For a detailed weekly listing of lectures, sporting events, exhibits and performing arts, visit the UC Berkeley online calendar. For information or tickets to any of the Cal Performances listed below, call (510) 642-9988 or visit www.calperfs.berkeley.edu September 16 This series of concerts is held Wednesdays during the school year at Hertz Hall, 12pm. Admission is free. For more information, call (510) 642-4864 or visit ls.berkeley.edu/dept/music/noon.html Readings are from 12:10-12:50pm on the first Thursday of the month. Admission is free. For more information call (510) 642-0137 or visit www.berkeley.edu/calendar/events/poems The garden is open daily 9am-5pm. It is closed the first Tuesday of every month and December 25. For more information, call (510) 643-2755 or visit www.mip.berkeley.edu/garden
Fall Semester Events
Cal Homecoming & Parents Weekend
Cal Performances
Noon Concerts
Lunch Poems
Botanical Garden
And More!
Cal Homecoming & Parents Weekend
September 28-30
An annual family celebration welcoming alumni, parents, families, and friends to the campus for a weekend of seminars, open houses, tours, and special events including the Bear Affair Brunch, Cal Cub Fest, Cal Parents Reception, and Homecoming Rally.
Celebrating reunions this year will be The War Classes ('45, '46, '47, and War '47) and the classes of '48, '49, '51, '56, '61, '66, '71, '76, '81, '86, '91, and '96.
For registration information and details, call (888) UNIV-CAL or visit the Homecoming & Parents Weekend website at www.homecoming.berkeley.edu/
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Cal Performances
Zellerbach Hall
Tania Libertad
One of the greatest sngers of Afro-Peruvian music comes to Berkeley for the first time.
September 19-23
Zellerbach Hall
American Ballet Theatre
America's premier classical troupe returns with a full-length production of the romantic classic Giselle, plus Bay Area premieres of Mark Morris' Gong and Paul Taylor's Black Tuesday.
September 30
Hertz Hall
Krono Quartet
Kronos Quartet is joined by aritone David Barron to perform Oakland-born composer Harry Partch's U.S. Highball: A Musical Account of Slim's Transcontinental Hobo Trip, plus a world premiere by Osvaldo Golijov.
October 3, 5, 6
Zellerbach Hall
Platee
This witty and touching reinvention of Jean-Phillippe Rameau's ballet bouffont features Mark MOrris' choreography, Issac Mizrahi's costumes, and a sumptuous score of 18th century opera performed by Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus, Nochaoas McGegan conductor.
October 4, 7
Zellerbach HallMark Morris Dance Group
Mark Morris' remarkable troupe returns with critically acclaimed reportory pieces.
October 7
Zellerbach Hall
Beaux Arts Trio
Playing with uncommon precision, the Beaux Arts Trio reveals the very heart of chamber music.
October 9
Zellerbach Hall
Dulce Pontes
Dulce Pontes is best known for resurrecting and reinventing the tradition of fado - the melancholy, romantic song of the Portuguese people.
October 12, 13, 14
Zellerbach HallBallet Nacional de Cuba
Alicia Alonso's legendary company returns with a full-length ballet, Coppelia, the story of an ingenious toymaker who breathes life into his favorite mechanical creation.
October 16
Zellerbach Hall
Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker & Roy Hargrove
Jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, tenor sax titan Michael Brecker, and sizzling trumpeter Roy Hargrove commemorate the 75th birthday of two jazz legends in this powerhouse program of compositions by Miles Davis and John Coltrane.
October 17, 18
Zellerbach Hall
Cesaria Evora
The mistress of moma, a wistfull version of the blues sung in Cape Verde, Cesaria Evora has rocketed to international stardom snce her "discovery" in 1988.
October 19
Zellerbach Hall
Karnak
Combining everything from Russian chorus to Portuguese reggae/rap, Karnak is "one of the best bands to emerge from Brazil in the last decade," says The New York Times.
October 21
Hertz Hall
Eva Podles
This Polish contralto is blessed with a unique voice of staggering range and power, as well as a formidable musical imagination.
October 23-27
Zellerbach Hall
Cirque Eloize
Quebec's Cirque Eloize mixes brilliant acrobatics, comedy, and jazz-rock music in its Bay Area debut of Excentricus.
October 30-31, November 1-3
Zellerbach Hall
The Car Man - An Auto-Erotic Thriller
One of the hottest choreographers in the world today, Matthew Bourne relocates 19th-century Spain to mid-20th-century America in this steamy reworking of Bizet's Carmen, adding a dash of Hollywood film noir and a pinch of Greek tragedy.
November 2
First Congretional Church of Berkeley
Andrew Manze, violin with Richard Egarr, harpsichord
Andrew Manze is renowned for the dazzling technique and superb musicianship that have earned him a 1998 Grammy nomination.
November 7
Zellerbach Hall
Gypsy Caravan 2: A Celebration of Roma Music & Dance
More than 30 singers, dancers, and instrumentalists of Gypsy Caravan 2 demonstrate the geographical range of a musical diaspora that stretched from India to Andalusia and across five centuries.
November 8
Zellerbach Hall
Orquesta Aragon
Founded as a small charanga in 1939, by Orestes Aragon Contrero, Orquesta Aragon is comprised of violins, piano, flute, percussion, and vocals, and has delighted audiences worldwide.
November 11
Hertz Hall
Angelika Kirchschlager, mezzo-soprano; Bo Skovhus, baritone; & Donald Runnicles, piano
Viennese mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager joins Danish baritone Bo Skovhus, one of the premier lieder singers of his generation.
November 16, 17
Zellerbach Hall
La Guerra d'Amore (The War of Love)
This unique combination of opera, contemporary dance, and theater revolves around 17th century Moneverde madrigals that translate the universal language of love to music. The work is presented in association with Goethe-Institute Inter Nationes, San Francisco.
November 29
Zellerbach Hall
Les Arts Florissants
Conductor Willaim Christie and his venerable ensemble have become world-renowned leaders of the Baroque revival. They retun with a semi-staged version of Marc-Antoine Charpentier's delicate and moving 17th-century gem, Acteon.
November 30, December 1-2
Zellerbach Hall
The Suzuki Company
Experimental theater director Tadashi Suzuki's troupe, renowned for its mystical interpretations of classical theater, performs the Bay Area premiere of Dionysus, an adaptatin of Euripides' The Bacchae.
December 7-9, 13-16
Zellerbach Hall
Mark Morris Dance Group, The Hard Nut
Mark Morris' inventive retelling of the traditional Nutcracker ballet returns to Cal Performances for its sixth annual season.
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Noon Concerts
September 12
Ari Solotof, oboe; Lelan Chang, clarinet; Lydia McDowell, violin; Stephanie Ng, viola; Corey Chandler, bass
Sergei Prokofiev, Quintet Op. 39 for Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, and Bass.
September 19
Bob Calonico, clarinet; Sharon Calonica, violin; Jacqueline Chen, piano;
Camille Saint-Saens, Sonata for Clairinet; Elliott Carter, Graah; Bela Bartok, Contrasts
September 26
Marcia Fronewold, messo; Karen Baccaro, Trumpet; Susan Waller, flute; Miles Graber, piano; Don Baker; percussion
Friedrich Wildgans, Der Mystische Trompeter; Warren Benson, Five Lyrics of Louise Bogan; Richard Felciano, Masks; Arnold Schoenberg, Nachtwandler
October 3
Tomas Ponce, piano; Annie Kuo, piano
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Piano; Suite No. 2, Op 17; Johannes Brahms, Hungarian Dances No. 1, 2, 4, 5, 8.
October 10
Katherine Kyme, violin; Charlene Brendler, fortepiano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Violin Sonata in B-flat, K 454; Ludwig Van Beethoven, Violin Sonata Op. 30, No. 3.
October 17
Eisaku Tokuyama, viola and violin; Kathy Kwon, piano
Franz Schubert, Sonata for Viola and Piano in A Minor; Arpeggione; Jules Massenet, Meditation from Thais.
October 24
Lang Nixon, soprano; Cindy Lim, piano; Thomas Busse, tenor and Inning Chen, piano
Songs by Aleksandr Borodin, Hans Pfitzner, George Ffideric Handel, and George Gershwin.
October 31
The UC Jazz Big Band
Swing selections.
November 7
Jody Redhage, cello; Miles Graber, piano
Claude Debussy, Sonata for Cello and Piano; Sergei Prokofiev, Sonata for Cello and Piano.
November 14
New Music at Berkeley
Works from the composition seminar of Edmund Campion.
November 28
Hannah Yim, violin; Jeannete Yu, cello, Roger Moseley, piano
Jonannes Brahms, Piano Trio in B Major, Op. 8.
December 5
The University Chorus, under the direction of Marika Kuzma
Holiday favorites.
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Lunch Poems
October 4
Morrison Room, Doe Library
Ishmael Reed
A creative writing teacher at UC Berkeley, Reed is a leading figure in the current renaiance of African American literature.
November 1
Zellerbach Playhouse
Sandra Cisneros
Author of The House on Mango Street, Cisneros' poetry is confessional, cosmopolitan, and sexy.
December 6
Zellerbach Playhouse
Gary Snyder
A major figure in the Beat Generation, Snyder is author of over 25 books of poetry and essays.
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Botanical Garden
September 23, 1pm
Mediterranean Gardens in France and Italy
Sean O'Hara, Chair of the Northern alifornia Branch of the Mediterranean Garden Socity, presents a slide lecture of some fabulous gardens and landscapes in France and Italy that perfectly illustrate what we mean when we talk about "Mediterranean gardening."
September 30
10am-2pm
Fall Plant Sale
September 29-October 21
Foods of the Americas
Discover vegetables, fruits, and medicinal plants from Mexico, Central America, and South America.
October 6, November 3, December 6
9am-12pm
Sick Plant Clinic
UC experts diagnose your plant woes first Saturday of every month.
October 9
7pm
Free. Please call for reservation
Book talk
Michael Barbour, author of Coast Redwood: A Natural and Cultural History.
December 6
10am-2pmIndoor Plant Sale
Featuring special indoor and gift plants, orchids, bromeliads, ferns, cactus, and succulents.
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And More!
Through October 1
Wednesday-Sunday
10am-4:30pm
(510) 643-7648Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Sites Along the Nile: Rescuing Ancient Ehypt; Tzintzuntzan, Mexico: Photographs by George Foster; The Art of Research: Nelson Graburn and the Aesthetics of Inuit Sculpture
October 15
7:30pm
Zellerbach Hall
For tickets and information, call City Box Office: (415) 392-4400The Herb Caen/San Francisco Chronicle Lecture
"On the Media," a conversation with broadcaster and author Studs Terkel and Orville Schell, dean of the Graduate School of journalism.
Pacific Film Archives
For film schedules and exhibits, call (510) or visit PFA website
