It is one of those weeks when you need to be a superhuman to keep up with the shower of art events. First Thursday in San Francisco and First Friday in Oakland align with heaps of openings, while a mysterious but exciting alternative educational experience called Pickpocket Almanack gets started with the support of the SF MOMA. Jack Hanley opens his gallery to an interactive performance by students of CCA. Wrapping up the storm of activity is a talk at UC Berkeley Art for their wonderful Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium by new MacArthur Fellow Camille Utterback. Whew... keep checking www.artcards.cc/sanfrancisco for new updates on openings and happenings!

Tuesday:
+ Tour: "Cultural Gems in the Mission District" at Southern Exposure
+ Artist Talk: Tino Sehgal at California College for the Arts (CCA)

Thursday:
+ "Love It Or Leave It" at 111 Minna Gallery
+ Becky Stern, Eclectic Tech Carnival, Michele Pred, Travis J. Meinolf, Trevor Pitt "Open Source Embroidery" curated by Ele Carpenter at The Museum of Craft and Folk Art
+ "INTERRUPTING A BEAM OF LIGHT" curated by Rachel Adams at David Cunningham Projects
+ Art Fair: Andre Furlan, Pete Klimek "International Festival Of Flowers 2009 San Francisco" curated by Andre Furlan at St. Mary's Cathedral Gallery
+ Diem Chau, Lisa Solomon, Marina Luz "Binding Constant" at Rare Device
+ Closing reception: David Ivan Clark , Emily Payne, Kerri Lee Johnson at SF MOMA (SFMOMA Artists Gallery at Fort Mason)

Friday:
+ Ben Nixon, Hendrik Paul, Susan Seubert "Lightning, Lava, and Bombs" at RayKo Photo Center (Liberty Park)
+ Screening: "Stay the Same Never Change" at San Francisco Art Institute
+ Performance: "THE SOMETHING" at Jack Hanley Gallery
+ "Around the Corner, Around the World" Creative Growth 35th Anniversary + Street Party at Creative Growth
+ Andrew Benson, Sebastien Lapointe "Disintegrations" at Johansson Projects

Saturday:
+ Mathew Rodriguez, Michael Sieben, Russ Pope, Tim Kerr "If, Then Maybe..." at Needles & Pens

Monday:
+ Artist Talk: Camille Utterback at UC Berkeley (Main Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall)

Tuesday, September 29

Eric Bailey "WOODRICH" at PUSH Studio
SOMA: 864 Folsom Street, 7-11pm

+ Tour: "Cultural Gems in the Mission District" at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , $15 AIA Members | $25 Nonmembers, 3-5pm

+ Artist Talk: Tino Sehgal at California College for the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Timken Lecture Hall, 7pm

Wednesday, September 30

Benefit: "Sister Spit Kickoff" Presented by RADAR Productions and The Lab at The Lab
Mission District: 2948 16th Street, $10 - $15 sliding scale admission, 7:30pm

Artist Talk: Pae White "The Inside-Out Lecture" at Mills College Art Museum
Oakland: 5000 Macarthur Boulvard, Danforth Lecture Hall, Art Building, Free, 7pm

Thursday, October 1

+ "Love It Or Leave It" at 111 Minna Gallery
SOMA: 111 Minna Street, +21, 5pm-late

+ Becky Stern, Eclectic Tech Carnival, Michele Pred, Travis J. Meinolf, Trevor Pitt "Open Source Embroidery" curated by Ele Carpenter at The Museum of Craft and Folk Art
SOMA: 51 Yerba Buena Lane, 6-8pm

+ "INTERRUPTING A BEAM OF LIGHT" curated by Rachel Adams at David Cunningham Projects
Downtown: 1928 Folsom Street, 7-10pm

"Von Doom" curated by Alex Braubach at Ever Gold
Downtown: 441 O'Farrell Street, 6-9pm

Gary Ruddell "New Paintings" at Dolby Chadwick Gallery
Downtown: 210 Post Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

Eric Zener at Hespe Gallery
Downtown: 251 Post Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

Benefit: "Galvanized Gala" at Gray Area Foundation for the Arts
Downtown: 55 Taylor Street, Donation-based, 6:30-9PM

+ Art Fair: Andre Furlan, Pete Klimek "International Festival Of Flowers 2009 San Francisco" curated by Andre Furlan at St. Mary's Cathedral Gallery
Japantown: 1111 Gough Street, $50 for Gala Event and Preview, 6-9pm

Performance: "David Lang Performance" at Steven Wolf Fine Arts
Mission District: 2747 19th Street, at York St., floor 1, A, 5:30-7:30pm

"SpaceCRAFT" monthly art show launching new works by CELLspace resident artists at CELLspace
Mission District: 2050 Bryant Street, 7pm

"Move (#19)" curated by Rich Jacobs at FIFTY24SF Gallery
Hayes Valley: 248 Fillmore Street, 7-9:30pm

+ Diem Chau, Lisa Solomon, Marina Luz "Binding Constant" at Rare Device
Hayes Valley: 1845 Market Street, 6-8pm

Closing reception: 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

+ Closing reception: 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

Friday, October 2

+ Ben Nixon, Hendrik Paul, Susan Seubert "Lightning, Lava, and Bombs" at RayKo Photo Center (Liberty Park)
SOMA: 400 3rd Street, at Harrison Street, 6-8pm

Oliver Black at Medicine Agency
Downtown: 1262 Mason Street, 7-11pm

C.E.B. Reas, Camille Utterback, Stamen Design "Open" Inaugural Exhibition at Gray Area Foundation for the Arts
Downtown: 55 Taylor Street, 6-10pm

+ Screening: "Stay the Same Never Change" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, 7:30pm

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

+ Performance: "THE SOMETHING" at Jack Hanley Gallery
Mission District: 395 Valencia Street, 7-10pm

+ "Around the Corner, Around the World" Creative Growth 35th Anniversary + Street Party at Creative Growth
Oakland: 355 24th Street , 5-9pm

Joan Weiss "Reckless Blooms" at Mercury 20 Gallery
Oakland: 475 25th Street, at Telegraph Avenue, floor 1, 6-9pm

Closing reception: Ben Belknap, Crystal Morey, Derek Weisberg "This Long Road" at The Compound Gallery
Oakland: 1167 65th Street, floor 1, 6-9pm

Closing reception: Narangkar Glover "It's Gonna Be Awesome" at Blankspace
Oakland: 6608 San Pablo Avenue, 7-10pm

+ Andrew Benson, Sebastien Lapointe "Disintegrations" at Johansson Projects
Oakland: 2300 Telegraph Avenue, at 23rd Street, Free, 5-8pm

Saturday, October 3

Benefit: "ART MADE HERE!" Private Preview Gala for SF Open Studios at ArtSpan
SOMA: 934 Brannan Street , $50 in advance / $60 at door, 7:30-10pm

Luke Brown "Spectral Eyes" at PUSH Studio
SOMA: 864 Folsom Street, 7-11pm

Workshop: Casey Reas "Creative Coding: An Introduction to Processing" at Gray Area Foundation for the Arts
Downtown: 55 Taylor Street, $200, 1pm-6pm

+ Mathew Rodriguez, Michael Sieben, Russ Pope, Tim Kerr "If, Then Maybe..." at Needles & Pens
Mission District: 3253 16th Street, 6-9:30pm

Art Fair: "Crucero Artero: A bi-monthly arts bazaar in Studio 24" at Galeria de la Raza
Mission District: 2857 24th Street , 2-9pm

"Metaphysical Abstraction" curated by Jamie Brunson , Michelle Mansour at Berkeley Art Center
Berkeley: 1275 Walnut Street, 5-8pm

Sunday, October 4

Closing reception: "The Space Between Us" at WE artspace
Oakland: 768 40th Street, 5-8pm

Monday, October 5

+ Artist Talk: Camille Utterback at UC Berkeley (Main Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall)
Berkeley: Near Hearst Street, 3rd Floor , 7:30-9pm

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