Though the number of openings around the bay is a little light, its still an exciting week in the arts. New spaces keep popping up, like Sherwood Gallery in SF. Sherwood's inaugural show, "Nothing is True. Nothing is Untrue" opened last week, and Alter Space's opening group show includes favorites like Michelle Blade and Bean Gilsdorf. 

This is also the week of San Francisco Art Institutes's graduate open studios; CCA's had many impressive artists, we're excited to familiarize ourselves with '12 and '13's grads

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New on Artcards Review:
-"Armory Arts Week Event: 'Editquette' Photo Recap" by Opalnest
-"The 2012 AIPAD Photography Show–New York, New York" by Gabriella Radujko

Tuesday:
+ Artist Talk: LaToya Ruby Frazier "Lecture: LaToya Ruby Frazier" at California College for the Arts (CCA)

Wednesday:
+ Book launch: "Wayne Koestenbaum reads from his new book The Anatomy of Harpo Marx" at San Francisco Art Institute
+ Screening: "Kippenberger, The Artist and His Families" Screening and Book Launch at Kadist Art Foundation

Thursday:
+ Performance: Jared Blum, Jeremy Novak, Jim Abramson "Jeremy Novak Live!" at Headlands Center for the Arts

Saturday:
+ Nina Katchadourian "Seat Assignment" at Catharine Clark Gallery
+ "Fulll Firearms" Emily Wardill at Altman Siegel
+ Barry McGee "Barry McGee and Friends" at Gallery Paule Anglim
+ "SFAI Graduate Open Studios" at San Francisco Art Institute (Swell Gallery)

Tuesday, April 10

+ Artist Talk: LaToya Ruby Frazier "Lecture: LaToya Ruby Frazier" at California College for the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Timken Hall, Free, 7-9pm

Wednesday, April 11

Dwayne Marsh & Nana Twumasi, Nathaniel Parsons & Ly Nguyen, Christine Ponelle & Annice Jacoby, Eliza Barrios & Myron Michael, Karrie Hovey & Elise Ficarra with Evelyn Ficarra, Keiko Ishihara & Chaim Bertman, Liz Worthy & Jenny Bitner, Matthew Rogers & Maw Shein Win, Megan Wilson & Hugh Behm-Steinberg, Misako Inaoka & Jaime Cortez, Patricia Kelly & Vince Montague, Paul Bridenbaugh & Steve Gilmartin "Broadside Attractions | Vanquished Terrains" at Intersection for the Arts (Intersection 5M)
SOMA: 901 Mission Street, at 5th Street, floor 1, Free, 7-9pm

+ Book launch: "Wayne Koestenbaum reads from his new book The Anatomy of Harpo Marx" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, 7:30pm

+ Screening: "Kippenberger, The Artist and His Families" Screening and Book Launch at Kadist Art Foundation
Mission District: 2401 Folsom Street, at 20th Street, floor 1, Free, 6pm

Thursday, April 12

John Chiara "Crestmont at Coral" at Haines Gallery Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 5, 5:30-7:30pm

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"Kala-fornia: State of the Art 2" at Kala Art Institute Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, 6-8pm

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+ Performance: Jared Blum, Jeremy Novak, Jim Abramson "Jeremy Novak Live!" at Headlands Center for the Arts
Marin Headlands: 944 Fort Barry , off Bunker Road, floor 1-4, Dinner at Building 944, performance in Building 961., Dinner + Performance $25 | $20 Members; Performance only $10 | Free to Members, 6:30 - 10 pm

Friday, April 13

Screening: "Undocumented and Unafraid: An Evening of Film & Conversation" at SOMArts Cultural Center
SOMA: 934 Brannan Street, $5 suggested donation, 6-9pm

Erik Parra "Cardinal Shift" at Satellite66
Tenderloin: 66 6th Street, 7-10pm

Adam Feibelman, and Imin Yeh, David Linger, Elisheva Biernoff, The Great Tortilla Conspiracy "Counterproof: The Other Side of Print" curated by John Zarobell at INCLINE Gallery Mission District: 766 Valencia Street, floor 1, 6-9pm

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"Vanishing Point: Uncovering Invisible Boundaries, Rare Maps, and Systems of Thought" at The Art Gallery at Cesar Chavez Student Center
Sunset: 1650 Holloway Avenue, floor 2, Free, 5-8pm

"A Figurative Alchemy" at Firehouse Collective (Firehouse Nouth)
Berkeley: 1790 Shattuck Avenue, 7-9pm

Artist Talk: "An Hour with the Director" Focus: Dreams of the Darkest Night, Bruce Guttin: Headwear Improvisations by a Sculptor, & Selections from the Fine Arts Collection curated by Renny Pritikin at Nelson Gallery at UC Davis (Nelson Hall)
Davis: 1 Shields Avenue, floor 1, Free, 5-7pm

Saturday, April 14

+ Nina Katchadourian "Seat Assignment" at Catharine Clark Gallery
SOMA: 150 Minna Street, Free, 3-5 pm

+ "Fulll Firearms" Emily Wardill at Altman Siegel
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

Ryan M. Reynolds "Continuum" curated by Steven Lopez at ArtZone 461 Gallery Mission District: 461 Valencia Street, 5-8pm

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+ Barry McGee "Barry McGee and Friends" at Gallery Paule Anglim
Potrero Hill: 1717 17th Street, 3-6 pm

+ "SFAI Graduate Open Studios" at San Francisco Art Institute (Swell Gallery)
Potrero Hill: 2565 Third Street, Free, 12-5 pm

Artist Talk: Dave Meeker, Eric Bohr, P.K. Frizzell , Peter Honig , Terryl Dunn at Mercury 20 Gallery
Oakland: 475 25th Street, at Telegraph Avenue, floor 1, 4-6pm

Sunday, April 15

Artist Talk: Deborah J. Miller "Cradle of Wet and Burning" at John F. Kennedy University
Berkeley: 2956 San Pablo Avenue, floor 2, 4-5pm

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