This week: a couple hot artist talks, a festival for documentaries at the Roxie Theater, a festival for Futurism with participating spaces all over town, the finale of the LitQuake Festival with an impressive LitCrawl, and, most excitingly, the Grand Opening of Southern Exposure in their new space!

Mark Dion (who is speaking on Thursday at CCA) and Candice Breitz (who is speaking Monday at UC Berkeley, and at SF MoMA later this month) give engaging presentations of their vital and relevant work.

For the foodie-art lovers out there, OPENfuture, a performance and edible event at SF MoMA, promises to deliver -- if you can handle the hefty price.

Tuesday:
+ Harry Clewans , Maizie Gilbert "James D. Phelan Art Award in Printmaking 2009" curated by Larry Rinder at Kala Art Institute

Wednesday:
+ "Fortunato Depero 50" Metal + Machine + Manifesto = Futurism’s First 100 Years curated by Maurizio Scudiero at Italian Cultural Institute
+ Lecture: Erik Loyer, Sharon Daniel "New Media Documentary: Digital Art and Activism" at UC Berkeley (University of California)

Thursday:
+ Lecture: "Marjorie Perloff on the Futurist Moment" Metal + Machine + Manifesto = Futurism's First 100 Years curated by Johanna Drucker, Marjorie Perloff at SF MOMA
+ Anne Appleby, Tomas Nakada at Gallery Paule Anglim
+ Book launch: Mark Whiteley "This is not a photo opportunity" at Fecal Face Dot Gallery
+ Matthew Schwartz "Catman’s Travels" curated by Brianna Toth at Tartine
+ Justin Beal, Kate Owens, Lena Daly at Jancar Jones Gallery
+ Mark Dion "CCA Graduate Studies Lecture Series" at California College for the Arts (CCA)

Friday:
+ David Kasprzak , James Sterling Pitt, Orion Shepherd, Paul Wackers, Sean McFarland "HYPERSPACES" at Park Life

Saturday:
+ Performance: Chris Sollars, Luciano Chessa, Matt Volla, OPENrestaurant "OPENfuture: Spinning Marinetti's Wheels" Metal + Machine + Manifesto = Futurism's First 100 Years at SF MOMA
+ Tour: "Litquake's Litcrawl" at Creativity Explored
+ Screening: "Between The Folds" 8TH ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL at Roxie Theater
+ "Bellwether" at Southern Exposure
+ "Grand Opening + Block Party" at Southern Exposure

Monday:
+ Candice Breitz "From A to B and Back Again" The Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium of the Berkeley Center for New Media and SFMOMA present at UC Berkeley (University of California)

Tuesday, October 13

+ Harry Clewans , Maizie Gilbert "James D. Phelan Art Award in Printmaking 2009" curated by Larry Rinder at Kala Art Institute
Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, 6-8pm

Wednesday, October 14

+ "Fortunato Depero 50" Metal + Machine + Manifesto = Futurism’s First 100 Years curated by Maurizio Scudiero at Italian Cultural Institute
North Beach: 425 Washington Street, floor 2, 6:30pm

Screening: "An evening of electroacoustic audio-visual improvisations with John Butcher, Gino Robair and Bill Hsu" at A.T.A.
Mission District: 992 Valencia Street, $6-$10, 8pm

Artist Talk: Rachel Schreiber, Director, Humanities And Science "Moby-Dick Small Talks" at California College for the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Wattis Institute, 5pm

Art Fair: "The Arts Education Resources Fair" at SF Arts Commission Gallery (African American Art and Culture Complex )
Hayes Valley: 762 Fulton Street, 4:30-6:30pm

+ Lecture: Erik Loyer, Sharon Daniel "New Media Documentary: Digital Art and Activism" at UC Berkeley (University of California)
Berkeley: Kroeber Hall, 340 Moffitt Undergraduate Library, 4-7pm

Thursday, October 15

+ Lecture: "Marjorie Perloff on the Futurist Moment" Metal + Machine + Manifesto = Futurism's First 100 Years curated by Johanna Drucker, Marjorie Perloff at SF MOMA
SOMA: 151 Third Street, Mission Street, Phyllis Wattis Theater, $10 general; $7 SFMOMA and partner institution members, students, and seniors., 7pm

+ Anne Appleby, Tomas Nakada at Gallery Paule Anglim
Downtown: 14 Geary Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

+ Book launch: Mark Whiteley "This is not a photo opportunity" at Fecal Face Dot Gallery
Civic Center: 66 Gough Street, at Market Street, 7-10pm

+ Matthew Schwartz "Catman’s Travels" curated by Brianna Toth at Tartine
Mission District: 600 Guerrero Street , 9-11pm

Benefit: "Barbie Destruction Night at Doc's Clock" at Creativity Explored (Doc's Clock)
Mission District: 2575 Mission Street, 8pm-2am

+ Justin Beal, Kate Owens, Lena Daly at Jancar Jones Gallery
Mission District: 965 Mission Street, Suite 120, 6-9pm

+ Mark Dion "CCA Graduate Studies Lecture Series" at California College for the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Timken Lecture Hall, 7pm

Modesto Covarrubias at Branch Gallery
Oakland: 455 17th Street, Suite 301, 6-9pm

Todd Laby "Brink" at LightRoom Gallery
Berkeley: 2263 Fifth Street, 5-8pm

Friday, October 16

"Altars for the Spirits/Offerings for the Living" at SOMArts Cultural Center
SOMA: 934 Brannan Street, $5 to $10 sliding scale, 6-10pm

"Eternal Sleep" at 1AM Gallery
SOMA: 1000 Howard Street, 7-10pm

Alvaro Ilizarbe "ABRACADABRA" at Medicine Agency
Downtown: 1262 Mason Street, 7-10pm

"RE-UP" at Gallery 1988
Downtown: 1173 Sutter Street, 7-10pm

+ David Kasprzak , James Sterling Pitt, Orion Shepherd, Paul Wackers, Sean McFarland "HYPERSPACES" at Park Life
Richmond District: 220 Clement Street, 7-10pm

Saturday, October 17

Brendan Lott "PAINTINGS OF THE VERNACULAR" at Baer Ridgway Exhibitions
SOMA: 172 Minna Street, 4-7pm

Lecture: "Poetry + Painting + Politics x Professors =Futurism Past" Metal + Machine + Manifesto = Futurism's First 100 Years at SF MOMA
SOMA: 151 Third Street, Mission Street, FREE w/ Museum Admission, 1pm

+ Performance: Chris Sollars, Luciano Chessa, Matt Volla, OPENrestaurant "OPENfuture: Spinning Marinetti's Wheels" Metal + Machine + Manifesto = Futurism's First 100 Years at SF MOMA
SOMA: 151 Third Street, Mission Street, Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Atrium, $65 general; $50 SFMOMA and partner institution members, students, and seniors., 8pm

+ Tour: "Litquake's Litcrawl" at Creativity Explored
Mission District: 3245 16th Street, 6-7pm

+ Screening: "Between The Folds" 8TH ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL at Roxie Theater
Mission District: 3117 16th Street, $11, 4:45pm

Screening: "Waiting for Hockney" 8TH ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL at Roxie Theater
Mission District: 3117 16th Street, 2:30pm

+ "Bellwether" at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , 4-10pm

+ "Grand Opening + Block Party" at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , 4-10pm

"Reflections of Me and My World: Exchange and Response Exhibition" at California College for the Arts (CCA)
Oakland: 5212 Broadway Avenue, at College Avenue, Oliver Art Center, 3-6pm

Monday, October 19

Workshop: Stephen C. Wagner "ART MARKETING 101" at City Art Gallery
Mission District: 828 Valencia Street, $5 for City Art members / $10 for general public, 7-9pm

Screening: "The Joy of Life by Jenni Olson" Presented as a part of NIGHT TIDE, The Portola Festival at Jack Hanley Gallery
Mission District: 395 Valencia Street, 6:30pm

+ Candice Breitz "From A to B and Back Again" The Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium of the Berkeley Center for New Media and SFMOMA present at UC Berkeley (University of California)
Berkeley: Kroeber Hall, 160, 7:30pm

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