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Links to Friends of the Fesitval: (contact us if you have suggestions for links)
sarahcahill.com
betterbadnews.com
youtube.com/watch?v=8uCMxUQvPici
Sarah needs no introduction. betterbadnews is George Coates´ brain child. The Youtube item is from John Halle a former Berkeley musician and composer now at Bard College.
The Berkeley Arts Festival 2008 has come to an end, or mostly to an end. I'm sure we will do a few more concerts before the new year. But we have disappeared from our Shattuck Avenue location which was by far the most wonderful space we have ever been lucky enough to borrow. The accoustics were studio quality. Recordings made there are the truest imaginable.
While the space was fabulous, it was of course the quality of the performances that made this the outstanding year of all time. Pianists Sarah Cahill and Jerry Kuderna, composers Luciano Chessa, and Theresa Wong, Dan Plonsey and John Schott and Dream Kitchen were some Berkeley's accomplished musicians who rounded out the program.
August 2 - September 14
Campaign Director Patrick Dooley, Speech Writer Josh Costello.
adapted from the 19th Century plays of Alfred Jarry
Ridiculous! Raucus! Irreverent! Absurd!
Saturdays & Sundays at 4 pm plus Monday Labor Day September 1
free, John Hinkel Park, North Berkeley, 841-6500
July 11 - August 17, 2008
Works for this annual show were selected by Suzanne Baizerman, former Curator, Oakland Museum of California, and Kate Eilertsen, Director of Visual Arts, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. 42 artists from across the US will be represented.
Monday - Friday 11am - 6pm; Saturday 10am-6pm; Sunday 12 - 5pm
Opening reception, Friday, July 11, 6-9pm
free, ACCI Gallery, 1652 Shattuck Ave, 843-2527
through August 17, 2008
Encaustic painter Mary Black, photographer Kirk Crippens and book artist Linda Race, respond variously to artifacts as an impetus for their own artistic journeys, both real and imagined.
Open noon to 5 pm Wednesday - Sunday
free, Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut Street, 644-6893
July 11 - August 28, 2008
Fiber Art & Textiles From The National Institute of Art & Disabilities
NIAD is celebrating 25 years of creativity, promoting independence, dignity, and community integration for people with developmental and other disabilities. NIAD is located in Richmond and was co-founded in 1983 by Elias Katz, Ph.D., clinical psychologist, and the late Florence Ludins-Katz, an artist and educator. After pioneering work in their respective fields, they opened a series of non-profit art centers dedicated to the belief that all people, regardless of disabilities, can take part in the creative process. NIAD currently serves up to 50 adults each day, from the diverse cultural, ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds of Contra Costa and Alameda County.
free, Addison Street Windows, 2018 Addison Street
through July
Parting the Curtain: Asian Art Revealed
Joan Jonas video
James Lee Byars: The Perfect Audience
Hans Hofmann
Jim Campbell: Home Movies
Bruce Conner: Mabuhay Gardens
through August
Scott Snibbe: Falling Girl
$8 Adults (18-64) $5 Seniors, non-UC students, UC Berkeley Art Museum, 2625 Durant Avenue, 642-0808
July 1st through August 31st
Photographer, Samuel Ribitch, exhibits photographs from his series Legends. These expressive original portraits feature local Bay Area blues artists and other blues legends in performance. Access to the exhibit is available during the librarys open hours: Monday 12 8; Tuesday 10- 8; Wednesday - Saturday, 10 6; Sunday 1 5.
free, Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge
July 26 August 24
A new comedy about love drawn from an old comedy about love
written by Gary Graves
in collaboration with
Arwen Anderson, Armond E. Dorsey,
Kristin Fitch, Leontyne Mbele-Mbong, John Patrick Moore,
Gregory Scharpen & Jan Zvaifler
directed by Jan Zvaifler
Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 5pm
pay-what-you-can preview Friday, July 25
p-w-y-c performances Thursday July 31 & August 7
$20 online, $25 $14 sliding scale at the door, Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Avenue, 558-1381
August 2-September 14
Every Saturday and Sunday plus Labor Day September 1
An Adaptation from the plays of Alfred Jarry
Written by Josh Costello, directed by Patrick Dooley
Ridiculous! Raucus! Irreverant! Absurd! These were the first comments shouted from the crowd in response to Alfred Jarrys opening line of Ubu Roi in 1896. Now its 2008, and the election juggernaut is rolling full steam ahead. What better time to celebrate a larger than life political tyrant? One of the greatest satires ever created, Ubu For President brings out the political activist in all of us. Shotgun Players invite you to jeer at the candidates, throw some rotten cabbages, and stand up for what you really believe in at John Hinkel Park this summer.
free, John Hinkel Park, North Berkeley, 841.6500
July 18-August 16
Actors Ensemble of Berkeley, directed by Matthew Travisano
Fridays and Saturday, 8 pm
plus an extra show on Thursday August 14
$12 ($10 for students/seniors), Live Oak Theater, 1301 Shattuck Ave, 649-5999
through July
Parting the Curtain: Asian Art Revealed
Joan Jonas video
James Lee Byars: The Perfect Audience
Hans Hofmann
Jim Campbell: Home Movies
Bruce Conner: Mabuhay Gardens
through August
Scott Snibbe: Falling Girl
Wednesday-Sunday, 11 am-5 pm, Thursday 11 am-7 pm
$8 Adults (18-64) $5 Seniors, non-UC students, UC Berkeley Art Museum, 2625 Durant Avenue
July 12-13 and July 19-20
The Bay Area's all-female Shakespeare company plays Bertolt Brecht, adapted and directed by Erin Merritt
free, John Hinkel Park, North Berkeley, 420-0813