Sawtooth Bulding Artists studios open for viewing
12 noon to 5pm, 2547 Eighth Street @ Parker,
Sing 3-part modern a cappella with lush harmonies and cool rhythms. Loads of fun and only a 2-hour commitment. Learn by ear or read a score. Choose an easy part, or take a solo and beat out optional body percussion. For adults and kids over 8 who like to sing. No audition or performance. 1st Saturdays of every month. Come regularly or occasionally. New uplifting repertoire each month.
$20 at the door.
Scholarships: email [email protected] beforehand
3:30pm to 5:30pm, 2020 Addison Street
Paleographic presents a wide ranging survey of more than twenty contemporary Bay Area printmakers. The Artists are from diverse backgrounds, ranging in age from 20-somethings to 60-somethings, and work in all the classic hand printing techniques: woodcut, intaglio, lithography and screenprint.
The Bay Area has long had a thriving printmaking community, supported by degree programs in local art colleges such as the San Francisco Art Institute and CCA, active print shops at UC Berkeley, Stanford and many other local schools, as well as independent print organizations such as the Kala Institute, The San Francisco Center for the Book, and Crown Point Press, among others. The last few years have seen an influx of many younger printmakers from other parts of California and around the country, strangely paralleling the latest high-tech boom. As printed matter disappears from its long held mass communication and commercial uses, its possibilities for fine art and as a means of personal expression become more distinct, and a new generation, which has never known a world without computer graphics, joins the veterans of the craft in the meticulous, hands-on artisanship the medium requires.
6pm to 9pm, 1652 Shattuck Avenue
Paleographic presents a wide ranging survey of more than twenty contemporary Bay Area printmakers. The Artists are from diverse backgrounds, ranging in age from 20-somethings to 60-somethings, and work in all the classic hand printing techniques: woodcut, intaglio, lithography and screenprint.
The Bay Area has long had a thriving printmaking community, supported by degree programs in local art colleges such as the San Francisco Art Institute and CCA, active print shops at UC Berkeley, Stanford and many other local schools, as well as independent print organizations such as the Kala Institute, The San Francisco Center for the Book, and Crown Point Press, among others. The last few years have seen an influx of many younger printmakers from other parts of California and around the country, strangely paralleling the latest high-tech boom. As printed matter disappears from its long held mass communication and commercial uses, its possibilities for fine art and as a means of personal expression become more distinct, and a new generation, which has never known a world without computer graphics, joins the veterans of the craft in the meticulous, hands-on artisanship the medium requires.
6pm to 9pm, ACCI Gallery 1652 Shattuck Avenue
Actor/Playwright/Director Naomi Newman and Singer/Songwriter/StoryTeller Linda Hirschhorn come together to weave a tapestry of stories, songs and theater pieces about growing up and learning a thing or two.
Naomi Newman co-founded a Traveling Jewish Theater in 1978. For over three decades with ATJT she changed hats between director, playwright, and performer, winning awards in each field.
For her contributions to the cultural life in the Bay Area Ms Newman has received a Tikkun Award, Mill Valley Creative Achievement Award, and Theater Bay Area's Community Leadership Award. A book containing an oral history of her life and career is now part of the Legacy Collection of The S.F. Performing Arts Museum.
Although TJT has closed its doors, Newman remains active in the Bay Area as an individual theater artist: she has received multiple performances and staged readings of six of her short plays; she continues to perform her solo show, Becoming Grace, based on the writing of Grace Paley; and as dramaturge and director, she helps other performers develop their solo pieces
She is delighted to be performing with Linda Hirschhorn.
Cantor Linda Hirschhorn is a performing singer/songwriter/composer and story-teller. She travels around the country working with or creating community choruses. Linda has released 10 recordings of original songs and published hundreds of songs that have been covered by other artists, used in movies, choreographed by dance companies and sung in synagogues throughout the world. Linda has been the Cantor at Temple Beth Sholom in San Leandro since 1987. Her women's acappella ensemble Vocolot celebrated its 25th anniversary in November of 2012. Linda is excited to be bringing her stories alive for the first time in this theatrical performance with Naomi Newman
Suggested Donation $15-25
7:30pm to 9:30pm, Art House Gallery and Cultural Center 2905 Shattuck Avenue
(based on Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov)
Directed by Robert Parsons
Starring: Patrick Alparone*, Marissa Keltie*, Danielle Levin*, Melissa Quine*, Cole Alexander Smith*, Timothy Redmond and Lizzie Calogero*
All Proceeds Benefit the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
For tickets, email: [email protected]
Go to symmetrytheatre.com for more information
* Appear Courtesy of Actor's Equity Association
http://smartgunlaws.org
8pm to 9pm, Shotgun Studios - 1201 University Ave
All-star lineup honoring Women's History Month
$25 adv / $27 door. 644-2020. www.thefreight.org
8pm, Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, United States
$12 Student and advance/$15 day of show. 9pm dance lesson. 525-5054. www.ashkenaz.com
9pm, Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center,1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States