Friday, April 4, 6 - 9 pm at 222gallery: Opening reception for 12X36: A Local Lens, a simultaneous exhibition held in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Seoul, curated by Benjamin Kaplan. 222 Vine Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 4, 5:30 - 8:30 pm at the African American Museum in Philadelphia: Opening reception for Warm Spirits: Contemporary African American Quilters, guest curated by Betty Leacraft. Through June 1. RSVP required for reception; call 215-574-0380 x224. 701 Arch Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 4, 5 - 8:30 pm at Artists House: Reception for exhibitions by Adam Vinson, Carolyn Pyfrom, Joseph Lozano, Sean Taylor. Through April 27. 57 N. Second Street, Phila.delphia.

Friday, April 4, 6 - 8 pm at AxD Gallery: Opening reception for Up Close & Impersonal: Camera Obscura Photographs by Marcia Treiger and Karen Brown. Through April 26. 265 S. Tenth Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 4, 6 - 7 pm at Balance Gallery: Opening reception for solo exhibition by Annie St. Peter. Through April. 112 S. 20th Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 4, 6 - 9:30 pm at Bambi: Opening reception for There Will Be Animals, work by Tory Franklin, Alan Prazniak, and K-Fai Steele. Through May 18. 1817 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 4, 6 - 8:30 pm at Bridgette Mayer Gallery: Opening reception for Paul Oberst: Temples, Towers, and Totems and Clint Takeda: Transfigured. Through April 26. 709 Walnut Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 4, 5 - 9 pm at the Clay Studio: Opening reception for Speaking Low: Surfaces in Earthenware and Maren Kloppmann: New Work. Through April 27. 137-39 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 4, 5 - 9 pm at F.A.N. Gallery: Opening reception for solo exhibition of paintings by Gregory Prestegord. Through April 26. 221 Arch Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 4, 5 - 9 pm at Highwire Gallery: Opening reception for From the Ground Up, work by Piety Choi and Jeff Waring. Through April 27. 2040 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 4, 5:30 - 7:30 pm at Locks Gallery: Opening reception for Thomas Chimes: The Iambic Paintings. Through April 30. 600 Washington Square South, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 4, 6 - 9 pm at Manifest Gallery: Opening reception for group show with ceramicists Lauren Sandler, Shelby Stewart, Stephan Kent, gwendolyn yoppolo, and printmaker Carrie Scanga. Through April 30. 601 N. Third Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 4, 5 - 9 pm at Muse Gallery: Reception for New Members Exhibit featuring work of Nancy Frankel-Halbert, Sara Horne, Jennifer Vesells; works by Ben Cohen will also be on view. Through April 27. 52 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 4, 5 - 7 pm at the Painted Bride Art Center: Opening reception for Am the Rhythm, group exhibition curated by Shelley Spector. Through May 17. 230 Vine Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 4, 5 - 7 pm at the Painted Bride Cafe Gallery: Opening reception for the InLiquid at the Bride exhibition Amze Emmons: World Headquarters. Through May 17. 230 Vine Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 4, 6 - 9 pm at Projects Gallery: Opening reception for Florence Putterman's Noir et Blanc and Elizabeth Bisbing's People / Places / Paper in the Projects Room. Through April 26. 629 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 4, 5 - 10 pm at Rodger LaPelle Gallery: Thomas S. Buechner, Thomas Gardner, and Martin Poole: Three Views. Through April 30. 22 N. Third Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 4, 6 - 11 pm at Space 1026: Paradise Now, a group installation and dinner prepared by the members of Oakland's LoBot Gallery. 1026 Arch Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 4, 5 - 9 pm at Vivant Art Collection: Reception for Michelle Foster-Lucas and The Vivant Art Collection. 60 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 4, 6 - 11 pm at Vox Populi: Opening reception for Gabriel Boyce: Bad Land!, Linda Yun: In Passing, Matthew Suib and Nadia Hironaka: Black Hole; guest artist Carl Baratta; Lauren Kelley's Big Gurl in the Video Lounge; and At Screening, Semiconductor's Magnetic Movie. 319 N. 11th Street, 3rd floor, Suite 319 A, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 4, 7 - 10 pm at Wayne Art Center: Opening reception for Art Quilt Elements 2008 (formerly Art Quilts at the Sedgwick), presented as part of Fiber Philadelphia. Through May 10. 413 Maplewood Avenue, Wayne, PA.

Saturday, April 5, 6 pm at Artesano Gallery: Opening reception for Memorias: A Group Exhibition of Latino and Latin American Artists in the Delaware Valley. Through May 4. 4446 Cresson Street, Philadelphia, PA 19127.

Saturday, April 5, noon - 6 pm at DaVinci Art Alliance: Opening for Touch: An Art Exhibit for the Senses. 704 Catharine Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, April 5, 7 pm at Pageant : Soloveev Gallery: Opening reception for Golden Cup, new work by Enrico Riley. Through May 25. 607 Bainbridge Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, April 5, 4 - 6 pm at the Samuel Fleisher Art Memorial: Closing reception for 110th Annual Student Members' Exhibition: Part I. 719 Catharine Street, Philadelphia.

Sunday, April 6, 1 - 4 pm at Orchard Artworks: Opening reception for Pots for Home & Garden exhibition and sale, featuring work by clay artists Ellen Pine Litwin and Louise Sussman. Through April 27. 520 Tomlinson Road, Bryn Athyn, PA; 215-947-9882,

Monday, April 7, 5 - 7 pm at The Art Shop @ Moore: Opening reception for liberte de philadelphia, an installation by Aubrie Costello (a founding member of The Other Woman artists' collective). Through May 3. 20th Street and the Parkway, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, April 9, 6 - 8 pm at the Lincoln Financial Mural Arts Center : Opening reception for Omega Warm Garden Sunrise, a site-specific installation of works by Paul Santoleri. Thomas Eakins House, 1727-29 Mount Vernon Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, April 10, 6 - 9 pm at Amble Gallery and Books: Opening reception for Nigel Peake and Ephameron: Here From There. Through May 1. 1001 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, April 10, 6 - 10 pm at Ice Box Project Space, Crane Arts Building: Closing reception and performance for The Soft Epic, or: Savages of the Pacific West, a multi-media installation by Nadia Hironaka and Matthew Suib. Featuring performances by Bardo Pond, Spiral Q Puppet Theater’s Leslie Rogers and Aleks Martray, and Jubilee organized by Eugene Lew.

Thursday, April 10, 6 - 9 pm at Manifest Gallery: Reception for group show with ceramicists Lauren Sandler, Shelby Stewart, Stephan Kent, gwendolyn yoppolo, and printmaker Carrie Scanga. Through April 30. 601 N. Third Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, April 10, 6 - 9 pm at Nexus Foundation for Today's Art: Opening reception for exhibitions by artist members Tasha Doremus and Susan Abrams. Through May 2. Crane Arts Building, 1st floor, 1400 N. American Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 11, 5 - 9 pm at AIRSPACE: Opening reception for Talking Pictures, an installation by William Caldwell Sneed, a.k.a. Willifilmaker, in the windows of 130 S. 36th Street and at AIRSPACE. Through May 2. 4013 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 11, 6 - 8 pm at Sande Webster Gallery: Opening reception for Mike McDonnell: Imagination and Lependorf /Shire: Water Signs. Through May 2. 2006 Walnut Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 11, 6 - 8 pm at Seraphin Gallery: Opening reception for Christopher Gallego: Reality of Light. Through May 14. 1108 Pine Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 11, 6 - 9 pm at Twenty Two Gallery: Opening reception for Patrick Monaghan, Recent Works. Through May 8. 236 S. 22nd Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, April 12, 6 - 9:30 pm at Flux Space: Opening reception for Totemic Whammy, pictures by Alan Prazniak. Through May 2. 3000 N. Hope Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, April 12, 5 - 7 pm at Muse Gallery: Artists' reception for work by Nancy Halbert, Sara Horne, Jennifer Vesells, and Ben Cohen. Through April 27. 52 N. Second Street.

Saturday, April 12, 1 - 3 pm at Photo 612 Gallery: Opening reception for Multifarious, a group exhibition. Through May 6. 612 Station Avenue, Haddon Heights, NJ.

Saturday, April 12, 6 - 9 pm at Yo! Gallery: Opening reception for Hinda Schuman and Linda Johnson: Excerpts from The Pennsylvania Project. Through June 15. 113 N. 23rd Street, Philadelphia.

Sunday, April 13, 2 - 5 pm at the Plastic Club: Opening reception for P.A.F.A. Fellowship Show. Through May 2. 247 S. Camac Street, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, April 16, 5:30 - 7:30 pm at International House: Opening reception for InLiquid at I-House video exhibition, David Kessler's "Shadow World." Through May 30. 3701 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, April 16, 6:30 - 8:30 pm at Slought Foundation: Opening reception for "Crazy,' an exhibition with film screenings featuring the work of Argentinean filmmaker Daniel Böhm. Through May 16. 4017 Walnut Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 18, 5 - 8:30 pm in the Center City District: 18 galleries in the district will host open receptions for Center City District Gallery Night; click here for details.

Saturday, April 19, 6:30 - 9:30 pm at Slought Foundation: Opening reception for "239 years (divided by 9 artists)." Through May 19. 4017 Walnut Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, April 24, 6 - 8 pm at the Institute of Contemporary Art: Opening reception for Mike's World: Michael Smith & Joshua White (and other collaborators); Trisha Donnelly; and Trenton Doyle Hancock's Wow That's Mean and Other Vegan Cuisine. Opening preceded at 5 pm by members-only walk-through with Michael Smith (visit web site for more information and to join online). Through August 3. 118 S. 36th Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 25, 6 - 8 pm at Temple Gallery: Reception for Rachel Dobkin: White Hole and Dylan J. Beck: Your Larger Body. Through April 26. 259 N. Third Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 25, 5 - 7 pm at Villanova University Art Gallery: Opening reception for Libby Newman retrospective exhibition. Through June 15. 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, PA.

Saturday, April 26, 4 - 6 pm at the Samuel Fleisher Art Memorial: Closing reception for "110th Annual Student Members' Exhibition: Part II." 719 Catharine Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, April 26, 6 - 8 pm at Tyler School of Art: Opening reception for Daniel A. Bruce: The Great Indoors in the Tyler Gallery, and Christopher Hall's King of Painting in the Penrose Gallery. Through April 26. 7725 Penrose Avenue, Elkins Park, PA.

Sunday, April 27, 2 - 4 pm at Cheltenham Center for the Arts: Opening reception for the 66th Annual Awards Painting Exhibition. Through May 23. 439 Ashbourne Road, Cheltenham, PA.

Sunday, April 27, 11 am - 5 pm at Villanova Conference Center: Art Matters Fine Arts Show and Sale, featuring twenty-five artists showing and selling original works, plus ArtJaz Gallery, Twenty Two Gallery/The Bruce Murray Collection, Barnstone Gallery, and Gallery 339. Featuring live music, hors-d'ouevre, Free admission. Montrose Mansion, 601 County Line Road, Radnor.

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Wednesday, April 2, noon - 1 pm at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts: The Art at Lunch series presents a talk by artist and faculty member Murray Dessner, who will discuss his influences and work, highlighting an upcoming retrospective book project. Free with museum admission. Hamilton Auditorium, 118 N. Broad Street (at Cherry Street), Philadelphia.

Thursday, April 3, 6 pm at Tyler School of Art: Q & A with Ali Subotnick, Curator at the Hammer Museum at UCLA in Los Angeles. Presidents Hall, Tyler School of Art, 7725 Penrose Avenue, Elkins Park, PA

Friday, April 4, 1 pm at University of the Arts: Lecture by photographer Stephen Shames. Photography Studio, Terra Building room 1504, 211 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia.

Sunday, April 6, 1 - 4 pm at the Community Arts Center: A panel discussion on issues concerning senior artists and artist estates, with Deborah Yoder, Director, Community Arts Center; Robert Louis, Philadelphia attorney with experience in artists' estates; Jeffrey Fuller, ASA appraiser; Nancy Barch, artist; and Douglass Paschall, Curator, Woodmere Art Museum. Free admission; pre-registration not required. 414 Plush Mill Road, Wallingford PA. For additional information, call 610-566-1713.

Sunday, April 6, 2:30 pm at the Philadelphia Museum of Art: "Kahlo Today: A Contemporary Artists Panel," with moderator Emily Hage; artists Lesley Dill, Sarah McEneaney, and Marta Sanchez; and art historian, critic, and Remedios Varo biographer Janet Kaplan. Free tickets required after museum admission. Van Pelt Auditorium, ground floor, 26th Street and the Parkway, Philadelphia.

Monday, April 7, 6:30 pm at University of the Arts: The Graphic Design Department presents "New Landscapes of Design Practice and Education," a lecture by Liz Sanders, President of MakeTools design research firm. Hunt Room, 320 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, April 8, 7 pm at Drexel University: Lecture and slide presentation by photographer Alex Webb. Free and open to the public. Stein Auditorium, Nesbitt Hall, 33rd & Market Streets, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, April 8, 5 - 7 pm at Slought Foundation: Public presentation and conversation presented in conjunction with North, a research project, public seminar and display with the Basel-based architectural firm Territorial Agency and architects and urbanists John Palmesino and Ann-Sofi Ršnnskog. Free and open to the public. 4017 Walnut Street, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, April 9, noon - 1 pm at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts: The Art at Lunch series presents a talk on Historic Yellow Springs by Executive Director Rob Lukens. Free with museum admission. Hamilton Auditorium, 118 N. Broad Street (at Cherry Street), Philadelphia.

Thursday, April 10, 6 - 7:30 at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts: Painter Stuart Shils will give a lecture, “The Nature of Perception and the Perception of Nature: Landscape Painting through History." Free and open to the public. Hamilton Auditorium, 118 N. Broad Street (at Cherry), Philadelphia.

Thursday, April 10, 7 pm at Widener University: Artists Equity presents "Artists Get Noticed: Brand Yourself," a networking session and panel discussion with Judith Schaechter, artist and art educator; Craig Stover, artist and  Director of Technology Programs & Services, Arts and Business Council  of Greater Philadelphia; and Amie Potsic, photo artist and Director of Career Development Center for Emerging Visual Artists/CFEVA. Networking session at 7 pm followed by discussion from 7:30 to 9 pm. Free and open to the public. Widener University Art Gallery, 1 University Place, Chester, PA.

Friday, April 11, 6 pm at the Philadelphia Museum of Art: "Juan Soriano and Modern Painting in Mexico 1935-50," a lecture by Edward Sullivan, Dean for the Humanities, New York University; presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Fragile Demon: Juan Soriano in Mexico, 1935–1950." Free tickets required after museum admission. Van Pelt Auditorium, ground floor, 26th Street and the Parkway, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 11, 6:45 pm at Project Basho: "On Collotype," a lecture by James Hajicek, professor at The School of Art at Arizona State University. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Time: Exhibition of Contemporary Collotype Prints. Admission $10 general; $5 for students. 1305 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia.

Saturday, April 12, 3 - 5 pm at the William Way LGTB Community Art Center Gallery: Artist K. Pannepacker will give a talk on her current exhibition Works Woven. Free and open to the public. 1315 Spruce Street, Philadelphia.

Monday, April 14, 5 pm at University of Pennsylvania: PennDesign presents a lecture by Donald Kuspit, "Iconoclasm and Traditionalism in Modern Art." Seating is limited; free tickets available beginning at 4 pm at the door. Meyerson Hall, B-1, 210 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, April 17, 6 pm at Rutgers University: "Another the Letter: Reflections on Inspiration and Creativity," a talk by designer and independent publisher Anthony Smyrski. Free and open to the public. Conference Rooms South AB, Campus Center, Camden Campus.

Friday, April 18, 6 pm at the Philadelphia Museum of Art: "Beyond Superflat: Emerging Japanese-American Artists in the Greater Delaware Valley Region," moderated by Midori Yoshimoto and Emily Hage; featuring artists Keiko Miyamori, Hiro Sakaguchi, and Nami Yamamoto. Free tickets required after museum admission. Seminar Room, main building, ground floor, 26th Street and the Parkway, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 18, 6:45 pm at Project Basho: A lecture by Diana Bloomfield, who will discuss her 25 years of photographic experience focusing on pinhole photography and historical 19th century printing processes such as gum bichromate and platinum/palladium. Admission $10 general; $5 for students. 1305 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 18, 7 pm at Scribe Video Center: "eSights eSounds," Scribe's new media initiative, hosts a presentation by local artists working in new media, including Rana Sindhikara, Rana Sindhikara, Matthew Fisher, Laura Deutch, and Mike Kutemeyer of Termite TV. Free and open to the public. 4212 Chestnut Street, 3rd floor, Philadelphia.

Saturday, April 19, 2- 3 pm at The Print Center: Gallery Store talk with artists Bill McRight and Alex Lukas of Space 1026. Free and open to the public. 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia.

Sunday, April 20, 3 pm at Vox Populi: Richard Torchia, artist and director of Arcadia University Art Gallery, and Erica Battle, Project Curatorial Assistant, Modern and Contemporary Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, will lead a discussion on Gabriel Boyce's Bad Land!, Linda Yun's In Passing, and Black Hole by Matthew Suib and Nadia Hironaka. Free and open to the public. 319 N. 11th Street, 3rd floor, Philadelphia.

Sunday, April 20, 2 pm at the Woodmere Art Museum: "Violet Oakley, American Renaissance Woman," a lecture by Dr. Patricia Likos Ricci, Associate Professor of the History of Art, Elizabethtown College. Tickets $10; free for students. 9201 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia.

Thursday, April 24, 5:30 pm at Center for Emerging Visual Artists: The Direct Dialogues lecture series presents "Exhibiting in Public and Corporate Spaces." Admission $12; RSVP required. To reserve a seat call 215-546-7775 ext. 11 or e-mail Genevieve@cfeva.org. The Felicity R. (Bebe) Benoliel Gallery, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, 237 S. 18th Street, The Barclay, Suite 3A, Philadelphia

Friday, April 25, 5 - 7 pm at the Philadelphia Museum of Art: Collab presents its spring lecture, "The Eames Design Legacy" by Eames Demetrios, grandson of Charles and Ray Eames. Tickets $23, available for advance purchase online. Van Pelt Auditorium, main building, ground floor, 26th and the Parkway, Philadelphia.

Sunday, April 27, 4 pm at K & W Fine Art: Slide lecture by artist Ryan Widger, presented in conjunction with his current exhibition, Consummated. Crane Arts Building, 1400 N. American Street, Suite 201, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, April 30, noon - 1 pm at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts: The Art at Lunch series presents "Eugeen Van Mieghem and the Emigrants of the Red Star Line," a lecture by Irwin Joos, President of the Eugeen Van Mieghem Museum in Belgium. Hamilton Auditorium, 118 N. Broad Street (at Cherry Street), Philadelphia.

Wednesday, April 30, 2 pm at University of the Arts: The Paradigm series presents a lecture by photographer Duane Michaels. Elaine C. Levitt Auditorium, Gershman Hall, 401 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia.

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Tuesday, April 1, 7 pm at International House: Director Laura Mulvey will appear in person for a screening of "Riddles of the Sphinx" (Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen, UK, 1977), preceded by the shorts "Frida Kahlo and Tina Modotti" (Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen, UK, 1983) and "Amy!" (Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen, UK, 1980). Co-presented by Penn Cinema Studies. Free admission. 3701 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, April 1, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm at Moore College of Art and Design: "Art for Lunch: Student Videos on View" presents a program of student videos. Free and open to the public. Stewart Auditorium, 20th and the Parkway, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 4, various locations: 17th Philadelphia Film Festival opens. Through April 14. For complete schedule, visit the web site.

Saturday, April 5, 7:30 pm at Wooden Shoe Books: "Private" (Saverio Costanzo, Italy, 2004), presented as part of the People's Movie Night series. Free admission. 508 S. Fifth Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 11, 7 pm at Scribe Video Center: "black.womyn:conversations..." (Tiona.m, 2007), a new documentary. Admission $5 general; free for Scribe members. 4212 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia

Saturday, April 12, 7:30 pm at Wooden Shoe Books: "Arna's Children" (Danniel Danniel and Juliano Mer, Israel/Netherlands, 2003), presented as part of the People's Movie Night series. Free admission. 508 S. Fifth Street, Philadelphia.

Monday, April 14, 7 pm at the Gershman Y: The Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival presents a screening of Code Name: Bayonet, a documentary on the 1972 massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics. Special guest speaker Leo Vinovezky, Consul of Israel, will be on hand to provide background information and to engage audience members in dialogue following the film. Admission $10 general; $7 for students and seniors. 401 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, April 17, 7 pm at International House: The Small Change Screening Series co-presents "An Evening with Jeff Krulik," an evening of screenings and discussion with the award winner director/producer. Admission $7 general; $5 for members, students, and seniors. 3701 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 18, 8 pm at Moore College of Art: Secret Cinema presents an evening of "Weird Cartoons," highlighting unusual and bizarre animation from the 1930s through the 1960s. Admission $7. 20th and the Parkway, Philadelphia.

Saturday, April 19, 7:30 pm at Wooden Shoe Books: Kamp Katrina, presented as part of the People's Movie Night series. Free admission. 508 S. Fifth Street, Philadelphia.

Sunday, April 20, 2:30 pm at Philadelphia Museum of Art: Time in the Sun (1940), from footage shot for Sergei Eisenstein’s "¡Que Viva Mexico!." Presented in conjunction with the Frida Kahlo exhibition. Free tickets required after museum admission. Van Pelt Auditorium, ground floor, 26th Street and the Parkway, Philadelphia.

Sunday, April 20, 6:30 pm at Project Basho: Project Basho's first movie night will feature Blow Up (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966). Free and open to the public. 1305 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia.

Saturday, April 26, 7 pm at International House: The Janus Collection series presents Confidential Report (Orson Welles, 1955, also known as "Mr. Aradkin"), followed by a film discussion group led by curator Robert Cargni. Admission $7 general; $5 for members, students, and seniors. 3701 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, April 26, 7:30 pm at Wooden Shoe Books: Emma Goldman: An Exceedingly Dangerous Woman, presented as part of the People's Movie Night series. Free admission. 508 S. Fifth Street, Philadelphia.

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Friday, April 4 - Sunday, April 6 at the 33rd Street Armory: The Paradise City Arts Festival will present over 125 juried exhibitors showing original works in art glass, ceramics, painting, jewelry, decorative fiber, furniture, leather, metal, mixed media, photography, wearable art, large-scale sculpture, and wood. Show hours: Friday, noon - 7 pm; Saturday, 10 am - 6 pm; Sunday, 11 am - 5 pm. Admission $12 general; $8 for students and seniors; $15 for weekend pass; children under 12 free. 3205 Lancaster Avenue (between Market and Arch Streets), Philadelphia.

Tuesday, April 1, 6 - 8 pm at London Grill: Linda Dubin Garfield's SmArt Business Consulting presents a meet and greet for artists wishing to move their careers forward, with a discussion and free materials about how to: set and reach goals; improve your web presence; tweak your portfolio. Admission $10, includes hors d'oeuvres and cash bar. For additional information and to RSVP, e-mail smartbusinessconsulting@verizon.net. 2nd floor, 23rd Street and Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia.

Monday, April 14, 9:30 - 11:30 am at Fleisher Art Memorial: "Independent Contractor or Employee: Unraveling the Mystery of Employment Status for Teaching Artists," a free workshop presented by LINC Philadelphia. Advance registration required; click here for more information.

Saturday, April 26, 11 am - 3 pm at Scribe Video Center: "Visualizing a Black Cinema," a workshop with cinemetographer, filmmaker, and artist Arthur Jafa. 4212 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Fee $35 general; $25 for Scribe members. Pre-registration required; click here for details or call 215-222-4201.

Saturday, April 26, 9:30 am - 3 pm at Wayne Art Center: "Elements of Art Quilts" workshop; seven quilt artists will demonstrate their surface design techniques. Fee $60, includes lunch. Advance registration required; click here for complete details and registration form.

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Saturday, April 5 at Phillips de Pury, NYC: First Person Arts has arranged an exclusive one-day excursion and seminar to view a collection of rare Diane Arbus photographs discovered in 2003, which will be on exhibit for only a few days before going to auction. Tickets may be purchased for the full Philadelphia to New York excursion ($145), which includes a champagne breakfast on-route with collector Robert Langmuir, or for the New York session only ($55), which will entail a tour of the collection with Mr. Langmuir and a curator from Phillips de Pury and a seminar by experts on Diane Arbus. For complete details and online ticket link, click here.

Friday, April 11, 4:30 - 10 pm at the Philadelphia Navy Yard: Gala Preview Reception for the 47th Annual Philadelphia Antiques Show. For ticket information, click here. 5100 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, April 12 - Tuesday, April 15 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard: The 47th Annual Philadelphia Antiques Show, featuring 50 of the nation’s leading arts and antiques dealers, as well as "Fore & Aft – Philadelphia Collects Maritime," a special exhibition of maritime arts and antiques. Hours 11 am - 8 pm daily. Visit the web site for ticket and exhibitor information. 5100 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 18, 8 pm - 11 pm at Johnny Brenda's: "NightVisions: Ear Candy," presented as part one of the Mazzoni Center's "Heartworks " opening weekend. Among artist/performers to be featured are: Gang Gang Dance, David Jones, Kelly Marie Martin, Cory Arcangel, Douglas Armour, Paul Slocum, Professor Murder, Chad Brown, and Megawords. Tickets $20, includes admission to the April 19 "Eye Candy" event at the Ice Box Project Space. Tickets available now online. NE Corner Frankford and Girard Avenues, Philadelphia.

Saturday, April 19, 6 - 11 pm at the Ice Box Project Space: "NightVisions: Eye Candy," presented as part two of the Mazzoni Center's "Heartworks " opening weekend. An evening of experimental multimedia video art by Alex Bag, photography by Patterson Beckwith in collaboration with filmmaker Joshua Callaghan, and works by other video artists. Tickets $10 (free admission for folders of tickets to April 18 "Ear Candy" event). Tickets available now online. Crane Arts Building, 1400 N. American Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, April 19, 10 am - 1 pm at Positive Space Sculpture Lot: All are welcome to pitch in at the Sculpture Lot -- weeding, cleaning up, planting, etc -- for Positive Space's "Work Day." Frankford Avenue between Norris and Susquehanna, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, April 23, 8 pm at Nexus Foundation for Today's Art: The paraphrase/NEXUS series presents dancer/choreographers Jil Stifel and Zornitsa Stoyanova and composer/musician Mikronesia. Free admission.

Thursday, April 24 at the Institute of Contemporary Art: ICA Benefit 2008. For more information and to purchase advance tickets visit the web site or contact Denise Berry, Special Events & Sales Coordinator, at dyberry@pobox.upenn.edu

Friday, April 25, 5:30 - 9 pm at Ocean City Restaurant: Asian Arts Initiative presents its Benefit Banquet and Silent Auction. The evening features a silent art auction from 5:30 to 6:30 pm, followed by an eight-course Chinese banquet and entertainment highlighting their programs and artists. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets online.

Saturday, April 26, 6 - 10 pm at the Ice Box Project Space: Gala art auction and closing reception for Mazzoni Center's "Heartworks" benefit. Tickets available now online. Crane Arts Building, 1400 N. American Street, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, April 29, 6 - 8 pm at Main Line Art Center: Opening reception for the Spring Fine Craft Sale. Through Sunday, May 4; for hours, visit the web site. 746 Panmure Road, Haverford, PA.

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Tuesday, April 1, 8 pm at Light Industry: "Fools!," a program of short films curated by Brian Frye and Bradley Eros. Tickets $6, available at the door. 55 33rd Street (between Second and Third Avenues), 3rd floor, Brooklyn, NY.

Wednesday, April 2, 6 - 8 pm at apexart: Opening reception for Dave Eggers curates Lots Of Things Like This. Through May 10. 291 Church Street, NYC.

Thursday, April 3, 6 - 8 pm at The Annex: White Box presents the opening reception for Recent Drawings, works by Jorge Nesbitt and Glória Oliveira. Through April 26. 601 W. 26th Street, 14th floor, NYC.

Friday, April 4, 5 - 7 pm at The Drawing Center: Opening reception for Drawing Out: Student Artwork from Drawing Connections. Through April 10. 35 Wooster Street, NYC.

Friday, April 4, 7:30 pm at the New Museum: Extreme Behavior, a performance by artists Neal Medlyn and Jack Ferver. Admission $10 general; $8 members. Click here for advance ticket purchase information. New Museum Theater, 235 Bowery, NYC.

Saturday, April 5, 7 - 9 pm at Jonathan LeVine Gallery: Opening reception for Alex Gross, Mysteries and Manners; The Date Farmers: The Crying Playboy; and Erik Mark Sandberg, The Equilibrium of Glamour. Through May 3. 529 W. 20th Street, NYC

Saturday, April 5, 5 - 7 pm at Printed Matter: Opening reception and book launch for fierce pussy, an exhibition and book of works by the queer women's artist collective of the same name. Through May 24. 195 Tenth Avenue, NYC.

Monday, April 7, 6:30 pm at Dia Art Foundation: Artists on Artists lecture series presents a talk by Joe Scanlan on Sol LeWitt. Admission $6 general; $3 for members, students, and seniors. 535 W. 22nd Street, NYC.

Thursday, April 10, 7:30 pm at the New Museum: Artist Paulina Lasa and art historian/curator Cuauhtémoc Medina discuss “Tlatelolco and the localized negotiation of future imaginaries.” Free admission. New Museum Theater, 235 Bowery, NYC.

Thursday, April 10 - Sunday, April 13 at the Park Avenue Armory: AIPAD (Association of International Photography Art Dealers) Photography Show. Hours 11 am - 7 pm Thursday; 11 am - 8 pm Friday and Saturday; 11 am - 6 pm Sunday. Admission $25 daily; $35 for full run of show. Admission includes catalogue. Park Avenue at 67th Street, NYC.

Thursday, April 10, 7 pm at the Whitney Museum of American Art: The Seminars with Artists series presents a conversation with Ellen Harvey. Admission $8 general; $6 for seniors and students; free for members. Advance purchase recommended; tickets may be purchased online or call 212-570-7715.

Friday, April 11, 6 - 8 pm at White Box: Opening reception for New Ukrainian Painting. Through May 5. 525 W. 26th Street, NYC.

Saturday, April 12, 6 - 9 pm at Joshua Liner Gallery: Opening reception for inaugural group exhibition, Locked and Loaded. Through May 10. 548 W. 28th Street, Suite 334, NYC.

Saturday, April 12, 5 - 7 pm at Printed Matter: Book launch and signing for A Year of Playlists by Erik Hanson. 195 Tenth Avenue, NYC.

Monday, April 14, 6:30 pm at the New School: "Art and Money" a panel discussion presented by Artforum with Amy Cappellazzo, co-Head, Christie's Contemporary Art; Thomas Crow, Rosalie Solow Chair, Institute of Fine Arts, NYU; Jeffrey Deitch, Director, Deitch Projects; Kathy Halbreich, Associate Director, Museum of Modern Art; Yinka Shonibare, artist. Tishman Auditorium, 66 W. 12th Street, NYC. Click here for complete details.

Thursday, April 17, 6 - 8 pm at The Drawing Center: Opening reception for "Frederick Kiesler: Co-Realities" and "Yüksel Arslan: Visual Interpretations." Kiesler exhibition runs through July 24; Arslan through May 15. 35 Wooster Street, NYC.

Thursday, April 17, 6 - 8 pm at Claire Oliver Gallery: Opening reception for Gerry Snyder, Fundamental. Through May 17. 513 W. 26th Street, NYC.

Thursday, April 17, 6 - 8 pm at Mixed Greens: Opening reception for Rob Nadeau: Heavy Chalk. Through May 23. 531 W. 26th Street, NYC.

Saturday, April 19, 2 - 4 pm at the Brooklyn Museum: Panel discussion, "Envisioning Japan: Consuming Art in Japan / America," with Laura Mueller, curator of Utagawa: Masters of the Japanese Print, 1770–1900; Roland Kelts, author of Japanamerica; Scott Rothkopf, Senior Editor at Artforum; and Chad Phillips, Director of Creative Development, Kidrobot. Free with museum admission. Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd floor, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY.

Sunday, April 20 at Museum of Modern Art and P.S.1: Take your time: Olafur Eliasson opens to the public. Includes a survey of work from 1991 to present as well as six new works created specifically for MoMA and P.S.1. Through June 30. MoMA: 11 W. 53rd Street (between Fifth and Sixth Avenues). P.S.1: 22-25 Jackson Avenue (at 46th Avenue), Long Island City, NY.

Tuesday, April 22 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Jeff Koons on the Roof, a rooftop installation of sculptures by Jeff Koons, opens to the public. Roof Garden, 1000 Fifth Avenue, NYC.

Tuesday, April 22, 6:30 pm at Storefront for Art and Architecture: Opening reception for Koolhaas Houselife, a film by Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine presented as part three of On Mock-ups, Home Videos and Housekeeping: a video exhibition in 3 parts. Through May 3. 97 Kenmare Street, NYC.

Saturday, April 26, 3 pm at the New Museum: Night School presents "Contemporary Models of Agency," a public seminar with Maria Lind, Carey Young, Tirdad Zolghadr, and others. Free with museum admission; tickets required, may be reserved online. 235 Bowery, NYC.

Saturday, April 26, 5 - 7 pm at Printed Matter: Book launch for Eduardo Kac and Avital Ronell’s Life Extreme. 195 Tenth Avenue, NYC.

Monday, April 28, 6:30 pm at Dia Art Foundation: Artists on Artists lecture series presents a talk by Amy Sillman on John Chamberlain. Admission $6 general; $3 for members, students, and seniors. 535 W. 22nd Street, NYC.

Tuesday, April 29 at Diane Von Furstenberg Studio: Storefront for Art and Architecture 25th Anniversary Benefit, a gala event honoring Kyong Park and Shirin Neshat. Tickets $100 and up. 440 W. 14th Street, NYC.

Wednesday, April 30, 6:30 pm at apexart: Screening of The Devil and Daniel Johnston, a documentary by Jeff Feuerzeig, presented in conjunction with the exhibition Lots of Things Like This. Free and open to the public. 291 Church Street, NYC.

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Wednesday, April 2, 5 pm at MASS MoCA: Artist talk by Devorah Sperber. Free; reservations requested (call 413-MoCA111). 1040 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA.

Thursday, April 3, at Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art: The Aljira Fine Art Auction 2008. Tickets $75; to purchase, contact contacting Chris Walia at cwalia@aljira.org or 973-622-1600. 591 Broad Street, Newark, NJ.

Thursday, April 3, noon and 5:15 pm at Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University: A exhibition tour of the newly opened Pre-Columbian Art from the Carroll Collection at noon; at 5:15, a lecture by Professor John F. Scott, exhibition co-curator. Exhibition on view through June 15. Free admission. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

Friday, April 4, 6 - 8 pm at Antreasian Gallery, Baltimore: Opening reception for Nature's Spiritual Transcendence, works by Shirley Albert and Joseph Kabriel. 1111 W 36th Street, Baltimore, MD.

Friday, April 4, 6 - 8 pm at Samson Projects, Boston: Artist reception Adam Frelin's solo exhibition, Winners, Factions and Thieves, shown in video and photographs. Through May 3. 450 Harrison Avenue, Storefront 63, Boston, MA.

Saturday, April 5, 7 pm to midnight at the Allentown Art Museum: 2008 Gala Dinner Dance and Silent Auction. For ticket information, call 610-432-4333.

Saturday, April 5 and Sunday, April 6, 11 am - 6 pm at the Brewery Art Lofts, Los Angeles: Brewery Art Walk, a twice-annual open studio weekend with over 100 resident artists participating. Free. 2100 N. Main Street, Los Angeles, CA.

Saturday, April 5, 5 - 7 pm at Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University: Opening reception for spring exhibitions. Preceded at 4:30 by an introduction by Laura Johnson-Kelly, Andean archaelogist and co-curator of Pre-Columbian Art from the Carroll Collection. Free admission. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

Saturday, April 5, at Moxie DaDa, Pittsburgh: Opening reception for Robert Newell's 4 Corners West: Watercolors and Oils. Through April 26. 4510 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA.

Thursday, April 10, 7 - 10 pm at 222gallery, Los Angeles: Opening reception for Diana Meaker, Recent Works. Through May 5. 451 N. Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, CA.

Friday, April 11 - Monday, April 14 at the Puerto Rico Convention Center, San Juan: CIRCA Puerto Rico Contemporary Art Fair. Public hours noon - 8 pm Saturday - Monday. Admission $15 general; $8 for students with ID. 100 Convention Boulevard, San Juan, PR.

Sunday, April 13, 1 - 4 pm at Hassel Museum of Art, Bard College: Opening reception for Series 2 exhibitions of Second Thoughts,, presenting three exhibitions curated by students of the Center for Curatorial Studies. Free transportation available from New York City for all exhibition openings; advance reservations required, call 845-758 -7598 or e-mail ccs@bard.edu. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.

Tuesday, April 15, 4:30 pm at Princeton University: A lecture by artist Paul Chan, whose project The 7 Lights is now on view at the New Museum. James Stewart Theater, Princeton, NJ.

Friday, April 18 - Monday, April 21 at Brussels Expo, Belgium: artbrussels 26th Contemporary Art Fair. Hours 11 am - 7 pm Friday - Sunday; 11 am - 10 pm Monday. Place de Belgique, 1.

Saturday, April 19, 6 - 9 pm at Renaissance Riverfront Center for the Arts: Reception for Too Real is Too Real, a juried exhibition of paintings and sculpture by regional artists exploring the lasting impact of Surrealism. Artist talks and announcement of awards at 6:30 pm. 22 N. High Street, Millville, NJ.

Tuesday, April 22 at the Noyes Museum of Art: The retrospective exhibition From Cape May to Cairo: The Work of George Washington Nicholson opens to the public. Through November 9. 733 Lily Lake Road, Oceanville, NJ.

Friday, April 25 - Monday, April 28 at the Chicago Merchandise Mart: Art Chicago, international fair of contemporary and modern art, The Artist Project, independent artist exhibition and sale, and NEXT Art Fair, invitational exhibition of emerging art. Presented as part of Artropolis Chicago. 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL.

Friday, April 25 at the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo: History in the Making: A Retrospective of the Turner Prize opens to the public. Through July 13. 53F Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 6-10-1 Roppongi Minatoku Tokyo, Japan.

Saturday, April 26 at the James A. Michener Art Museum: Dog Dogs, an exhibition of photographs by Elliot Erwitt, opens to the public. Through August 31. Wachovia Gallery, 138 S. Pine Street, Doylestown, PA.

Wednesday, April 30, 3 - 7 pm at Berman Museum of Art: Opening receptions and awards ceremony for Ursinus College Annual Student Exhibition. Schedule: 3 - 5 pm in Main Gallery, awards ceremony at 4:30 pm; 5 - 7 pm at Ritter Art Studio Gallery location. Ursinus College, 601 E. Main Street, Collegeville, PA.

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