Jerry Kuderna - piano
12 noon to 1:30pm, Berkeley Arts Festival - 2133 University Avenue Berkeley 94704
Berkeley Playhouse presents its next TeenStage production, one of the most captivating musical shows of our time. A satire on American society done with the fondest affection, the story, set in 1958, was inspired by the phenomenon of popular singer Elvis Presley and his draft notice. When hip-thrusting rock and roll superstar Conrad Birdie is drafted into the Army, one final national publicity plan is concocted before his induction – as a farewell, he will bid a typical all-American teenage girl goodbye with a kiss on the Ed Sullivan Show. Kim MacAfee of Sweet Apple, Ohio is the lucky girl chosen randomly from Conrad's fan club for the honor. However, Conrad's hip-thrusting makes more than one man in town uncomfortable, many of whom attempt to stop the show from happening. With musical direction by Margaret Halbig and choreography by Matthew McCoy, Bye Bye Birdie is a lively musical gem for the entire family.
$20 Adults, $15 Youth
berkeleyplayhouse.org or call 510-845-8542x351
3pm to 5pm, Julia Morgan Theater, 2640 College Avenue
Berkeley Playhouse presents its next TeenStage production, one of the most captivating musical shows of our time. A satire on American society done with the fondest affection, the story, set in 1958, was inspired by the phenomenon of popular singer Elvis Presley and his draft notice. When hip-thrusting rock and roll superstar Conrad Birdie is drafted into the Army, one final national publicity plan is concocted before his induction – as a farewell, he will bid a typical all-American teenage girl goodbye with a kiss on the Ed Sullivan Show. Kim MacAfee of Sweet Apple, Ohio is the lucky girl chosen randomly from Conrad's fan club for the honor. However, Conrad's hip-thrusting makes more than one man in town uncomfortable, many of whom attempt to stop the show from happening. With musical direction by Margaret Halbig and choreography by Matthew McCoy, Bye Bye Birdie is a lively musical gem for the entire family.
$20 Adults, $15 Youth
berkeleyplayhouse.org or call 510-845-8542x351
7pm to 9pm, Julia Morgan Theater, 2640 College Avenue
Thingamajigs Performance Group , partners with other local artists and performers to present a concert of new works and improvisations. With Sasha Hom they have created three long vertical scrolls, at once musical score, artwork, poetry, and cartography, that will rise through the cavernous atrium space, catalyzing the musical performances of three different improvising groups. Musicians include bassist extraordinaire Lisa Mezzacappa, percussionists Gino Robair and Nava Dunkelman, guitarists John Shiurba and Jakob Pek, saxophonist Joshua Marshall, and electronics wizard Zachary James Watkins.
$7; free for BAM/PFA members and Cal students, faculty, and staff.
bampfa.berkeley.edu
7:30pm to 9pm, Berkeley Art Museum 2626 Bancroft Way
The weeklong High School Jazz Intensive culminates in
a performance of top young instrumentalists alongside an
incredible Jazzschool faculty band featuring Michael Zilber,
saxophone; Mads Tolling, violin; Dave MacNab, guitar; Peter
Horvath, piano; John Shifflett, bass; and Jason Lewis, drums.
845-5373
$10
8pm to 10pm, Jazzschool 2087 Addison Street
$26.50 advance / $28.50 at door. 644-2020. www.thefreight.org
8pm, Freight and Salvage Coffee House, 2020 Addison