We at Art Cards are quite full, having feasted at multiple family and friend meals on more than our share of incredible food. We are a mixture of groggy and overwhelmed, about to head off to Miami for the art fair scene.

But we’re not about to let all this keep us from experiencing this week’s light but exciting schedule of events. 

Lecture-wise, Nayland Blake will be speaking at CCA tonight, and there will also be a talk about his work at YBCA on Saturday titled Nayland’s Makeover: Drag + Bay Area Personae which sounds promising. Tuesday is also the night of a screening in Art Cards editor Jackie Im’s OACC Movie Night series in Oakland, this time showing The Housemaid (Kim, 1960). Wednesday’s Kadist SF presentation of Presente, Presente, Presente! Festival de Performance de Cali in San Francisco looks good too, as does Cornelia Butler speaking Thursday at SFAI discussing Lygia Clark: From Painting to Participation.

Exhibition wise, we are most excited about Somewhere in the fold at The Popular Workshop (opening Thursday evening). It has a long list of publishers and artists mixing the two practices. While it looks to be a bit crowded peeking at the lineup, what will be shown promises to be quite good.

NOTE
Miami! We (Jackie Im and Aaron Harbour) will be exhibiting works by four artists at NADA in Miami next week. If you are going to the fair, please stop by the Et Al. booth and say hi. Talk to us about the beach, art, or anything really as we'll be stuck in the booth all day. 

Tuesday:
+ Lecture: "Lecture by Nayland Blake" at California College of the Arts (CCA)

+ Screening: "Movie Night at the OACC: The Housemaid (Kim, 1960)" at Oakland Asian Cultural Center

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Wednesday:

+ "Presente, Presente, Presente! Festival de Performance de Cali in San Francisco" at Kadist Art Foundation

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+ Lecture: "Wattis Small Talk with Leigh Markopoulos" at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (Kent and Vicki Logan Galleries)

Thursday:
+ Lecture: "Richard Meyer Lecture: At Home in Marginal Domains" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

+ Aaron Finnis, Anzfer Farms, B-B-B-Books, Christopher Baird, Facundo Arganaraz, Glass, House, Hailey Loman, Kate Bonner, Linus Bill, Little Big Man, Little Paper Planes, Luke Fischbeck, Nicholas G. Miller, Ooga Booga, Peradam, Publication Studio, Sara Rara, Sarah Hotchkiss, split/fountain "Somewhere in the Fold" curated by Luca Nino Antonucci at The Popular Workshop

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+ Lecture: "Lecture by Cornelia Butler" at San Francisco Art Institute

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+ Artist Talk: Aaron Finnis, Christine M. Peterson, Emma Spertus "A WELL STIRS" curated by Carey Lin, Sarah Hotchkiss at Stairwell's

Friday:
+ Panel Discussion: "Queer Punks in Conversation" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Saturday:
+ Panel Discussion: "Nayland’s Makeover: Drag + Bay Area Personae" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

+ Performance: "Songs on Conceptual Art" at Kadist Art Foundation

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+ Ian McDonald, Matt Connors "The Turn" at 2nd floor projects

Tuesday, November 27

+ Lecture: "Lecture by Nayland Blake" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Timken Lecture Hall, Free, 7-9pm

+ Screening: "Movie Night at the OACC: The Housemaid (Kim, 1960)" at Oakland Asian Cultural Center Oakland: 388 Ninth Street, Suite 290, $5, suggested donation, 7-9pm

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Wednesday, November 28

Artist Talk: Deepak Tandon "ONE rock" at Gallery Wendi Norris
SOMA: 161 Jessie Street, first floor, RSVP Required for Entry (mbadlani@veranda8.com), 6-8pm

Artist Talk: Deepak Tandon "ONE rock" at Gallery Wendi Norris SOMA: 161 Jessie Street, first floor, rsvp at mbadlani@veranda8.com, 6-8pm

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+ "Presente, Presente, Presente! Festival de Performance de Cali in San Francisco" at Kadist Art Foundation Mission District: 3295 20th Street, at Folsom Street, free, 6pm

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+ Lecture: "Wattis Small Talk with Leigh Markopoulos" at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (Kent and Vicki Logan Galleries)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street, Free, 7-8pm

Thursday, November 29

+ Lecture: "Richard Meyer Lecture: At Home in Marginal Domains" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, 6:30-8:30pm

Lecture: "David Goldblatt in Conversation" at SF MOMA
SOMA: 151 Third Street, Mission Street, Phyllis Wattis Theater, Free, first come, first served, 7pm

+ Aaron Finnis, Anzfer Farms, B-B-B-Books, Christopher Baird, Facundo Arganaraz, Glass, House, Hailey Loman, Kate Bonner, Linus Bill, Little Big Man, Little Paper Planes, Luke Fischbeck, Nicholas G. Miller, Ooga Booga, Peradam, Publication Studio, Sara Rara, Sarah Hotchkiss, split/fountain "Somewhere in the Fold" curated by Luca Nino Antonucci at The Popular Workshop Downtown: 1173 Sutter Street, floor 1, free, 6-10pm

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+ Lecture: "Lecture by Cornelia Butler" at San Francisco Art Institute Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, free, 4:30pm

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+ Artist Talk: Aaron Finnis, Christine M. Peterson, Emma Spertus "A WELL STIRS" curated by Carey Lin, Sarah Hotchkiss at Stairwell's
Bernal Heights: 8 Samoset, free, 7pm

Friday, November 30

Preview: "SCRAP Art" at Arc Studios & Gallery
SOMA: 1246 Folsom Street, Free, 6:30-9pm

+ Panel Discussion: "Queer Punks in Conversation" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, 6:30-8:30pm

"Annual Holiday Art Sale" at Creativity Explored
Mission District: 3245 16th Street, free, 6-9pm

Closing reception: Alexis Arnold, Christine Elfman, Emily Eifler, Julia Bradshaw, Julia Goodman, Kate Jordahl with Don Drake, Klea McKenna , Laura Chenault, Lauren Bartone, Matt Gualco, Michael Kerbow, Pantea Karimi, Samuel Levi Jones, Sarah Christianson, Steven Vasquez Lopez, Wendy Kramer "Root Division Presents: Happy Hour/Closing Reception for X Libris" curated by Glenna Cole Allee, Sarah Ratchye, Victoria Mara Heilweil at Root Division
Mission District: 3175 17th Street, South Van Ness, 5-8pm

Alan W George, Charity Vargas, Esmeralda Ruiz, Kirk Crippens , Winni Wintermeyer "Call Me Home: A Photographic Journey in San Francisco" curated by Gwen Lafage at Carte Blanche
Mission District: 973 Valencia Street, floor 1, Free, 6-9pm

Saturday, December 1

Auction: "2012 Benefit Auction" at SF Camerawork
SOMA: 1011 Market Street, floor 2, $30, 1pm

+ Panel Discussion: "Nayland’s Makeover: Drag + Bay Area Personae" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, 6:30-9:30pm

+ Performance: "Songs on Conceptual Art" at Kadist Art Foundation Mission District: 3295 20th Street, at Folsom Street, free, 7-10pm

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+ Ian McDonald, Matt Connors "The Turn" at 2nd floor projects
Mission District: 3740 25th Street, floor 2, free, 7-10pm

Heidi McDowell, James Weeks, Jeremy Dickinson, Kevin Bean, Ryan Reynolds "Partners Sale and Gallery Artists Holiday Group Show" curated by Steven Lopez at ArtZone 461 Gallery
Mission District: 461 Valencia Street, 5-8pm

James Sansing "Remediation" at Swarm Gallery
Oakland: 560 2nd Street, Free, 6-8pm

Taro Hattori "Apophasis" at Swarm Gallery
Oakland: 560 2nd Street, free, 6-8pm

Rachel Kaye "Shebam! Pow! Blop! Wizz!" at Johansson Projects
Oakland: 2300 Telegraph Avenue, at 23rd Street, Free, 3-5pm

Casey Watson "Opal Dust" at Johansson Projects
Oakland: 2300 Telegraph Avenue, at 23rd Street, Free, 3-5pm

Stephani Martinez "Solo" at Zughaus Gallery
Berkeley: 1306 3rd Street, floor 2, 6-10pm

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