 

Berkeley Repertory Theater “For Better or Worse” opens at the Thrust Stage, 2025 Addison St. and runs through April 24. Tickets are $20-$55. 647-2949. www.berkeleyrep.org 

“Bright River” A hip-hop retelling of Dante’s Inferno, at 8 p.m. at Oakland Metro, 201 Broadway. Tickets are $12-$35 available from 415-256-8499. www.inhousetickets.com 

FILM 

Cine Contemporaneo “25 Watts” the story of three young people bored with life in Montevideo at 7 p.m. in the CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch St. 642-2088. www.clas.berkeley.edu 

International Asian American Film Festival “Cavite” at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu 

READINGS AND LECTURES 

Azadeh Moaveni describes “Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America and American in Iran” at 7:30 p.m. at Cody’s Books. 845-7852. www.codysbooks.com 

“‘The Road to Calvary’ by Peter Paul Rubens” a conversation with Alejandro Garcia-Rivera and David Stedman at the Berkeley Art Museum, 2625 Durant Ave. 642-1295. www.banpfa.berkeley.edu 

Berkeley Poetry Slam with host Charles Ellik and Three Blind Mice, at 8:30 p.m. at The Starry Plough. Cost is $5-$7. 841-2082 www.starryplough.com 

MUSIC AND DANCE 

Music of Lent An organ concert at noon at First Presbyterian Church of Oakland, 2619 Broadway. 444-3555. www.firstchurchoakland.org 

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $32-$54. 642-9988.  

“Lalo” and Jack West at 8 p.m. at Downtown. 649-3810.  

Red Archibald & The International Blues Band at 9 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cost is $9. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com 

La Verdad at 8 p.m. at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. Cost is $5-$10. 548-1159.  

The Black Brothers at 8 p.m. at Freight and Salvage. Cost is $18.50-$19.50. 548-1761. www.freightandsalvage.org 

Whiskey Brothers at 9 p.m. at Albatross, 1822 San Pablo Ave. 843-2473. www.albatrosspub.com 

Rutro and the Logs, Leavenworth at 9:30 p.m. at The Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph Ave., Oakland. Tickets are $5. 444-6174. www.storkcluboakland.com