To start things off, a two-part symposium on public art begins tonight at SFAI and continues tomorrow night. 

"They Knew What They Wanted," an exhibition spreading across four San Francisco galleries each with a different curator, opens Thursday. 

There will also be a painting show opening at Ever Gold that sounds good. 

In Oakland Hatch Gallery will show Rio Babe International. The opening happens Friday during art murmur, but be sure to check out the ongoing events for this show -- which are sure to be great. 

Hope you have a great weekend!

Thursday:
+ Performance: "Milton with Stanford Improvisors" at Contemporary Jewish Museum

Tuesday, June 29

Lecture: "People and Places" A Symposium on Public Practices in Honor of Ann Chamberlain at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, 7-9pm

Lecture: "People and Places" A Symposium on Public Practices in Honor of Ann Chamberlain at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, lecture hall, 7-9:30pm

"People and Places" A Symposium on Public Practices in Honor of Ann Chamberlain at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, 7-9pm

Lecture: "People and Places" A Symposium on Public Practices in Honor of Ann Chamberlain at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, 7-9pm

Thursday, July 1

Bill Dunlap, Chrissy Angliker, Erin McCarty, Jessica Delorme "Better Weather" at 111 Minna Gallery
SOMA: 111 Minna Street, 5pm

+ Performance: "Milton with Stanford Improvisors" at Contemporary Jewish Museum
SOMA: 736 Mission Street, Third Street, thecjm.org, 5-7pm

Performance: "Milton" at Contemporary Jewish Museum
SOMA: 736 Mission Street, Third Street, Free w/museum admission, 5-6pm

Workshop: "Craft Bar" at The Museum of Craft and Folk Art
SOMA: 51 Yerba Buena Lane, Free w/museum admission, 6-9pm

Roni Feldman "Eclipse" at Toomey Tourell Fine Art
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

Carmen Spera, Carol Lawton, Kathleen Elliot, Kristiina Uslar, Mark Leibowitz, Michael Janis, Michelle Knox, Peter Bremers, Silvia Levenson, Susan Longini, Thomas Scoon, Tim Tate, Weston Lambert "Cold+Hot 2010" at Micaela Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, Suite 234, 5:30-7pm

"Gesture" at Brian Gross Fine Art
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 5, 5:30-7:30pm

"They Knew What They Wanted" curated by Katy Grannan at Fraenkel Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

"They Knew What They Wanted" curated by Shannon Ebner at Altman Siegel
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

Eli Harris "Dance The Collapse" at Public Barber Salon
Downtown: 571 Geary Street, at Jones Street, 7:30-10:30pm

? "Crossroads" at Bekris Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 2, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Alexander Gorlizki "Pre-existing conditions" at John Berggruen Gallery
Downtown: 228 Grant Avenue, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

"They Knew What They Wanted" curated by Robert Bechtle at John Berggruen Gallery
Downtown: 228 Grant Avenue, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

Alex Heilbron, Chris Lux, Homero Hidalgo, Peter Hurley "Dream Summer" at Ever Gold
Downtown: 441 O'Farrell Street, 6-9pm

Nicholas Hiltner at John Pence Gallery
Downtown: 750 Post Street, 6-8pm

Gary Edward Blum "The Long Year" at Dolby Chadwick Gallery
Downtown: 210 Post Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

Andrzej Michael Karwacki at Hang Art (HANG ART )
Downtown: 567 Sutter Street, 6-8pm

Michael Kalish at Caldwell Snyder Gallery
Downtown: 341 Sutter Street, 6-8pm

Andrzej Michael Karwacki "Liminality" at Hang Art (HANG ART )
Downtown: 567 Sutter Street, 6-8pm

"They Knew What They Wanted" curated by Jordan Kantor at Ratio 3
Mission District: 1447 Stevenson Street, 6-8pm

"Geometry Playground" After Dark at Exploratorium
Marina District: 3601 Lyon Street, FREE w/museum admission, 6-10pm

Friday, July 2

"Dichotomies in Objects" Contemporary South African Studio Jewelry from the Stellenbosch Area curated by Carine Terreblanche, Lauren Kalman at Velvet da Vinci
Russian Hill: 2015 Polk Street, 6-8pm

Artist Talk: Glenda Drew, Jesse Drew "Turning the Tables" at 18 Reasons Gallery
Mission District: 593 Guerrero Street, $5 donation for wine, 7-9pm

"From The Beginning" at Big Umbrella Studios
Hayes Valley: 906 Divisadero Street, 7-11pm

Performance: "Green Sound" Soundwave Festival ((4)) at de Young (Golden Gate Park)
Bernal Heights: 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, 6pm

Hadley Williams, Pablo Manga "Everyday is Not the Same" at Branch Gallery
Oakland: 455 17th Street, Suite 301, 6-9pm

Dawood Marion "Masks" at Kuhl Frames +Art
Oakland: 412 22nd Street, 6-9pm

Rio Babe International "The World Cup 2010" at Hatch Gallery
Oakland: 492 23rd Street, at Telegraph Avenue, 6-9pm

"Mercury Rising" at Mercury 20 Gallery
Oakland: 475 25th Street, at Telegraph Avenue, floor 1, 6-9pm

Alula Editions, Jason Jagel "Hands on repeat pattern making" at Royal NoneSuch Gallery
Oakland: 4231 Telegraph Avenue, 7-10pm

Saturday, July 3

Artist Talk: Chester Arnold at Catharine Clark Gallery
SOMA: 150 Minna Street, 3pm

"Arkeeteck | Vybrant | Image" at Market Street Gallery
Civic Center: 1554 Market Street, 7-9pm

Sunday, July 4

Artist Talk: "Junk Pirate" at The Compound Gallery
Oakland: 1167 65th Street, floor 1, 3pm

Monday, July 5

Vicki Topaz "Silent Nests" at Alliance Francaise de SF
Downtown: 1345 Bush Street, 7pm

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