A solid week ahead for art in SF Bay Area: the busiest nights are Friday and Saturday. There are several offers of interesting talks and performances Bay Area wide. Capitalize on the nice weather and art in process at the Headlands Center for the Arts Open Studios this Sunday. I hope to see you out at the shows!

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Tuesday:
+ Screening: "Making Faces: Metal Type in the 21st Century" The docmentary film at Arion Press
+ Richard Misrach "1991: The Oakland-Berkeley Fire Aftermath" at Berkeley Art Museum

Wednesday:
+ Book launch: Gwen Allen "Panel Discussion and Launch for Artist's Magazines" at Southern Exposure

+ Book launch: "Fillip 15 Launch & Motto Bookshop" at Kadist Art Foundation

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+ Lecture: Chiharu Shiota "Lecture by Chiharu Shiota at CCA" at California College for the Arts (CCA)
+ Artist Talk: Richard Misrach "1991: The Oakland-Berkeley Fire Aftermath" at Berkeley Art Museum

Thursday:
+ Lecture: "Mark Grotjahn" at California College for the Arts (CCA)

Friday:
+ Lecture: "Ralph Eugene Meatyard" Presented by PhotoAlliance in conjunction with Meatyard exhibition at the de Young Museum curated by Elizabeth Siegel at San Francisco Art Institute
+ Screening: "Diaries of George Kuchar" ATA and Mike Kuchar present an evening of video diaries at A.T.A.
+ Performance: Robin Cox Ensemble "L@te Friday Nights" curated by Sarah Cahill at Berkeley Art Museum

Saturday:

+ Artist Talk: "Charles Gatewood" at Robert Tat Gallery

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+ Susanna Bluhm "The Bell In My Head That'll Ring 'Til I'm Dead" at Michael Rosenthal Gallery

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+ Reading: "Headlands @ Lit Crawl" at Headlands Center for the Arts (Bruce Tomb Studio)
+ Katherine Sherwood "He-Charmers" at Compound Gallery
+ Panel Discussion: Chris Brown, DeWitt Cheng, Jonn Herschend , Margaret Tedesco, Squeak Carnwath , Taraneh Hemami, Will Rogan "UC Berkeley Art Alumni Symposium IX" at UC Berkeley (University of California)

Sunday:
+ Performance: Amphibious Gestures, Erick Glick Rieman, John Bischof, Pain for the Party, Ribspace "Godwaffle Noise Pancakes" at The Lab
+ Performance: "Carla Bozulich with John Eichenseer (a.k.a. JHNO) and special guests" at The Lab

Tuesday, October 11

+ Screening: "Making Faces: Metal Type in the 21st Century" The docmentary film at Arion Press
Marina District: 1802 Hays Street, Presidio, floor 1, FREE, 5-7pm

+ Richard Misrach "1991: The Oakland-Berkeley Fire Aftermath" at Berkeley Art Museum
Berkeley: 2626 Bancroft Way, at College Avenue, Free, Community night, 5:30pm

Wednesday, October 12

+ Book launch: Gwen Allen "Panel Discussion and Launch for Artist's Magazines" at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , FREE, 7-9pm

+ Book launch: "Fillip 15 Launch & Motto Bookshop" at Kadist Art Foundation Mission District: 2401 Folsom Street, at 20th Street, floor 1, Free, Cocktails at 6pm, program at 7pm sharp

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"P1 3 year Retrospective" at Project One
Potrero Hill: 251 Rhode Island Street, 7pm-late

+ Lecture: Chiharu Shiota "Lecture by Chiharu Shiota at CCA" at California College for the Arts (CCA)
Oakland: 5212 Broadway Avenue, at College Avenue, FREE, 7:30-9:30pm

+ Artist Talk: Richard Misrach "1991: The Oakland-Berkeley Fire Aftermath" at Berkeley Art Museum
Berkeley: 2626 Bancroft Way, at College Avenue, Free with museum admission, 12pm

Thursday, October 13

Carrington Arredondo, Elizabeth Ashcroft, John Dowling, Joie Cook, Jonathan Van Coops, Jurgen Trautwein, Michelle McKenzie, Rebecca Peters, Roger Strobel, Ronald F. Sauer, Rosemary Manno "Getting a Rise Out of Fall" at Live Worms
Russian Hill: 1345 Grant Avenue, floor 1, 7-11pm

Angela Willetts "The Experience of Inhabiting a Body" at a.Muse Gallery
Mission District: 614 Alabama Street, 6-8:30 pm

"The Potluck Art Series - Group Show" at Goforaloop Gallery & Studios
Mission District: 1458A San Bruno Ave., 7-11pm

+ Lecture: "Mark Grotjahn" at California College for the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , FREE, 5:30-7:30pm

San Francisco Women Artists "In The Studio" A Juried All-Media Art Show at San Francisco Women Artists
Richmond District: 3489 Sacramento St., 5:30-7pm

David Baughan, Jess Clark "Sculptural Elements" at Paul Mahder Gallery
Richmond District: 3378 Sacramento Street, 6-9pm

Lecture: Kristen Haring "How to Knit a Popular History of Media" The History and Theory of New Media series at UC Berkeley (470 Stephens Hall)
Berkeley: , 470 Stephens Hall, 4-6pm

Friday, October 14

T.W. Chui "A 35 Year Retrospective" at Driftwood Salon
SOMA: 39 Isis St., 6-10pm

"The Matter Within" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, 9:30pm

"The Matter Within: New Contemporary Art of India" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, $5 advance, $7 at the door; free for YBCA members, 9:30pm-12:30am

Howie Whitehouse "a salon exhibition of past posters" at Fivepoints Arthouse
SOMA: 72 Tehama Street, at 2nd Street, 7pm

+ Lecture: "Ralph Eugene Meatyard" Presented by PhotoAlliance in conjunction with Meatyard exhibition at the de Young Museum curated by Elizabeth Siegel at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, $10, $5 for students, 7:30pm

Screening: "DOCFest 2011" at Roxie Theater
Mission District: 3117 16th Street, 7pm

Amandalynn, Ben Needham, David ball, David Garvey, Geoff Campen, Jessica Eastburn, Ken Keirns, Mike Kimball , St. Monci "Spectrum" at fabric8
Mission District: 3318 22nd Street , 7-10pm

+ Screening: "Diaries of George Kuchar" ATA and Mike Kuchar present an evening of video diaries at A.T.A.
Mission District: 992 Valencia Street, $6-10, 8pm

Alexandra Blum "Weather" at Paxton Gate
Mission District: Valencia Street, 6-8pm

Miguel Arzabe "Falling In" at Ampersand International Arts
Potrero Hill: 1001 Tennessee Street, 6:30-8 pm

and others in a group exhibition, Patrushka "Witches of Wonder" at Big Umbrella Studios
Hayes Valley: 906 Divisadero Street, 7-11pm

+ Performance: Robin Cox Ensemble "L@te Friday Nights" curated by Sarah Cahill at Berkeley Art Museum
Berkeley: 2626 Bancroft Way, at College Avenue, $7, Doors 5pm, concert at 7:30pm

"The Devil In The Ink" curated by Erika Lipkes at Firehouse Collective (Firehouse Nouth)
Berkeley: 1790 Shattuck Avenue, 7-9pm

Saturday, October 15

+ Artist Talk: "Charles Gatewood" at Robert Tat Gallery Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 2-5pm

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Ken Morisawa "Fishman / Waterfall" at Jack Fischer Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 3-5pm

Tour: "Yerba Buena Alliance Fall Gallery Walk" at Varnish Fine Art
Downtown: 16 Jessie street, suite 120, Free, 4-7pm

Performance: Ann Marie Stoehr, Anya Liftig, Barbara Kristof, Cheryl Meeker, CNS (Mabel Negrete and Timothy E Robertson II), Dan Spencer, Ellen Mueller, Gordon Winiemko, Isabel Re, Jennifer Gwirtz, Jordan Essoe , Kathryn Williamson, Merav Tzur, Naomi Sex, Peter Foucault, Sean Fletcher "Micromanagement" curated by Isabel Reichert, Sean Fletcher at Performance Art Institute
Downtown: 575 Sutter Street, Free, 8-10pm

Ian Shults "The Social Contract" at Gallery Heist
Tenderloin: 679 Geary Street, at Jones Street , floor 1, 7-11pm

Joey Piziali, Lester Monzon, Michael Eudy at Guerrero Gallery
Mission District: 2700 19th Street, 7-11pm

+ Susanna Bluhm "The Bell In My Head That'll Ring 'Til I'm Dead" at Michael Rosenthal Gallery Mission District: 365 Valencia street, 5-9pm

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+ Reading: "Headlands @ Lit Crawl" at Headlands Center for the Arts (Bruce Tomb Studio)
Mission District: 1240 Valencia Street, floor 1, FREE, 8:30-9:30pm

+ Katherine Sherwood "He-Charmers" at Compound Gallery
Oakland: 1167 65th st., Oakland, CA 94608, Ground floor, 6-9pm

Artist Talk: Charlie Milgrim, Julianne Wallace Sterling, Kerry Vander Meer at Mercury 20 Gallery Oakland: 475 25th Street, at Telegraph Avenue, floor 1, 4-6pm

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Ruth Block "Dreams & Visions" Monotypes and Other Paintings at Thousand Oaks Art Gallery
Berkeley: 866 Colusa Avenue, floor 1, 5-8pm

Performance: "Jerry Kuderna Piano Concert" at Berkeley Arts Festival
Berkeley: 2133 University Avenue, floor 1, suggested donation $10-$20, 8pm

+ Panel Discussion: Chris Brown, DeWitt Cheng, Jonn Herschend , Margaret Tedesco, Squeak Carnwath , Taraneh Hemami, Will Rogan "UC Berkeley Art Alumni Symposium IX" at UC Berkeley (University of California)
Berkeley: 116 Kroeber Hall, Corner of Bancroft & College Worth Ryder Gallery , floor 1, Free and open to the public, 9am-4pm

Sunday, October 16

"Yerba Buena Family Day" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, SFMOMA; Contemporary Jewsih Museum; MoAD; Children's Creativity Museum, Free and open to the public, 11am-4pm

+ Performance: Amphibious Gestures, Erick Glick Rieman, John Bischof, Pain for the Party, Ribspace "Godwaffle Noise Pancakes" at The Lab
Mission District: 2948 16th Street, $5 - $10 sliding scale or FREE with membership, noon

+ Performance: "Carla Bozulich with John Eichenseer (a.k.a. JHNO) and special guests" at The Lab
Mission District: 2948 16th Street, $8 - $12 sliding scale or FREE with membership, Doors 8:30pm, 9pm

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