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Details: 8 p.m. Nov. 18 at Freight & Salvage, Berkeley; $36-$38; 510-644-2020, thefreight.org; 8 p.m. Dec. 2 at Club Fox, Redwood City; $28-$32; 831-334-1153, www.clubfoxrwc.com; 4 p.m. Dec. 11 at Moe’s Alley, Santa Cruz; $25-$30; 831-479-1854, www.moesalley.com; 7 and 9:30 p.m. Dec. 17 at Biscuits and Blues, San Francisco; $45; 415-292-2583, www.biscuitsandblues.com. 4 “/Peh-Lo-Tah/”: Marc Bamuthi Joseph is a man of many talents and ideas. The head of programming and pedagogy at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts is an award-winning writer, director and performer. He’s also a soccer fan, and he uses the sport as the foundation for his new evening-length  theater/dance multimedia work that explores the the ties between sports, art, race and the politics of identity. The new work debuts this weekend at YBCA.

Berkeley Rep has a little present for you to unwrap this holiday, Kneehigh, the cheeky Cornwall-based troupe that has enchanted Bay Area audiences over the years, has returned with a festive holiday show, “946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips,” lit by puppets and swing music, That’s reason for good cheer, even if this meandering staging isn’t quite as hanami ballet - light suntan magical as past productions, which range from “Brief Encounter” to “The Wild Bride” and “Tristan & Yseult.”The endlessly inventive ensemble kicks up its heels spinning a forgotten but true story of the D-Day landings with its signature high-spirited mix of puppetry, dance and beguiling low-tech ingenuity..

A basic rock foundation provides the root for Play Date music. Attonito says, “It always branches off. We experimented with a little hip-hop inspiration on the new record and a little ’60s rock and got a sort of ’80s-inspired dance tune. But in general, we always go from that three or four-chord rock ‘n’ roll inspiration. That comes out of us naturally.”. Play Date has just released a new album, the zestful and luminous “We All Shine.” The bright, bouncy songs include “L-O-V-E You,” “Hug Hug Hug,” “Cardboard Box” and “The Owl Song.”.

Other comedic shows and performers deserving some Emmy love include Aziz Ansari’s indie-style gem “Master of None” (Netflix); the kooky, snarky musical comedy “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” (The CW), along with its song-and-dance dynamo Rachel Bloom; and the acidic romantic comedy “You’re the Worst” (FXX), Take note, Emmy voters, We’ve got our eyes on you, All the new faces make the show, at times, feel overcrowded as well, But “Orange” continues to deliver compelling hanami ballet - light suntan character-driven stories and plenty of hilarity..

Tickets are $30 for members and $35 for nonmembers. Go to www.cwc-peninsula.org to make a reservation for the celebration. Carroll has published three collections of poetry. His most recent is “Poems for a Wounded Land,” published in 2015 by Turning Point. His 2012 publication “A Child Turns Back to Wave: Poetry of Lost Places” won the Prize Americana from the Institute for Popular Culture. Muse’s most recent books include “Violin” from Blurb Books in 2013, which features a series of poems illustrated by Joyce Savre. Her work “A Story Also Grows,” a handmade letterpress edition by Chester Creek Press, is in the Smithsonian and the Library of Congress rare book collections. Among her many honors are the Allen Ginsberg Award and the Yeats Society of New York’s Poetry Award.