Sometimes things come to an end quite naturally. S.H.E.D. Projects is having one of its last if not the last event on Thursday. Located in a shed behind a home in Oakland, S.H.E.D has hosted readings, plays, dj nights, and a number of excellent art exhibitions. Its directors, Jonah Susskind and Emmy Moore are about to head east, and are leaving us with a show of their work. I'm very fond of Susskind's excellent, funny sculptures and wall pieces (and Moore's jams and pickles) and it will be bittersweet to attend this event and see this strange space activated for the last time. 

Two events on Saturday will compete for your attention; perhaps its best you flip a coin. Bill Orcutt is performing at Pied-à-terre in San Francisco (one of the best and smallest art venues in the bay). His performances are intense, if you've not seen him before I'll simply describe this as a man singing and playing acoustic guitar and let it happen for you like it did for me at the Lab years ago.

Also on Saturday in Oakland, Erin Jane Nelson and Paulette Nichols have an exhibition opening at Royal NoneSuch Gallery which I'm excited about. Titled "Erin and Paulette's Art Show", its bound to be both fun and sharp if the pics I've seen on facebook are any guide.

Thursday:
+ Jonah Susskind and Emmy Moore "Car Camping" at S.H.E.D. Projects

Friday:
+ Lecture: Richard T. Walker "SFAI Graduate Lecture Series (GLS)" at San Francisco Art Institute

Saturday:
+ Performance: Bill Orcutt at Pied-à-terre
+ Erin Jane Nelson, Paulette Nichols "Erin and Paulette's Art Show" at Royal NoneSuch Gallery

Thursday, June 26

Artist Talk: Tabitha Soren "Art and Story: Tabitha Soren in conversation with Derek Fagerstrom" at Hattery
SOMA: 414 Brannan Street, 7-9pm

Chelsea Brown "The Great Thunderbeast" curated by Shayna Yasuhara at F8
SOMA: 1192 Folsom Street, Free, 6-9pm

Leonardo Drew at Anthony Meier Fine Art
Downtown: 1969 California Street, at Octavia, floor 1, 6-8pm

Lecture: "PhotoAlliance Lecture Series: Wendy Watriss" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, $10 general / $5 students with ID, tickets available at the door, 7:30pm

Closing reception: Caleb Jagger, Derek Albeck, Grady Gordon, Hailey Gaiser, Jade Palasek, Koak, Yulia Pinkusevich "An Art Exhibition With All Your Friends" curated by Kevin Krueger, Valerie Leavy at SF Institute of Possibility
Mission District: 3359 Cesar Chavez St., 6-9pm

Closing reception: 50 Bay Area Printmakers "Paper & Pressure" curated by Tiny Splendor & Lotte Arts at FFDG
Mission District: 2277 Mission Street, floor 1, 5:30-7:30pm

+ Jonah Susskind and Emmy Moore "Car Camping" at S.H.E.D. Projects
Oakland: 1917 Peralta Street, 6-10pm

Friday, June 27

Open Studio: Geraldine Arata "Masked Expectations" curated by Geraldine Arata at Arata Fine Art Gallery & Studios
North Beach: 450 Columbus Ave., 6-9pm

+ Lecture: Richard T. Walker "SFAI Graduate Lecture Series (GLS)" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Free, 6:30 pm

Al Held, Barry McGee, Jim Lee, Laeh Glenn, Michael Rey, Mitzi Pederson, Noam Rappaport, Ron Gorchov "Green Circle, Black Diamond" at Ratio 3
Mission District: 2831A Mission Street, 6-8pm

Alice Gould, Elizabeth Thorp, Jessica Hess, John Freeborn, Jonathan Anzalone, Lara Cannnon, Lizzy Cross, Mel Prest, Michael Neff, Percy Cannon, Raïssa Bump, Ritsuko Hirai "First / Last: RISD Alumni Show" at Park Life
Richmond District: 220 Clement Street, 7-10pm

Saturday, June 28

Jeanne C. Finley, John Muse "Temporary Structure: Falsework, Imperfect City / Imperfect State, Fat Chance" at Patricia Sweetow Gallery
Downtown: 77 Geary Street, Mezzanine, 2-5:30pm

Cornelia Schulz, Joachim Bandau, Markus Linnenbrink "New Paintings" at Patricia Sweetow Gallery
Downtown: 77 Geary Street, Mezzanine, 2-5:30pm

Performance: "Performance and Summer Beer Garden » Matmos and Special Guests" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, $10 public, 6 pm » Beer Garden | 8 pm » Performance

Chris Sollars "Off Shore: Yosemite Creek Walk" at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , Free, 4:00-8:30pm

Daryll Peirce, Larissa Grant, Max Kauffman "Going Native" at Campfire Gallery
Mission District: 3344 24th Street, 7-10pm

+ Performance: Bill Orcutt at Pied-à-terre
Richmond District: 600 2nd Avenue, 8 pm

Alexis Babayan, Amira Hankin, Andreina Davila, Crystal Morey, David Fullarton, David Six, Jeanne Lorenz, Kat Kazlauskas, Katherine Mac El hiney, Kyle Lypka, Maritza Ruiz-Kim, Mary Burger, Robert Lindsay, Takehito Etani, Toni Gentilli, Yuki Maruyama, Zach Clark "Compoundaganza" at Compound Gallery
Oakland: 1167 65th st., Oakland, CA 94608, Ground floor, 6-8pm

+ Erin Jane Nelson, Paulette Nichols "Erin and Paulette's Art Show" at Royal NoneSuch Gallery
Oakland: 4231 Telegraph Avenue, 7-10pm

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