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tuesday/16

“Belfast Kind.” Play about a Jewish girl growing up during “the Troubles” in Northern Ireland, performed by students at the Jewish Community High School of the Bay. At JCHS Performing Arts Center, 1835 Ellis St., S.F. 7 p.m. Also Feb. 17 and Feb. 18. $5-$10. www.belfastkind.brownpapertickets.com

thursday/18

Stuart Canin was 19 when he played at Potsdam Conference for (inset, from left) Churchill, Truman and Stalin. photo/courtesy hoover institution library and archive

Concerto for the Big Three. Violinist-conductor and former S.F. Symphony concertmaster Stuart Canin has performed before myriad celebrities, but perhaps his most exclusive gig was in 1945, when he performed privately for Truman, Churchill and Stalin as they worked out Germany’s surrender.

“Potsdam Revisited: Overture to the Cold War” tells his story, with the screening followed by a re-creation of the concert by Canin himself and a discussion with the filmmakers. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18 at JCC East Bay, 1414 Walnut St., Berkeley. $14. www.jcceastbay.org

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