Thursday, May 10, 2012

Red

Berkeley Repertory TheatreShow @ 8pm

the play Paint it Red! The passionate play that swept Broadway comes to Berkeley Rep, staged by Obie Award-winning director Les Waters. At…

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Anatol

Aurora Theatre CompanyShow @ 8pm

A gadabout living for pleasure in late 19th-century Vienna, Anatol practices the arts of seduction, adultery, infidelity, and betrayal, encountering…

Rufus Wainwright

Fox Theater - Oakland8pm

Affectionately referred to by Elton John as "the greatest songwriter on the planet" and praised by The New York Times for his "genuine originality",…

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The 1968 Exhibit

Oakland Museum of California11am - 5pm

The social forces that swirled through the turbulent 1960s crested in 1968. It was a turning point for a generation coming of age and a nation…

The Reading Room

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA)11 am - 5 pm Wednesday - Sunday only

The Reading Room is a temporary project dedicated to poetry and experimental fiction offering visitors the chance to take home a free book drawn…

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Modern Cartoonist: The Art of Daniel Clowes

Oakland Museum of California11am - 5pm

Based in Oakland, Daniel Clowes is internationally acclaimed for award-winning comics, graphic novels, and screenplays. With nearly 50 publications…

Bay Area Currents 2012

Pro Arts Gallery12:00AM

Selections by Renny Pritikin, Director, Richard L. Nelson Gallery and Fine Arts Collection, University of California, Davis July 3 - August…

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East Bay Open Studios 2012: Preview Exhibition

Pro Arts GalleryTuesday - Friday, 10 - 5pm and Saturday 11 - 4pm

East Bay Open Studios 2012: Preview Exhibition PREVIEW EXHIBITION // MAY 1-JUNE 10 Pro Arts 150 Frank H Ogawa Plaza Oakland, CA 94612 www.proartsgallery.org PREVIEW…

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Ohlone College Chops Big Band Spring Concert!

Smith Center, Ohlone College8:30pm

Ohlone College Chops Big Band A Spring Concert Friday, May 11, 2012 8:30pm Smith Center at Ohlone College 43600 Mission Boulevard Fremont,…

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What To Do With Your Orphan: A Manual

Johansson Projects12-6pm

On Johansson Projects 5th Anniversary we present Jennie Ottinger's "What to Do with Your Orphan: A Manual", in which orphans partake in orphan-like…

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Lip Service West: True Stories

Pegasus Books7:30pm

Featuring: Gary Turchin Mary Rakow Eva Schlesinger Zarina Zabrisky and Special Guest LIP SERVICE WEST Originating in Los Angeles and made famous…

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Fortnight

Royal NoneSuch Gallery7:00-10:00 pm'Take Shelter' Opening Receptio…

Royal NoneSuch Gallery is pleased to present: FORTNIGHT: Curated by second year Mills MFA candidates in collaboration with Stephanie Ellis. Exhibition…

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Pinball Oddity:

Rhythmix Cultural Works6pm-9pm

The K Gallery at Rhythmix celebrates five years of community partnerships with a free opening reception for the Pinball Oddity Exhibit. This…

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The Last Show on Earth

Mills College Art Museum11am-4pm

Exhibition April 28- May 27, 2012 Join the Mills College MFA graduate class of 2012 as they celebrate the opening of their thesis exhibition…

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THE LAST SHOW ON EARTH

Mills College Art Museum11am-4pm

THE LAST SHOW ON EARTH OPENING RECEPTION 6:00 PM�9:00 PM, ART MUSEUM Exhibition April 28- May 27, 2012 Join the Mills College MFA graduate…

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Cruises Out Of New Berth At Jack London Square

Bay VoyagerAll Day

Bay Voyager just launched the 2012 cruise scheduled at its new berth at Jack London Square. Bay Voyager is San Francisco Bay�s only bay tour…

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Super Optic

Chandra Cerrito ContemporaryFridays 2 - 6 PM, First Fridays until 9 PM Saturdays 1- 5 PM and by appointment

Chandra Cerrito Contemporary is pleased to announce Super Optic � paintings and sculpture by Brian Caraway and David Allan Peters. The act of…

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Eleanor Antin, Conversations with Stalin

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA)7:30

(Doors 5 p.m. / DJ 6:30 p.m.) Eleanor Antin credits her idiosyncratic first-generation Jewish immigrant family, as well as Stalin himself, for…

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Peter Selz and Paul Karlstrom: A Life in Art

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA)6:30

In celebration of the recent publication of Paul J. Karlstrom�s Peter Selz: Sketches of a Life in Art, listen to and join in a conversation…

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State of Mind Gallery Talks: Eleanor Antin and Tom Marioni

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA)6:30 p.m.

Join State of Mind artists Eleanor Antin and Tom Marioni for an informal talk in the exhibition galleries, then stick around for Antin�s L@TE:…

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