ART

Join Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery and six artists working on their craft doing live art demos, right outside the art gallery, located at 3525 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette. Featured artists: Patty Taylor, Betsy Streeter, Bushra Gill, Katie Korotzer, Jake Edwards and Dee Tivenan, Saturday, Oct. 2 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. This is a FREE event, you can RSVP on our Facebook Event: https://fb.me/e/2EVKMbpqM

Saint Mary's College Museum of Art opened two new exhibitions:  “Keith + Kari” features ceramic artist Kari Marboe responding in site-specific work to environments depicted by the California painter William Keith. Celebrating Inuit artists and printmakers, “Collective Memories: Stonecuts from Cape Dorset” features contemporary stonecut prints that speak to printmaking at a remote Canadian post in the 1960s. The exhibitions are on view through Dec. 12, Wednesday–Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admissions to exhibitions and programs are free. More information can be found at www.stmarys-ca.edu/museum.

The Lamorinda Arts Alliance is pleased to invite members to submit their entry for the “Inspired by the Greats” show at the Art Gallery at the Orinda Library. Behind every great artist, there is almost always an artistic great who was a formative source of inspiration.  For Georgia O’Keeffe, it was Arthur Wesley Dow.  For Claude Monet, it was Eugene-Louis Boudin.  Which artist inspires you? Artists to submit original works of art based on a great artist(s) that has influenced and inspired your work.  Great artists can be from any period and include artists from all disciplines – including but not limited to musicians, architects, designers, photographers, sculptor etc. The Exhibit Dates: Dec. 2 - 31. The Entry Period: Oct. 1 – Oct. 15. Reception: Saturday, Dec. 4 from 3 – 5 p.m. Registration Fee is $20 for LAA members https://laa4art.us10.list-manage
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MUSIC

Barefoot Chamber Concerts presents Bach for Harpsichord and Viola da Gamba on Oct. 15, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:40 p.m., at Saint Mary Magdalen Church, 2005 Berryman Street, Berkeley. Andrew Canepa (harpsichord) and Peter Hallifax (viol) play Bach. Live music at last! Subject to COVID Protocol (check Barefoot website) Cost: $5 to $50 (pay what you will).  For more info see http://barefootchamber
concerts.com or call 510-220-1195 or email info@barefootchamber
concerts.com.

Berkeley Chamber Performances presents “Mavericks 2” on Oct. 19, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., at Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Avenue, Berkeley. Please join us for this 29th Season Opener with the renowned Alexander String Quartet playing works by Haydn, Brahms, and UC Berkeley's Cindy Cox. Cost: $30, free to students through high school, and $15 for Higher Ed students.  For more info see http://www.berkeleychamber
perform.org or call 510-525-5211 or email info@bcp1.org.

Crowden Music Center presents “Sundays @ Four: Alexander String Quartet” on Oct. 10, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., at Crowden Music Center, 1475 Rose Street, Berkeley. Crowden's Sundays @ Four Series presents an afternoon of chamber masterworks performed by the internationally acclaimed Alexander String Quartet. Cost: $25 general admission, $20 seniors/students, Free for children under 18.  For more info see www.crowden.org/alexander-
string-quartet/ or call 510-559-6910 or email concerts@crowden.org.

THEATER

At Town Hall Theatre “The Children’s Farm” by Sean Dunnington’s will perform on Oct. 8, 9 & 15, 16. Tickets are $25 and the Oct. 16 performance will be Pay What You’d Like. Tickets and information can be found at TownHallTheatre.com

Shotgun Players presents “The Claim” on Oct. 14-16, 22, 23, 29 and 30 at 8 p.m.; Oct. 17 and 24 at 5 p.m.; Oct. 21, 27 and 28 at 7 p.m.; at Ashby Stage, 1901 Ashby Ave, Berkeley. A bold, imaginative response to those seeking refuge, this asks what happens when your life is at stake and all you have to save it are your words. Cost: $8-40.  For more info see https://shotgunplayers.org/
online/article/the-claim or call 510-841-6500 or email boxoffice@shotgunplayers.org.

Saint Mary's Theatre Program opens its 2021-22 season with Branden Jacob-Jenkins’ “Everybody.” A finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize, “Everybody” is a wise and joyful riff on the 15th-century morality play “Everyman.” The action follows “Everybody” (chosen by lottery from among the cast at each performance) on a journey towards life’s greatest mystery—mortality itself. Guest director Daniel Larlham (Dance Nation, Lysistrata) plans to stage the play outdoors on the Saint Mary's campus as a processional event timed to unfold from sunset through twilight into darkness. Branden Jacob-Jenkins’ “Everybody” (directed by Daniel Larlham) performs one week, Wednesday-Sunday: Nov. 3 at 5 p.m., Nov. 4 at 5 p.m., Nov. 5 at 5 p.m., Nov. 6 at 5 p.m., and Nov. 7 at 4 p.m. (Note the early curtain on Sunday, because of Daylight Savings.) The show will be available on-demand Nov. 14. Limited tickets. Reserve soon. Ticket sales will begin Oct. 4 at stmarys-ca.edu/Everybody

OTHER

“It’s More Than A Blue Bin!” It’s Building A Better World. The key is recycling. Oct. 7 join Emcee Eric Benson on Zoom at 6:45 p.m. for another interesting “For Lamorinda” Speaker presentation. Learn the mechanics, history, future, and the why and wherefore of recycling. Jeff Taylor of Republic Services will bring us new understandings. Guaranteed to be fresh - not recycled material! Hear what your household and our community can do to make a difference for the world - just by using our blue cans! Q&A to follow. To sign up, go to MVPCtoday.org, click on "Events" and follow the prompts.

Lafayette residents, please join the Lafayette Homeowners Council (LHC) for its Annual Meeting “Maintaining our Community” held on Oct. 14 at 7 p.m.  The City Manager and Mayor will speak followed by Questions and Answers from you – Lafayette residents.  Because of continuing COVID-19 concerns, LHC is conducting the meeting via Zoom. To participate go to the LHC website:
LafayetteHomeownersCouncil.org.