Clam the Semi-Motivational Guru, SF Open Studios and art, art and more art - no excuses to miss out on all the brilliant happenings.  For those with the time and the interest in bonanza art viewing, head to LA  this weekend for PULSE, Fountain, and Art Platform art fairs.

Make sure to pass along the Artcards.cc calendar of events to your friends so they can join you in experiencing some new art or performance, like the Berkeley Art Museum's "L@te Friday Nights."

As Mera Rubell (a major art collector) said last weekend at the (e)merge Art Fair in Washington DC, "Fall in love with some art today" and then start your collection...

See you out there!

Wednesday:
+ Reading: "Craig Thompson Presents Habibi" at Cartoon Art Museum

+ Lecture: "Sergio De La Torre in conversation with Ignacio Valero" Hosted by Devon Bella at Kadist Art Foundation

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Thursday:
+ Adonis Flores, Analía Amaya, Ernesto Leal, Glenda León, Hamlet Lavastida, Jeosviel Abstengo-Chaviano, Lázaro Saavedra, Luis Gárciga, Ricardo Miguel Hernández "Imagecity: Selections from "Video Cubano”" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
+ Screening: "Exit Through the Gift Shop Screening" at Compound Gallery

+ Chico Macmurtrie "Birds" at Nelson Gallery at UC Davis (Nelson Hall)

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Friday:
+ Performance: Flora Wiegmann , Linda K. Johnson , Otto-Knapp "MATRIX LIVE" L@TE Friday Nights curated by Dena Beard at Berkeley Art Museum

Tuesday, September 27

Workshop: "Sketch Tuesdays" at 111 Minna Gallery
SOMA: 111 Minna Street, 6-10pm

Performance: "Infrasound, Jason Kahn, Francisco Meirino" 23five celebrates 10 years of Infrasound at The Lab
Mission District: 2948 16th Street, $8 – $12 sliding scale or FREE with membership, 8pm

Wednesday, September 28

+ Reading: "Craig Thompson Presents Habibi" at Cartoon Art Museum
SOMA: 655 Mission Street, $5; free for CAM Members, 7-9pm

+ Lecture: "Sergio De La Torre in conversation with Ignacio Valero" Hosted by Devon Bella at Kadist Art Foundation Mission District: 2401 Folsom Street, at 20th Street, floor 1, Cocktails at 6pm, program at 7pm sharp

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Thursday, September 29

"Art Launch 2011" Celebrating 36 years of SF Open Studios! at SOMArts Cultural Center
SOMA: 934 Brannan Street, $35-60, 6:30-9:30pm

+ Adonis Flores, Analía Amaya, Ernesto Leal, Glenda León, Hamlet Lavastida, Jeosviel Abstengo-Chaviano, Lázaro Saavedra, Luis Gárciga, Ricardo Miguel Hernández "Imagecity: Selections from "Video Cubano”" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, $7 regular; $5 students, seniors & teachers/Free for YBCA, 5:30-7:30pm

Screening: Brillante Mendoza "Lola" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, $8 regular; $6 students, seniors, teachers & YBCA members, 7:30pm

David Molesky "Protean Dreams" at ArtSpace 712
Downtown: 712 Sansome, 6-9pm

David Molesky "Protean Dreams" at Art Space 712
Downtown: 712 Sansome Street , floor 2, 6-9pm

Alexis Amann "Meanwhile . . ." at Red Poppy Art House
Mission District: 2698 Folsum Street, floor 1, 6-9pm

Rene Almanza "Strangers" a new collection of watercolors at FIFTY24SF Gallery
Hayes Valley: 248 Fillmore Street, 7-9:30pm

Erin Crawford, Heather Robinson curated by Sabine Shapiro at Resident Apparel Gallery
Hayes Valley: 541 Octavia Street, floor 1, 6-9pm

+ Screening: "Exit Through the Gift Shop Screening" at Compound Gallery
Oakland: 1167 65th st., Oakland, CA 94608, Ground floor, free, 9-11pm

+ Chico Macmurtrie "Birds" at Nelson Gallery at UC Davis (Nelson Hall) Davis: 1 Shields Avenue, floor 1, 5:30-7:30pm

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Friday, September 30

J.K. Wornson "Other Rooms, Near to Me" at The Maltese Embassy
SOMA: 66 6th Street, floor 1, 7-10pm

Performance: Clam Lynch "Cut The Crap" at 63 Bluxome Street Gallery
SOMA: 63 Bluxome Street , 8pm

Closing reception: James Seevers, Jamie Nelson , Kelly Correll Brown, Manuel Angeja "Reflection Seen" at Fivepoints Arthouse SOMA: 72 Tehama Street, at 2nd Street, 7-10pm

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J.K. Wornson "Other Rooms, Near to Me" at Satellite66
Tenderloin: 66 6th Street, 7-10pm

Anja Leonora Ulfeldt "Preternatural " at Satellite66
Tenderloin: 66 6th Street, 7-10pm

"Fall Open Studios" at 1890 Bryant Street Studios
Mission District: 1890 Bryant Street , at Mariposa Street, Multiple floors, 6-9pm

"Group Show" curated by Mina Dresden at Workspace Limited
Mission District: 2150 Folsom Street, varing floors, 7-10pm

+ Performance: Flora Wiegmann , Linda K. Johnson , Otto-Knapp "MATRIX LIVE" L@TE Friday Nights curated by Dena Beard at Berkeley Art Museum
Berkeley: 2626 Bancroft Way, at College Avenue, $7, Films 5:30pm, Dance 7:30pm

Saturday, October 1

Lionel Bawden "The World of the Surface (American Debut)" at Frey Norris Gallery
SOMA: 161 Jessie Street, first floor, 4-7pm

Brian Conery "New Terrain" at Design Guild SF Gallery
SOMA: 427 Bryant Street, at 2nd Avenue, 2-6pm

Lloyd Dangle "Last Stop: Troubletown" curated by Andrew Farago at Cartoon Art Museum
SOMA: 655 Mission Street, $5-$50, 8-11pm

Colin McRae, Mitch Confer "kōr sam-­‐pəls" at The McLoughlin Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, Suite 200 San Francisco, CA 94108, Second Floor, 2-5pm

CAI Hongsuo, CAO Youtao, DAI Mouyu, LIU Yue, LU Yuanmin, WANG Jianxin, WANG Yanling, WANG Yaodong, YAN Minglei, Yang Yongliang, ZHOU Ming, ZHU Feng "Rotating Shanghai II: Works by Two Generations of Photographic Artists in Shanghai" curated by Liu Congyun at Projector
Downtown: 564 Market Street, floor 1, FREE, 5-8pm

Ferris Plock "Just For One Day" at Shooting Gallery
Tenderloin: 839 Larkin Street, 7-11pm

Casey Gray "Style of Eye" at White Walls
Tenderloin: 835 Larkin Street, floor 1, 7-11pm

Closing reception: Calcagno Cullen "My Heart is a Telephone" at Million Fishes Gallery
Mission District: 2501 Bryant Street, 7-10pm

Open Studio: "Fall Open Studios" at 1890 Bryant Street Studios
Mission District: 1890 Bryant Street , at Mariposa Street, Multiple floors, 11am-6pm

David Gregory Wallace, Jason Hanasik "This Means War Is Personal" at Krowswork
Oakland: 480 23rd Street, at Telegraph Avenue, Side Entrance, 5-8pm

Sunday, October 2

Screening: Brillante Mendoza "Lola" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, $8 regular; $6 students, seniors, teachers & YBCA members, 2pm

Open Studio: "Fall Open Studios" at 1890 Bryant Street Studios
Mission District: 1890 Bryant Street , at Mariposa Street, Multiple floors, 11am-6pm

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