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Arts Calendar (Berkeley Daily Planet) ?What Becomes of a Broken Soul? Letters from Prison, America?s New Plantations. Exhibition opening at noon at the African American Museum and Library, 659 14th St., Oakland. 637-0200. Arts Calendar (Berkeley Daily Planet) Dan Chan the Magic Man at 10:30 a.m. at Berkeley Public Library, South Branch, 1901 Russell St. 981-6260. Arts Calendar (Berkeley Daily Planet) Alison Jackson, childrens? author, reads at 7 p.m. at the Kensington Library, 61 Arlington Ave. For age 3 and up. 524-3043. Arts Calendar (Berkeley Daily Planet) The East Bay's Independent Newspaper Arts Calendar (Berkeley Daily Planet) Alternative Visions ?The Other Side? at 7:30 p.m. at the Pacific Film Archive. Cost is $4-$8. 642-0808. www.bampfa.berkeley.edu Dig in to a delicious mix of decadence, credibility (Contra Costa Times) TRYING TO SUM UP the offerings in this week's advisory Top 10 list is like trying to explain the staggering genius behind the chocolate chip muffin (decadence, with the credibility of a breakfast food!). Don't bother, just dig in. Thursday briefs (Belleville News-Democrat) Phyllis Bechtold, author of a children's book featuring "Seymour Bluffs," an American bald eagle who tells the story of the Piasa bird, will sign copies of her book from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday and Feb. 11 at the National Great Rivers Museum, Alton Lock & Dam, Alton. Arts Calendar (Berkeley Daily Planet) Children?s Illustrator Elaine Chu introduces her new book ?The Year of the Pig? for ages 3 and up at 7 p.m. at the Kensington Library, 61 Arlington Ave. Free. 524-3043. This week (Contra Costa Times) What's on tap for the week of Jan. 29-Feb. 4 (dates subject to change). The following movies are scheduled to open Friday in the Bay Area. "BECAUSE I SAID SO" (PG-13): An interfering mother (Diane Keaton) with three daughters tries to set up the youngest (Mandy Moore) with someone from an online personals ad. With Lauren Graham and Piper Perabo. 102 minutes. Newsfeed display by CaRP |