This week is slow, but there are still some good events: check out all the listings below and pick your favorite night! I hope you're having a great summer -- September will soon be here.

New on Artcards Review:
- "East Coast Debut: Tales of the Waria" by Cielo Lutino
- "Beautiful Vagabonds @ Yancey Richardson Gallery" by Gabriella Radujko

Wednesday:
+ "Eyebeam + Phaidon Store / Index Festival Afterparty" at Eyebeam (Affaire Bistro & Lounge)

Saturday:
+ Yumi Asai "MsFit" at Graphite

Tuesday, August 16

Aya Abe "Flower Transformation" at Ouchi Gallery
Brooklyn, Misc.: 170 Tillary street, suite 507, 7-10pm

Wednesday, August 17

Reading: Charlotte Seley, Dana Rossi, Michelle Cheever, Monica McClure, Noah F. Grossman, Sarah Bridgins, Wendy Xu "InDigest Issue #21 Launch" at Le Poisson Rouge
Soho: 158 Bleecker street, b/w Thompson & Sullivan, 7pm

Lecture: "Panel 3: Make Read 7" part of Index Festival at Harvestworks
Soho: 596 Broadway, Suite 602, 7pm

+ "Eyebeam + Phaidon Store / Index Festival Afterparty" at Eyebeam (Affaire Bistro & Lounge)
4 Street: 50 Avenue B, 10pm-2am

Christopher Stout, J.F. Lynch, Myles Bennet, Timothy Gasbarro, Zac Braun "Additional Matter" curated by May Shetrit at Lyons Wier Gallery (Project Space) 20 street: 175 Seventh avenue, 6-8pm

view image »

"Lights in Motion" Rare Film & Video Materials from the Howard Wise Gallery at EAI (Electronic Arts Intermix)
22 street: 535 W 22 street, floor 5, 6-7pm

Open Studio: "Lights in Motion" Rare Film & Video Materials from the Howard Wise Gallery at EAI (Electronic Arts Intermix)
22 street: 535 W 22 street, floor 5, noon-7pm; program repeats hourly

Christopher Stout, John F. Lynch, Myles Bennett, Timothy Gasbarro, Zac Braun "Additional Matter" at Lyons Wier Gallery
24 street: 542 West 24th st, 6-8pm

Performance: "Live @ 1220 Fifth" a musical series on the Museum's Fifth Avenue terrace at Museum of the City of New York
103 street: 1220 Fifth avenue, at 103 street, $15, 6-9pm

"Cheryl residency" at Rawson Projects
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 339 Bedford avenue, between 3rd & 4th streets, 7-9pm

Artist Talk: "Yo Brooklynites" at Hadas Gallery
Brooklyn, Clinton Hill: 543 Myrtle avenue, 8pm

Thursday, August 18

"1911" Group Show at Christopher Henry Gallery
Chinatown/LES: 127 Elizabeth street, 6-9pm

"The End (2nd floor gallery)" Group Show curated by Jason LeBlond at Christopher Henry Gallery
Chinatown/LES: 127 Elizabeth street, 6-9pm

"Polis" group show curated by Markus Winter at Art Blog Art Blog 26 street: 508 W 26 street, floor 11, 6-9pm

view image »

Friday, August 19

Performance: Comfortism "I've been Elvita Adams" curated by FringeNYC at Dixon Place
Chinatown/LES: 161 Chrystie street, $15 in advance $18 on the door, 3:30pm

Jeremiah Ketner "Magical Place" at myplasticheartnyc gallery
Chinatown/LES: 210 Forsyth street, 6-9pm

Ava Jarden, Clive Murphy, Dan Perrone, Kerry Downey, Lea Bertucci "Fill the Barn" curated by Kristen Trethewey, Victoria Keddie at Chashama (Harlem Building)
126 street: 461 W 126 street, 6-9pm

Performance: Glen Fogel, Jack Ferver, Luther Price, Mark Golamco, Michael Robinson, Narcissister, Omega Jarden, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Rachel Mason, Robert Smith, Zackary Drucker "A Night of Dirty Looks - A Benefit" curated by Bradford Nordeen at Splatterpool artspace Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 138 Bayard street, $10, 8-11pm

view image »

Famous Accountants "WE ARE: Famous Accountants / More Joy" at NURTUREart Gallery
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 910 Grand street, 7-11pm

Screening: Gina Beavers, Jacob Ciocci, JD Walsh, Jesse Hulcher, Martin Murphy, Mores McWreath, Patrick Brennan, Shana Moulton, Sherri Claudell Brennan "Blue Sky Sprites" curated by JD Walsh at Soloway
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 348 South 4th St, 8:30-11:30pm

Dagmara Genda "Building Disaster" at 3rd Ward
Brooklyn, Bushwick: 195 Morgan avenue, please rsvp to www.3rdward.com/rsvp, 7-10pm

Karin Stothart at Work Gallery
Brooklyn, Misc.: 65 Union street, 6-10pm

Angela Washko, Yana Dimitrova "Cheap Paradise of Familiar Tasks and Places" at flux factory
Queens: 39-31 29th street, 6:30pm

Saturday, August 20

Performance: Nadja Verena Marcin "King Kong Theory" curated by Savona Bailey-McClain at West Harlem Art Fund (Govenor's Island)
Downtown: Governors Island, (17 Nolan Park), 1-3pm

Performance: Comfortism "I've been Elvita Adams" curated by FringeNYC at Dixon Place
Chinatown/LES: 161 Chrystie street, $15 in advance $18 on the door, 8:15pm

+ Yumi Asai "MsFit" at Graphite
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 38 Marcy avenue, 6-9pm

Closing reception: Andrew Raines, Bonnie McLoughlin, Catarina Ferreira, Edward Salas, Kyle Richardson, Lauren Renner, Lukas Mary, Molly Levinson, Rosa Maria de los Heros, Ryna Frankel "Disorderly Conduct: Experimental Entropy" curated by Lindsey Berfond at Disorderly Conduct: Experimental Entropy
Brooklyn, Bushwick: 56 Bogart street, 6-9pm

Artist Talk: Karin Stothart at Work Gallery
Brooklyn, Misc.: 65 Union street, 5-7pm

Open Studio: Angela Washko, Yana Dimitrova "Cheap Paradise of Familiar Tasks and Places" at flux factory
Queens: 39-31 29th street, noon-5pm

Performance: "Warm Up" at MoMA PS1
Queens: 22-25 Jackson avenue, $15, 2-9pm

Candy le Sueur, David Ferris, Erik Sheets, Heidi Thompson, John Hampshire , Lana Santorelli, Lubomir Tomaszewski, Patricia Fabian, Rachel Poulin, Robin S. Halpern, Sarah Fattori, Yony Calderon "Kaleidoscope" at Lana Santorelli Gallery
Hoboken: 628 Washington street, 6-9pm

Workshop: "Annual Artist-Figure Model Day" curated by Mark Philip Stone at Black Feather Retreat
Westbrookville, NY: 1833 Route 209, $45, 11am-5pm

Sunday, August 21

Performance: Comfortism "I've been Elvita Adams" curated by FringeNYC at Dixon Place
Chinatown/LES: 161 Chrystie street, $15 in advance $18 on the door, 6:15pm

Open Studio: Angela Washko, Yana Dimitrova "Cheap Paradise of Familiar Tasks and Places" at flux factory
Queens: 39-31 29th street, noon-5pm

Baker Overstreet, Chris Verene, Erica Magrey, Geo Wyeth, Georgia Sagri, J. Patrick Walsh III, Martin Soto Climent, MGM Grand, Rachel Mason, Stephen Lichty, The Self- Esteem Salon "Float: Field of Dreams" curated by Cleopatra's at Socrates Sculpture Park
Queens: 32-01 Vernon Blvd, 1-5pm

Artcards New York is a weekly email publication led by editor Morgan Croney. Email event submissions to submit@artcards.cc or use our submission form. New: you can now add an image to your listing by using the submission form.

+ = Editor's pick
? = Opening not confirmed - check site for updates.