A lot going on this week all over the Bay, in all types of spaces. From an "International Sticker Show" in East Oakland to the Mission Artists United: Spring Studio Stroll in San Francisco -- not to mention the first art show at Playland-Not-At-The-Beach amusement museum in El Cerrito. Two shout-outs to Danielle Rubi and David Wilson for their openings this week!  Enjoy and go swimming!

Wednesday:
+ "Seeing Beyond Now—Green Innovation in Tough Economic Times" Panelists include David Baker, Amy Franceschini, and Jill Manton at San Francisco Art Institute
+ David Wilson "Open Endless" at Tartine

Thursday:
+ Craig Prehn "An American Western" at Four Barrel Art Series

Friday:
+ Lecture: "From Nomadism to Cosmopolitanism" curated by James Meyer at San Francisco Art Institute
+ "The Secret of the Ninth Planet" at Photo Epicenter
+ "The Secret of the Ninth Planet" at Queens Nails Projects

Saturday:
+ "URBAN IDIOM" at Patricia Sweetow Gallery
+ Lecture: "Manohla Dargis" at San Francisco Art Institute
+ Jill Sylvia, Laura Paulini "Allegories of Control" at Eleanor Hardwood Gallery
+ Danielle Rubi "Invisible Thread" at Mollusk Surf Shop

Sunday:
+ Bert Bergen "The Giving Hands of Altered Destinies" at 18 Reasons Gallery
+ Lecture: "Oh, Inverted World" Jennifer & Kevin McCoy and Miguel Palma at Headlands Center for the Arts

Monday:
+ Lecture: Peter Saul "Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture" at San Francisco Art Institute
+ Lecture: "Neighborhood Public Radio - 1/4 Watt Pure Power" Berkeley Center for New Media/Art Techonology & Culture Colloquium at UC Berkeley (University of California)

Tuesday, April 21

Closing reception: Todd Sanchioni "The Changing Face of Laos Through its Music" at A.T.A.
Mission District: 992 Valencia Street, 7-10pm

Wednesday, April 22

+ "Seeing Beyond Now—Green Innovation in Tough Economic Times" Panelists include David Baker, Amy Franceschini, and Jill Manton at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Studio 18, 7:30pm

+ David Wilson "Open Endless" at Tartine
Mission District: 600 Guerrero Street , 9pm

Thursday, April 23

Screening: George and Mike Kuchar Lecture & Screening at Baer Ridgway Exhibitions
SOMA: 172 Minna Street, 7pm

Auction: "Comics 4 Comix Benefit" at Cartoon Art Museum
SOMA: 655 Mission Street, $20 general admission, 7-10pm

"Chagall and the Artists of the Russian Jewish Theater" at Contemporary Jewish Museum
SOMA: 736 Mission Street, Third Street, 5:30-7:30pm

"Through Future Eyes: The Endurance of Humanity" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, 5-8pm

Auction: "Small Treasures" Visual Aid's Spring Art Auction at Visual Aid (Chronicle Books)
SOMA: 680 Second Street, 6-9pm

Nan Grand-Jean , Susan Felter at George Lawson Gallery: Room for Painting Room for Paper
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, at Market Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30 pm

"TASTE 2009" Benefit Art and Food Event at Root Division
Mission District: 3175 17th Street, South Van Ness, $100, 7:30-10:30pm

+ Craig Prehn "An American Western" at Four Barrel Art Series
Mission District: 375 Valencia Street, 6-8pm

Lawrence Ferlinghetti "Lyric Escape" at Berkeley Art Center
Berkeley: 1275 Walnut Street, 5:30-7:30pm

Friday, April 24

+ Lecture: "From Nomadism to Cosmopolitanism" curated by James Meyer at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, 5pm

? Screening: "Alex Beckman, Georgia Carbone, Ben Guttin, Kaif Ghaznavi, Lauren Marsden, Klea McKenna, Ranu Mukherjee, George Pfau, Laura Sacket" at Studio for Urban Projects
Mission District: 3579 17th Street, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Elizabeth Stahl , Margo Mullen "New Works for Spring" at Kathleen McMahon Fine Art Gallery
Mission District: 3150 18th Street , 5-9pm

Michael Jang "Punks And Poets: SF Subculture In The '70s" at Pirate Cat Radio and Cafe
Mission District: 2781 21st Street, 7pm-12am

+ "The Secret of the Ninth Planet" at Photo Epicenter
Mission District: 26 Lilac Street, 7-11pm

+ "The Secret of the Ninth Planet" at Queens Nails Projects
Mission District: 3191 Mission Street, 7-11pm

Book Signing: Deth P. Sun at GRSF (Giant Robot)
Haight Ashbury: 618 Shrader Street , 6-8:30pm

Performance: "The Cooking Show: Dance, Music, Soup" at Temescal Art Center
Oakland: 511 48th Street , at Telegraph Avenue, Reservations are strongly recommended, 7pm and 9pm

"Special Delivery" Bay Area Based/ International Sticker Show at Triple2seven Gallery
East Oakland: 2227 International boulavard, 6pm-12am

"Symposium: Creativity in the Face of Climate Change: The Role of the Visual Arts" at Berkeley Art Museum
Berkeley: 2626 Bancroft Way, at College Avenue, Museum Theater, Free, 2pm

"Art Of Amusement" at Playland-Not-At-The-Beach
El Cerrito: 10979 San Pablo Avenue , 6-9pm

Saturday, April 25

Closing reception: "Camaro V Venom: a deadly duel between Santan's Camaro and Ben Venom" at Fivepoints Arthouse
SOMA: 72 Tehama Street, at 2nd Street, 7-11pm

+ "URBAN IDIOM" at Patricia Sweetow Gallery
Downtown: 77 Geary Street, Mezzanine, 11am-1:30pm

Chuck Bierwirth "Purrrseus" at Visual Aid
Downtown: 116 Montgomery Street, floor 6, 1-6pm

Art Fair: Jennybird Alcantara "Treacherous Gardens" at Varnish Fine Art
Downtown: 77 Natoma Street, at First Street, 1-4pm

"Group Show" at Tedda Hughes Gallery & Boutique
Downtown: 1623 Polk Street, 7-10pm

+ Lecture: "Manohla Dargis" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, 7:30pm

+ Jill Sylvia, Laura Paulini "Allegories of Control" at Eleanor Hardwood Gallery
Mission District: 1295 Alabama Street, at 25th Street, 7-10pm

Open Studio: "Mission Artists United: Spring Studio Stroll" at 1890 Bryant Street Studios
Mission District: 1890 Bryant Street , at Mariposa Street, Multiple floors, 11am-6pm

"Swarm Intelligence" Resident Artist Group Show at Million Fishes Gallery
Mission District: 2501 Bryant Street, 7-11pm

+ Danielle Rubi "Invisible Thread" at Mollusk Surf Shop
Sunset: 4500 Irving Street, 7-10pm

Art Fair: "Spring Fair" at California College for the Arts (CCA)
Oakland: 5212 Broadway Avenue, at College Avenue, 11am-3pm

Closing reception: "A Rare Alchemy" at FLOAT Gallery
Oakland: 1091 Calcot Place, #116, 6-9pm

Sunday, April 26

Open Studio: "Mission Artists United: Spring Studio Stroll" at 1890 Bryant Street Studios
Mission District: 1890 Bryant Street , at Mariposa Street, Multiple floors, 11am-6pm

+ Bert Bergen "The Giving Hands of Altered Destinies" at 18 Reasons Gallery
Mission District: 593 Guerrero Street, 7-10pm

+ Lecture: "Oh, Inverted World" Jennifer & Kevin McCoy and Miguel Palma at Headlands Center for the Arts
Marin Headlands: 944 Fort Barry , off Bunker Road, floor 1-4, 4-6pm

Monday, April 27

+ Lecture: Peter Saul "Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, Free, 7:30pm

+ Lecture: "Neighborhood Public Radio - 1/4 Watt Pure Power" Berkeley Center for New Media/Art Techonology & Culture Colloquium at UC Berkeley (University of California)
Berkeley: Kroeber Hall, Suite 160, 7:30-9pm

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