This year the Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association tour focuses on Rose Walk, which celebrated its centennial last July, and the surrounding Wheeler Tract. Most of the houses in this hillside area were built after the great 1923 fire that devastated Berkeley’s Northside.
The tour will feature an eclectic mix of artistic houses designed by top Bay Area architects, including Bernard Maybeck; John Galen Howard; Julia Morgan; Ernest Coxhead; Walter H. Ratcliff, Jr.; William I. Garren; Sidney, Noble & Archie Newsom; Edwin Lewis Snyder; Roger Lee; and more.
Tour goers will also have the opportunity to visit several glorious secret gardens.
Tour map, illustrated guidebook, and refreshments will be provided. General admission $45; BAHA members $35.
For tour information and reservations, visit the BAHA website http://berkeleyheritage.com, e-mail [email protected], or call (510) 841-224
1pm to 5pm, Rose Walk
Tickets start at $20. 642-9988. www.calperformances.org
3pm, Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley campus
Aroldo is one of the least performed of Verdi's works. The scene is set during the Crusades, when a knight returns to his home in England to find that his wife, Mina, has been unfaithful to him. Of course love triumphs in the end, and the two lovers are reunited.
This concert is directed and conducted by Jonathan Khuner, West Edge's Music Director, who will accompany the singers on piano and with a small ensemble. You can follow the stories with English subtitles showing both words and actions.
Tickets are $15 for general admission, $40 for the reserved, premium section in front.
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3pm to 5pm, Northbrae Community Church 941 The Alameda
$18/15
MAYE CAVALLARO – SONGS I CAN'T FORGET
Join Maye as she presents an afternoon of music featuring her
favorite musicians and some of the songs she can’t forget. Featuring Ross Gualco on piano, John Hoy on guitar, Rich Girard on bass and
David Rokeach on drums. More
7pm
$10
BLUES VOCAL JAM
Take the stage and sing the blues with a killer band! Hosted by acclaimed vocalist Pamela Rose, this special CJC vocal jam session is open to all singers. Arrive by 6:30 to sign up to sing. No charts needed, but singers should be prepared to explain the form
of their song in a few words (e.g. “12-bar blues in the key of F, shuffle”).
4:30pm to 9:30pm, California Jazz Conservatory 2087 Addison Street
featuring:
Deborah Fruchey
Blanca Torres
and Nadine Lockhart
with a brief open mic
signup 5 pm
start 5:15
$5 donation, no one turned away
5pm to 8pm, Art House Gallery 2905 Shattuck Ave.
The Handel Opera Project will present, Médée by Luigi Cherubini.
Beethoven regarded Cherubini as the greatest of his contemporaries and his opera Medea in its Italian version was made famous by none other than Maria Callas. The performance stars soprano Eliza O’Malley in the title role; tenor Brian Thorsett in the role of Jason; soprano Sara Hagenbuch as Dirce; baritone Martin Bell as Dirce’s father Creon; and mezzo-soprano Kathleen Moss as Neris.
The performance will take place at The Christian Science Organization at the University building, 2601 Durant in Berkeley, a beautiful historic building designed by Bernard Maybeck’s student Henry H. Gutterson which has undergone some major repairs recently. With its splendid acoustics, the hall is a wonderful space for chamber opera.
$25 - students $5
7pm to 9pm, 2601 Durant Street
8 pm
Anna Homler - voice, objects, electronics
Michael Vlatkovich - trombone
Scott Walton - bass
9 pm
Chris Brown - piano, electronics
Aram Shelton - saxophone
Jordan Glenn - drums
8pm to 10:30pm, 2133 University
Jesse Clegg opens. $40.50 adv / $42.50 door. 644-2020. www.thefreight.org
8pm, Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, 2020 Addison Street