With readings by poets Robert Hass, Jane Hirshfield, journalist/Buddhist teacher Wes ‘Scoop’ Nisker, poets Alison Hawthorne Deming, Juliana Spahr, John Shoptaw, and poet/cognitive-neuroscientist Pireeni Sundaralingam, and Vincent Medina on the Ohlone Chochenyo language; California Poets in the Schools students with poet-teachers John Oliver Simon and Maureen Hurley; emcees Kirk Lumpkin and Richard Silberg; also readings by Chris Olander, Judy Halebsky, Katherine Hastings, poet/biologist Maya Khosla, and Bill Vartnaw; music by The Barry Finnerty Trio, River Village exhibits: books, literary and environmental organizations. Strawberry Creek Walk at 10:00 am precedes the main event with poetry and nature, meet at Oxford and Center Streets, UC Berkeley. All free admission. Sponsored by Poetry Flash, Ecology Center/Berkeley Farmers’ Market, Pegasus Books Downtown, Moe’s Books. For information: (510) 525-5476, [email protected], or Poetryflash.org.
12 noon to 4:30pm, Civic Center Park
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
$36-$126. 642-9988. cal performances.org
8pm to 10pm, Zellerbach Hall, 101 Zellerbach Hall #4800, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
$25 adv / $27 door. 644-2020. www.thefreight.org
8pm, Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, United States
Anna Magnani plays a showgirl involved with playboy pediatrician Vittorio De Sica, who is also pursued by an heiress and a comely orphan, in this “screwball romantic comedy of the first rank” (New York Times).
Vittorio De Sica
Italy, 1941
8:30pm to 9:30pm,