A flurry of activity before the holiday calm seems to be in store for the Bay Area this week.

On Thursday, the downtown galleries roll out classic, yet hip, artists including: John Cage, Tom Marioni, and Dorothea Tanning. McSweeney's simultaneously launches their treatise on the expanding field of text in art with a new book, "More Things Like This" at Park Life.

Catch the newest addition to the "Art in Storefronts" series on Friday, hosted by organizing forces of the project Triple Base and San Francisco Arts Commission.

Saturday offers several notable young, hot, and (mostly) San Francisco-based artist shows at Baer Ridgway; double punch; and the CCA Wattis Institute's Capp Street Project by Abraham Cruzvillega, which will bring to life a homemade vehicle parade.

Wednesday:
+ Artist Talk: Daniel Yovino "A Year of Getting Things Done" Brown Bag Lunch Lecture at SF Arts Commission Gallery

Thursday:
+ Performance: "Sound Culture with Mills College: A Live Performance" at Contemporary Jewish Museum
+ Tour: "When Lives Become Form" Contemporary Brazilian Art, 1960s to the present at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
+ John Cage, Tom Marioni at Gallery Paule Anglim
+ Dorothea Tanning "Beyond the Esplanade" at Frey Norris Gallery
+ Book launch: "More Things Like This" at Park Life

Friday:
+ Screening: Anne McGuire "part of JIGSAWMENTALLAMA" at David Cunningham Projects
+ Lecture: "Colloquium: William S. Burroughs’s Naked Lunch at Fifty" Bill Berkson, Diane di Prima, Oliver Harris, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Ron Loewinsohn, Jonah Raskin, and DJ Spooky at San Francisco Art Institute
+ Artist Talk: Yvonne Rainer "One Day When I Was Growing Up in the 60s . . ." at San Francisco Art Institute
+ Joe Rees "TRANSFORMER" at Steven Wolf Fine Arts
+ "Art in Storefronts Mission Launch" at SF Arts Commission Gallery (Triple Base)

Saturday:
+ Arthur Okamura "Now, Then and Beyond" at Braunstein/Quay Gallery
+ Brion Nuda Rosch at Baer Ridgway Exhibitions
+ Screening: George Kuchar , Miguel Calderón "Tropical Vulture" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
+ "We Haven't Felt This Way In Years" at double punch
+ Benefit: "Pachanga 2009" Galería's 9th Annual Art Auction at Galeria de la Raza
+ Performance: Abraham Cruzvillegas "Capp Street Project" at California College for the Arts (CCA)

Monday:
+ Artist Talk: Mark Tribe "Mediation, Performance and the Public Sphere" The Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium at UC Berkeley (University of California)

Tuesday, November 17

Screening: Deborah Stratman "O'er the Land" at SF MOMA
SOMA: 151 Third Street, Mission Street, $10 general admission; $7 SFMOMA members, students, seniors, 7pm

Wednesday, November 18

+ Artist Talk: Daniel Yovino "A Year of Getting Things Done" Brown Bag Lunch Lecture at SF Arts Commission Gallery
Civic Center: 401 Van Ness Avenue , at McAllister Street, 12-1pm

Artist Talk: James Gobel "Moby-Dick Small Talk" at California College for the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , 5PM

Artist Talk: Alex Benedict , Nancer Le Moins at Kala Art Institute
Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, 7-8:30pm

Thursday, November 19

+ Performance: "Sound Culture with Mills College: A Live Performance" at Contemporary Jewish Museum
SOMA: 736 Mission Street, Third Street, $0-5, 7-9pm

+ Tour: "When Lives Become Form" Contemporary Brazilian Art, 1960s to the present at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, FREE w/ Gallery Admission, 6pm

Artist Talk: Michele Pred "Third Thursdays Series" at The Museum of Craft and Folk Art
SOMA: 51 Yerba Buena Lane, Free, 7pm

Artist Talk: Michele Pred "Open Source Embroidery" curated by Ele Carpenter at The Museum of Craft and Folk Art
SOMA: 51 Yerba Buena Lane, Free, 7-8pm

+ John Cage, Tom Marioni at Gallery Paule Anglim
Downtown: 14 Geary Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

+ Dorothea Tanning "Beyond the Esplanade" at Frey Norris Gallery
Downtown: 456 Geary Street, 6-8pm

Justin Quinn "Keep Out This Frost" at Cain Schulte Gallery
Mission District: 714 Guerrero Street, 6-8:30pm

+ Book launch: "More Things Like This" at Park Life
Richmond District: 220 Clement Street, 6-8pm

Closing reception: Modesto Covarrubias at Branch Gallery
Oakland: 455 17th Street, Suite 301, 5-7pm

Friday, November 20

Book Signing: Kayte Terry "Books and Baubles" at The Museum of Craft and Folk Art
SOMA: 51 Yerba Buena Lane, Free, 6-8pm

+ Screening: Anne McGuire "part of JIGSAWMENTALLAMA" at David Cunningham Projects
Downtown: 1928 Folsom Street, 7pm

Jacob Pfeiffer, Zack Zdrale at John Pence Gallery
Downtown: 750 Post Street, 6-8pm

+ Lecture: "Colloquium: William S. Burroughs’s Naked Lunch at Fifty" Bill Berkson, Diane di Prima, Oliver Harris, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Ron Loewinsohn, Jonah Raskin, and DJ Spooky at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, Free and open to the public, 7pm

+ Artist Talk: Yvonne Rainer "One Day When I Was Growing Up in the 60s . . ." at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, Free, 5pm

John F. Melvin "The Face of a Mother" at Market Street Gallery
Civic Center: 1554 Market Street, 6-8pm

+ Joe Rees "TRANSFORMER" at Steven Wolf Fine Arts
Mission District: 2747 19th Street, at York St., floor 1, A, 6-8pm

+ "Art in Storefronts Mission Launch" at SF Arts Commission Gallery (Triple Base)
Mission District: 3041 24th Street , 7-10pm

"chicken" curated by Emmett Ramstad at The Spare Room Project
Bernal Heights: 270 Anderson Street, 7-10pm

Benefit: "BENEFIT CONCERT" at Book Zoo
Oakland: 6395 Telegraph Avenue, at Alcatraz Avanue, 7pm

Saturday, November 21

+ Arthur Okamura "Now, Then and Beyond" at Braunstein/Quay Gallery
SOMA: 430 Clementina Street, 3-5pm

+ Brion Nuda Rosch at Baer Ridgway Exhibitions
SOMA: 172 Minna Street, 4-7pm

+ Screening: George Kuchar , Miguel Calderón "Tropical Vulture" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, Gallery 3, Gallery open hours

Artist Talk: Aaron Eliah Terry , Korakrit Arunanondchai at Ever Gold
Downtown: 441 O'Farrell Street, 6pm

Hessam Abrishami "EXPRESSIONS OF LOVE" at Art People Gallery (Crocker Galleria)
Downtown: 50 Post Street, #41, 3-7pm

Artist Talk: David Jang , Dong Phan, Wonju Shin "Exploration & Celebration IV" at Sandra Lee Fine Art Gallery
Downtown: 251 Post Street, floor 3, 4-6pm

+ "We Haven't Felt This Way In Years" at double punch
Downtown: 1821 Powell Street , 7-11pm

Lecture: "From Interzone to the Western Lands: William S. Burroughs Remembered" Charles Gatewood, V. Vale, and Kathelin Gray, with film and video screenings at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Free and open to the public, 1pm

Screening: Yvonne Rainer "Journeys from Berlin/1971 (1980)" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, $10, 7:30pm

Performance: Michael Barrett "Punch Line" at SF Arts Commission Gallery
Civic Center: 401 Van Ness Avenue , at McAllister Street, 1-2pm

Workshop: "Bellwether" at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , DIY Survivalist Training Workshop With Whitney Lynn, 2-4pm

+ Benefit: "Pachanga 2009" Galería's 9th Annual Art Auction at Galeria de la Raza
Mission District: 2857 24th Street , $20-$50 Sliding Scale, 7-10pm

+ Performance: Abraham Cruzvillegas "Capp Street Project" at California College for the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Free, 2pm

Barry Underwood , Oliver DiCicco "Earth Engines" curated by Kimberly Johansson at Johansson Projects
Oakland: 2300 Telegraph Avenue, at 23rd Street, 5-8pm

Sunday, November 22

Screening: Yvonne Rainer "Privilege" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, $10, 7:30pm

Monday, November 23

+ Artist Talk: Mark Tribe "Mediation, Performance and the Public Sphere" The Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium at UC Berkeley (University of California)
Berkeley: Kroeber Hall, 7:30-9:30pm

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