Cal Neighbors

Lunch Poems
Readings are from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m. on the first Thursday of the month in Doe Library's Morrison Library. Admission is free. For information, call (510) 642-0137 or visit http://lunchpoems.berkeley.edu

Feb. 5: Maxine Hong Kingston. A recently retired UC Berkeley professor, she is the noted author of several books and, more recently, poetry, including To Be the Poet (Harvard University Press).
March 4: Lyn Hejinian. Author or co-author of 14 books of poetry, her most recent are My Life in the Nineties and The Fatalist, as well as the award-wining My Life.
April 1: David St. John. A National Book Award finalist for Study for the World's Body, his recent works are The Red Leaves of Night, Prism, and his newest, The Face, a book-length poem.
May 6: Student Reading. This is always one of the year's most dynamic events.

UC Botanical Garden
The garden is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is closed the first Tuesday of every month and Dec 25. For information, call (510) 643-2755 or visit http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu

Jan. 3, Feb. 1, March 6, April 3, May 1: Sick Plant Clinic. UC plant pathologist Dr. Robert Raabe, UC entomologist Dr. Nick Mills, and their team of experts will diagnose what ails your plants. 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Free
Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays: Free Garden Tours. Free docent-led tours are offered year-round.
April 23-24: Spring Plant Sale. A wonderful array of plants - many available only at the Garden plant sale! Apr. 23 (members only), 5-7:30 p.m., Apr. 24 (public), 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
June 19: Annual Garden Party. Enjoy great wine, food, music and the Garden at the peak of the bloom! 3 p.m. - 6 p.m. Fee; call for information.

Cal Performances
For information call (510) 642-9988 or visit www.calperfs.berkeley.edu. Family fare shows feature half-price tickets for kids 16 and under.

Jan. 28-Feb. 1: Dance Theatre of Harlem. Arthur Mitchell's quintessentially American company returns to Cal Performances to entertain the Bay Area. Zellerbach Hall
Feb. 4: Jonathan Lemalu, baritone. The winner of Gramophone's Debut Artist of the Year Award, New Zealand-born Samoan Jonathan Lemalu makes his American recital debut with a program of works by Schubert, Schumann, Butterworth, Poulenc and Quilter. First Congregational Church
Feb. 6-7: Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Cunningham and his company return for their annual residency with a program that includes two of his recent inspired creations: 1999's ravishing BIPED and 2000's haunting Interscape. Zellerbach Hall
Feb. 8: Hilary Hahn, violin. This young Grammy-nominated violinist's playing already "speaks from the heart with an intelligence, eloquence, and nobility that places her among the great interpreters of our time," says Strings magazine. Zellerbach Hall
Feb. 11: Gypsy Spirit, Journey of the Roma. The renowned Budapest Dance Ensemble performs a wide-ranging sampling of the Gypsy's passionate traditions, including Spanish flamenco, Bulgarian melodies, Romanian folk tunes, and improvisational Hungarian csárdás ("the tango of the East"). Zellerbach Hall
Feb. 13-14: The Venice Baroque Orchestra, Handel's Siroe. Led by Baroque scholar and award-winning harpsichordist Andrea Marcon, the Venice Baroque Orchestra has become a tremendous force in the field of period-instrument performance. Zellerbach Hall
Feb. 15: Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano. The incomparable Cecilia Bartoli returns to Cal Performances, the original presenter of her now storied 1991 West Coast debut, for a Special Event recital. Zellerbach Hall
Feb. 22: Yefim Bronfman, piano. This Grammy Award-winning pianist's catalog of recordings includes his featured performance of Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2 in Fantasia 2000 as well as all five of the Prokofiev piano concertos. Zellerbach Hall
Feb. 24: Art Spiegelman. Pulitzer prize-winning artist Art Spiegelman, creator of Maus and countless covers for The New Yorker, presents his art-filled lecture "Comix 101," a chronological tour of the history of the comic book as an art form. Zellerbach Hall
Feb. 28-29: Eva Yerbabuena & Ballet Flamenco. The recipient of Spain's 2001 Premio Nacional de Danza, Eva Yerbabuena is considered the one to watch on today's flamenco scene. Zellerbach Hall
March 9-14: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. The powerful vision of founder Alvin Ailey continues to shine brightly today through the distinctive charisma and dynamic energy of this world-renowned trope, now under the inspired direction of Judith Jamison. Zellerbach Hall
March 13: Netherlands Bach Society with Marion Verbruggen, recorder. These vocal and instrumental specialists of the repertoire of Bach and his circle are joined for their first North American tour by recorder virtuoso Marion Verbruggen in a program featuring works by Schelle, Kuhnau, Buxtehude, and J.S. Bach, including the Brandenburg Concerto No. 4. First Congregational Church
March 19: Newport Jazz Festival® 50th Anniversary Tour, starring Terence Blanchard, Cedar Walton, Lew Tabackin, Ken Peplowski, Lea DeLaria, Howard Alden, Peter Washington, and Kareem Riggins. This 50th anniversary celebration of the venerable jazz institution features a multimedia journey through highlights of the festival's now legendary history as well as live performances by a roster of today's jazz greats. Zellerbach Hall
March 20: The Fez Festival. The Spirit of Fez Tour - The ancient city of Fez, Morocco, plays host every spring to a one-of-a-kind festival that brings together performers from all over the globe in a unique musical celebration of the spiritual music. Zellerbach Hall
March 21: Salvatore Licitra, tenor. The toast of the opera world following his triumphant 2002 performance at the Met in replacement of Luciano Pavarotti, Salvatore Licitra returns in recital with a full symphony orchestra. Zellerbach Hall
March 24-25, 27-28: Nederlands Dans Theatre I. Originally formed to bridge the gap between modern dance and classical ballet, Nederlands Dans Theatre drew rave reviews from audiences and critics alike during their 2001 visit to Cal Performances. Zellerbach Hall
April 2: Baaba Maal. One of Africa's greatest musical treasures, Senegalese singer and guitarist Baaba Maal returns with an electrifying blend of hypnotic grooves and poignant vocals that has made him a world music superstar. Zellerbach Hall
April 3: Michael Cunningham. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham talks about writing his lyrically stunning novel The Hours and shares behind-the-scenes knowledge of its process from page to screen. Zellerbach Hall
April 8: Shoghaken Ensemble. The eight piece ensemble uses only traditional Armenian instruments, including the duduk, zurna, dhol, kanon, kamancha, shvi, and others, to bring to new life the folk dances, love songs, and lullabies of the Caucasus mountains. Zellerbach Hall
April 11: Alfred Brendel, piano. One of the very few artists to have recorded all of the Mozart piano concertos, legendary pianist Alfred Brendel brings a program of Mozart and Schubert for his first visit to Berkeley since 1973. Zellerbach Hall
April 16: Musicians from Marlboro. "A virtual guarantee of musical excellence" (Washington Post), the touring ensemble of the renowned Marlboro Music Festival returns to perform works by Schubert, Adès, Schoenberg, and Mozart. First Congregational Church
April 24: Joe Lovano Nonet. Striking a balance between the powerful sound of a large ensemble and the intimacy of the solo-oriented small combo. Zellerbach Hall
April 25: Zakir Hussain presents the Masters of Percussion - Classical tabla master Zakir Hussain leads a dazzling display of drumming with virtuosos from both the Hindustani (North Indian) and Carnatic (South Indian) traditions. Zellerbach Hall
May 7: ¡Cubanismo!. Jesús Alemañy's 15-piece band, comprised of an all-star roster of Cuban musicians, performs a tight and dynamic combination of elegant Son - a Cuban song form with roots dating back to the early 20th century - and freewheeling jazz, arranged in Havana's descarga (jam session) tradition. Zellerbach Hall
May 8: Showtime at the Apollo on Tour. The original amateur artist showcase, Apollo Amateur Night, has launched the careers of such major stars as Ella Fitzgerald, Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder, the Jackson 5 and Lauryn Hill. In a fun-filled, raucous evening, a diverse line-up of Bay Area finalists compete against one another to win the approval and support of the audience, with one lucky winner securing the chance to perform at the original Apollo Theater in New York! Zellerbach Hall
May 12: Jordi Savall, viola da gamba. One of the world's leading interpreters of early music, viola da gamba virtuoso Jordi Savall performs a not-to-be-missed solo recital. First Congregational Church
May 14: Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall, director and viola da gamba. The Barcelona-based ensemble renowned for its dynamic performances and bold interpretations of an astonishing range of ancient musical literature returns. First Congregational Church
June 3-5: Ballett Frankfurt. Just as surely as Fokine and Balanchine before him, William Forsythe has changed ballet as an art form. Zellerbach Hall
June 16-20: Rezo Gabriadze's The Doctor and the Patient: The Forbidden Christmas starring Mikhail Baryshnikov - An inventive synthesis of art, cinema, poetry, drama, and movement. Zellerbach Playhouse

Lawrence Hall of Science
To find what's up at the East Bay's premier science museum, visit http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/

Spring highlights
Dec. 10-July 4: The Garden. The exhibit features objects from the museum's traditional Asian and western art collections.
Jan. 21-April 25: Ant Farm 1968-1978. The first museum retrospective of Ant Farm-an enterprising collective of radical architects, video, performance, and installation artists offers an intriguing look into Conceptual Art and the ethos of the late sixties and seventies.
Feb. 5-Aug. 8: Time's Shadow. The show features 50 images from the first decades of photography. Largely from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this collection includes important works by acknowledged masters such as Eadweard Muybridge, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Dorothea Lange, and Margaret Bourke-White, as well as many early innovators in the photographic medium.
Feb. 8-April 4: Simryn Gill / Matrix 210 Standing Still. An ongoing series of more than 110 photographs that premieres in the MATRIX Program
Feb. 26-Aug. 31: Turning Corners - Five hundred years of artistic innovation and experimentation are the guiding principles of this exhibition that brings together works from Berkeley Art Museum collections.
May 22-April 18: Hans Hofmann: Scintillating Spaces. Thirty years of paintings by the German-born artist (1880-1966). This exhibition reflects the enormous scope of the Hofmann collection at the UC Berkeley Art Museum, the world's most extensive museum collection of his works.

Department of Music
For more information, call (510) 642-4864 or visit http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/music/noon.html
The department offers noon concerts on Wednesdays and Fridays during the school year at Hertz Hall. Admission is free. In addition, it sponsors a wide array of musical events in the evenings and Sunday afternoons.

Spring Highlights:
Feb. 5-June 27: Hecho en México: Mexican Folk Art. Based on a recent exhibition organized by the San Diego Museum of Man, the exhibit explores the diversity of Mexican folk art.
Jan. 6- Feb.15: The World in a Frame, Photographs from the Great Age of Exploration, 1865-1915. Native American portraits, wilderness landscapes of the American West, ancient ruins. Featured are works by Carleton E. Watkins, Timothy O'Sullivan, Edward S. Curtis, John Hillers, William Henry Jackson, Frederick Monsen, Maison Bonfils, and Felice Beato.

ASUC Art Studio Gallery
For information, call (510) 642 - 6161. Admission is free.
Jan. 7-March 10: Work by Paul Burke, Bruce Kelley, Presley Martin and Ariel Soto. Each of the four artists seeks to lay bare the internal logic of things, the secret presence of an object that causes us to desire it. Gallery is located on the Lower Level of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Student Union on Bancroft Way on Telegraph Ave.

General Events
For campus lectures, sports, exhibits, and performances, visit www.berkeley.edu/calendar