Thursday, July 4, 5:30 -7:30 pm at CFEVA Benoliel Gallery: Opening reception for Song Yi Kim alumni solo exhibition. Through June 19. Felicity R. (Bebe) Benoliel Gallery, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, 237 S. 18th Street, The Barclay, Suite 3A, Philadelphia.

Thursday, July 4, 5 - 9 pm at Silica Gallery: Opening reception for Elizabeth Briggs-Fandek, A Doll Show. Through July 5. 908-A N. Third Street, Philadelphia.

First Friday, June 5, 6 - 9 pm at 222gallery: Opening reception for House Industries, Letters & Ligatures. Through July 31. 222 Vine Street, Philadelphia.

First Friday, June 5, 5 - 9 pm at 3rd Street Gallery: Opening reception for Jean Plough, Extending the Field. Through June 28. 58 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

First Friday, June 5, 5 - 8:30 pm at Artists' House: Opening reception for New Faces Exhibit. Through June 28. 57 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

First Friday, June 5, 6 - 9:30 pm at Bambi: Opening reception for Unbalanced Forces: An exploration of collective making. Through June 15. NEW ADDRESS: The Piazza, 1001-1013 N. Second Street, Suite 7, Philadelphia.

First Friday, June 5, 6 - 8 pm at Basekamp: Opening reception, one-night drinking and role playing event (free drinks!) for The Hegemonic Bar II: Another Round. Through July 31. 723 Chestnut Street, 2nd floor, Philadelphia.

First Friday, June 5, 6 - 8:30 pm at Bridgette Mayer Gallery: Reception and benefit event for Back on My Feet Benefit Exhibition. Through July. 709 Walnut Street, Philadelphia.

First Friday, June 5, 5 - 9 pm at The Clay Studio: Melissa Mytty, Pickles and Pop; Associate Artist Group Exhibition; Rebecca Chappell, New Work. Through June 28. 139 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

First Friday, June 5, 5 - 9 pm at FAN Gallery: Thomas Zehnder, paintings. Through June 27. 221 Arch Street, Philadelphia.

First Friday, June 5, 6 - 9 pm at Gallery 50: Watercolors by the "Bay Gals." Through June 26. 50 E. Commerce Street, Bridgeton, NJ.

First Friday, June 5, 5 - 9 pm at Highwire Gallery: Gone Fishin', Northwest Artists Collective group exhibition. Through June 28. 2040 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia.

First Friday, June 5, 6 - 10 pm at Little Berlin: Offerings, 80-person collaborative exhibition. Through June 28. 119 W. Montgomery Avenue, Philadelphia.

First Friday, June 5, 5:30 - 7:30 pm at Locks Gallery: Elizabeth Osborne, '70s Still Life, through July 3; and Edna Andrade, Toward Infinity, through June 13. 600 Washington Square South, Philadelphia.

First Friday, June 5, 6 - 9 pm at Main Line Art Center: Unframed and Uncorked Art Sale. 746 Panmure Road, Haverford, PA.

First Friday, June 5, Memphis Taproom: Opening night for photographs by Ed Snyder. Through June. 2331 E. Cumberland Street (at Memphis), Philadelphia.

First Friday, June 5, 5 - 8 pm at Muse Gallery: Nancy E. F. Halbert, Figurative Expressions. Through June 30. 52 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

First Friday, June 5, 6 - 8:30 pm at Pentimenti: Think Global, Go Local...., work by Piper Brett, Alexis Granwell, EJ Herczyk, Gloria Houng and Jason Austin + Aleksandr Mergold. Through July 18. 45 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

First Friday, June 5, at Projects Gallery: Summer in the City, group exhibition. Through August 5. 629 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

First Friday, June 5, 6 - 9 pm at Proximity Gallery: Christine Jones, Crazy Ladies. Through June 30. 2434 East Dauphin Street, Philadelphia.

First Friday, June 5, 5 - 10 pm at Rodger LaPelle Gallery: Reception for Spring Salon, group exhibition. Through June 28. 122 N. Third Street, Philadelphia.

First Friday, June 5, 6 - 8:30 pm at Silicon Gallery: Opening reception for Zoe Strauss, Nobody Has More Winners. Through June 27. 139 N. Third Street, Philadelphia.

First Friday, June 5, 7 - 10 pm at Space 1026: Opening reception for Matthew Palladino and Eric Shaw, New Works. Through June 25. 1026 Arch Street, 2nd floor, Philadelphia.

First Friday, June 5, 5:30 - 8:30 pm at Snyderman/Works Galleries: Artists reception for Jan Morgen, Paintings, through June 20; clay works by Sequoia Miller, through June 30. 303 Cherry Street, Philadelphia.

First Friday, June 5, 6 - 11pm at Vox Populi: Opening reception for vydavy sindikat, Commuter's Dream; Michael Paul Britto in the video lounge; Forest Reverie, alumni exhibition by Joseph Hu and Mauro Zamora. Through June 28.319 N. 11th Street, third floor, Philadelphia.

First Friday, June 5, 5 - 8 pm at Wexler Gallery: Neoteric Matter - New Studio Jewelry, curated by Daniella Kerner and anti/icono/clastic, a retrospective of work by experimental metalsmith and sculptor Myra Mimlitsch-Gray. Through June 27. 201 N. Third Street, Philadelphia.

First Friday, June 5, 5 - 6:30 at the Wood Turning Center: The Art of Opening: Bottles & Their Toppers and In Balance: Wood & Metal. Gallery talk by Followed at 6:30 by a gallery talk with Hank Adams, Creative Director of Wheaton Arts Glass Studio and Don Friel, Wheaton Arts Glass Artist. Through July 18. 501 Vine Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, June 6, 6 - 9 pm at Da Vinci Art Alliance: Opening awards reception for Envisioning Romeo and Juliet. Through April 26. 704 Catharine Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, June 6, 5 - 7 pm at Woodmere Art Museum: Reception for Intention: Nine Philadelphia Sculptors, an exhibition on view through August 2. 9201 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia.

Sunday, June 7, 2 - 4 pm at Pagus Gallery: Opening reception for Two Painters, work by Pam Birmingham and Maria Malatesta. Through July 18. 619 W. Washington Street, Norristown, PA.

Sunday, June 7, noon - 5 pm at Rosenfeld Gallery: Opening reception for exhibition of mixed media paintings by Antonio Puri. Through June 28. 113 Arch Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, June 11, 5 - 7 pm at Art in City Hall: Opening reception for In Your Dreams, group thematic exhibition. Through September 11. Philadelphia City Hall, 2nd and 4th floors, Broad & Market Streets, Philadelphia.

Thursday, June 11, 6 - 8 pm at the Gershman Y: Opening reception for Part II of Invented: (un)Realities, an exhibition organized by Vox members Julianna Foster and Josh Rickards. Through August 7. 401 S. Broad Street (at Pine), Philadelphia.

Thursday, June 11, 6 - 9 pm at The Hall, Crane Arts Building: InLiquid presents a site-specific installation by Summer Yates, Houston and Bowery. Through June 28. Crane Arts Building, 1400 N. American Street, first floor, Philadelphia.

Thursday, June 11, 6 - 10 pm at Little Berlin: Second Thursday reception and awards ceremony for the collaborative group exhibition Offerings. Through June 28. 119 W. Montgomery Avenue, Philadelphia.

Thursday, June 11, 6 - 9 pm at Nexus Foundation for Today's Art: Opening reception for NEXUSselects 2009. Through July 3. Crane Arts Building, 1400 N. American Street, first floor, Philadelphia.

Friday, June 12, 6 - 9 pm at Art@Arcadia Boutique: Opening reception for Paper Dolls by Jesse Beamesderfer. Through August 22. 819 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, June 12, 5:30 - 7:30 pm at Asian Arts Initiative: Opening reception for Urban Convergence, a multi-artist exhibition curated by Jeff Cylkowski. Through August 2. 1219 Vine Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, June 12, 5 - 8 pm at Chester County Art Association: Opening reception for the next installment of the Art4Barter group exhibitions, curated by Antonio Puri. Through June 19. 100 N. Bradford Avenue, West Chester, PA.

Friday, June 12, 6 - 8 pm at Sande Webster Gallery: Opening reception for Anthony Liggins, Interconnected Souls & Kindred Spirits. 2006 Walnut Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, June 12, 6 - 9 pm at Smile Gallery: Opening reception for Joroko and Yow!, Intuitive Bricolage, curated by Dr. Debra Miller. Through July 7. 105 S. 22nd Street, 2nd floor.

Friday, June 12, 6 - 9 pm at Twenty Two Gallery: Opening reception for Michael Smith & Sarah Pohlman, Conceptual Glances / Life's Soup. Through July 3. 236 S. 22nd Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, June 12, 5:30 - 8 pm at the William Way LGBT Community Center: Opening reception for exhibition of work by Ryan Burkhart, Justin Johnson, and Jimi Mooney. Through July 31. Juniper and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia.

Saturday, June 13, 5 - 9 pm at Art Star: Opening reception for Draw 4. Through July 26. 623 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Sunday, June 14, 1 - 4 pm at Cerulean Arts: Meet the artist reception and gallery talk (at 2 pm) by Yasuji Paul Hamanaka, whose exhibition Look Closer - Set Me Free is currently on view. 1355 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia.

Sunday, June 14, 3 - 7 pm at SAGE Projects: Opening reception for Personal Boundaries, nine artist exhibition. Through July 12. 333 South Street, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, June 17, 6 - 8 pm at The Sporting Club at the Bellevue: Opening reception for an exhibition of works by Betsy Alexander, Peter Bloomfield, Deborah Curtiss, Andrea Krupp, Ed Bronstein, William Middleton, Tom Sacchetti, Jerome Schwartz, and Steve Stern. Through October. 224 S. Broad Street, 2m Lobby, Philadelphia.

Thursday, June 18, 5 - 7 pm at Philadelphia City Hall: Opening reception for Art in City Hall's exhibition of Drexel Interiors Design Organization's 2009 Annual Graduate Show. Through July 17. NE corner, 5th floor, Broad & Market Streets, Philadelphia.

Thursday, June 18, 6 - 8 pm at Fleisher / Ollman Gallery: Opening reception for Frenz, a group exhibition of works selected by Will Oldham (a.k.a. "Bonnie Prince Billy"). Through summer. 1616 Walnut Street, Suite 100, Philadelphia.

Friday, June 19, 6 - 9 pm at James Oliver Gallery: Closing reception for Guy Stanley Philoche exhibition of paintings. 723 Chestnut Street, 4th floor, Philadelphia.

Friday, June 19, 6 - 8 pm at Seraphin Gallery: Opening reception for Sidney Goodman | Strange Clarity. Through July 28. 1108 Pine Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, June 20, 4 - 6 pm at Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education: at A Rake's Progress: An Morality Tale, an installation of sculptures by Artist-in-Residence Gary Miller on the grounds of Brolo Hill Farm. Through December, 2009. At the Schuylkill Center's Second Site at Brolo Hill Farm, located at Corner of Port Royal Ave and Hagy's Mill Road.

Thursday, June 25, 5 - 7 pm at Center for Emerging Visual Artists: Opening reception for Pittsburgh Biennial Selections. Through July 21. NOTE NEW LOCATION: 1521 Locust Street, lower level, Philadelphia.

Friday, June 26, 6 - 8 pm at Moore College of Art and Design: Opening reception for Bicycle: people + ideas in motion (also on view InSights: Lee Stoetzel – Big Bike and Ryan Humphrey’s Fast Forward installation). At 7 pm, performance ramps in Ryan Humphrey’s installation will be artfully put to use by 80s BMX Pro John “Dizz” Hicks and other select Philadelphia BMXers. At 8 pm, the Bicycle Film Festival screens the Philadelphia’s premiere of I Love My Bicycle: The Story of FBM Bikes (2009). 20th Street, and the Parkway, Philadelphia.

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Friday, June 12, 6 pm at Digitas Health: The Secret Cinema will present a benefit screening for the AIDS Law Project, featuring Mamie Van Doren in Born Reckless (Howard W. Koch, 1959). Doors open at 6 pm for food and drinks, followed by the film screening at 7:30. Admission $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Prepaid reservations are recommended. All funds raised will go to the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania. To purchase tickets in advance, call the AIDS Law Project at 215-587-9377 or visit www.aidslawpa.org . Digitas Health at The John Wanamaker Building, 100 Penn Square East (use Juniper Street entrance), Philadelphia.

Friday, June 12, 7 pm at International House: The Best of the Ottawa International Animation Festival, a program of animated shorts. Admission $7 general; $5 students, seniors, and Internationalist level members. 3701 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, June 13, 7 pm at International House: As part of the Janus Collection screenings, I-House presentsThe Job (Il posto) (Ermanno Olmi, Italy, 1961). Admission $7 general; $5 students, seniors, and Internationalist level members. 3701 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, June 20, 8:30 pm at 941 Theater: Bjork: Voltaic Live in Paris, a multi-media concert documentary, with highlights from the Volta tour, recorded in Paris and Reykjavik. Presented in high-definition video and audio in 941 Theater's new state-of-the-art facility. 941 N. Front Street Philadelphia.

Saturday, June 27 at Moore College of Art and Design: The Galleries at Moore hosts Bicycle Film Festival Philadelphia with various bike film screenings at 2, 4, 6, and 8 pm. Cost is approximately $7 per person. From 2 to 6 pm there will also be a Bicycle Film Festival Street Party on Race Street in front of Moore, featuring live music, food, and bike demonstrations. 20th Street and the Parkway, Philadelphia.

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Wednesday, June 10, 6 pm at the Institute for Contemporary Art: "Get Your Dirt On," a clay workshop with ceramicist Carol Stirton-Broad, followed by screening of Ghost (Jerry Zucker, US, 1990); movie begins at 8:30 pm. Workshop materials fee $10, pre-registration required, maximum 20 participants. For more information, call 215.898.5911 or e-mail efroh@upenn.edu.

Wednesday, June 17, 6 - 8 pm at Esther Klein Gallery: "3D Printing with Fab@Home," a free workshop with Fab@Home creator, Evan Malone. Please RSVP to the Klein Art Gallery as space is limited. 3600 Market Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, June 20, 1 - 5 pm at Hive 76: The Esther Klein Gallery presents "3D Printing with MakerBot," a workshop with MakerBot co-creator, Zach Hoeken. Cost $25. Hive 76 is a new Philly Hackerspace in the 915 Spring Garden Building, Philadelphia.

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Through June 28 at multiple locations: Hidden City Philadelphia will juxtapose the old with the new, presenting nine hidden architectural treasures filled with world premieres by local and internationally acclaimed artists. Click here for information on guided bus tours of the sites.

Thursday, June 4, 4:30 - 8:30 at Asian Arts Initiative: The Mural Arts Program presents its "BIG PICTURE Summer Open House," a night of free, intergenerational fun, including a community mural dedication, viewing of the Youth Art Gallery, art making, refreshments, and a movie. 1219 Vine Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, June 5 and Saturday, June 6, 1 - 6 pm at University of the Arts in the Gershman Y: hosts the Hybrid Book Fair, featuring over 100 artists, toolmakers, and vendors displaying artist's books, prints, and more for sale, from both emerging and master artists. 401 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, June 13 and Sunday, June 14, 1 - 6 pm at Crane Arts: INLIQUID'S ART FOR THE CASH POOR is back for its 10th year! Browse works of over 100 artists selling work for $199 and under, listen to live music, and get some great food and libations from top restaurants. Click here for details. 1400 N. American Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, June 19, 7 - 10 pm at Samuel Fleisher Art Memorial: Dr. Sketchy's Philadelphia is back with another installment of drawing-session-meets-burlesque. This month's theme is "Big Top," featuring players of the Olde City Sideshow posing and performing dangerous feats. Artists can compete for prizes and booze. Tickets sell out quickly, so advance purchase is recommended. Tickets $12 online ($15 at the door) for Art Monkeys and $17 online ($20 at the door) for Voyeurs. Click here for tickets. The Sanctuary, Fleisher Art Memorial, 719 Catharine Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, June 20, 3 pm to sundown at the Kimmel Center: InLiquid will be teaming with the Kimmel for their Summer Solstice celebration, bringing an open market of local contemporary artworks, crafts, and entertainment to Spruce Street just west of Broad.

Saturday, June 20, noon - 5 pm at the Comcast Center: ART Wine and Food Festival. 17th and JFK Boulevard, Philadelphia.

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