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In December, flutist Claire Chase plays a six-hour musical marathon at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (Dec. 2), Ragamala Dance performs “Written in Water” (Dec. 2-3), Camille A. Brown presents “BLACK GIRL: Linguistic play” (Dec. 8-10), and the Mark Morris Dance Group returns with “The Hard Nut,” Morris’ gloriously original take on Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker” (Dec. 15-24). 2018 brings Circa’s “Il Ritorna,” a contemporary theater piece drawn from Monteverdi’s 17th-century opera, “Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria” (Feb. 3-4). In its Cal Performances debut, Company Wang Ramirez presents “Borderline” (Feb. 24-25), while “A Rap on Race” finds choreographer Donald Byrd and playwright Anna Deavere Smith reconstructing a conversation between James Baldwin and Margaret Mead (Feb. 9-10). The season closes with “887,” created by director Robert Lepage with Ex Machina (May 4-5).

8 CONTRA COSTA WIND SYMPHONY: The ballet slippers real Walnut Creek outfit serves up a wide-ranging program May 3 that touches on baseball (including John Philip Sousa’s “The National Game”), Dave Brubeck (“It’s About Time”), “Beauty and the Beast” and Emmy-winning composer Anthony DiLorenzo’s Camelot-inspired “Brazzissimi.”, Details: 8 p.m, May 3; Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek; $10-$25; 925-943-7469, www.ccwindsymphony.org, 9 DAVID SEDARIS: The popular writer and humorist, known for such collections as “Me Talk Pretty One Day,” “Naked” and “When You Are Engulfed in Flames,” gives a reading and Q&A session May 5 at San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House, That it’s a relatively large venue for an author appearance should tell you something about how beloved Sedaris is in the Bay Area, Needless to say, tickets are going fast..

Art at the Library. Docent LauraBeth Nelson presents “Yoga: The Art of Transformation,” an art talk that coincides with an exhibition at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. 6:30 to 8 p.m. April 9. Alameda Free Library, Regina K. Stafford Meeting Room, Main Library, 1550 Oak St., Alameda. 510-747-7777, www.cityofalamedaca.gov. History of Art in the Bay Area. Local art expert Deric Torres discusses Bay Area painting from 1872 to 1920, and display art from that period. 7 p.m. April 9. Frank Bette Center for the Arts, 1601 Paru St. Alameda. $5-$10. 510-523-6957, www.frankbettecenter.org.

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43rd annual Mountain View Art & Wine Festival. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sept. 6 and 7. Art, crafts, music, food, drinks, kids fun zone. Castro Street between El Camino Real and Evelyn Ave., Mountain View. Free. 650-968-8378 or www.miramarevents.com. Movies on the Square. Sunset on Thursdays through Sept. 25. Free. July 24: “Saving Mr. Banks.” July 31: “Gravity.” Aug. 7: “The Wizard of Oz.” Aug. 14: “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.” Aug. 21: “The Croods.” Aug. 28: “Monuments Men.” Sept. 4: “Mr. Peabody and Sherman.” Sept. 11: “Spaceballs.” Sept. 18 : “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.” Sept. 25: “Muppets Most Wanted.” Courthouse Square, 2200 Broadway, Redwood City. www.redwoodcity.org/events/movieschedule.html.