Welcome back after the Fourth of July weekend. After a weekend lull in the city, I sense new energy this week, making it worthwhile to read through all of this week's listings.

There are many noteworthy events this week, but "Lush Life" stands out as it brings together nine galleries on the Lower East Side, which all have an opening reception this Thursday night. Curators Franklin Evans and Omar Lopez-Chahoud use Richard Price's 2008 novel as a starting point for the show: each gallery show's name is a chapter title in Richard Price's book. To help navigate the LES shows, try using the Artcards map feature, simply goto www.artcards.cc, select the shows you want to see and click print on the bottom-right side of the screen. A personalized map will print for you -- I use this every time I go out now.

New posts on Artcards Review:
- "Lookers at "Shred" Curated by Carlo McCormick" with opening reception photos by Helen Homan Wu.
- "The Unusual Subjects: Otto Dix at Neue Galerie" an excellent review Amanda Schmitt contributes

Also, find new posts, photos from openings, and interesting news on our twitter account artcards_nyc

Tuesday:
+ Charlotte Posenenske at Artists Space

Wednesday:
+ Screening: "Outdoor Cinema 2010: FLOOD TIDE Presented by Rooftop Films" World Premiere at Socrates Sculpture Park

Thursday:
+ Jayson Keeling, Karina Aguilera Skvirsky, Melissa Gordon, Paul Pagk, Tommy Hartung, Yashua Klos "Lush Life: 17 Plus 25 Is 32" curated by Franklin Evans, Omar Lopez-Chahoud at Scaramouche
+ "Lush Life: Whistle" curated by Franklin Evans, Omar Lopez-Chahoud at Sue Scott Gallery
+ Ala Dehghan "I Can Explain Everything!" at Thomas Erben Gallery
+ Adam Collison, Amanda Nedham, Mary Kate Maher, Monika Zarzeczna, Paul D'Agostino, SHM Kim, Tim Kent "Among Darkened Woods" at Factory Fresh

Friday:
+ Amie Dicke, Becky Kinder, Carrie Moyer, Huma Bhabha, Ji yeon Park, Judy Ledgerwood, Kinke Kooi, Lisa Beck "Daniel Hesidence Curates" at Tracy Williams Ltd

Tuesday, July 6

? Jeffrey Sauger "Where Furrows Run Deep" at Jack Hanley Gallery Downtown: 136 Watts street, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

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+ Charlotte Posenenske at Artists Space
Soho: 38 Greene street, floor 3, 6-8pm

Reading: Ben Mirov, Christie Ann Reynolds, Elizabeth Marie Young "InDigest 1207 Reading Series" at KGB Bar
4 Street: 85 E 4 street, 7pm

"In leaves no step had trodden black" BFA Photography Department at SVA (Eastside Gallery)
23 street: 209 E 23 street, 6-8pm

? "Summer Exhibition: Gallery Artists" at Nancy Margolis Gallery
25 street: 523 W 25 street, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

"That's Just It" MFA Fine Arts Department Exhibition curated by Stephen Maine at SVA (Visual Arts Gallery)
26 street: 601 W 26 street, floor 15, 6-8pm

Maiko Akinobu "Dramatic Kitchen & Human Eyes" at Ouchi Gallery Brooklyn, Misc.: 170 Tillary street, suite 507, 7-10pm

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Wednesday, July 7

Lecture: "Men With Balls: The Art of the 2010 World Cup" curated by Simon Critchley at apexart
Downtown: 291 Church street, b/w Walker & White, 6:30pm

"Poems and Pictures: A Renaissance in the Art of the Book (1946-1981)" organized by Kyle Schlesinger at Center for Book Arts
27 street: 28 W 27 street, floor 3, 6-8pm

Lecture: "Space for Potential: Mixing Affordability and Green Design" at No Longer Empty (Tapestry)
124 street: 245 Second avenue, 6:30pm reception, 7:30pm panel discussion

+ Screening: "Outdoor Cinema 2010: FLOOD TIDE Presented by Rooftop Films" World Premiere at Socrates Sculpture Park
Queens: 32-01 Vernon Blvd, 7pm perfomance, film begins at sunset

Thursday, July 8

Caragh Thuring, Hurvin Anderson, Nick Goss, Norbert Schwontkowski "dull as I am, I hope to live by these lines" at Simon Preston Gallery Chinatown/LES: 301 Broome street, 6-8pm

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"Lush Life: Let It Die" curated by Franklin Evans, Omar Lopez-Chahoud at Lehmann Maupin
Chinatown/LES: 201 Chrystie street, at Stanton street, 6-9pm

"Lush Life: The Devil You Know" curated by Franklin Evans, Omar Lopez-Chahoud at Collette Blanchard Gallery
Chinatown/LES: 26 Clinton street, 6-9pm

"Leisure" at Educational Alliance (Ernest Rubenstein Gallery)
Chinatown/LES: 197 E Broadway, 6-8pm

"Lush Life: Wolf Tickets" curated by Franklin Evans, Omar Lopez-Chahoud at Salon 94
Chinatown/LES: 1 Freeman alley, 6-9pm

"Lush Life: Liar" curated by Franklin Evans, Omar Lopez-Chahoud at On Stellar Rays
Chinatown/LES: 133 Orchard street, 6-9pm

+ Jayson Keeling, Karina Aguilera Skvirsky, Melissa Gordon, Paul Pagk, Tommy Hartung, Yashua Klos "Lush Life: 17 Plus 25 Is 32" curated by Franklin Evans, Omar Lopez-Chahoud at Scaramouche
Chinatown/LES: 52 Orchard street, 6-9pm

"Lush Life: First Bird (A Few Butterflies)" curated by Franklin Evans, Omar Lopez-Chahoud at Invisible-Exports
Chinatown/LES: 14 Orchard street, 6-9pm

+ "Lush Life: Whistle" curated by Franklin Evans, Omar Lopez-Chahoud at Sue Scott Gallery
Chinatown/LES: 1 Rivington street, 6-9pm

"Lush Life: She'll Be Apples" curated by Franklin Evans, Omar Lopez-Chahoud at Eleven Rivington
Chinatown/LES: 11 Rivington street, 6-9pm

Aly Bowkett-Derby, Jocelyn Ruth O’Shea "Hallowed" at NY Studio Gallery (NYSG)
Chinatown/LES: 154 Stanton street, at Suffolk street, 7-9pm

Anissa Mack, Christopher Chiappa, Corin Hewitt, Johanna Unzueta, Josh Marsh, Keiko Narahashi, Lucas Blalock, Peter Kreider, Robert Lazzarini, Roy Mcmakin, Sarah E. Wood "Things Just Aren't The Way They Used To Be" organized by Beth Campbell at Kate Werble Gallery
Soho: 83 Vandam street, at hudson street, 6-8pm

"Lush Life: Want Cards" curated by Franklin Evans, Omar Lopez-Chahoud at Y Gallery
4 Street: 355 Bowery street, basement, 6-9pm

Beau Rhee "Gritty, Pretty, Ready, Steady" at Pure Luck
4 Street: 2 Great Jones street, 6:30-9:30pm

Michael Alan "Harmonious Opposites, A Drawing/Video/Performance Exhibition" at Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc.
19 street: 148 Ninth avenue, at 19th street, floor 2, 6-8pm

Michael Alan "Harmonious Opposites" at Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc.
19 street: 148 Ninth avenue, at 19th street, floor 2, 6-8pm

Nicole Cherubini, Polly Apfelbaum "Studiowork" at D'Amelio Terras
22 street: 525 W 22 street, 6-8pm

Dan Christensen, David Smith, Jacqueline Humphries, Jules Olitski, Katharina Grosse, Keltie Ferris, Robert Moskowitz, Rosy Keyser, Stephen Prina, Sterling Ruby, Yayoi Kusama "Spray!" at D'Amelio Terras
22 street: 525 W 22 street, 6-8pm

"The Pencil of Nature" at Julie Saul Gallery
22 street: 535 W 22 street, 6-8pm

Steve DeFrank "Cover the Stump: tote bag designed by Steve DeFrank for Visual Aids" at Margaret Thatcher Projects
23 street: 539 W 23 street, 6-8pm

Alicja Kwade, Atta Kwami, Emilie Halpern, Giorgio Morandi, Holly Coulis, Lois Dodd, Merlin James, Molly Smith, Nancy Shaver, Peter Demos, Ridley Howard, Yuko Murato "Long Long Gone" at Leo Koenig, Inc.
23 street: 545 W 23 street, 5-7pm

"As You Like It -- Part II" at Heidi Cho Gallery
23 street: 522 W 23 street, 6-8pm

Sam Salisbury "Self-Portraits" at Marc Jancou Contemporary
24 street: 524 W 24 street, 6-8pm

"New York Moments: Summer Group Show" at George Billis Gallery
25 street: 555 W 25 street, 6-8pm

Jennifer Dalton, Noriko Ambe, Robert Lazzarini, The Magnum Mark "Summer @ Flag" at Flag Art Foundation
25 street: 545 W 25 street, floor 9, 6-8pm

Performance: "Irrelevant: Local Emerging Asian Artists Who Don't Make Work About Being Asian" at Arario Gallery
25 street: 521 W 25 street, 7pm

Alberto Baccari, Amy Cohen Banker, Elena Brambilla, Fabio Usvardi, Giovanni Marinelli, Masaki Asakawa, Michela Ianese, Misa Aihara "frequency" curated by Stefania Carrozzini at Onishi Gallery
26 street: 521 W 26 street, 6-8pm

? "Styleheads / Ornamentalschmentalism / Exoticaschmatica, or Who's Afriad of Pattern and Decoration?" at Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts
26 street: 508 W 26 street, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

+ Ala Dehghan "I Can Explain Everything!" at Thomas Erben Gallery
26 street: 526 W 26 street, floor 4, 6-8:30pm

Brian McKee "The Power Suites" at Vogt Bernal
26 street: 526 W 26 street, suite 814, 6-8pm

Builder Levy, Carrie Mae Weems, Keliy Anderson-Staley, Neil Folberg, Rimma Gerlovina, Valeriy Gerlovin "A Summer of Photography" at Flomenhaft Gallery
27 street: 547 W 27 street, floor 2, 6-8pm

Aaron Johnson, Brian Montuori, Colleen Asper, Dan Heidkamp, Eddie Martinez, Emily Noelle Lambert, Holly Coulis, Jeremy Wi, John Copeland, Justin Craun, Kamrooz Aram, Lisa Sanditz, Liz Markus, Michael Williams, Paul Brainard, Ryan Schneider, Tom Sanford, Van Hanos, Wes Lang "Big Picture" curated by Ryan Schneider, Tom Sanford at Priska C. Juschka Fine Art
27 street: 547 W 27 street, floor 2, 6-9pm

"Philadelphia Painters" at The Painting Center
27 street: 547 W 27 street, suite 500, 6-8pm

Dorothy Culpepper "Solo Show of 2009-2010 paintings" at Montserrat
27 street: 547 W 27 street, floor 5, 6-8pm

"Piles" at AD Projects
28 street: 548 W 28 street, 8-11pm

"Juried Show 2010" Juried by James Casebere at Camera Club of New York
37 street: 336 W 37 street, 6-9pm

Olivie Ponce "ExtraESTETICA-Exploitation" at Chashama
44 street: 112 W 44 street, 6-9pm

Olivie Ponce "ExtraESTETICA-EXPLOITATION" at Chashama 44 street: 112 W 44 street, 6-9pm

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Getty Images, Mario Tama "Coming Back: New Orleans Resurgent" curated by Umbrage Gallery at Umbrage
Brooklyn, Dumbo: 111 Front street, floor 2, 6-8pm

+ Adam Collison, Amanda Nedham, Mary Kate Maher, Monika Zarzeczna, Paul D'Agostino, SHM Kim, Tim Kent "Among Darkened Woods" at Factory Fresh
Brooklyn, Bushwick: 1053 Flushing avenue, b/w Morgan & Knickerbocker, 7-10pm

"art + architecture group show" at Gowanus Ballroom
Brooklyn, Misc.: 55 9th street, 6-11pm

Black Lake, Doug Padgett, Hill Fillies "Spacious Tinys" at Screwball Spaces (Sweet Lorraine Gallery)
Brooklyn, Misc.: 183 Lorraine street, floor 3, 8-10pm

Friday, July 9

Erik Wysocan, Halsey Rodman, Jamie Isenstein, Michele Abeles, Uri Aran "In Here" at Laurel Gitlen (Small A Projects)
Chinatown/LES: 261 Broome street, 6-8pm

Gershon Iskowitz, Oscar Cahen "Oscar Cahen and Gershon Iskowitz: Artists Caught in Hitler's Web" at SUNDAY L.E.S.
Chinatown/LES: 237 Eldridge street, b/w stanton & east houston, 7-9pm

Joe Bradley, Josh Smith, Justin Adian, Rita Ackermann, Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Sarah Braman "You Were There" curated by Thomas Duncan at Rachel Uffner Gallery
Chinatown/LES: 47 Orchard street, 6-8pm

"Keep Your Eye on the Ball" MAT Art Education Department curated by Michael Filan at SVA
21 street: 133 W 21 street, at 6 avenue, 4-6pm

+ Amie Dicke, Becky Kinder, Carrie Moyer, Huma Bhabha, Ji yeon Park, Judy Ledgerwood, Kinke Kooi, Lisa Beck "Daniel Hesidence Curates" at Tracy Williams Ltd
23 street: 521 W 23 street, 6-8pm

Meghan Wilbar "midpoint between then and now" at Chashama (Harlem Building)
126 street: 461 W 126 street, 6-9pm

"Sultry II" at Kris Graves Projects
Brooklyn, Dumbo: 111 Front street, 6-8:30pm

Reading: "Arthur Nersesian's MESOPOTAMIA, and Matthew Sharpe's JAMESTOWN" at Spoonbill & Sugartown, Booksellers
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 218 Bedford avenue, 7:30pm

Ben Dowell, Dike Blair, James Woodfill, Stephen Westfall "Lateralisms" at Hogar Collection Gallery
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 362 Grand street, at Marcy, 6:30-9pm

Megan Cedro "A Wonderful Tragic Life" at Brooklyn Art Studios (Yarshar Gallery)
Brooklyn, Greenpoint: 276 Greenpoint avenue, 6-10pm

Ben Berlow, Cy Amundson, Daniel Heidkamp, Dave Miko, Erick Zuenskes, Jenn Miko, Josh Brown, Matt Hoyt, Nellie Bridge, Olivia Shao, Sam Martineau, Tom Thayer "A Lettuce Slaughter in the Woods" at Real Fine Arts
Brooklyn, Greenpoint: 673 Meeker avenue, 7-10pm

"I Know What You Did Last Summer" Alumni of the 2009 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture at Convent of Saint Cecilia Brooklyn, Greenpoint: 21 Monitor street, 6-9pm

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Benefit: "Reclaiming Space" at Gallery House
Brooklyn, Clinton Hill: 272 Clinton avenue, 7:30pm-midnight

Mariko Suzuki "No One Dies" at Lumenhouse
Brooklyn, Misc.: 47 Beaver street, 7-9pm

"6th International Outdoor Series: South Africa Danc, Music, and Film" at Queens Museum of Art (New York City Building)
Queens: Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 6:30-10pm

Saturday, July 10

"The paintings of John Fahey" at Audio Visual Arts (AVA)
Chinatown/LES: 34 E 1 street, 6-8pm

Adam Krueger "Hello, My Name Is Missy and I'm a Cutter" at Fuse Gallery
5 Street: 93 Second avenue, b/w 5 & 6 streets, 7-10pm

"Printed Matter 8" at Giant Robot New York
9 street: 437 E 9 street, b/w 1st ave & ave A, 6:30-10pm

Gray "Keith Haring Miniature Altarpiece" at PS 122
9 street: 150 First avenue, 5-7pm

Jason D'Aquino, Lead Poisoning at Last Rites Gallery
33 street: 511 W 33 street, floor 3, 7-11pm

Hilary Pecis, Hisham Bharoocha, Jessie Rose Vala, John Orth, Kelie Bowman, Mark Warren Jacques, Sherri Hay, Sto "Temple of Bloom" at Cinders Gallery
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 103 Havemeyer street, store#2, 7-10pm

Doug Young, Jacqueline Lou Skaggs "Love and Freedom" at Sugar
Brooklyn, Bushwick: 449 Troutman street, 6-9pm

Alex Yudzon "Bedtime Story" at de Castellane Gallery
Brooklyn, Misc.: 525 Atlantic avenue, 6-9pm

A.M. Breakups, Andrew Rowley, Ani Sevag, Benjamin Ayers, Claire Dickinson, Emily Gosweiler, Jeremy Holmes, Kelsey Bozler, Kipton Hinsdale, Krystal Kaler, Michael Kondel, Patrick Lamothe, Timothy Shipman "Arc Angle" curated by Yagil at Lucky Gallery
Brooklyn, Misc.: 176 Richards street, at corner of Wolcott, 7-10pm

Charles Lutz "Charts, Price Lists, Corrections, and other Relevant Statements" curated by Veronica O'Brie at FiveMyles
Brooklyn, Misc.: 558 St. Johns place, 5-9pm

Benefit: "Parrish Art Museum Midsummer Party" at Parrish Art Museum
Southhampton, NY: 25 Jobs Lane, tickets, 7pm-1am

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