September is here, or at least it will be tomorrow, which marks the start of the always exciting Fall Art Season accompanied by a boatload of openings this week and even more coming next week.

Thursday head to "Residency Projects Part II" at Kala Art Institute and "This Means War This Means War" at a new gallery called Unspeakable Projects.

Saturday don't miss the next next big art star within "Teen Age: You Just Don’t Understand" a curated show by Catharine Clark and Ken Goldberg of adult artists and teenage artists at Catharine Clark Gallery.

On Artcards Review, I am excited to introduce two new articles:
- "Featured Artist: Miles Mendenhall" -- Helen Homan Wu catches up with one of the stars of Bravo's "Work of Art" series.
-  "Paradise Now! Art Meets Music on the Lower East Side" -- Howard Hurst covers an awesome event in downtown NYC along with great photos.

Hope to see you out there, either this week or next!

Tuesday:
+ Performance: Aaron Gach, Amy Balkin, Anthony Discenza, John Herschend, Lizabeth Rossof, Packard Jennings, Stephanie Syjuco, Steve Shada "SFAC Gallery presents: Circular Time: 8 actors read from a script of a real conversation between 8 artists trying to collaborate over dinner." at Intersection for the Arts

Thursday:
+ "This Means War This Means War" at Unspeakable Projects
+ "Art of the Total Trash Underground" at A440 Gallery
+ Jeremiah Jenkins, Josh Short at Ever Gold

+ Khalif Kelly, Lisa Schmaltz "Stories Today" at Jenkins Johnson Gallery

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+ "Galleons & Globalization" at Thacher Gallery (University of San Francisco)
+ Jeffrey Hantman, Ranu Mukherjee , Sean McFarland, Terry Berlier "Residency Projects Part II" at Kala Art Institute

Friday:
+ Reading: "My Other Weapon is a Zine" SF Zine Fest at Needles & Pens
+ Gina Tuzzi , Tyler Bewley "Habitual Homesteaders" curated by BayVAN (Bay Area Visual Arts Network) at The Compound Gallery
+ Closing reception: Seth Lower "Mirror" at Royal NoneSuch Gallery

Saturday:
+ "Teen Age: You Just Don’t Understand" Exhibition coincides with ZER01’s 01SJ Biennial curated by Ken Goldberg and Catharine Clark at Catharine Clark Gallery

Tuesday, August 31

+ Performance: Aaron Gach, Amy Balkin, Anthony Discenza, John Herschend, Lizabeth Rossof, Packard Jennings, Stephanie Syjuco, Steve Shada "SFAC Gallery presents: Circular Time: 8 actors read from a script of a real conversation between 8 artists trying to collaborate over dinner." at Intersection for the Arts
Mission District: 446 Valencia Street, $5-$15, 7:30-8:30

Reading: "My Other Weapon is a Zine" at Rock Paper Scissors Collective
Oakland: 2278 Telegraph Avenue, at 23rd Street, 7-9pm

Wednesday, September 1

Nicole Buffett at Andrea Schwartz Gallery
SOMA: 525 2nd Street, 5:30-8pm

Andrew Gross at Alliance Francaise de SF
Downtown: 1345 Bush Street, 6:30pm

Thursday, September 2

+ "This Means War This Means War" at Unspeakable Projects
SOMA: 735 Tehama Street, floor 1, 6-9pm

Bella Feldman, Monika Steiner, Nancy Otto at Micaela Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, Suite 234, 5-7:30pm

+ "Art of the Total Trash Underground" at A440 Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 5-7pm

+ Jeremiah Jenkins, Josh Short at Ever Gold
Downtown: 441 O'Farrell Street, 6-9pm

David Buckingham "Don't Hate Me Because I Am Beautiful" at Cain Schulte Gallery
Downtown: 251 Post Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

David Buckingham "Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful" at Cafe Royale
Downtown: 800 Post Street, 6-8pm

Tom Lieber "Descend Ascend" at Dolby Chadwick Gallery
Downtown: 210 Post Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

+ Khalif Kelly, Lisa Schmaltz "Stories Today" at Jenkins Johnson Gallery Downtown: 464 Sutter Street, Free, 5:30-7:30pm

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Katja Leibenath "Genius Loci" at Hang Art
Downtown: 556 Sutter Street, 6-8pm

Erik Otto "Tomorrow Is Never Promised" at fabric8
Mission District: 3318 22nd Street , 7-10pm

Stanley Donwood "Over normal" at FIFTY24SF Gallery
Hayes Valley: 248 Fillmore Street, 7:30-10pm

Jennifer Judd-McGee, Mati McDonough "Spin" at Rare Device
Hayes Valley: 1845 Market Street, 6-9pm

+ "Galleons & Globalization" at Thacher Gallery (University of San Francisco)
Western Addition: 2130 Fulton Street , 3-5pm

Laura van Duren, Mary V. Marsh at Mercury 20 Gallery
Oakland: 475 25th Street, at Telegraph Avenue, floor 1, 6-9pm

Beth Fein, Carol Ladewig, Hisaharu Motoda, Joyce Ertel Hulbert, Molly Palmer, Nancer Lemoins, Noah Wilson, Peter Tonningsen, Seiko Tachibana, Shannon Milar "On View: New Work from Kala" at Kala Art Institute Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, free, 6-8pm

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+ Jeffrey Hantman, Ranu Mukherjee , Sean McFarland, Terry Berlier "Residency Projects Part II" at Kala Art Institute
Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, 6-8pm

Friday, September 3

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

+ Reading: "My Other Weapon is a Zine" SF Zine Fest at Needles & Pens
Mission District: 3253 16th Street, 7-9pm

Book launch: Conrad M. Meyers II "Fault" at Queens Nails Projects
Mission District: 3191 Mission Street, 7-10pm

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

"The Other Other" at 21 Grand
Oakland: 416 25th Street, 7-10pm

+ Gina Tuzzi , Tyler Bewley "Habitual Homesteaders" curated by BayVAN (Bay Area Visual Arts Network) at The Compound Gallery
Oakland: 1167 65th Street, floor 1, 7-10pm

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

Saturday, September 4

Stephanie Syjuco "Part II" at Catharine Clark Gallery
SOMA: 150 Minna Street, 3-6pm

+ "Teen Age: You Just Don’t Understand" Exhibition coincides with ZER01’s 01SJ Biennial curated by Ken Goldberg and Catharine Clark at Catharine Clark Gallery
SOMA: 150 Minna Street, 3-6pm

"Crazy 4 Cult: Customs" at Gallery 1988
Downtown: 1173 Sutter Street, 7-10pm

Mario Wagner "Observed By Clouds" at Gallery Heist
Tenderloin: 679 Geary Street, at Jones Street , floor 1, 7-11pm

Artist Talk: Laura van Duren, Mary V. Marsh at Mercury 20 Gallery
Oakland: 475 25th Street, at Telegraph Avenue, floor 1, 2pm

Todd Lanam "My Time Has A Shape" at Rowan Morrison Gallery
Oakland: 330 40th Street, 7-10pm

Sunday, September 5

Ian Colon "US" at WE artspace
Oakland: 768 40th Street, 3-9pm

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