A potpourri of events wraps up October, perhaps in deference to the main stage this weekend, Halloween.

A good looking lecture Wednesday at SFAI of Adrian Paci. An eclectic, but potentially fascinating, performance at Southern Exposure on Friday. Other highlights on Friday include 31 Rausch, Ping Pong Gallery, and Kala Art Institute.

Have a good, and not too scary, week!

Tuesday:
+ Panel Discussion: "ART IMPACT Speaker Series" A Brown Bag Lunchtime Conversation on the Impact of the Arts on Business at SPUR Urban Center
+ Gonzo de Sepulveda, Natalie Wohlstadter The Anatomy of Dreams at San Francisco Art Institute (Diego Rivera Gallery)

Wednesday:
+ Lecture: "Adrian Paci" Shifting Regimes and Cultural Flux at San Francisco Art Institute
+ "Players" curated by Brooke Waterhouse at Project One

Thursday:
+ Closing reception: John Held Jr. "Debris From Cultural Underground" at Ever Gold
+ "The Expanse Between our Arms Together" at San Francisco Art Institute (Swell Gallery)

Friday:
+ "Reclaimed: Paintings from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker" at Contemporary Jewish Museum
+ Amelia Sechman, Erika Miyagiwa "THIS IS THIS BECAUSE IT'S NOT THAT" Two Books at 31 Rausch Gallery
+ Performance: Michael Swaine, Stijn Schiffeleers "We Are All Together, Alone in the Wilderness" curated by Valerie Imus at Southern Exposure
+ James Sterling Pitt "it goes as it grows" at Ping Pong Gallery
+ Book launch: Jennifer Hennesy "One Another: Small Plate Edition Book Release Party" at San Francisco Center for the Book
+ David Fought, Robert Ortbal, Sandra Ono, Wendy Hough "Blurring the Line" curated by Lauren Davies at Kala Art Institute

Saturday:
+ Closing reception: Mike Shine "Flotsam's Wonder World" at 941 Gallery

+ Brandon Walls Olson , Collin McKelvey, Kelly Lynn Jones, Maggie Haas and Samantha Roth, Matthew Waldbillig, Michelle C. Blade, Victoria Keddie "Re-Imagine | Re-Build | Repeat" at Sight School

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Monday:
+ Lecture: "Jim Shaw" Psychological charge of pop culture at San Francisco Art Institute

Tuesday, October 26

+ Panel Discussion: "ART IMPACT Speaker Series" A Brown Bag Lunchtime Conversation on the Impact of the Arts on Business at SPUR Urban Center
Downtown: 654 Mission Street, floor 1, 12:30-1:30pm

+ Gonzo de Sepulveda, Natalie Wohlstadter The Anatomy of Dreams at San Francisco Art Institute (Diego Rivera Gallery)
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Diego Rivera, 5-7pm

Wednesday, October 27

+ Lecture: "Adrian Paci" Shifting Regimes and Cultural Flux at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, 7:30pm

Lecture: Jordana Saggese, assistant professor, Visual and C "Small Talks" at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (Kent and Vicki Logan Galleries)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street, Free, 7pm

+ "Players" curated by Brooke Waterhouse at Project One
Potrero Hill: 251 Rhode Island Street, 8pm-2am

"Textiles" at California College for the Arts (CCA) (CCA North/South Gallery)
Oakland: 5241 College Avenue Oakland, CA 94618, 1st floor, 5:30-7:30pm

Workshop: "Decoding Democracy: A Voting Support Community Art Event Conversations about the November 2010 ballot 9 State of California Propositions" at John F. Kennedy University
Berkeley: 2956 San Pablo Avenue, floor 2, Free, 7:30-9pm

Thursday, October 28

Linda Geary, Sam Perry at Rena Bransten Gallery
Downtown: 77 Geary Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

+ Closing reception: John Held Jr. "Debris From Cultural Underground" at Ever Gold
Downtown: 441 O'Farrell Street, 6-9pm

Rocky Villanueva "One Night Show" at farm:table
Mission District: 754 Post St San Francisco, CA 94109, 7-9pm

Book launch: "The Rememberance of One" at a.Muse Gallery
Mission District: 614 Alabama Street, suggested $20, 7:30pm-9:30pm

+ "The Expanse Between our Arms Together" at San Francisco Art Institute (Swell Gallery)
Potrero Hill: 2565 Third Street, 7-10pm

Arvin Flores, Carlo Ricafort, David Griggs, Gerry Tan, Juan Carlos Quintana, Manuel Ocampo "Free-Range Aesthetics" Pussyfooting Through the Detritus Mindfield of Reality at Skyline College Art Gallery (Skyline College)
South San Francisco: 3300 College Drive, San Bruno, CA 94066, 5:30-7:30pm

Friday, October 29

Chris Schiavo, Deanna Glory Landscape Design "The Beackyard" at ArtHaus
SOMA: 411 Brannan Street , 6-8pm

+ "Reclaimed: Paintings from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker" at Contemporary Jewish Museum
SOMA: 736 Mission Street, Third Street, $10 general admission, 11am-5pm

"Audience as Subject" Part 1: Medium at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, Gallery 1, $5-$7, 8pm-11pm

"Yoshua Okon 2007-2010" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, Gallery 2, $5-$7, 8pm-11pm

+ Amelia Sechman, Erika Miyagiwa "THIS IS THIS BECAUSE IT'S NOT THAT" Two Books at 31 Rausch Gallery
SOMA: 31 Rausch Street, 6-11pm

Performance: "Broken Water" at Fivepoints Arthouse
SOMA: 72 Tehama Street, at 2nd Street, $5-10 sliding scale, 9pm

+ Performance: Michael Swaine, Stijn Schiffeleers "We Are All Together, Alone in the Wilderness" curated by Valerie Imus at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , FREE, 8- 10pm

+ James Sterling Pitt "it goes as it grows" at Ping Pong Gallery
Mission District: 1240 22nd Street, 6-9pm

Art Fair: "Celebrate!" at Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
Mission District: 2868 Mission Street, :Look Around a Fashion Crawl and Trunk Show. Free Event., 1pm

Panel Discussion: "Celebrate!" at Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
Mission District: 2868 Mission Street, Free, 7-9pm

+ Book launch: Jennifer Hennesy "One Another: Small Plate Edition Book Release Party" at San Francisco Center for the Book
Potrero Hill: 300 De Haro Street, 6-9pm

Closing reception: Angela Tiatia, Dan Taulapapa McMullin, Greg Semu, Janet Lilo, Lisa Taouma, Lonnie Hutchinson, Marlaina Key, Marlon Rivers, Michel Tuffery, Niki Hastings-McFall, Rosanna Raymond. Moving image by Lonnie Hutchinson, Shigeyuki Kihara, Siliga David Setoga, Taniela Taniela "moan Art: Urban" at de Young (Golden Gate Park)
Bernal Heights: 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, 6-8:30pm

+ David Fought, Robert Ortbal, Sandra Ono, Wendy Hough "Blurring the Line" curated by Lauren Davies at Kala Art Institute
Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, 6-9pm

Saturday, October 30

Art Fair: "Day of the Dead Craft Extravaganza" at The Museum of Craft and Folk Art
SOMA: 51 Yerba Buena Lane, 11am-1pm

John Yoyogi Fortes "Parallel Boondocks" at Jack Fisher Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 3-5pm

"Zombie Show and Bad Dads" at Space Gallery
Civic Center: 1141 Polk Street, 7pm-12am

+ Closing reception: Mike Shine "Flotsam's Wonder World" at 941 Gallery
Tenderloin: 941 Geary Street, floor 1, 7-11pm

"Squart" Spontaneous Queer Art! at The Lab
Mission District: 2948 16th Street, $5 – $10 sliding scale admission at the door or FREE with membership, Process begins at 6pm | Show at 8pm

Auction: "Annual Art Auction" Shipyard Trust for the Arts Benefit at ArtSpan (Hunters Point Shipyard)
Hunters Point: Gallery 101, Building 101 Hunters Point Shipyard , 2nd Floor, For directions visit the website, 11am-6pm

Jaime Lakatos "Beastmaster" at Compound Gallery
Oakland: 1167 65th st., Oakland, CA 94608, Ground floor, 6-10pm

+ Brandon Walls Olson , Collin McKelvey, Kelly Lynn Jones, Maggie Haas and Samantha Roth, Matthew Waldbillig, Michelle C. Blade, Victoria Keddie "Re-Imagine | Re-Build | Repeat" at Sight School Oakland: 5651 San Pablo Avenue, 7-9pm

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Monday, November 1

+ Lecture: "Jim Shaw" Psychological charge of pop culture at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, 7:30pm

Tuesday, November 2

Takeshi Shikama "Silent Respiration of Forests" at Corden Potts Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 2, 2-5pm

"Altar Exhibition" curated by Maurizzio Hector Pineda at Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
Mission District: 2868 Mission Street, 5:30-7:30pm

Artist Talk: Margaret Keelan at Richmond Art Center
Richmond District: 2540 Barrett Avenue, $10 RAC member, $15 non-member, 7:30-8pm

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