Action continues on the art scene as we approach the end of the "off-season." Tonight Half Gallery presents Miles Mendenhall, the recent runner-up in Bravo's "Work of Art" show in which Bill Powers was a judge. It should be an interesting crowd -- will a sort of art celebrity follow from TV to the gallery? It's hard to say, given the mixed reviews of the show, but my vote is yes.

Thursday and Friday night there is more in the Lower East Side as well.

Saturday in Williamsburg "WET," an outdoor sculpture exhibition, will take place in McCarren Park with a great line-up of artists.

While you are still in summer hours, sit back and check out what's new on Artcards Review:
- "Street Artists Coming Together at Living Walls, Atlanta" by Helen Homan Wu
- "An Opera Grows In Brooklyn" by Howard Hurst

Hope to see you out the shows!

Tuesday:

+ Miles Mendenhall at Half Gallery

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Thursday:

+ James Holland "Sky Lines" at Envoy Gallery (Lower East Side)

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+ Cody Critcheloe, SSION "Boy" at The Hole

Friday:

+ E. A Bethea "Nets, Knots, Laces & Sashes: Comics and Drawings" curated by Eliza Swann, Jay Grabowski at Heliopolis/Sun City Project Space

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Saturday:

+ Ben Godward, Christy Singleton, Cigdem Tankut, Gulsen Calik, Jason Robert Bell, Jeffrey Allen Price, Liz-N-Val Musa, Mark Shoffner, Marni Kotak, Molly Lowe, Nicole Tschampel, Oona Stern, Rebecca Herman, Tiziana Agnello, Yo Park "WET" curated by Elliot Lessing at McCarren Park

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Tuesday, August 24

+ Miles Mendenhall at Half Gallery Chinatown/LES: 208 Forsyth street, 6-8pm

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Reading: Julie Patton "SEA Poetry Series No. 5" at Exit Art 36 street: 475 Tenth avenue, at 36 street, $5 suggested donation, 7-9pm

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"PaperGirl" at Dumbo Arts Center (DAC)
Brooklyn, Dumbo: 30 Washington street, 5-10pm

"Volume 3 of the LOUIS V. E.S.P. party at Daddy's" at Louis V E.S.P. (Daddy's)
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 435 Graham avenue, 10pm-3am

Jonggeon Lee, Stefano Cagol "Salon: Stefano Cagol, Jonggeon Lee" at ISCP Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 1040 Metropolian avenue, floor 3, 6-8pm

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Shoyo Jahana "Sun is all bitter" at Ouchi Gallery Brooklyn, Misc.: 170 Tillary street, suite 507, 7-10pm

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Wednesday, August 25

Mike Ruiz "Transformations" at Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation
Soho: 26 Wooster street, 6-9pm

"Poprally Presents MoMA By Night" at MoMA
53 street: 11 W 53 street, $10, 6:30-10pm

"PaperGirl" at Dumbo Arts Center (DAC)
Brooklyn, Dumbo: 30 Washington street, noon-6pm

Thursday, August 26

+ James Holland "Sky Lines" at Envoy Gallery (Lower East Side) Chinatown/LES: 131 Chrystie street, 6-8pm

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SOFTlab "CHROMAtex" at Bridge Gallery
Chinatown/LES: 98 Orchard street, 6-8pm

Workshop: "Salon Party" at Gilles Larrain Studio
Soho: 95 Grand street, $30, 6-11pm

+ Cody Critcheloe, SSION "Boy" at The Hole
Soho: 104 Greene street, 6-9pm

"Autumn Art Preview" at Lyons Wier Gallery
20 street: 175 Seventh avenue, at W 20 street, 6-9pm

"Private I" curated by Beacon Artist Union at Skylight Gallery
29 street: 538 W 29 street, 6-9pm

Alicia Flannery, Angela Conant, Brian Whiteley, Chauney Peck, Christina Kerns, Dustin Hinson, Elizabeth Meluch, Evan Chamberlain, Jack McCoubrey, Joseph Cavalieri, Pontius de La Polaroid, Robert Spinazzola, Valerie Patterson "New Americana" at Bond Street Gallery
Brooklyn, Misc.: 297 Bond street, 6-9pm

Friday, August 27

Julie West "Itsy Bitsy" at myplasticheartnyc gallery
Chinatown/LES: 210 Forsyth street, 6-9pm

Open Studio: David Friedman, Emilie Selden, Jason Kass, Lauren Smith, Liz Atzberger, Yea Jin Song "ARTcamp: Studio Residency Program" at NY Studio Gallery (NYSG)
Chinatown/LES: 154 Stanton street, at Suffolk street, 7-10pm

Al Benkin, Alex Contompasis, Annika Connor, Brian Balderston, Jennie Booth, Just Seeds Collection, Martha Alexandra Abbot, Meech Art, Of B&AB;, Sam Bassett, Samson Contompasis, ScottMicheal Ackerman, The Phantom Street Artist, Tracy Von Becker, Victor W. "Convergence NYC Art Benefit to Help Operation Homefront: Artists Benefit Supports Military Service Members" curated by Greyegg McKenna, Samson Contompasis, Tamara Gabbard (Gabby) at Convergence NYC 25 street: 68 Lexington avenue, Suggested $5 Donation, 9am until late

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Audra Wolowiec "market, an interactive installation" at Chashama (window space) 37 street: 266 W 37 street, 6-9pm

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Eddie Ochoa "Amalgamations" at Pandemic Gallery Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 37 Broadway, 7-10pm

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Open Studio: Joel Morrison, Peter Dobil, Yumiko Matsui "Artists In Residence" at NURTUREart Gallery
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 910 Grand street, 7-9pm

+ E. A Bethea "Nets, Knots, Laces & Sashes: Comics and Drawings" curated by Eliza Swann, Jay Grabowski at Heliopolis/Sun City Project Space Brooklyn, Greenpoint: 154 Huron street, 6-10pm

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Brece Honeycutt, Drew Shiflett, Elana Herzog, Ellie Murphy, Theresa Hackett "String Theory" at Norte Maar (Storefront)
Brooklyn, Bushwick: 16 Wilson avenue, 6-9pm

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

Saturday, August 28

Bob Bellerue, Brendan Wilson, Christopher Janikula, Darren Jones, Davide Balliano, Eva Electra Pistidda, Freddy Yauri, Jared Deery, Joseph Farbrook, Monica Moran, Nicky Enright, Wanda Gala "Today is the Tomorrow You Thought about Yesterday" curated by Nina Kong at Williamsburg Art & Historical Center
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 135 Broadway, 4-6pm

+ Ben Godward, Christy Singleton, Cigdem Tankut, Gulsen Calik, Jason Robert Bell, Jeffrey Allen Price, Liz-N-Val Musa, Mark Shoffner, Marni Kotak, Molly Lowe, Nicole Tschampel, Oona Stern, Rebecca Herman, Tiziana Agnello, Yo Park "WET" curated by Elliot Lessing at McCarren Park Brooklyn, Williamsburg: Lorimer street and Driggs Avenue, 11am-6pm

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Davyd Whaley "Anima Speaks" at Brooklyn Artists Gym
Brooklyn, Misc.: 168 7th street, floor 3, 6-10pm

Performance: "Warm Up" at P.S.1
Queens: 22-25 Jackson avenue, at 26 avenue, $15, 2-9pm

Rafael Vargas-Suarez "El Dorado" at Solar Contemporary Art / Design
East Hampton, NY: 44 Davids Lane, RSVP to info@artsolar.com, 5-8pm

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