Thought the end of the month would be an art events slump?...Well, you might be proven wrong with this week's exciting events. You can see international artist Chris Ofili's new print edition at Crown Point Press Gallery opening tonight, venture to an underground art show and live performance in Oakland's ABco Artspace titled Unruffled Bloom on Thursday and Saturday, or catch Park Life and Hallway Project's collaboration Friday. See you out there.

Tuesday:
+ Chris Ofili "New Etchings" at Crown Point Press
+ Workshop: "Learning to Curate an Art Show with Julio Morales" at Intersection for the Arts

Thursday:
+ Alice Shaw "AUTO(BIOGRAPHY)" at Gallery 16
+ "the end is near..." A Retrospective Group Show at Babylon Falling
+ Amparo Sard, Eirik Johnson at Rena Bransten Gallery
+ Performance: Eliza Fernand, Sarina Eastman "Unruffled Bloom" at Abco Artspace

Friday:
+ Screening: "Descending Stardom Access" at A.T.A.
+ "MUNDANE SHIFT SHAPE PLACEMENT" Park Life and Hallway Projects Present at Park Life
+ Benefit: "Dinner and a film: A Benefit For Rock Paper Scissors Collective" at Rock Paper Scissors Collective (The Humanist Hall)

Saturday:
+ Sarah Applebaum "Soft Core" at Receiver Gallery
+ Performance: "Z-axis" at Lobot Gallery
+ Performance: Eliza Fernand, Sarina Eastman "Unruffled Bloom" at Abco Artspace

Sunday:
+ Performance: "Roots of Revival: Seeds of Change" at Carnaval San Francisco (Parade Route)

Monday:
+ "The Future Is So Bright" at 666 Gallery

Tuesday, May 19

+ Chris Ofili "New Etchings" at Crown Point Press
SOMA: 20 Hawthorne Street, 6-8pm

+ Workshop: "Learning to Curate an Art Show with Julio Morales" at Intersection for the Arts
Mission District: 446 Valencia Street, Tuesdays, May 19, 26; June 2 & 9 ($180), 6-9pm

Thursday, May 21

Benefit: "Hospitality House's 24th Annual Art Auction" at Andrea Schwartz Gallery
SOMA: 525 2nd Street, 6pm

Lecture: "Trina Robbins gives presentation on her new book: The Brinkley Girls: The Best of Nell Brinkley’s Cartoons from 1913-1940" at Cartoon Art Museum
SOMA: 655 Mission Street, 7-9pm

Lecture: "Theater in Revolutionary Times" at Contemporary Jewish Museum
SOMA: 736 Mission Street, Third Street, 7pm

+ Alice Shaw "AUTO(BIOGRAPHY)" at Gallery 16
SOMA: 501 Third Street, 6-9pm

+ "the end is near..." A Retrospective Group Show at Babylon Falling
Downtown: 1017 Bush Street, 6-9pm

+ Amparo Sard, Eirik Johnson at Rena Bransten Gallery
Downtown: 77 Geary Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

"Group exhibit" at Paul Mahder Gallery
Richmond District: 3378 Sacramento Street, 6-8pm

Annabel Emson, Cynthia Kagay "EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS AND NEW WORK IN PIER 31" at Pier 31 & Plastiki Boat Project (Pier 31 The Embarcadero)
Marina District: between Sansome Street and Bay Street, Warehouse and Boat, 6pm

+ Performance: Eliza Fernand, Sarina Eastman "Unruffled Bloom" at Abco Artspace
Emeryville: 3135 Filbert, 7-10pm (performance 8pm)

Artist Talk: Flora Wiegmann "In-Situ" at Headlands Center for the Arts
Marin Headlands: 944 Fort Barry , off Bunker Road, floor 1-4, 7:30-9pm

Friday, May 22

"Portfolio exhibition by City College of San Francisco" at RayKo Photo Center (Liberty Park)
SOMA: 400 3rd Street, at Harrison Street, 6-8pm

Closing reception: montano + milgrim + bohr "City of Refuge" at Fivepoints Arthouse
SOMA: 72 Tehama Street, at 2nd Street, 7-11pm, Performance at 9pm

+ Screening: "Descending Stardom Access" at A.T.A.
Mission District: 992 Valencia Street, $6, 8pm

"Arigato, Mr. Popsicle" at Blush! Wine Bar
Castro: 476 Castro Street, 7-Midnight

+ "MUNDANE SHIFT SHAPE PLACEMENT" Park Life and Hallway Projects Present at Park Life
Richmond District: 220 Clement Street, 7-10pm

+ Benefit: "Dinner and a film: A Benefit For Rock Paper Scissors Collective" at Rock Paper Scissors Collective (The Humanist Hall)
Oakland: 411 28th Street, Sliding scale donation $60-$100, 6-11pm

"Barry Beach vs. John K. Melvin" A two person sculpture-performance at Temescal Art Center
Oakland: 511 48th Street , at Telegraph Avenue, 7-10pm

Closing reception: James McPhee "Subjective Misreadings Redux" at Periscope Cellars
Emeryville: 1410 62nd Street , at Hollis Street, Suites B, 6-9pm

Saturday, May 23

"San Francisco Art Institute Revisted" at Togonon Gallery
Downtown: 77 Geary Street, 4-6pm

Preview: "Roots of Revival: Seeds of Change" at Carnaval San Francisco (Parade Route)
Mission District: Harrison Street (between 16th and 22nd Streets), In the Street, 10am-6pm

+ Sarah Applebaum "Soft Core" at Receiver Gallery
Mission District: 1415 Valencia Street, 6-10pm

+ Performance: "Z-axis" at Lobot Gallery
Oakland: 1800 Campbell Street, 18th Street, $5, 8pm

+ Performance: Eliza Fernand, Sarina Eastman "Unruffled Bloom" at Abco Artspace
Emeryville: 3135 Filbert, 12-3pm (performance 1pm)

Sunday, May 24

+ Performance: "Roots of Revival: Seeds of Change" at Carnaval San Francisco (Parade Route)
Mission District: Harrison Street (between 16th and 22nd Streets), In the Street, 9:30am (Parade: ?Begins at Bryant & 24th Streets,

"VAUDEVILLE FOLLIES: poetry, video, neo-benshi & flarf" kino21 presents NY Poets Nada Gordon and Gary Sullivan at A.T.A.
Mission District: 992 Valencia Street, $8, 8pm

"Cricket Engine Group Show" at Cricket Engine Project Space
Oakland: 499 Embarcadero Avenue, Building #3, 7-9pm

Monday, May 25

+ "The Future Is So Bright" at 666 Gallery
SOMA: 66 Sixth Street, 7-10pm

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