Mid-month adventure time is here, with one event found next to the beach, aka "Spring Open House" at the Headlands Art Center. Additionally, plenty of other intriguing events, like the Rising Tide Conference at CCA. For straight-up gallery openings, Friday is the night.

Tuesday:
+ Screening: Kurt Kren "Paul McCarthy's Low Life Slow Life: Part 2" at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (Kent and Vicki Logan Galleries)

Wednesday:
+ Tour: Judy North "Why Not Say It?" at Electric Works

Thursday:
+ Artist Talk: Jill Sylvia, Laura Paulini "Allegories of Control" at Eleanor Hardwood Gallery
+ Performance: "After Dark" at Exploratorium

Friday:
+ Book launch: Jesse Nathan "Dinner" A book of Poetry at Electric Works
+ Matt Keegan "Postcards and Calendars" at Altman Siegel
+ Desirée Holman "Reborn" at Silverman Gallery
+ Cameron Soren at Jancar Jones Gallery
+ Lynn Rubenzer "The Reckoning" at 826 Valencia
+ Workshop: "Rising Tide Conference" at California College for the Arts (CCA)
+ "New Alternativity or How to Construct An Exhibition Away From Vultures" at Maniac Gallery
+ Art Fair: "Printsale" Handmade student prints at UC Berkeley (University of California)

Saturday:
+ "Exit Art @ Galeria" at Galeria de la Raza

Sunday:
+ Open Studio: "Spring 2009 Open House" at Headlands Center for the Arts

Tuesday, April 14

+ Screening: Kurt Kren "Paul McCarthy's Low Life Slow Life: Part 2" at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (Kent and Vicki Logan Galleries)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street, Timken Lecture Hall, San Francisco campus, 7pm

Wednesday, April 15

+ Tour: Judy North "Why Not Say It?" at Electric Works
SOMA: 130 8th Street, 5:30-7:30 pm

"1st Annual Barclay Simpson Award Exhibition" Award-winning artworks by MFA graduates at California College for the Arts (CCA)
Oakland: 5212 Broadway Avenue, at College Avenue, CCA Oakland campus, Oliver Art Center, 5:30-7:30 pm

Thursday, April 16

Cathleen Naundorf at Robert Tat Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30 pm

? Andrew McPherson, Crystal Dent at Backstage Gallery
Russian Hill: 2134 Polk Street , (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

+ Artist Talk: Jill Sylvia, Laura Paulini "Allegories of Control" at Eleanor Hardwood Gallery
Mission District: 1295 Alabama Street, at 25th Street, RSVP to Gallery, 7-9pm

Performance: "Words+Music 2" Tales Of Betrayal & Revenge at Arthouse Gallery
Mission District: 1360 Mission Street, $8 advance tickets, $10-$15 sliding scale (advance tickets at brownpapertickets.com ), 7:30pm

"Here Should Be Our Home" at Blush! Wine Bar
Castro: 476 Castro Street, 7-Midnight

+ Performance: "After Dark" at Exploratorium
Marina District: 3601 Lyon Street, FREE w/ Museum Admission, Open until 9:30pm

Friday, April 17

+ Book launch: Jesse Nathan "Dinner" A book of Poetry at Electric Works
SOMA: 130 8th Street, 7-9pm

Peter Gronquist at 1AM Gallery
SOMA: 1000 Howard Street, 7-10pm

Randall Stoltzfus at Limn Art Gallery
SOMA: 292 Townsend Street, 6-8pm

Javier Manrique "On Photography" at Alliance Francaise de SF
Downtown: 1345 Bush Street, 6-8pm

+ Matt Keegan "Postcards and Calendars" at Altman Siegel
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 6-8pm

+ Desirée Holman "Reborn" at Silverman Gallery
Downtown: 804 Sutter Street, 7-10pm

Lucky Rapp "a piece of my mind" at Reaves Gallery
Civic Center: 235 Gough Street , 6-9pm

"I/form: Clay Onto Art: Seven Contemporary Ceramicists" at Market Street Gallery
Civic Center: 1554 Market Street, 6-9pm

Closing reception: "imPOSSIBLE!" 8 Chinese Artists Engage Absurdity at SF Arts Commission Gallery
Civic Center: 401 Van Ness Avenue , at McAllister Street, 5-7pm

Olivia park "Counting On Numbers" at Gallery Belljar
Mission District: 3187 16th Street, 6-9pm

+ Cameron Soren at Jancar Jones Gallery
Mission District: 965 Mission Street, Suite 120, 6-9pm

+ Lynn Rubenzer "The Reckoning" at 826 Valencia
Mission District: 826 Valencia Street, Window Display, 6-8pm

Ivy Jacobsen, Peter Andrea at Secession Art & Design
Castro: 3361 Mission Street, 6:30-9:30 pm

+ Workshop: "Rising Tide Conference" at California College for the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Timken Lecture Hall, San Francisco campus and PLAYspace Gallery, Free, Various Times, Check website.

"Nicknames, Yep" at asiwouldsay gallery
Hayes Valley: 141 Gough Street, behind Ecologique, 6-10pm

Amanda Hughen , Katie Lewis, Susie Grant "Proliferous Precisions" at propeller
Hayes Valley: 555 Hayes Street, 6-9pm

"Crossroads: A Group Exhibit of Hunters Point Shipyard Artists" at Art 94124 Gallery
Hunters Point: 3900-B 3rd Street, 6-9pm

+ "New Alternativity or How to Construct An Exhibition Away From Vultures" at Maniac Gallery
Oakland: 387 17th Street, floor 2, 9-11pm

+ Art Fair: "Printsale" Handmade student prints at UC Berkeley (University of California)
Berkeley: Kroeber Hall, 265 Kroeber Hall, Fri 12-5pm, Sat 10am-4pm

Saturday, April 18

Leigh Wells "Systems to Chaos" at Studio 3579
Mission District: 3579 17th Street, 6-9pm

+ "Exit Art @ Galeria" at Galeria de la Raza
Mission District: 2857 24th Street , 7:30pm

Closing reception: "LOCALITY" An SFAI Group Show at Mission Art Center
Mission District: 2183 Mission Street, 8-11pm

"Frida Lives + Studio Man Ray" at Fouladi Projects
Mission District: 1 Otis Street, Upstairs from Enterprise car rental, floor 2, 6-8pm

"Mixed Metaphors and Obsessive Compulsive Behavior" at Michael Rosenthal Gallery
Mission District: 365 Valencia street, 4-9pm

ADAM CAHOON, LINDA RAYNSFORD , NICHOLAS COLEY at ArtZone 461 Gallery
Mission District: 461 Valencia Street, 5-8pm

"Tree Show V" at GRSF (Giant Robot)
Haight Ashbury: 618 Shrader Street , 6:30-10pm

Art Fair: "ArtSeed's Earth Day Art-a-thon" an art-making marathon fundraiser at Artseed (Thoreau Center Acre Cafe)
Marina District: 1013 Torney Avenue, 10am-10pm

Sunday, April 19

Bill Cone "Light, Water, & Granite: Pastel Paintings & Studies from the Sierra" at Studio Gallery
Downtown: 1815 Polk Street, 2-6pm

Performance: "SHADOW FIELDS" Expanded Cinema & Sound at A.T.A.
Mission District: 992 Valencia Street, $6-$10, 8pm

+ Open Studio: "Spring 2009 Open House" at Headlands Center for the Arts
Marin Headlands: 944 Fort Barry , off Bunker Road, floor 1-4, All buildings, 12-5pm

Monday, April 20

Art Fair: "The Aroraborialis Art Experience" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, 7:30-10pm

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