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An image from a video work by artist Natasha Hoehn featured in the show \u201cMother\u201d at 120710 Gallery. Courtesy: 120710 Gallery<\/p>\nAn image from a video work by artist Natasha Hoehn featured in the show \u201cMother\u201d at 120710 Gallery. Courtesy: 120710 Gallery<\/p>\n
Never miss local events!\u00a0Sign up for Berkeleyside\u2019s arts and culture newsletter, The Scene<\/a>. And check out our roundup of affordable things to do anytime in Berkeley<\/a>.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa4 A double dose of alma is on tap at the library\u2019s West Branch with tamales karaoke, a song session for tweens, teens and anyone who wants to unleash their inner Bad Bunny (or Selena), combining pop songs with a yummy Mexican dish. Thursday, Jan. 8, 5 p.m. West Branch. FREE<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf7 Before he moved back to Recife about 13 years ago, guitarist and composer Carlos Oliveira was a creative force on the Bay Area\u2019s Brazilian music scene, and one of the gigs he\u2019s playing on a return visit reunites him with former collaborators in the Berkeley Choro Ensemble, a group he co-founded in 2010. Friday, Jan. 9, 7 p.m. The Hillside Club.$30 \ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf2 The Caribbean Allstars are Ashkenaz regulars and one of the first Bay Area bands to infuse the local music scene with reggae grooves, a sound that expands the traditional electric bass-drums-guitars-keyboards lineup with steel drums to also embrace Trinidad and Tobago\u2019s calypso and soca. Friday, Jan. 9, 8 p.m. Ashkenaz. $20-$25<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83c\udfb9 Berkeley native Ethan Ostrow, a Minneapolis-based pianist\/composer steeped in jazz and soul, teams up with ace jazz trombonist\/composer Remee Ashley, in a quartet featuring fellow Berkeley High Jazz alumni Elliott Martens on drums and Owen Storey on bass. Friday, Jan. 9, 8 p.m. The Back Room. $25<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83c\udfad The sun comes out again with the Berkeley Playhouse KidStage\u2019s production of \u201cAnnie\u201d directed by Clara Holland and Aletha Delay. Friday-Sunday, Jan. 9-11. Berkeley Playhouse. $23-$28<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83e\udd41 The Jazz Lounge series returns to the library with a program featuring a quartet led by dependably inspired Oakland drummer Michael Mitchell. Saturday, Jan. 10, noon. Tarea Hall Pittman South Branch.FREE<\/a><\/p>\n \u2640\ufe0f Curated by Natasha Hoehn, \u201cMother\u201d runs through Jan. 31 showcasing artists from the North Street Project exploring the primal, protean maternal force as an elemental, generative engine. Using sculpture, painting, textiles, sound, film and written language, the artists explore the ways care can be both tender and volcanic, how lineage can illuminate or obscure, and how the daily labor of sustaining life coexists with myth, memory, and revolt. The opening reception is a family event with live music. Saturday, Jan. 10, noon-4 p.m. 120710 Gallery. FREE<\/a><\/p>\n \u26ad As a resident living with dementia in The Ivy at Berkeley\u2019s memory care neighborhood, Michael falls back in love with his wife, Linda, when she comes for one of her frequent visits. They met years ago as Alameda County deputy public defenders and raised a blended family of three children. The senior living community is hosting a renewal of their vows with dozens of family, longtime friends and Michael\u2019s care team, and the public is invited to celebrate. Saturday, Jan. 10, 11 a.m.-noon. The Ivy at Berkeley. FREE<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83c\udfb6 Singer\/songwriter Cris Williamson plays a two-night stand celebrating five decades of music bookended by her epochal 1975 indie hit album The Changer and the Changed, joined by East Bay luminaries Barbara Higbie on vocals and piano and Mia Pixley on vocals and cello. Admission includes post-show reception with Williamson. Saturday-Sunday, Jan. 10-11, 7 p.m. The Freight. $54-$79 ($20 livestream)<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83e\udd41 With no rain in the forecast, music returns to Fourth Street this weekend with two afternoon sets by Citizens Jazz, a top-shelf combo led by veteran bassist Caroline Chung. Sunday, Jan. 11, 1 p.m. Delaware & Fourth Streets. FREE<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa4 Sam Rudin, aka blues pianist Hurricane Sam, and savvy blues belter Pamela Rose, host a jam session for blues and jazz singers at Rudin\u2019s Back Room, providing an ace back-up band for anyone who wants to unburden their soul. Sunday, Jan. 11, 3 p.m. The Back Room.$20<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83d\udeb2 If you\u2019re looking for some spare parts for your bicycle, The Upcycle has got you covered with a 100% donation-based swap meet. Bring your bike parts, clothes and accessories to trade. Monday, Jan. 12, 5-7:30 p.m. Sports Basement. FREE<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83d\udc1d The City of Berkeley\u2019s Public Art Program is seeking an artist or creative team to design, fabricate, and install two unique vertical structures that will serve as habitat boxes for birds and insects at the Community Garden Park and Urban Farm and Education Park, a project budgeted for $150,000. Applications are due on Jan. 12<\/a>.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcda The City of Berkeley reveals the 2026 Berkeley Youth Poet Laureate and Vice Youth Poet Laureate as part of an evening with snacks, refreshments poetry, performances, and special guest appearances including by a Berkeleysider. Tuesday, Jan. 13, 6 p.m. Central Library. FREE<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83c\udf35 Recent storms aside, we\u2019ll soon be back to the semi-parched conditions that Cricket Riley and Alice Kitajima discuss in their new book \u201cDesigning the Lush Dry Garden: Create a Climate-Resilient, Low-Water Paradise,\u201d which draws on the wisdom of the late Ruth Bancroft\u2019s pioneering example of resilient, low-water-use design. Wednesday, Jan. 14, 7 p.m. Mrs. Dalloway\u2019s Bookstore.FREE (reservations encouraged)<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa8 Graduate students from UC Berkeley\u2019s departments of film and media and history of art offer tours of the exhibition \u201cObject Oriented: Abstraction and Design,\u201d which focuses on how artists have represented and reimagined familiar objects. Wednesday, Jan. 14, 12:15 p.m. BAMPFA.FREE (with admission)<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f\u00a0See more things to do\u00a0in\u00a0Oakland<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Richmond<\/a>.\u00a0And check out our big list of\u00a0affordable things to do<\/a>\u00a0anytime in Berkeley.<\/p>\n If there\u2019s an event you\u2019d like us to consider for this roundup, email us at\u00a0the-scene@berkeleyside.org<\/a>. 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