With the town mostly quiet due to a combination of tryptophan and Miami, here’s a combination of closings and events to distract from the constant stream of pics of pies and galas:

Yang Fudong: Estranged Paradise, Works 1993–2013 at the Berkeley Museum of Arts is closing on Sunday. There are several series of photo works in the show, but the standouts are the elaborate video installations. Though I think some of the works are needlessly complicated, and a set of three shorter pieces on little TVs are quite successful despite their relative simplicity, the rooms full of projection are splendid. Throughout there is a strange film noir or David Lynch-like feeling. Not to be missed.

Something to be excited about if you are a fan of experimental film is the Canyon Cinema Pop-up at the Kadist. Opening Wednesday and going on for a few weeks, there will be several screenings and events but possibly more exciting is 150 titles from the Canyon Cinema catalogue will be available to be borrowed on DVD for a week at a time. I’m excited to browse and use this unique opportunity to get into some practices I’m as yet unfamiliar with. 

And one more thing, which I won’t be attending though I contributed a bit to a text (I’ll be at Little Paper Planes’ holiday party, servin’ a cocktail or two), the excellent show by Bonanza’s Conrad Guevara, Lana Williams and Lindsay Tully will be releasing a publication on Friday at n/a. With tons of talented people having contributed something connected to collaboration it (the publication) should be a great compliment to a wonderful exhibition closing that evening.

Wednesday:
+ "Canyon Cinema Pop-Up" at Kadist Art Foundation

Thursday:
+ Screening: Nicolas Roeg "X: The History of a Film Rating - Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
+ Amber Stucke, Hanhan Zhang, Stephanie Rohlfs "The Ant and the Mushroom: a Parable" curated by Katie Hood Morgan at Adobe Books Backroom Gallery

Friday:
+ Screening: "This Will Never Work: Screening" curated by Corrina Peipon, Mary Magsamen at Southern Exposure
+ Allan de Souza, Desirée Holman, Freddy Chandra, Jerome Reyes, José Carlos Teixeira , Ranu Mukherjee "Occupations: Art Takes Up Space" curated by Anuradha Vikram at BLOCK Gallery

+ Book launch: Conrad Guevara, Lana Williams, Lindsay Tully "bonanza : some type of way" at n/a

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Saturday:
+ Performance: Kerry Tribe "Critical Mass" at Kadist Art Foundation
+ Open Studio: Aurora Crispin, Christine Patterson, Dani Padgett, David Kim, David Mohr, Gwynessa Balvanz, Heather Engen, Jackie Farkas, Jessica Smith, Kate Rhoades, Kelsey Thorne, Kevin Keul, Lucienne Silva, Malena Lopez­Maggi, Margaret Lawless, Megan Ender, Miranda Robbins, Rachelle Reichert, Sara Kerr, Sarah Beckstrom, Susan Sternberg, Veva Edelson, William Koone "Mills College Open Studios" at Mills College Art Museum

Wednesday, December 4

"Crosscurrents: Africa and Black Diasporas in Dialogue, 1960-1980" at Museum of the African Diaspora
SOMA: 685 Mission Street, floor 1, Please RSVP to staceysilver@gmail.com, 5:00pm

+ "Canyon Cinema Pop-Up" at Kadist Art Foundation
Mission District: 3295 20th Street, at Folsom Street, 6-9pm

Jamie Mayne "How to Put On a Feeling" at California College of the Arts (CCA) (CCA North/South Gallery)
Oakland: 5241 College Avenue Oakland, CA 94618, 1st floor, 5:30-7:30pm

Thursday, December 5

John Waguespack "Climate Control" at 111 Minna Gallery
SOMA: 111 Minna Street, 5-11pm

+ Screening: Nicolas Roeg "X: The History of a Film Rating - Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, YBCA Screening Room, $10 regular/$8 YBCA members, seniors, students, teachers/FREE YBCA:You members, 7:30pm

"Portfolio: Gallery Artists" at Corden Potts Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

"All About the Image" at Robert Tat Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

Addie Shevlin, Ann Eby, Anne Stryke , Bill Fultz, Chris Ehlers, David King, David Lippenberger, Ellen Yetvin-Haven, Erin Mitchell, Fain Hancock , Giselle Gautreau, Katherine B. Young, Liz Maxwell, Pablo Manga, Peter Andrea , Piero Spadaro, Rachel Sager, Tjasa Owen "Same, Same, but Different" at Hang Art
Downtown: 567 Sutter Street, 6-8pm

Bharat Shankar, Brittany Acoceli, Carolin Rechberg, Diana Galvis-Escobar, Francisco Pinheiro, Heather Jones, Laetitia Sonami, Lila Maes, Mary March, Maya Smira, Shay Arick, Stephanie Rohlfs, Timothy Korpa "Cubic (sounds)2" curated by Monica Vazquez, Noemi Szyller at The Lab
Mission District: 2948 16th Street, 6:30-10pm

"The Z Narrative" at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , FREE, 5-7pm

+ Amber Stucke, Hanhan Zhang, Stephanie Rohlfs "The Ant and the Mushroom: a Parable" curated by Katie Hood Morgan at Adobe Books Backroom Gallery
Mission District: 3130 24th Street, 6-9pm

Lecture: "Small Talks Series: Brian Conley" at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (Kent and Vicki Logan Galleries)
Potrero Hill: 360 Kansas Street, free, 7:15pm

"Glitz" at San Francisco Women Artists
Richmond District: 3489 Sacramento St., 5:30-7:30pm

Amir H. Fallah, Ana Maria Hernando, April Deacon, Bill Concannon, Bill Culbert, Elyse Graham, Eric Franklin, Felipe Goncalves, From the Lenz, Justine Frischmann, kristin farr , Lisa Congdon, Michael Flechtner, Michelle Fleck, Richard Colman, Sandra Fettingis, Tim Etchells "New Neon: Light, Paint & Photography" curated by Carrie Lederer at Bedford Gallery (Walnut Creek)
East Bay: 1601 Civic Drive, floor 1, $5, 6-8pm

Friday, December 6

"The 2013 Annual Holiday Art Sale" at Creativity Explored
Mission District: 3245 16th Street, free, 6-9pm

Austin English "Happy Hour" curated by Quintessa Matranga at Mission: Comics & Arts
Mission District: 3520 20th Street, Suite B, free, 7-10pm

+ Screening: "This Will Never Work: Screening" curated by Corrina Peipon, Mary Magsamen at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , Free, 7-9pm

Andrea Brewster, Carol Bernard, Marlene Bloomberg "Never Done" curated by Renny Pritikin at Chandra Cerrito Contemporary
Oakland: 480 23rd Street, floor 1, 6-8pm

Ignacio Barrios, Milly West, Reynier Leyva Novo "Cuba for Keeps" at Krowswork
Oakland: 480 23rd Street, at Telegraph Avenue, Side Entrance, 6-9pm

Elise Morris, Helen Dannelly at Slate contemporary
Oakland: 473 25th Street, floor 1, 5-6pm

Daniel Samaniego, Daniel Yovino, Laura Kim, Mercedes Dorame, Stephanie Loveday "Locating Self" curated by John Lopez at BLOCK Gallery (Crown Nine)
Oakland: 515 9th Street @ Washington, 6-9pm

+ Allan de Souza, Desirée Holman, Freddy Chandra, Jerome Reyes, José Carlos Teixeira , Ranu Mukherjee "Occupations: Art Takes Up Space" curated by Anuradha Vikram at BLOCK Gallery
Oakland: 9th Street, between Broadway and Washington, 5:30 - 8:30 each Friday and Saturday night

Cathy Lu "Cathy Lu at Johansson Projects | Reception December 6, 2013" curated by Kimberly Johansson at Johansson Projects
Oakland: 2300 Telegraph Avenue, at 23rd Street, 5-7pm

Brooks Salzwedel, Mayumi Hamanaka "Temporal Void" curated by Kimberly Johansson at Johansson Projects
Oakland: 2300 Telegraph Avenue, at 23rd Street, Free, 5-8pm

+ Book launch: Conrad Guevara, Lana Williams, Lindsay Tully "bonanza : some type of way" at n/a Oakland: 4304 West Street, 7-10pm

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Saturday, December 7

John Dwyer "LandlordApocalypse" at Needles & Pens
Mission District: 3253 16th Street, 7-10pm

+ Performance: Kerry Tribe "Critical Mass" at Kadist Art Foundation
Mission District: 3295 20th Street, at Folsom Street, 5pm

Art Fair: and 15 more!, Ariane Owens, Erin Mitchell, Frank Ramsay, Gina Tecson, Heather Day, Howie Katz, Janet Bartlett Goodman, Jess Wainer, Jessica Regalado, Kanna Aoki, Katherine Meyer, Kelly DeFayette , Lara Hoke, Lisa J Pfeiffer, Lisa Twomey, Olivia Chen, Soad A. Kader "Norton Factory Winter Open Studios and Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair" at Norton Factory Studios
Oakland: 3098 E. 10th Street, free, 11am-6pm

+ Open Studio: Aurora Crispin, Christine Patterson, Dani Padgett, David Kim, David Mohr, Gwynessa Balvanz, Heather Engen, Jackie Farkas, Jessica Smith, Kate Rhoades, Kelsey Thorne, Kevin Keul, Lucienne Silva, Malena Lopez­Maggi, Margaret Lawless, Megan Ender, Miranda Robbins, Rachelle Reichert, Sara Kerr, Sarah Beckstrom, Susan Sternberg, Veva Edelson, William Koone "Mills College Open Studios" at Mills College Art Museum
Oakland: 5000 Macarthur Boulvard, free, 1:00-4:00pm

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