After an action-packed beginning to August, the pace steadies this week to a more manageable list of events. This a good time to catch up with summer shows before they disappear at Artcards' Closing Soon page.  Also, if you missed the opening, but like to see shows while they are still fresh (I do), we can help you with that at Artcards' Recently Opened page. Partisan Gallery and Local 123 top my choices for art openings this week, and I am intrigued by YBCA's What's The Big Idea? Night Party, which is sure to be wild.

Thursday:
+ "Curator Talks: Jim Hodges" curated by Frank Smigiel at SF MOMA
+ "Introductions" at Creativity Explored

Friday:
+ Micke Tong "Micro-Habitat" at BellJar
+ Nate Boyce at Partisan Gallery

Saturday:
+ Chrissy Piper "THREE RECORDS" at Needles & Pens
+ Jon Schroeder, Maliea Croy "Down By the Sycamores" at Local 123

Sunday:
+ Closing reception: Andy Vogt, Joshua Churchill "Sustained Decay" at Adobe Books Backroom Gallery

Tuesday, August 11

"SERENITY SUMMER 09" at UCSF Center of Excellence In Women's Health
Western Addition: 2356 Sutter Street, Floors 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 5:30-7:30pm

Thursday, August 13

"HERstory" An Art and Fashion Exhibition by Ivana Ristic at Design Guild SF Gallery
SOMA: 427 Bryant Street, at 2nd Avenue, 7-9pm

+ "Curator Talks: Jim Hodges" curated by Frank Smigiel at SF MOMA
SOMA: 151 Third Street, Mission Street, FREE w/ Museum Admission, Meet in the Haas Atrium before moving into the galleries. 6:30 p.m.

"Europe" 2009 new aquisitions at Warnock Fine Arts
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 2, 5-8pm

"Hobos to Street People" Artists' Responses to Homelessness from the New Deal to the Present at California Historical Society
Downtown: 678 Mission Street, 6-8pm

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

"Alter Ego (A.K.A.)" at Queens Nails Projects
Mission District: 3191 Mission Street, 8-11pm

Friday, August 14

Attaboy, also known as Daniel Seifer "Antidote" at 1AM Gallery
SOMA: 1000 Howard Street, 7-10pm

? "Local Love - group show" at 666 Gallery
SOMA: 66 Sixth Street, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

+ Micke Tong "Micro-Habitat" at BellJar
Mission District: 3187 16th Street, 6-9pm

+ Nate Boyce at Partisan Gallery
Mission District: 112 Guerrero Street, 7-10pm

Ed UFO, Ronnie Buders "HEADLESS BODY IN TOPLESS BAR" at Lower Haters Gallery
Haight Ashbury: 597 Haight Street, 7-11pm

Emma Spertus "Booked" at Forthrite
Oakland: 5857 San Pablo Avenue, 7-10pm

Saturday, August 15

"What's The Big Idea? Night Party" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, Free, but RSVP for guaranteed admittance, 9pm-2am

"Unbridled Lambency" at double punch
Downtown: 1821 Powell Street , 7-11pm

Shawn Barber "Tattooed Portraits – Snapshots" at Shooting Gallery
Tenderloin: 839 Larkin Street, 7-11pm

+ Chrissy Piper "THREE RECORDS" at Needles & Pens
Mission District: 3253 16th Street, 6-9:30pm

+ Jon Schroeder, Maliea Croy "Down By the Sycamores" at Local 123
Berkeley: 2049 San Pablo Avenue, at University Avenue, 6-8pm

Sunday, August 16

"Terrain" Views of California at Studio Gallery
Downtown: 1815 Polk Street, 2-6pm

+ Closing reception: Andy Vogt, Joshua Churchill "Sustained Decay" at Adobe Books Backroom Gallery
Mission District: 3166 16th Street, 4-6pm

Artist Talk: "Visual Eco-Criticism: A Panel Discussion" at Headlands Center for the Arts
Marin Headlands: 944 Fort Barry , off Bunker Road, floor 1-4, Free, RSVP to public programs by visiting www.headlands.org or emailing info@headlands.org, 4pm

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+ = Editor's pick
? = Opening not confirmed - check site for updates.