Sarah Jones' outstanding one woman show Surface Transit has been extented at the Berkeley Repertory Theater through June 1st. Check out her song/poem Your Revolution, formerly banned by the FCC just in case you need any more evidence to challenge the sanity of FCC chairman Michael Powell and the preposterous new policies to allow further media consolidation he is trying to quietly implement. Write your senators (particularly Feinstein) if you have not alrady to let them know your thoughts on the proposed policies.

Three Solo Comedies for FREE May 20-21 at The Marsh (email brupach@aol.com for tickets):

Can enlightenment be found eating Mexican food with a two-year old Johnny Cash impressionist? Solo performer Mark Kenward (Riding From Normal, The Yoga of Moby Dick) explores that very proposition in his latest, Rice & Beans. Kenward's restless art explores psychedelics, fatherhood, and the cutthroat world of yoga studio management.

San Francisco comedian James Judd untangles a hilarious, self-revealing tale of soap opera stars, trailer park criminals, backstabbing book report queens, Beijing hookers, Patty Hearst, dangerous geese, gun toting lawyers, and dueling Motown divas in his new piece, 7 Sins.

Bruce Pachtman follows the highly successful don't make me look too psychotic with his second piece, VERY Funny Play #2. This time, Pachtman wrestles with two big questions: Can a person honestly consider his (show) business venture successful if, when all is said and done, it leads him to contemplate filing for bankruptcy? And, if so many of his friends found their way to celebrity and fortune, why didn't he?

To obtain tickets, just send an e-mail to brupach@aol.com and let us know how many tickets you'd like, which date you'd like to see the show, and also please mention DMDCAF in your reply.

DIVAfest, a theater festival with a "Female Persuasion" runs at the Exit Theater May 22-31. Tickets range from $5-20 and shows include:

Executive Order 9066 written and performed by Lunatique Fantastique;

Toasted written and performed by Elisa DeCarlo;

Einstein's Daughter Cabaret created and performed by Kim Epifano;

Tincture by Sean Owens; Winterkill written and performed by Denise B. Flemming;

Agroof: An Odyssey of Amorous Adventures in B Flat created and performed by Monkeyhouse;

Cabaret Rebel written and performed by Beth Wilmurt;

Box Car Bertha
by Kerry Reid, performed by Christina Augello;

Stretch Marks written and performed by The Drama Mamas

Daniel Johnston is not fully endorsed by Candice (even though she loves many of his songs as sung by K. McCarty), but DMD enthusiastically recommends the open minded check him out at the Bottom of the Hill Saturday, May 17...if you prefer more refined musicians and love salsa, then check out Orquesta Universal at Montero's on Solano Avenue in Albany on May 17 and 31...the Buzzcocks cross the Atlantic to play the Fillmore on June 8 to see if Noise Annoys still pleases their fans...a slightly more subdued evening at the Fillmore on June 13-14 with Tracy Chapman...and an entirely less subdued evening as Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds stroll into town to play the Warfield June 16-17!

Heart of the Sea: a documentary that shouldn't be missed, this is a beautiful film about Rell Kapolioka'ehukai Sunn, a professional surfer who had a heart of gold. She truly loved life and she shared it with the world. (May 23rd @ 9pm on KQED Channel 9)

Daughter From Danang: if you missed this documentary last month about a Vietnamese mother who is reunited with her Amerasian daughter, make sure you catch this film. It is a documentary that you will not forget. (May 18 @ 1pm: on KQED Channel 9)