Summer programing wraps up with a swelling of openings and events for First Thursday in SF and First Thursday in Oakland this week.

William Kentridge shows "The Nose," an etching series at Bekris Gallery on Thursday.

A drawing show at Hatch Gallery and a photo show at Royal NoneSuch are sure to be good on Friday.  Important Projects unveils their newest show on Saturday.

And if you can find a time to see "Squeeze," the new Mika Rottenberg video piece, tucked away on the second floor of the SF MOMA, it will be worth it.

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New featured artist on Artcards Review: Carol Irving.

Megan Seelie reviews Groper's performance "SLEEP" at the Berkeley Art Museum here.

Wednesday:
+ Lecture: "Yves Saint Laurent: Creating Power in Style for the Modern Woman" at Alliance Francaise de SF

Thursday:
+ Workshop: "CRAFT BAR with ETSY LABS" at The Museum of Craft and Folk Art

Friday:

+ Anna Stewart, Mark Inglis Taylor, Nat Russell "Past Highs" at Hatch Gallery

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+ Seth Lower "Mirror" at Royal NoneSuch Gallery

Saturday:
+ Audrey Snyder, Adriane Colburn , Futurefarmers (Amy Franceschini + Michael Swaine) , Phil McGaughy , Zoe Alexander Fisher "The Biomimicry Project" at Eleanor Hardwood Gallery

+ Michelle Ceja "M O M E N T U M" at Important Projects

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Tuesday, August 3

Artist Talk: "COLLOQUIUM" at Project One
Potrero Hill: 251 Rhode Island Street, 8-10pm

Wednesday, August 4

"WHAT?" curated by Danielle Steel at Andrea Schwartz Gallery
SOMA: 525 2nd Street, 5:30-7:30pm

+ Lecture: "Yves Saint Laurent: Creating Power in Style for the Modern Woman" at Alliance Francaise de SF
Downtown: 1345 Bush Street, The Commonwealth Club - Mezzanine, 595 Market Street, San Francisco, 5:30-7pm

"From the Street to the Cube" curated by Justin Giarla at 941 Gallery
Tenderloin: 941 Geary Street, floor 1, 6-9pm

Book launch: "UPPERCASE Magazine Meet & Greet" at Curiosity Shoppe
Mission District: 855 Valencia Street, 5-8pm

Thursday, August 5

"Hot Freaks" at 111 Minna Gallery
SOMA: 111 Minna Street, 5pm

Performance: Jesse Hewit/ Strong behavior, Laura Arrington "2010 Summer Artist in Residence" at CounterPULSE SOMA: 1310 Mission Street, $15-20 ($10-15 for members), 8pm (and various other times)

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+ Workshop: "CRAFT BAR with ETSY LABS" at The Museum of Craft and Folk Art
SOMA: 51 Yerba Buena Lane, 6-9pm

Youngsuk Suh "Wildfires" at Haines Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 5, 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

William Kentridge "Nose" Thirty Etchings at Bekris Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

Laura Boles Faw "Propped up: A Tale of No (Non)Sense" at Ever Gold
Downtown: 441 O'Farrell Street, 6-9pm

"The Art of Selection" at Art People Gallery (Crocker Galleria)
Downtown: 50 Post Street, #41, 4-7pm

Daniel Danger "They Will Take It Back" at Gallery 1988
Downtown: 1173 Sutter Street, 7-10pm

Ann West, Carolyn Meyer , Katherine Valentine, Tim Horn "Here and There" at Hang Art
Downtown: 556 Sutter Street, 6-8pm

"Nine on the Line" at UC Berkeley (UC Berkeley Extension Gallery)
Downtown: 95 Third Street, 7-9pm

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

Friday, August 6

Book launch: Scott Palmer "Saloonatics" ForePaw Press at Live Worms
Russian Hill: 1345 Grant Avenue, floor 1, 2-9pm

"Travel the World" at Artist-Xchange Gallery
Mission District: 3169 16th St, 7-10pm

Valerie George "NAM JUNE PSYCHE" Touring Sound Experiment at Needles & Pens
Mission District: 3253 16th Street, 6-9:30pm

Mark Warren Jacques, Seth Neefus "Free Life Center" at Needles & Pens
Mission District: 3253 16th Street, 6-9:30pm

Workshop: "Zach Gibson to Host 48-Hour Book Project at Levi's Workshop August 6-7" at California College for the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , 580 Valencia Street, 12-8pm

Tour: "Lower Haight Art Walk" at Lower Haters Gallery
Haight Ashbury: 597 Haight Street, 7-10pm

Joshua Blank, PEZ "You Can’t Win" at FIFTY24SF Gallery
Hayes Valley: 248 Fillmore Street, 7:30-10pm

"Anniversary Benefit Group Exhibit" at Art 94124 Gallery
Hunters Point: 3900-B 3rd Street, 6-9pm

Dana Lynn Louis at Kuhl Frames +Art Oakland: 412 22nd Street, 6-9pm

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+ Anna Stewart, Mark Inglis Taylor, Nat Russell "Past Highs" at Hatch Gallery Oakland: 492 23rd Street, at Telegraph Avenue, 6-9pm

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Esther Traugot, Lawrence LaBianca at Chandra Cerrito Contemporary
Oakland: 480 23rd Street, floor 1, 6-9pm

Tad Beck, Ariel Baron-Robbins, Elizabeth Orr & Joey Petropoulos, Peter Dobey, Sarah Filley "Its Own Nothingness" at Krowswork
Oakland: 480 23rd Street, at Telegraph Avenue, Side Entrance, 7-10pm

Chela Fielding, Eric Bohr, Jill McLennan, Julie Alvarado, Mary Curtis Ratcliff at Mercury 20 Gallery
Oakland: 475 25th Street, at Telegraph Avenue, floor 1, 6-9pm

? Kali Snowden, Kyle Kim "World of Hennagami" at Basement Gallery Oakland
Oakland: 1027 3rd Street, floor 1, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

"Compounding: Annual Group Exhibition and Open Studios" at The Compound Gallery
Oakland: 1167 65th Street, floor 1, 7-10pm

Emily Morrow "Don't Ask. Just Tell. Girly Urban Art" at depARTure Gallery (next door to the Layover Bar) Oakland: 1517 Franklin Street, floor 1, 8-11:30pm

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Kyle Knobel , Russell Baldon, Simone Thornton "Nothing / Everything" at Forthrite
Oakland: 5857 San Pablo Avenue, 6-8pm

+ Seth Lower "Mirror" at Royal NoneSuch Gallery
Oakland: 4231 Telegraph Avenue, 7-10pm

Erik Parra "Between Currencies" at Johansson Projects
Oakland: 2300 Telegraph Avenue, at 23rd Street, Free, 5-8pm

Jana Flynn, Jill Gallenstein "Some Math" at Johansson Projects
Oakland: 2300 Telegraph Avenue, at 23rd Street, Free, 5-8pm

"Tibetan Association of Northern California (TANC) Memorial Quilt Exhibit" at Rock Paper Scissors Collective
Oakland: 2278 Telegraph Avenue, at 23rd Street, 6-9pm

Saturday, August 7

"Introductions: Where They Are Now" at Braunstein/Quay Gallery
SOMA: 430 Clementina Street, 3-5pm

Workshop: "Folksy Family Day" at The Museum of Craft and Folk Art
SOMA: 51 Yerba Buena Lane, FREE w/ Museum Admission, 1-3pm

Gina Pearlin "Dreaming in color" at Jack Fisher Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 3-5pm

Deth P. Sun, Jon Vermilyea, Michael Sieben, Parskid "Look Alive" curated by Ryan De La Hoz at double punch
Downtown: 1821 Powell Street , 7-10pm

Performance: "Illuminated Forest Closing Night" Soundwave Festival ((4)) GREEN SOUND at The Lab
Mission District: 2948 16th Street, Free, 6pm

+ Audrey Snyder, Adriane Colburn , Futurefarmers (Amy Franceschini + Michael Swaine) , Phil McGaughy , Zoe Alexander Fisher "The Biomimicry Project" at Eleanor Hardwood Gallery
Mission District: 1295 Alabama Street, at 25th Street, 7-10pm

Adam Hathaway, Casey Logan, Erica Gangsei, iiahh, Lucrecia Troncoso, Rebecca Alexander, Sunaura Taylor "Objects of Human Making" curated by Carrie Hott at Soap Gallery
Bernal Heights: 3180 Mission Street, free, 6-9pm

+ Michelle Ceja "M O M E N T U M" at Important Projects Oakland: 5432 Boyd Avenue, floor 2, 6-9pm

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Sunday, August 8

T. Joseph Enos "We Are All Going To Die" at WE artspace
Oakland: 768 40th Street, 5-9pm

Closing reception: "Compounding: Annual Group Exhibition and Open Studios" at The Compound Gallery
Oakland: 1167 65th Street, floor 1, 3-6pm

Monday, August 9

Workshop: "Alternative Exposure 2010 - Information Session (East Bay)" at Pueblo Nuevo
Berkeley: 1828 San Pablo Avenue, 6:30-8pm

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