Look out for exciting events this week that slip in before the holidays take over entirely which include; a curated screening series at Romer Young, The SECA Award Member Preview at the SFMOMA, and fundraiser for local great non-profits ATA (Winter Beach Formal) and The Lab (Winter Wunderkammer Holiday Art Sale).

See you out there!

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Tuesday:
+ Panel Discussion: "Benjamin Echeverria and Laurie Reid in conversation with Lawrence Rinder" at Gallery 16
+ Panel Discussion: "Evening Conversation with Elizabeth Axtman, SHIFT artist and Meg Shiffler, SFAC gallery director and SHIFT curator" at SF Arts Commission Gallery (Museum of African Diaspora)
+ Screening: Amanda Trager, Erik Moskowitz "Screening of Cloud Cuckoo Land" at Meridian Gallery

Wednesday:
+ Preview: "Member Party" 2010 SECA Art Award at SF MOMA
+ Artist Talk: "Frances Stark" at Mills College Art Museum
+ Artist Talk: David Littschwagner "Meet Your Neighbors--One Cubic Foot Underneath the Golden Gate Bridge" at David Brower Center

+ Preview: "Headlands Center for the Arts First Look Preview Party" at Headlands Center for the Arts

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Thursday:
+ Carl Corey: Wisconsin Tavern League, Joseph O. Holmes at RayKo Photo Center (Liberty Park)

+ Lecture: "Kenneth Silverman on Houdini: Jewish Star of American History" at Contemporary Jewish Museum

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+ Book launch: "SHIFT Catalogue Release Party" at SF Arts Commission Gallery

+ Screening: Glen Helfand, John Pearson, Jonathan T.D. Neil, Romer Young Projections, Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer "Projections: 5 Nights / 5 Curators" at Romer Young Gallery

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Friday:
+ Art Fair: "Winter Wunderkammer Holiday Art Sale" at The Lab

+ Screening: Glen Helfand, John Pearson, Jonathan T.D. Neil, Romer Young Projections, Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer "Projections: 5 Nights / 5 Curators" at Romer Young Gallery

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+ Emma Spertus, Kate Ruggeri "Self-Titled/Forum of Federations" at Important Projects

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+ Performance: "Boopers and Bloopers: The Artistry of Inappropriate Appropriation" NegativWobblyland & Bryan Boyce curated by Steve Seid at Berkeley Art Museum

Saturday:
+ Art Fair: "Winter Wunderkammer Holiday Art Sale" at The Lab
+ Amy Hibbs, Amy Ho, Angie Crabtree, Bobby Lukas, Cathy Lu, Chelsea Pegra, Claire Jackel , Dan Grayber, Emmanuelle Namont Kouznetsov, Erica Gangsei, Joey Castor, John Casey, Juan Luna-Avin, Liz Koerner, Ray Beldner, Ryan Jones, Selene Foster, Shenny Cruces "Misfit Toy Factory" at Root Division

Sunday:
+ Benjamin Marlowe, Dalia Anani, Diana Stapleton, Ilyse Nagy, Jsun Parizo, Niel Rivas "Make it Happen is pleased to present DISSEMINATION, an interactive event celebrating the way one considers their own role in the construction of the knowledge of a community." curated by Wes Fanelli, Benjamin Marlowe, Joyce Grimm, Lauren Taylor, Melissa Dickenson at California College for the Arts (CCA)
+ Performance: American Splits, Buffalo Tooth, Chen Santa Maria, Cool Ghouls, Primitive Hearts, Puce Moment, Shannon & the Clams "ATA Fundraiser: The ATA Winter Beach Formal" at A.T.A.

Tuesday, December 6

+ Panel Discussion: "Benjamin Echeverria and Laurie Reid in conversation with Lawrence Rinder" at Gallery 16
SOMA: 501 Third Street, Free, RSVP to katy@gallery16.com, 7-9pm

+ Panel Discussion: "Evening Conversation with Elizabeth Axtman, SHIFT artist and Meg Shiffler, SFAC gallery director and SHIFT curator" at SF Arts Commission Gallery (Museum of African Diaspora)
Downtown: 658 Mission Street, Free, 6:30-8:30pm

+ Screening: Amanda Trager, Erik Moskowitz "Screening of Cloud Cuckoo Land" at Meridian Gallery
Downtown: 535 Powell Street, Free, 7pm

Wednesday, December 7

+ Preview: "Member Party" 2010 SECA Art Award at SF MOMA
SOMA: 151 Third Street, Mission Street, 7:30-10pm

+ Artist Talk: "Frances Stark" at Mills College Art Museum
Oakland: 5000 Macarthur Boulvard, DANFORTH LECTURE HALL, 7pm

+ Artist Talk: David Littschwagner "Meet Your Neighbors--One Cubic Foot Underneath the Golden Gate Bridge" at David Brower Center
Berkeley: 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704 , Ground Floor, 5:30-7:30pm

+ Preview: "Headlands Center for the Arts First Look Preview Party" at Headlands Center for the Arts Marin Headlands: 944 Fort Barry , off Bunker Road, floor 1-4, $75 General/ $50 Members, 6-10pm

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Thursday, December 8

+ Carl Corey: Wisconsin Tavern League, Joseph O. Holmes at RayKo Photo Center (Liberty Park)
SOMA: 400 3rd Street, at Harrison Street, 6-8pm

"The Guerrilla Show 2: Join the Revolution" Bay Area Juried Exhibition & Off-The-Wall Sale at Arc Studios & Gallery
SOMA: 1246 Folsom Street, 6-9pm

+ Lecture: "Kenneth Silverman on Houdini: Jewish Star of American History" at Contemporary Jewish Museum SOMA: 736 Mission Street, Third Street, 6:30-8pm

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David Buckingham, Gyöngy Laky, Jessica Drenk, Ruby Wescoat, Shawn Smith, Will Marino "Director's Choice" at Cain Schulte Gallery
Downtown: 251 Post Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

+ Book launch: "SHIFT Catalogue Release Party" at SF Arts Commission Gallery
Civic Center: 401 Van Ness Avenue , at McAllister Street, Free, 6:30-8pm (7pm, Comments by Meg Shiffler and SFAC President, PJ Johnston)

+ Screening: Glen Helfand, John Pearson, Jonathan T.D. Neil, Romer Young Projections, Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer "Projections: 5 Nights / 5 Curators" at Romer Young Gallery Mission District: 1240 22nd Street, 6:30pm

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Friday, December 9

Performance: "Geo Wyeth" PAI December Artist-in-Residence at Performance Art Institute
Downtown: 575 Sutter Street, 8pm

Douglas Schneider "Fate, Choice and Desire" at Caldwell Snyder Gallery Downtown: 341 Sutter Street, 6-8pm

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Artist Talk: "Alessandra Sanguinetti with Benjamin Cawthra" PhotoAlliance Fall 2011 Lecture Series at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, $10.00 general admission $5.00 students with ID, 7:30pm

+ Art Fair: "Winter Wunderkammer Holiday Art Sale" at The Lab
Mission District: 2948 16th Street, Free, 6-10pm

+ Screening: Glen Helfand, John Pearson, Jonathan T.D. Neil, Romer Young Projections, Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer "Projections: 5 Nights / 5 Curators" at Romer Young Gallery Mission District: 1240 22nd Street, 6:30pm

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Leigh Barbier "Biospheres" at 60SIX
Mission District: 66 Elgin Park, floor 1, 6-8:30pm

Screening: "Occupy!" Please Join us for a night of videos, sound, performance, poetry, film and discussion about the Occupy movement at A.T.A.
Mission District: 992 Valencia Street, Donation, 6:30pm

+ Emma Spertus, Kate Ruggeri "Self-Titled/Forum of Federations" at Important Projects Oakland: 5432 Boyd Avenue, floor 2, 7-10pm

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+ Performance: "Boopers and Bloopers: The Artistry of Inappropriate Appropriation" NegativWobblyland & Bryan Boyce curated by Steve Seid at Berkeley Art Museum
Berkeley: 2626 Bancroft Way, at College Avenue, $7, Doors 5pm, concert at 7:30pm

Saturday, December 10

Claire Healy, Sean Cordeiro "Par Avion (American Debut)" at Frey Norris Gallery
SOMA: 161 Jessie Street, first floor, 4-7pm

Workshop: "Make It @ Mocfa" With special guest artist Stan Peterson at Museum of Craft and Folk Art
SOMA: 51 Yerba Buena Lane, 2-4pm

Artist Talk: Victoria DeBlassie "Collect, Stitch, Dry, Sew, Repeat, Artist talk" curated by Aline Dargie at Make Hang
North Beach: 450 Green Street, floor 1, 4-5pm

"Stephen De Staebler" at Dolby Chadwick Gallery Downtown: 210 Post Street, floor 2, 3-5pm

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+ Art Fair: "Winter Wunderkammer Holiday Art Sale" at The Lab
Mission District: 2948 16th Street, Free, 11am-4pm

+ Amy Hibbs, Amy Ho, Angie Crabtree, Bobby Lukas, Cathy Lu, Chelsea Pegra, Claire Jackel , Dan Grayber, Emmanuelle Namont Kouznetsov, Erica Gangsei, Joey Castor, John Casey, Juan Luna-Avin, Liz Koerner, Ray Beldner, Ryan Jones, Selene Foster, Shenny Cruces "Misfit Toy Factory" at Root Division
Mission District: 3175 17th Street, South Van Ness, 7-10pm

"Incline Gallery’s Anniversary Show" at INCLINE Gallery
Mission District: 766 Valencia Street, floor 1, 5-10pm

Artist Talk: Dave Meeker "Landscapes" at Mercury 20 Gallery
Oakland: 475 25th Street, at Telegraph Avenue, floor 1, 5pm

Jonathan Loomis, Kristine Eudey "The Edges of the Forest" at Lobot Gallery Oakland: 1800 Campbell Street, 18th Street, 7-10pm

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"The Phone Photo Show" Nine photographers showing work done with mobile phone cameras at LightRoom Gallery
Berkeley: 2263 Fifth Street, 2-5pm

Sunday, December 11

+ Benjamin Marlowe, Dalia Anani, Diana Stapleton, Ilyse Nagy, Jsun Parizo, Niel Rivas "Make it Happen is pleased to present DISSEMINATION, an interactive event celebrating the way one considers their own role in the construction of the knowledge of a community." curated by Wes Fanelli, Benjamin Marlowe, Joyce Grimm, Lauren Taylor, Melissa Dickenson at California College for the Arts (CCA)
SOMA: 1158 Howard Street, 7-10pm

+ Performance: American Splits, Buffalo Tooth, Chen Santa Maria, Cool Ghouls, Primitive Hearts, Puce Moment, Shannon & the Clams "ATA Fundraiser: The ATA Winter Beach Formal" at A.T.A.
Mission District: 992 Valencia Street, $10-20, 3pm

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