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 There are some shows and events this week, but its starting to quiet down around town. I'm starting to think about the highlights from the year, but I'll likely wait to share until either the week between Christmas and New Years or sometime early next year.  

What sticks out to you? Highlights/lowlights? Favorite new or new-to-you galleries, artists, writers, bands? For that later category: this was a year in which practically 0 new 'bands' (guitar and drums and whatnot) made their way into my headphones, replaced with rap and r&b both new and old, and the usual mix of electric/experimental things. (quick plug: check out my podcast Timbermaybe) These sort of larger scale shifts in consumption/aesthetic are hard to suss out, and it is these that I'm personally looking for when reflecting on 2014.

I'd like to suggest a pair of lectures, if you are up for that sort of thing. One is tonight at Stanford, a talk by the exciting architect David Adjaye on "designing the architecture of civic space." He'll likely discuss his current project, the complicated Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Its free and open to the public, for more info go to LINK 

And Thursday at the Wattis, another in what are turning into a vital series of lectures. Rasmus Røhling gives a presentation about the ever-strengthening field of artistic research, its secret desire to be casual, and the "annoying interruption" of exhibition making. As I've been thinking a bit about the distinctions betwee artistic research, practice, performance, and presentation, this sounds very intriguing. LINK

Tuesday, December 2

Performance: Ben McCoy, Lil Miss Hot Mess, Midnight Magic Snax, Miss Rahni, Persia, Yves Saint Croissant "The News: Fresh Queer Performance" curated by Jerry Lee Abram at SOMArts Cultural Center
SOMA: 934 Brannan Street, $5, NOTAFLOF, 7:30-9pm

Thursday, December 4

Kerry Mansfield "Aftermath" at SF Camerawork
SOMA: 1011 Market Street, floor 2, 6-8pm

Michael Shindler collaboration with Help Each Othe "Seeing Through: Stories About Cancer & Connection" at SF Camerawork
SOMA: 1011 Market Street, floor 2, 6-8pm

Aaron Siskind, Duane Michals, Gerald Ratto, Helen Levitt, IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM, Isaiah West Taber, James Bidgood, Lucien Clergue, Ralph Steiner, Roy Blakey, Walker Evans, William Heick "Twenty Favorite Photographs" at Robert Tat Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

Debra Bloomfield "Wilderness" at Robert Koch Gallery
Bernal Heights: 0 49 Geary Street, Grant St., floor 5, 5:30-7:30pm

Friday, December 5

"2014 Annual Holiday Art Sale" at Creativity Explored
Mission District: 3245 16th Street, 6-9pm

Reading: "Writers Series: Reading by Gillian Conoley" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 195 De Haro Street, Writers' Studio, 4:30pm

Lewis deSoto, Sonja Hinrichsen "Trace: Site Works by Lewis deSoto and Sonja Hinrichsen" curated by Chandra Cerrito at Chandra Cerrito Contemporary
Oakland: 480 23rd Street, floor 1, 6-8pm

"Holiday 2014: Vice + Virtue" at Creative Growth
Oakland: 355 24th Street , 5:30-9pm

Saturday, December 6

Matthew Gottschalk "This Is Where Home Is" at Alter Space
SOMA: 1158 Howard Street, floor 1, 7-10pm

Christina La Sala "Self Illuminated" at Alter Space
SOMA: 1158 Howard Street, floor 1, 7-10pm

Adam Caldwell, Alec Huxley, Blaine Fontana, Brett Amory, Daniel Fleres, Erik Otto, Evan Venegas, Ivy Jacobsen, Jet Martinez, Joshua Lawyer, Joshua Mays, Jud Bergeron, Kelly Ording, Kevin Taylor, Leon Loucheur, Monty Guy, Nome Edonna, Norm Maxwell, Reuben Rude, Ricky Watts, Sarah Coleman, St. Monci, Ursula X Young "Affordable Art Series" at Luna Rienne Gallery
Mission District: 3318 22nd Street, 6-9pm

Deborah Sullivan "Irregularities of Attention" at MarinMOCA
Novato: 500 Palm Drive, 5-8pm

Sunday, December 7

Alyson Fox, Amanda Happé, Amanda Smith, Aris Moore, Ben Skinner, Chloe Fleury , Danielle Krysa, Hollie Chastain, Holly Farrell, Jennifer Davis, Jenny Hart, Kate Pugsley, Kelly Jones, Leah Giberson, Lisa Congdon, Lisa Golightly, Martha Rich, Rachel Denny , Sidney Pink, Trey Sp "The Jealous Curator: From Blog, to Book, to Gallery" at Bedford Gallery (Walnut Creek)
East Bay: 1601 Civic Drive, floor 1, Adults $5, Youth (13-17) $3, Children 12 and under are free, 3-5pm

"Holiday Arts Festival" at Richmond Art Center
Richmond: 2540 Barrett Avenue, Free, 11am - 5pm

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