Summer’s almost over, but the shows are still rolling in.

Tonight, SPUR Urban Center will be screening Echtone in their downtown gallery, and tomorrow, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts will be hosting Carlos Villa’s opening for his show, “Manongs, Some Doors, and a Bouquet of Crates.”

Thursday is packed with events. The Asian Art Museum will have their “Balinese Shadow Puppet Night,” while Creativity Explored will be opening their group exhibition, “Structure.” Paul Mahder will also be opening his show, “Natural Conversations,” at his gallery, Paul Mahder Gallery, and the Kala Art Institute will have a talk with artists Elisheva Biernoff and Zachary Royer Scholz.

As for the weekend, you can look forward to an artist’s talk with Don Ed Hardy at SF MOMA Artist Gallery, a duo exhibition by Joseph Smolinski and Colin Christy at the Swarm Gallery, and an artist’s talk/closing reception with Thomas Haag and Martin Webb at The Compound Gallery.

Happy gallery gazing!

Wednesday:
+ Carlos Villa "Manongs, Some Doors, and a Bouquet of Crates" at Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts

Thursday:
+ Performance: " Wayang Tantri Puppetry with I Wayan Wija" Balinese Shadow Puppet Night at Asian Art Museum

+ "Structure: Artists reveal the complexity of the world around us" at Creativity Explored

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+ Artist Talk: Elisheva Biernoff, Zachary Royer Scholz "Kala Fellowship Artists' Talk" at Kala Art Institute

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Saturday:
+ Artist Talk: Don Ed Hardy "The Unruly Art of Don Ed Hardy: Exhibition Tour, Talk & Book Signing" at SF MOMA (SFMOMA Artists Gallery at Fort Mason)

Tuesday, August 16

Book launch: "SoMa Art Guide launch Party" at ArtHaus
SOMA: 411 Brannan Street , 6-8pm

"Summer movie series: Echotone" at SPUR Urban Center
Downtown: 654 Mission Street, floor 1, $20 (free for members), 6pm

Wednesday, August 17

Workshop: "Members-Only Critique and Discussion" at SF Camerawork
SOMA: 657 Mission Street, floor 2, 6-8:30pm

+ Carlos Villa "Manongs, Some Doors, and a Bouquet of Crates" at Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
Mission District: 2868 Mission Street, $5, 6:30-9:30pm

Thursday, August 18

Screening: "Wildcard Film Night" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, 7:30pm

+ Performance: " Wayang Tantri Puppetry with I Wayan Wija" Balinese Shadow Puppet Night at Asian Art Museum
Civic Center: 200 Larkin St., $10, 6pm

+ "Structure: Artists reveal the complexity of the world around us" at Creativity Explored Mission District: 3245 16th Street, 7-9pm

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Open Studio: "Meet the Teachers" at San Francisco Center for the Book
Potrero Hill: 300 De Haro Street, 7pm

Thomas Wold "Unlimited Shelf Life" at Park Life
Richmond District: 220 Clement Street, 6-9pm

Paul Mahder "Natural Conversations" at Paul Mahder Gallery Richmond District: 3378 Sacramento Street, 6-9pm

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+ Artist Talk: Elisheva Biernoff, Zachary Royer Scholz "Kala Fellowship Artists' Talk" at Kala Art Institute Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, free, 7-9pm

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"Red Carpet Grand Opening Party" at Sanyok Gallery
Marin Headlands: 819 Bridgeway Blvd, 5-9pm

Friday, August 19

Performance: Darl Andrew Packard, Kat Cole, Sarah Fiske "Mix Tape for Ophelia" curated by Matisse Michalski at CounterPULSE SOMA: 1310 Mission Street, $15-$20, 8pm

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"4th Anniversary Party at Secession" at Secession Art & Design
Castro: 3361 Mission Street, 6:30-9:30pm

Cynda Valle, Robert Brokl "30 years behind the Easel" at Thoreau Gallery
Marina District: Presidio Building 1014 , Lincoln Blvd. & Torney Ave., 5-7pm

Saturday, August 20

"BAN6 Push/Play" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, Free with RSVP, 12-8pm

"Passage: capturing movement" at 60SIX
Mission District: 66 Elgin Park, floor 1, 6-8:30pm

Damon Soule "Then What Happened" at Fecal Face Dot Gallery
Haight Ashbury: 248 Fillmore Street, floor 1, 7-10pm

+ Artist Talk: Don Ed Hardy "The Unruly Art of Don Ed Hardy: Exhibition Tour, Talk & Book Signing" at SF MOMA (SFMOMA Artists Gallery at Fort Mason)
Marina District: 0 Fort Mason Center, 2-4pm

"Invasive Horizon | Building Steam" at Swarm Gallery Oakland: 560 2nd Street, 6-8pm

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Sunday, August 21

Performance: Kelly Lynn Jones, Lucas Murgida, Mel Day, Miriam Dym, Natasha Wheat, Sasha Petrenko, Scott Hender "Pieces-Of-You-Topia" at The Lab Mission District: 2948 16th Street, 9am-5pm

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Artist Talk: Martin Webb, Thomas Haag "Making the Road by Walking" at The Compound Gallery
Oakland: 1167 65th Street, floor 1, 3-6pm

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