Time for the the Fall Art going season to begin with a bang! The SF galleries seem to be spreading their openings over the next two weeks to deal with the physical closure of the Bay Bridge (September 3-8) and the upcoming Labor Day holiday weekend.  Nevertheless, Ever Gold and Park Life host interesting shows, while Blankspace puts on a novel pre-thesis benefit show for Mills College MFA Students -- it's aptly titled "Stimulus Package." Good luck getting around!

Thursday:
+ "Play With Your Own Marbles: Walead Beshty, Karl Haendel, Patrick Hill" curated by Betty Nguyen at NOMA Gallery
+ Laurel Roth, Mary Anne Kluth "Theory of the Unforeseen" at Frey Norris Gallery
+ Lucy and Mark Mulroney "can you believe it, we almost got divorced" at Ever Gold
+ David Ivan Clark , Emily Payne, Kerri Lee Johnson at SF MOMA (SFMOMA Artists Gallery at Fort Mason)

Friday:
+ "art.tech" A three-day festival celebrating the intersection of art and technology at The Lab
+ Sean Talley at Jancar Jones Gallery
+ Ryan Coffey at Lake Gallery
+ Andrew Schoultz, Chris Ballantyne, Mark Mulroney "A Collaboration" at Park Life
+ Evan Holm , Stephani Martinez at Hatch Gallery
+ Closing reception: "Object Oriented" at The Compound Gallery
+ Jennie Ottinger "Ibid." at Johansson Projects

Saturday:
+ Packard Jennings, Sandow Birk at Catharine Clark Gallery
+ Performance: "art.tech" A three-day festival celebrating the intersection of art and technology at The Lab
+ Michele Ramirez "New Works on Paper" at Rowan Morrison Gallery

Sunday:
+ Performance: "art.tech" A three-day festival celebrating the intersection of art and technology at The Lab

Wednesday, September 2

? Gugger Petter at Andrea Schwartz Gallery
SOMA: 525 2nd Street, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

"14th Annual Yozo Hamaguchi Printmaking Scholarship Awards Exhibition" at California College for the Arts (CCA)
Oakland: 5212 Broadway Avenue, at College Avenue, Isabelle Percy West Gallery, 6-7:30pm

"Faculty Exhibition" at California College for the Arts (CCA)
Oakland: 5212 Broadway Avenue, at College Avenue, Irwin Student Center Gallery, 5:30-7:30pm

Thursday, September 3

"BELLA FELDMAN - JP LONG : Dialogue" at Sculpturesite Gallery
SOMA: 201 3rd Street, Suite 102, 5:30-7:30pm

+ "Play With Your Own Marbles: Walead Beshty, Karl Haendel, Patrick Hill" curated by Betty Nguyen at NOMA Gallery
SOMA: 80 Maiden Lane, floor 3, 6-9pm

"Neighborhood SF" curated by Martin Olive, Ryan Malley at 111 Minna Gallery
SOMA: 111 Minna Street, 6pm-Late

Clem Crosby, Tad Wiley at George Lawson Gallery: Room for Painting Room for Paper
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, at Market Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

+ Laurel Roth, Mary Anne Kluth "Theory of the Unforeseen" at Frey Norris Gallery
Downtown: 456 Geary Street, 6-9pm

+ Lucy and Mark Mulroney "can you believe it, we almost got divorced" at Ever Gold
Downtown: 441 O'Farrell Street, 6-9pm

Addie Shevlin, Angela Simione, Jenny E. Balisle, Jessica Martin, Lea Feinstein, Liz Maxwell, Michael Shankman "Framed" at Hang Art (HANG ART )
Downtown: 567 Sutter Street, 6-8pm

Augustina Caprioglio, Beth Waldman, Corey Best, Eran Dayan, Henry Kitchen, Jon Fisher, Michelle Guintu, Norah Hoover, Richard Castaneda, Tony Dryer "SPACECRAFT 3" curated by CELLspace art collective at CELLspace
Mission District: 2050 Bryant Street, Free, 7-10pm

The Date Farmers "Strange Fruit" at FIFTY24SF Gallery
Hayes Valley: 248 Fillmore Street, 7-9:30pm

Tour: "Divisadero Art Walk" Haight to Geary at Divisadero Community Gallery
Western Addition: 537 Divisadero Street, 6-Late

Niki Shapiro "Common Fold" at Divisadero Community Gallery
Western Addition: 537 Divisadero Street, 7-10pm

Kirk Crippens , Max Lawrence "New World Order: Technology" at SF MOMA (SFMOMA Artists Gallery at Fort Mason)
Marina District: 0 Fort Mason Center, Loft, 5:30-7:30pm

+ David Ivan Clark , Emily Payne, Kerri Lee Johnson at SF MOMA (SFMOMA Artists Gallery at Fort Mason)
Marina District: 0 Fort Mason Center, 5:30-7:30pm

Bedri Baykam "Alphonse Berber Gallery Presents: Bedri Baykam, Turkish Contemporary Pop Artist" curated by Cameron Jackson, Jessica Cox at Alphonse Berber Gallery
Berkeley: 2546 Bancroft Way, 6-9pm

Friday, September 4

Benefit: "Book Arts & Zine Show + Dance Party + Benefit for the San Francisco Center for the Book" CreativemindsSF presents at 111 Minna Gallery
SOMA: 111 Minna Street, Free Before 9pm, $7 Before 11pm -- $10 After, 7-Late

"NEW WORKS" at Artist-Xchange Gallery
Mission District: 3169 16th St, 7-10pm

+ "art.tech" A three-day festival celebrating the intersection of art and technology at The Lab
Mission District: 2948 16th Street, Tickets available at the door $12-$20 sliding scale admission per day, 1-11pm

+ Sean Talley at Jancar Jones Gallery
Mission District: 965 Mission Street, Suite 120, 6-9pm

"September Art Show" at City Art Gallery
Mission District: 828 Valencia Street, 7-10pm

+ Ryan Coffey at Lake Gallery
Hayes Valley: 661 Divisadero Street, 7-9:30pm

Steve MacDonald "Masters of the Impossible" at Rare Device
Hayes Valley: 1845 Market Street, 7-9pm

+ Andrew Schoultz, Chris Ballantyne, Mark Mulroney "A Collaboration" at Park Life
Richmond District: 220 Clement Street, 7-10pm

Alison Rash, Chris Trueman, Eric Ward, Jay Merryweather, Joshue Dildine, Kevin Scianni, Michael Cutlip "Surface Strata" at Joyce Gordon Gallery
Oakland: 406 14th Street , free, 5:30-9:00pm

+ Evan Holm , Stephani Martinez at Hatch Gallery
Oakland: 492 23rd Street, at Telegraph Avenue, 7-9pm

+ Closing reception: "Object Oriented" at The Compound Gallery
Oakland: 1167 65th Street, floor 1, 6-9pm

"Stimulus Package" or The Mills Recovery and Reinvestment Show of 2009 at Blankspace
Oakland: 6608 San Pablo Avenue, 6-10pm

? ArtEsteem "Self As Super Hero: Critical Thought for Social Action" at Rock Paper Scissors Collective
Oakland: 2278 Telegraph Avenue, at 23rd Street, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

+ Jennie Ottinger "Ibid." at Johansson Projects
Oakland: 2300 Telegraph Avenue, at 23rd Street, Free, 5-8pm

Saturday, September 5

+ Packard Jennings, Sandow Birk at Catharine Clark Gallery
SOMA: 150 Minna Street, 5-8pm

Gino Perez, Rony Alwin "gatos locos" at Medicine Agency
Downtown: 1262 Mason Street, 7-11pm

+ Performance: "art.tech" A three-day festival celebrating the intersection of art and technology at The Lab
Mission District: 2948 16th Street, Tickets available at the door $12-$20 sliding scale admission per day, 1-11pm

+ Michele Ramirez "New Works on Paper" at Rowan Morrison Gallery
Oakland: 330 40th Street, 7-10pm

? elizaBeth Benson-Udom, JJ Levine, Raven Reyes "3antlers" at John F. Kennedy University
Berkeley: 2956 San Pablo Avenue, floor 2, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Sunday, September 6

+ Performance: "art.tech" A three-day festival celebrating the intersection of art and technology at The Lab
Mission District: 2948 16th Street, Tickets available at the door $12-$20 sliding scale admission per day, 1-8pm

Artcards San Francisco is a weekly email publication led by editor Emma Spertus. Email event submissions to sfinfo@artcards.cc or use our submission form. New: you can now add an image to your listing by using the submission form.

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