A lot of lectures, screenings and food/art events in this last week of January. A new gallery called Krowswork in Oakland's mini-gallery district (23rd and Telegraph) hosts a pre-First Friday opening that looks good, and while you are out you can swing by Swarm Gallery in Jack London Square.

For performance art, you have got a interesting show at Marina Abramovic Institute -- or for participatory art, you can venture to Studio for Urban Projects for their multifaceted workshop.

And, finally, if you like the gallery/studio Creative Growth, don't miss their all-inclusive artist showcase co-curated by NYC's Matthew Higgs, titled "Everyone!"

Tuesday:
+ Artist Talk: Althea Thauberger at California College for the Arts (CCA)

Wednesday:
+ "Cynosure" New Work from East Bay Galleries at UC Berkeley (University of California)

Thursday:
+ Jeffrey Stuker, Jennifer Dudley, Lane Arthur "The Women" at NOMA Gallery
+ Lecture: "Curator Talks: Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher on Ewan Gibbs's San Francisco" at SF MOMA
+ Book launch: "Recipes for an Encounter" with performances by The Center for Tactical Magic, Matt Volla and others at Southern Exposure
+ "EVERYONE!" Artwork by every artist currently working at Creative Growth Selected by Matthew Higgs and the Creative Growth Gallery at Creative Growth

Friday:
+ Screening: "The Love Life of the Octopus" A film screening in the Curious Cinema series curated by Marina McDougall and educator Bryan Welch of acuri at Studio for Urban Projects
+ Lecture: Joe McKay at UC Berkeley (University of California)

Saturday:
+ Yingmei Duan , Zhou Tao "NON-ALIGNED" at Marina Abramovic Institute
+ Workshop: Amy Franceschini , Larry Bogad, Marisa Jahn, Michael Swaine "Recipes for Encounter" at Studio for Urban Projects
+ Tour: "24th Street Food & Films" This closing event for Art in Storefronts and 24th Street Promenade curated by Clare Haggarty at Triple Base Gallery
+ Aly Su Borst, Andrew Wilson, Cybele Lyle, Michael Deane, Shana Moulton, Ursula Brookbank "Mirror Made Me" curated by Jasmine Moorhead at Krowswork
+ Barry Anderson, Casey Jex Smith, Sonya Blesofsky at Swarm Gallery

Sunday:
+ Performance: Yingmei Duan , Zhou Tao "NON-ALIGNED" at Marina Abramovic Institute

Tuesday, January 26

+ Artist Talk: Althea Thauberger at California College for the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Timken Lecture Hall, 7pm

Wednesday, January 27

? Catherine Dudley, Jamie Brunson at Andrea Schwartz Gallery
SOMA: 525 2nd Street, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

+ "Cynosure" New Work from East Bay Galleries at UC Berkeley (University of California)
Berkeley: Kroeber Hall, Worth Ryder Gallery, 116 Kroeber Hall, 4-7pm

Curtis Tamm , Omar Zubair "Physics of Experience" at UC Berkeley (University of California)
Berkeley: Kroeber Hall, Little Worth Ryder, 116 Kroeber Hall, Free, 4-7pm

Thursday, January 28

+ Jeffrey Stuker, Jennifer Dudley, Lane Arthur "The Women" at NOMA Gallery
SOMA: 80 Maiden Lane, floor 3, 6-8pm

+ Lecture: "Curator Talks: Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher on Ewan Gibbs's San Francisco" at SF MOMA
SOMA: 151 Third Street, Mission Street, Meet in the Haas Atrium, FREE w/ Museum Admission, 6:30pm

+ Book launch: "Recipes for an Encounter" with performances by The Center for Tactical Magic, Matt Volla and others at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , free, 7-9pm

+ "EVERYONE!" Artwork by every artist currently working at Creative Growth Selected by Matthew Higgs and the Creative Growth Gallery at Creative Growth
Oakland: 355 24th Street , 5-8pm

"Kala TGIT(Thank God it'sThursday)!" Art, Wine & Music at Kala Art Institute
Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, 5:30-7:30pm

Friday, January 29

Book launch: "Dennis Tedlock Reading and Book Signing" 2000 Years of Mayan Literature at Meridian Gallery
Downtown: 535 Powell Street, 7pm

+ Screening: "The Love Life of the Octopus" A film screening in the Curious Cinema series curated by Marina McDougall and educator Bryan Welch of acuri at Studio for Urban Projects
Mission District: 3579 17th Street, Please reserve a spot by e-mailing rsvp@studioforurbanprojects.org. Space is limited. Sliding scale $10-30. Dinner included., 5:30-8pm

"Stranger's Story" An Intimate Night Of Pictures And Songs at The Spare Room Project
Bernal Heights: 270 Anderson Street, 7pm

"Menagerie Art Collective" at Zughaus Gallery
Berkeley: 1306 3rd Street, floor 2, Free, 7-Late

Screening: "L@TE" Anne McGuire and Wobbly at Berkeley Art Museum
Berkeley: 2626 Bancroft Way, at College Avenue, Gallery B, FREE w/ Museum Admission, 7:30pm

+ Lecture: Joe McKay at UC Berkeley (University of California)
Berkeley: Kroeber Hall, Berkeley Art Museum Theater, Free, 6:30-8pm

Saturday, January 30

Chris Ballantyne, Stephanie Metz at Hosfelt Gallery
SOMA: 430 Clementina street, b/w Howard & Folsom, 4-6pm

+ Yingmei Duan , Zhou Tao "NON-ALIGNED" at Marina Abramovic Institute
Downtown: 575 Sutter Street, 5-8pm

+ Workshop: Amy Franceschini , Larry Bogad, Marisa Jahn, Michael Swaine "Recipes for Encounter" at Studio for Urban Projects
Mission District: 3579 17th Street, Suggested donation $5-15. Space is limited. Please RSVP to hello@rev-it.org, 12-3pm

+ Tour: "24th Street Food & Films" This closing event for Art in Storefronts and 24th Street Promenade curated by Clare Haggarty at Triple Base Gallery
Mission District: 3041 24th Street , at Treat Avenue, 6-9pm

+ Aly Su Borst, Andrew Wilson, Cybele Lyle, Michael Deane, Shana Moulton, Ursula Brookbank "Mirror Made Me" curated by Jasmine Moorhead at Krowswork
Oakland: 480 23rd Street, at Telegraph Avenue, Side Entrance, 6-9pm

+ Barry Anderson, Casey Jex Smith, Sonya Blesofsky at Swarm Gallery
Oakland: 560 2nd Street, 6-8pm

Artist Talk: Helen Mayer Harrison, Newton Harrison "Green House Britain" at Kala Art Institute
Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, 2pm

Sunday, January 31

Paul Ferney "California Landscapes" at Studio Gallery
Downtown: 1815 Polk Street, 2-6pm

+ Performance: Yingmei Duan , Zhou Tao "NON-ALIGNED" at Marina Abramovic Institute
Downtown: 575 Sutter Street, 5-8pm

Performance: "Sudden Infant, Horaflora, and R. Jencks" at The Lab
Mission District: 2948 16th Street, $8 - $15 sliding scale or FREE with Lab membership, 8:30pm

Lecture: "The Seduction of Duchamp" Bay Area Artists’ Response at ArtZone 461 Gallery Mission District: 461 Valencia Street, 3pm

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