March is here, and with it a parade of art walks and openings. First Thursday in SF's Downtown and First Friday's Art Murmur in Oakland provides a rush of art, and often fun encounters with art-going friends.

For those looking for a different kind of art experience Exploratorium After Dark: While You Were Sleeping, might be the ticket.

There are a couple of good looking artist talks this week too; Sonya Rapoport at Kala Art Institute, and Lucy & Jorge Orta at SFAI.

If you are so lucky to be heading to NYC for the Art Fair Week, Artcards New York, will help you navigate the cornucopia of events.

See you out there!

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Wednesday:
+ Hasan Elahi "Hiding In Plain Sight" at Intersection for the Arts (Intersection 5M)

Thursday:

+ Performance: Bobby Lukas, Bonnie Begusch, Brynda Glazier, Chris Fraser, Christopher Woodcock, Dana Hemenway, Daniel Yovino, Hillary Wiedemann, Holly Williams, Kirkman Amyx , Luke Damiani, Mara Baldwin, Monica Lundy, Nicole Crescenzi, Robert Moya, Rochelle Youk, Sara Eliassen, Sune Woods, Traci Horgen, Wafaa Yasin "CREAM from the top" curated by Kathryn Weller Renfrow at Performance Art Institute

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+ "The Masters" at Creativity Explored

+ "Exploratorium After Dark: While You Were Sleeping" at Exploratorium

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Friday:

+ Clint Imboden "Select Histories" at Hatch Gallery

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+ Closing reception: Anna Halprin, Siobhan Davies, the Swaggers, Yvonne Rainer "Taking Up Room On The Floor" curated by Dena Beard , Hannah Ireland, Jeriel Bey at Royal NoneSuch Gallery

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+ Daron Key, George Chen, Hubble, Jonathan Grothman, Kevin Greenspon, Vholtz "Fires of Unknown Origin" L@te Friday curated by Betty Nguyen at Berkeley Art Museum

+ Sonya Rapoport "Sonya Rapoport: Pairings of Polarities" curated by Terri Cohn at Kala Art Institute

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Monday:

+ Artist Talk: Lucy & Jorge Orta "Ann Chamberlain Distinguished Fellows in Interdisciplinary Studies" at San Francisco Art Institute

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Wednesday, March 2

+ Hasan Elahi "Hiding In Plain Sight" at Intersection for the Arts (Intersection 5M)
SOMA: 901 Mission Street, at 5th Street, floor 1, 7-9pm

Thursday, March 3

Benefit: "Vinyl Transformations" at Gallery 28
North Beach: 1228 Grant Avenue, Free, 6-9pm

Ursula O'Farrell "Beneath the Surface: New Paintings by Usula O-Farrell" at Toomey Tourell Fine Art
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

Robyn Twomey "Medicine" at Patricia Sweetow Gallery
Downtown: 77 Geary Street, Mezzanine, 5:30-7:30pm

"16@49Geary" at Modernbook Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

Rene A.Fressola at Public Barber Salon
Downtown: 571 Geary Street, at Jones Street, 7-10pm

Linda Fleming "Meanderings" at Brian Gross Fine Art
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 5, 5:30-7:30pm

Julia Marchand "New work" at Suite Five Salon
Downtown: 305 Grant Avenue, Suite 5, 6-7:30pm

Naomie Kremer, Olivier O. OLIVIE "Multiverse/ Paintings" at Modernism Gallery
Downtown: 685 Market Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

Jeremy Morgan "Solo Exhibition" at Sandra Lee Fine Art Gallery
Downtown: 251 Post Street, floor 3, 5-7:30pm

Karen Mason "birds and botanicals" at Art People Gallery (Crocker Galleria)
Downtown: 50 Post Street, #41, 4-7pm

"Heads" curated by Peter Selz at Dolby Chadwick Gallery
Downtown: 210 Post Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

Kim Cogan, Richard Ambrose at Hespe Gallery
Downtown: 251 Post Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

+ Performance: Bobby Lukas, Bonnie Begusch, Brynda Glazier, Chris Fraser, Christopher Woodcock, Dana Hemenway, Daniel Yovino, Hillary Wiedemann, Holly Williams, Kirkman Amyx , Luke Damiani, Mara Baldwin, Monica Lundy, Nicole Crescenzi, Robert Moya, Rochelle Youk, Sara Eliassen, Sune Woods, Traci Horgen, Wafaa Yasin "CREAM from the top" curated by Kathryn Weller Renfrow at Performance Art Institute Downtown: 575 Sutter Street, Free, 6-9pm

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Jenny E. Balisle "Gesture" at Hang Art (HANG ART )
Downtown: 567 Sutter Street, 6-8pm

+ "The Masters" at Creativity Explored
Mission District: 3245 16th Street, 7-9pm

"SPRING Exhibit Opening Party" at Sanyok Gallery
Marina District: 2546 Greenwich St, San Francsico, CA 94123, First Floor, 7-10pm

+ "Exploratorium After Dark: While You Were Sleeping" at Exploratorium Marina District: 3601 Lyon Street, $15, 6-10pm

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Friday, March 4

Deborah Oropallo "Tale Spin" at Gallery 16
SOMA: 501 Third Street, 6-9pm

"Art and Activism The New Deal's Legacy Around the Bay" at Canessa Gallery
Downtown: 708 Montgomery Street, Free, 5-9pm

Aimee Friberg, Tabitha Soren "Dreamtime" curated by Bayvan at Branch Gallery
Oakland: 455 17th Street, Suite 301, free, 6-9pm

+ Clint Imboden "Select Histories" at Hatch Gallery Oakland: 492 23rd Street, at Telegraph Avenue, 6-10pm

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Dianne Romaine, Sabine Reckewell at Chandra Cerrito Contemporary
Oakland: 480 23rd Street, floor 1, 6-9pm

Crista Reid, Henri Broyard, Kaylin Macias, Meg Kenny, Nolan Broyard, Vibeke Erichsen "The Water is Fine" curated by Michele Pred at Mercury 20 Gallery
Oakland: 475 25th Street, at Telegraph Avenue, floor 1, 6-9pm

Mary Curtis Ratcliff , P.K. Frizzell at Mercury 20 Gallery
Oakland: 475 25th Street, at Telegraph Avenue, floor 1, 6-9pm

+ Closing reception: Anna Halprin, Siobhan Davies, the Swaggers, Yvonne Rainer "Taking Up Room On The Floor" curated by Dena Beard , Hannah Ireland, Jeriel Bey at Royal NoneSuch Gallery Oakland: 4231 Telegraph Avenue, 7-10pm

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Hiroko To "Blue" at Slate Gallery
Oakland: 4770 Telegraph Avenue, at 48th Street, 6-8pm

+ Daron Key, George Chen, Hubble, Jonathan Grothman, Kevin Greenspon, Vholtz "Fires of Unknown Origin" L@te Friday curated by Betty Nguyen at Berkeley Art Museum
Berkeley: 2626 Bancroft Way, at College Avenue, 5-9pm (performance at 7:30pm)

+ Sonya Rapoport "Sonya Rapoport: Pairings of Polarities" curated by Terri Cohn at Kala Art Institute Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, 6-8pm

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Saturday, March 5

Alice Könitz, C. Ree, Chris Novak, Joel B. Tan with collaborator Nicholas Brinkley., Keba Konte, Kevin B. Chen, Kyoung-ah Kang’s, Taraneh Hemami, Tessie Barrera Scharaga, Victor Cartagena "Breathed…Unsaid…." curated by Katya Min at SOMArts Cultural Center
SOMA: 934 Brannan Street, 6-9pm

Michael McConnel Printed portraits of animal/human hybrids and tethered animal imagery at Braunstein/Quay Gallery
SOMA: 430 Clementina Street, 3pm-50m

"FOTO" Pushing Boundaries curated by Ada Takahashi at Arc Studios & Gallery
SOMA: 1246 Folsom Street, 7-10pm

Bella Feldman, Clifford Rainey, Jay Musler, Marvin Lipofsky , Prema Murthy, Silvia Levenson, Susan Longini "Amorphous Dreams" at Micaela Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, Suite 234, 2-4:30pm

Mayumi Hamanaka "aboveground" curated by Svea Lin Soll at Swarm Gallery Oakland: 560 2nd Street, Free, 7-10pm (Sound performance by Seth Cluett)

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Rob Sato "Blowing the Hatch" at Rowan Morrison Gallery
Oakland: 330 40th Street, 7-10pm

Monday, March 7

+ Artist Talk: Lucy & Jorge Orta "Ann Chamberlain Distinguished Fellows in Interdisciplinary Studies" at San Francisco Art Institute Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, 7:30pm

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