A glorious upcoming week in the Bay, and not just for the weather. With great openings and hot lectures, what is a viewer to do?

Well, if you have time tonight, Tuesday, check out Iwona Blazwick, curator at the White Chapel in London, talk at CCA. Always-inspiring venues Creative Growth and Creativity Explored host their spring shows.

Ping Pong Gallery and Adobe Backroom Gallery have intriguing openings, while Southern Exposure and SFMOMA have cool performance/interactive events. The week rounds out with a talk by Colter Jacobsen at UC Berkeley.

Tuesday:
+ Lecture: Iwona Blazwick "Just what is it that makes today's institutions so different, so appealing?" CCA Graduate Studies Lecture Series at California College for the Arts (CCA)
+ Lecture: Ian Colon "Laughing In Your Face" 21 Projects x 21 days x 21 Hours at Royal NoneSuch Gallery

Thursday:
+ Performance: "Laetitia Sonami and SUE-C" at SF MOMA
+ Workshop: Alison Pebworth, Jerome Waag "Good for What Ails You: the Americanitis Elixir" *Bring hand-picked fruits or herbs to share at Southern Exposure
+ "Sprung!" at Creative Growth

+ "Women hold up half the sky: Bay Area Posters of the 1970s and 1980s" curated by Lincoln Cushing at Local 123

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Friday:

+ David Tomb "Borderland Birds / Aves Fronterizas" at Electric Works

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+ William T. Wiley "A Seek Wince of Evince" at Electric Works
+ Parker Ito "RGB Forever" at Adobe Books Backroom Gallery

+ Gwenael Rattke "Oktogon" curated by Joey Piziali, Vanessa Blaikie at Ping Pong Gallery

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Saturday:
+ Artist Talk: "Beauty Shop Culture" at SOMArts Cultural Center

+ Craig Doty "Two Nudes" at Important Projects

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Sunday:
+ Lecture: James Castle "A Retrospective" talk by Brenda Brueggemann and Katherine Sherwood at Berkeley Art Museum

Monday:
+ Colter Jacobsen "Graduate Lecture Series" at UC Berkeley (University of California)

Tuesday, April 13

"SALE (or how high the ocean)" at Adobe Books Backroom Gallery
Mission District: 3166 16th Street, 6-9pm

+ Lecture: Iwona Blazwick "Just what is it that makes today's institutions so different, so appealing?" CCA Graduate Studies Lecture Series at California College for the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Timken Lecture Hall, 7pm

+ Lecture: Ian Colon "Laughing In Your Face" 21 Projects x 21 days x 21 Hours at Royal NoneSuch Gallery
Oakland: 4231 Telegraph Avenue, 7:30pm

Wednesday, April 14

Book launch: Steve Englehart "Batman: Yesterday and Tomorrow" at Cartoon Art Museum
SOMA: 655 Mission Street, $5 suggested donation, 7-9pm

Thursday, April 15

Carole A Feuerman "Reality Check" at Sculpturesite Gallery
SOMA: 201 3rd Street, Suite 102, 5:30-7:30pm

+ Performance: "Laetitia Sonami and SUE-C" at SF MOMA
SOMA: 151 Third Street, Mission Street, Phyllis Wattis Theater, FREE w/ Museum Admission, 9pm

Hung Liu "Drawings From Life And Death" at Rena Bransten Gallery
Downtown: 77 Geary Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

Mimi Chakarova "The Price of Sex" at Fifty Crows
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 2, 5-7:30pm

"Where Are We?" at Creativity Explored
Mission District: 3245 16th Street, 7-9pm

+ Workshop: Alison Pebworth, Jerome Waag "Good for What Ails You: the Americanitis Elixir" *Bring hand-picked fruits or herbs to share at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , 7-9pm

+ "Sprung!" at Creative Growth
Oakland: 355 24th Street , 5-8pm

+ "Women hold up half the sky: Bay Area Posters of the 1970s and 1980s" curated by Lincoln Cushing at Local 123 Berkeley: 2049 San Pablo Avenue, at University Avenue, 5-7pm

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Friday, April 16

+ David Tomb "Borderland Birds / Aves Fronterizas" at Electric Works SOMA: 130 8th Street, 6-8pm

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+ William T. Wiley "A Seek Wince of Evince" at Electric Works
SOMA: 130 8th Street, 6-8pm

? Open Studio: "SOMA Artists Studios" at SOMA Artists Studios
SOMA: 689 Bryant Street, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Daniel Ochoa, David Buckingham, Eva Mattes, Franco Mattes, Henry Jackson, Jason Dunda, Justin Quinn, Lars Theuerkauff, Linda Karshan , Mason Eubanks, Michael Tole, Owen Schuh, Patrick Gabler, Rex Ray, Will Marino "Inaugular Event" at Cain Schulte Gallery
Downtown: 251 Post Street, floor 2, 5-9pm

Carl Dobsky at John Pence Gallery
Downtown: 750 Post Street, 6-8pm

+ Parker Ito "RGB Forever" at Adobe Books Backroom Gallery
Mission District: 3166 16th Street, 6-10pm

+ Gwenael Rattke "Oktogon" curated by Joey Piziali, Vanessa Blaikie at Ping Pong Gallery Mission District: 1240 22nd Street, 6-9pm

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Justin Margitich, Ty Pownall, Yulia Pinkusevich "Palm at the End of the Mind" at Alphonse Berber Gallery
Berkeley: 2546 Bancroft Way, 6-9pm

Saturday, April 17

+ Artist Talk: "Beauty Shop Culture" at SOMArts Cultural Center
SOMA: 934 Brannan Street, 2-3pm

Performance: Ann Hirsch, Ben Vickers, Brad Troemel & Lauren Christiansen, Bryan Morello, Chris Coy, Duncan Malashock, Elna Frederick, Guthrie Lonergan, Iain Ball, Jon Rafman, Justin Kemp, Michelle Ceja, Mitch Trale, Petra Cortright, Ryder Ripps, Zach Shipko "n o m a i n b e t w e e n series: Avatar 4D" curated by Caitlin Denny, Parker Ito at NOMA Gallery
SOMA: 80 Maiden Lane, floor 3, 6:30-11:30pm

Ai Weiwei at Haines Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 5, 3-5pm

Laurie Lambrecht "In Roy Lichtenstein's Studio" at Corden Potts Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 2, 2-5pm

Alexa Giron, Anna Efanova, Anna Taranenko, Dilcia Giron, Mirena Rhee, Vera Costa, Ymke Dioquino "Exquisite Corpse II" at Market Street Gallery
Civic Center: 1554 Market Street, 6:30-10pm

Gordon Cook "UNSEEN" Works from a Family Collection curated by Steven Lopez at ArtZone 461 Gallery Mission District: 461 Valencia Street, 5-8pm

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Heidi McDowell, Holly Downing, Jhina Alvarado, Randy Beckelheimer, Ryan Reynolds "INTRODUCTIONS 2010" New Artists and Fresh Works curated by Steve Lopez at ArtZone 461 Gallery Mission District: 461 Valencia Street, 5-8pm

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Open Studio: "2010 Graduate Open Studios" at San Francisco Art Institute (Swell Gallery)
Potrero Hill: 2565 Third Street, Graduate Art Studios, 1-4pm

Jason Byers "Nowhere In Between" at Rowan Morrison Gallery
Oakland: 330 40th Street, 7-10pm

Alissa Goss, Tallulah Terryll "Round Rhythm" at The Compound Gallery
Oakland: 1167 65th Street, floor 1, 6-9pm

+ Craig Doty "Two Nudes" at Important Projects Oakland: 5432 Boyd Avenue, floor 2, 6-9pm

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Sunday, April 18

Performance: "resonant world: an afternoon of music by John Cage for the exhibit The Visionary Art of Morris Graves" at Meridian Gallery
Downtown: 535 Powell Street, Suggested donation: $10 general; $5 students/seniors, 3pm

+ Lecture: James Castle "A Retrospective" talk by Brenda Brueggemann and Katherine Sherwood at Berkeley Art Museum
Berkeley: 2626 Bancroft Way, at College Avenue, FREE w/ Museum Admission, 3pm

Open Studio: "Spring Open House" at Headlands Center for the Arts
Marin Headlands: 944 Fort Barry , off Bunker Road, floor 1-4, noon-4:30pm

Monday, April 19

Lecture: Loren Holland "Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Free, 7:30pm

"23rd Annual Barclay Simpson Award Exhibition" at California College for the Arts (CCA)
Oakland: 5212 Broadway Avenue, at College Avenue, Tecoah Bruce Gallery at the Oliver Art Center, 5:30-7:30pm

+ Colter Jacobsen "Graduate Lecture Series" at UC Berkeley (University of California)
Berkeley: Kroeber Hall, 7-9pm

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