Looking a little gray today but things ought to clear up for events this coming weekend!

There are two lectures happening at SFAI that sound pretty good, one this Wednesday in conjunction with the visiting artists and scholars series and one on Friday, which is part of the spheres of interest: experiments in thinking and action series. The speaker on Friday will also be having a screening and Q&A session on Saturday at YBCA, and the artist speaking Wednesday will be having an opening on Saturday at NOMA Gallery. 

Also on Saturday there will be an opening at Krowswork that looks interesting and an interactive performance event at Temescal Art Center that sounds fun.

Thursday:
+ Benefit: "Spring Art Auction" at Visual Aid (Chronicle Books)
+ "Furthermore" at Fraenkel Gallery
+ "The Way Beyond Art: Sunny Memories" at California College for the Arts (CCA)

Friday:
+ Joe Roberts "Lol:)" at Lake Gallery

Saturday:
+ Ryan C. Smith, Sade Huron, William Eggleston "Closer Than They Appear" at Krowswork
+ Performance: Frank Moore "Uncomfortable Zones of Fun" Experiments in Experience/ Participation Performance at Temescal Art Center
+ "CCA Spring Fair" An arts and crafts bazaar at California College for the Arts (CCA)

Sunday:
+ Lecture: "What’s It All Mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect" With John Beebe, Bill Berkson, Jock Reynolds, and Paul Schimmel at Berkeley Art Museum

Wednesday, April 21

Benefit: "First Exposures: Looking Forward, Giving Back" at SF Camerawork
SOMA: 657 Mission Street, floor 2, 6-9pm

Lecture: Lisa Sigal at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, 7:30pm

Thursday, April 22

+ Benefit: "Spring Art Auction" at Visual Aid (Chronicle Books)
SOMA: 680 Second Street, Admission $50 at the door, walk-ins welcome, 6pm

+ "Furthermore" at Fraenkel Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

Preview: Stella Zhang "2010 Xian Rui" at Chinese Cultural Center
Downtown: 750 Kearny Street, floor 3, free, 6-8pm

Performance: Ane Haugen "Jewelery" at CELLspace
Mission District: 2050 Bryant Street, 7-9pm

+ "The Way Beyond Art: Sunny Memories" at California College for the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , 5:30-7:30pm

Jessalyn Haggenjos "No Man's Land Scape" at Branch Gallery
Oakland: 455 17th Street, Suite 301, free, 5-8pm

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

"Kala TGIT! - Art, Wine & Music" at Kala Art Institute
Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, $5 donation, 5:30-7:30pm

Friday, April 23

Lecture: John Akomfrah "The Burden of Mnemosyne" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, 5pm

Open Studio: "2010 Spring Open Studios" at Workspace Limited
Mission District: 2150 Folsom Street, varing floors, 7-10pm

+ Joe Roberts "Lol:)" at Lake Gallery
Hayes Valley: 661 Divisadero Street, 7-9:30pm

Ken Holden "Visual Interpretations in Photography" April Artist-in-Residence - closing reception at de Young (Golden Gate Park)
Bernal Heights: 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, Kimball Education Gallery, 6-8:30pm

Lea Feinstein, Mark A. Lightfoot, Prakash Chandras at Stanford Art Gallery (Paul G. Allen (CIS) Building)
Palo Alto: 420 Via Palou, 6-8pm

Saturday, April 24

Beverly Rayner "Accretion" at Braunstein/Quay Gallery
SOMA: 430 Clementina Street, 3-5pm

David Ruddell "New Work" at Braunstein/Quay Gallery
SOMA: 430 Clementina Street, 3-5pm

Lisa Sigal "Building Dwelling Thinking" at NOMA Gallery
SOMA: 80 Maiden Lane, floor 3, 6-8pm

Screening: John Akomfrah "The Last Angel of History" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, Free w/ gallery admission, 2-4pm

Scott Mickelson "PlasticWorks" curated by Lori Shantzis at a.Muse Gallery
Mission District: 614 Alabama Street, Free, 7-11pm

Performance: Alleluia Panis, Celia Herrera Rodriguez, Cherríe Moraga "La Semilla Caminante / The Traveling Seed" A Multimedia Performance Work at Intersection for the Arts
Mission District: 446 Valencia Street, $5-15 (sliding scale), 3pm

+ Ryan C. Smith, Sade Huron, William Eggleston "Closer Than They Appear" at Krowswork
Oakland: 480 23rd Street, at Telegraph Avenue, Side Entrance, 6-9pm

+ Performance: Frank Moore "Uncomfortable Zones of Fun" Experiments in Experience/ Participation Performance at Temescal Art Center
Oakland: 511 48th Street , at Telegraph Avenue, 8pm

+ "CCA Spring Fair" An arts and crafts bazaar at California College for the Arts (CCA)
Oakland: 5212 Broadway Avenue, at College Avenue, Main walkway, Oakland campus, 11am-3pm

"Visual Thinking Strategies Soiree" at Kala Art Institute
Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, $5 - $10 suggested donation, 2-4pm

Sunday, April 25

"Worldwide Pinhole Photography day" at RayKo Photo Center (Liberty Park)
SOMA: 400 3rd Street, at Harrison Street, 12-6pm

Klea McKenna "Slow Burn" at RayKo Photo Center (Liberty Park)
SOMA: 400 3rd Street, at Harrison Street, 4-6pm

Performance: Alleluia Panis, Celia Herrera Rodriguez, Cherríe Moraga "La Semilla Caminante / The Traveling Seed" A Multimedia Performance Work at Intersection for the Arts
Mission District: 446 Valencia Street, $5-15 (sliding scale), 3pm

Performance: Alleluia Panis, Celia Herrera Rodriguez, Cherríe Moraga "La Semilla Caminante / The Traveling Seed" A Multimedia Performance Work at Intersection for the Arts
Mission District: 446 Valencia Street, $5-15 (sliding scale), 8pm

Chris Vogel "Kaleidoscape" Closing Reception at WE artspace
Oakland: 768 40th Street, 5-9pm

+ Lecture: "What’s It All Mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect" With John Beebe, Bill Berkson, Jock Reynolds, and Paul Schimmel at Berkeley Art Museum
Berkeley: 2626 Bancroft Way, at College Avenue, 3-5pm

Monday, April 26

Lecture: Eugene Thacker "Darklife" at The Berkeley Center for New Media (Kroeber Hall)
Berkeley: 160 Kroeber Hall, 7:30-9pm

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