Thursday, September 4 at the Institute of Contemporary Art: Opening reception for R. Crumb’s Underground, Douglas Blau, Kate Gilmore, and Odili Donald Odita's Third Space. Through December 7. 118 S. 36th Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, September 4, 6 - 8 pm at Philadelphia Cathedral: Opening reception for solo exhibition by artist in residence Zoe Cohen. 3723 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, September 5, 6 - 9 pm at 222gallery: Opening reception for Musings, new photographs by Samantha West. Through October 4. 222 Vine Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, September 5, 6 - 8:30 pm at Bridgette Mayer Gallery: Opening reception for Stillness, new works by Alexis Serio. Through September 27. 709 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA.

Friday, September 5, 6 - 9 pm at The Clay Studio: Opening reception for Colleen Toledano, subFOUNDATION; Just Desserts, group exhibition; and Jen Allen, New Work. Through September 21. 139 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, September 5, 5 - 9 pm at Muse Gallery: Opening reception for Grimm Sisters, a collaboration by artists Rochelle
Dinkin and Rachel Isaac. Through September 28. 52 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, September 5, 5 - 7 pm at the Painted Bride Art Center Cafe Gallery: Opening reception for InLiquid at the Bride's presentation of paintings and drawings by Stephen Scott Smith, part of the three-venue exhibition Project ME9. Through October 18. 230 Vine Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, September 5, 5 - 8 pm at Projects Gallery: Opening reception for Fresh 2008, group exhibition featuring Cat Badger, Rosanne D'Andrea, Talia Greene, Brooke Holloway, Sarah Lu, Carl Marin, Itsuki Ogihara, Marylin Rodriguez-Behrle, Lynn Rosenthal, Mia Rosenthal, Krista Rothwell, Krista Travers, and others. Through September 27. 629 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, September 5, 7 - 10 pm at Space 1026: Opening reception for Ebonza Sungondora Unillumina Faunandflora: Sacred Asymmetry. 1026 Arch Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, September 5, 6 - 11 pm at Vox Populi Gallery: Opening reception and 21st anniversary celebration, featuring Vox artists Jonathan Prull, Jamie Dillon, and Nick Paparone; guest artist, Janna Holmstedt and One Gray Grass in the Ball Field, with Vox alumni: Clint Takeda, David Wickland, Joy Feasley, Jen Macdonald, Kait Midgett, Nancy Lewis, Nick Muellner, Paul Swenbeck, Richard Harrod, Shannon Bowser, and Tristin Lowe. Through September 28. 319 N. 11th Street, 3rd floor, Philadelphia.

Saturday, September 6, 6 - 10 pm at James Oliver Gallery: Opening reception for A Beautiful Find, group found objects exhibition featuring Tom Judd, Phillip Johnson, George-ann F. Greth, Ron Johnson, Andrew Brehm, Brookes Britcher, Steven Earl Weber, Fatima Adamu, Billy and Steven Dufala, Justin Coffin and others. Through October 6. 723 Chestnut Street, 4th floor, Philadelphia.

Saturday, September 6, 8 - 11 pm at Yo! Darkroom: Opening reception for Empty Orchestra: Art Meets Karaoke!, featuring the work of artists Alexander Young, Amos Latteier, Gordon Winiemko, Boris Willis, Chris Barr, and Sarah Paul. 113 N. 23rd Street, Philadelphia.

Sunday, September 7, 3 - 6 pm at Old City Jewish Art Center: Reception to meet kiln-formed glass artist Rachel Shoham, interact with "Reel Footage" video portraits, and participate in a workshop with artist Linda Dubin Garfield, all part of the exhibition From Head to Toe: A Multimedia Approach. Through September 14. 119 N Third Street, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, September 10, 6:30 - 8:30 pm at Center for Emerging Visual Artists (CFEVA): Opening reception for Julia Stratton's Scriabin Music Boxes. Through September 25. The Felicity R. (Bebe) Benoliel Gallery, 237 S. 18th Street, The Barclay, Suite 3A, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, September 10, 5:30 - 7:30 pm at the Philadelphia Art Alliance: Opening reception for Lisa Murch: Bioforms in the first floor galleries; and Southwest Alaska: A World of Parks and Wildlife Refuges at the Crossroads, photographs by Robert Glenn Ketchum. Through October 19. 251 S. 18th Street, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, September 10, 5:30 - 7:30 pm at The Print Center: Opening reception for Masao Yamamoto, Nakazora; and Foreclosed, a group exhibition featuring Alejandra Laviada, Gillian Pears, Hirsch Perlman, Tommy Reynolds, Melanie Schiff, and Ryan Widger. 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, September 10, 5:30 pm at University of Pennsylvania Libraries: Opening reception for Oh Fresh! Sophomore Proclamations of Freshman Rules, 1866 - WWII. Through December 19. Rosenwald Gallery, 6th floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia (entrance on Locust Walk).

Thursday, September 11, 6 - 9 pm at Crane Arts Building, Suite 105: Opening reception for Symbiotic Faction, the second-year University of Delaware MFA Exhibition at its new satellite exhibition space at the Crane. 1400 N. American Street, first floor, Philadelphia.

Thursday, September 11, 6 - 9 pm at The Hall, Crane Arts Building: InLiquid presents an installation by Stephen Scott Smith, as part of the three-venue Project ME9. Through October 18. Crane Arts Building, 1400 N. American Street, first floor, Philadelphia.

Thursday, September 11, 6 - 9 pm at Kelly & Weber Fine Art: Opening reception for Mike Stifel, Making it From Here to There. Through November 8. Crane Arts Building, Suite 201, 1400 N. American Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, September 11, 6 - 9 pm at Nexus Foundation for Today's Art: Public reception for asNEXUS, performance installations by member artists J. Makary and Bilwa. Through October 3. Crane Arts Building, 1400 N. American Street, first floor, Philadelphia.

Thursday, September 11, 6 - 9 pm at Project Basho: Opening reception for Koichiro Kurita: Landscape as Metaphor. Through October 26. 1305 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia.

Thursday, September 11, 6 - 9 pm at Reverie, 6 - 9 pm: New work by painter Sarah Becktel. 205 W. Girard Avenue, Philadelphia.

Friday, September 12, 5 - 8 pm at the Esther Klein Art Gallery: Opening reception for The Interval Separating, an exhibition by artist Caleb Larsen exploring what exists between the digital and physical realities. Through November 1. University City Science Center, 3600 Market Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, September 12, 6 - 9 pm at Smile Cafe & Gallery: Opening reception for Rikard Larma, Painting with Light. Through October 8. 105 S. 22nd Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, September 12, 5:30 - 7:30 pm at University City Arts League: Opening reception for Arts League Faculty Exhibition. Through September 26. 4226 Spruce Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, September 13, 6 - 10 pm at Fusion Gallery: Opening reception for Sunstorm: Recent Work by Greg Minah. Through September 27. 697 Haddon Avenue, Collingswood, NJ.

Saturday, September 13, 4 - 6 pm at Jenny Jaskey Gallery: Opening reception for WYSIWIG, group exhibition guest curated by Christopher Law. Through October 18. 969 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, September 14, 2:30 - 4:30 pm at the Phyllis and Muriel Berman Museum of Art: Opening reception for Women’s Work? Two Exhibitions Looking at Women’s Bodies of/as Work. Through December 7. Ursinus College, 601 E. Main Street, Collegeville, PA.

Sunday, September 14, noon - 5 pm at Rosenfeld Gallery: Opening reception for Light Rings, watercolors by Susan Pasquarelli. Through October 5. 113 Arch Street, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, September 17, 6 - 8 pm at International House Video Lounge: Opening reception for InLiquid at I-House's fall presentation, part three of Stephen Scott Smith's Project ME9. Through October 31. 3701 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, September 18, 6:30 - 9 pm at Arcadia University Art Gallery: sOpening reception and lecture for Daniel Eatock: Extra Medium. 450 S. Easton Road, Glenside, PA.

Friday, September 19, 7 pm at Pageant Gallery: Opening reception for Falling Sound, sculpture and printmaking by Toshimitsu Ito. Through November 2. 607 Bainbridge Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, September 20, 8 pm at NEXUS: Paraphrase/NEXUS presents a program by dancers Rebecca Patek and Emily Sweeney who will inhabit member artists Bilwa + J. Makary's current installation. Admission $5. 1400 N. American Street, 1st floor, Philadelphia.

Sunday, September 21, 2 - 4 pm at Woodmere Art Museum: Opening reception for "Art from All Ages," work by children ages 1 - 18. Helen Millard Children's Gallery, 9201 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia.

Friday, September 26, 6 - 8 pm at Gallery 339: Opening reception for David Graham, Almost Paradise and Paul Cava, Heart of the Matter. Through November 8. 339 S. 21st Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, September 27, 5 - 7 pm at Woodmere Art Museum: Opening reception for "In Search of Missing Masters: The Lewis Tanner Moore Collection of African American Art." Through February 22, 2009. 9201 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia.

Saturday, September 27, 6 pm at Yo! Darkroom Gallery: Opening reception for Invented Landscapes, group photography exhibition. Through November 14. 113 N. 23rd Street, Philadelphia.

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Wednesday, September 17, 7 pm at Institute of Contemporary Art: A lecture by Patrick Rosenkranz, presented in conjunction with the R. Crumb’s Underground exhibition. 118 S. 36th Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, September 18, 5:30 pm at Center for Emerging Visual Artists (CFEVA): "Conservation for Artists," an open discussion with paper conservator and collection manager Susan L. Duhl, paintings conservator Steven Erisoty, and objects conservator Julie Baker. Participants are encouraged to come with specific questions about your working styles and media. Fee $12 ($10 for InLiqud member artists). Space limited; to reserve a seat, call 215-546-7775 x11 or e-mail Genevieve@cfeva.org. The Barclay, 237 S. 18th Street, suite 3A, Philadelphia.

Thursday, September 18, 6 pm at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts: An informal evening with Frank Stella, followed by reception. Presented in conjunction with the Reverberations exhibition. Tickets $15 general; $10 members; $7 for PAFA students with ID; and free for Bank of America customers when they show their ATM cards. Fisher Brooks Gallery, Hamilton Building , Broad & Cherry Streets, Philadelphia.

Saturday, September 20, 9:30 - 11 am at Abington Art Center: A morning of coffee and conversation with Hiro Sakaguchi, one of the artists included in the Global Suburbia show. Free for AAC members; $5 general admission. 515 Meetinghouse Road, Jenkintown, PA.

Saturday, September 20, 9 am - 5 pm at Haverford College: A symposium on "A Century of Haverford Alumni Photographers 1874 to 1979" will bring together a distinguished group of scholars to examine a heretofore unexplored aspect of Philadelphia photographic history. Presented in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name on view in the Cantor-Fitzgerald Gallery in the Whitehead Campus Center through September 21. For additional information call 610-896-1336 or 610-896-1016.

Sunday, September 21, noon - 3 pm at Crane Arts: InLiquid presents a Collectors' Preview Session, an interactive panel discussion on collecting contemporary art, followed by a brunch reception with the panelists and preview of the inliquid benefit v.8.0 artwork . Discussion moderated by Karen Davis, President and CEO of the Arts & Business Council of Philadelphia.  Panelists: Jeffrey P. Fuller, accredited senior appraiser, Fuller's Fine Art Auctions;  Lis Kalogris, collector;  Shelly Spector, art dealer and artist; and  Liz Spungen, art dealer and Executive Director of The Print Center.  Tickets $30. Space limited; advance purchase by September 15 encouraged. Click here to purchase online. For more information, call 215-235-3405. 1400 N. American Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, September 25, 5:30 - 8 pm at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education: The Citizen Science lecture series begins with a program in conjunction with The Environmental Art Department's outdoor art installation, Ghosts and Shadows. The program begins at 5:30 with an artists talk by Jennifer Chapman, Keiko Miyamori, Kara Rennert, and Marisha Simons at Second Site - Brolo Hill Farm (parking at corner of Port Royal Ave and Hagy's Mill Road); followed at 6:30 pm in the main building by "A Glimpse of Local Land Use History and Environmental Art," a talk by Emily Cooperman, PhD, Architectural Research and Cultural History. Free and open to the public. 8480 Hagy's Mill Road, Philadelphia.

Saturday, September 27, noon - 1 pm at The Print Center: Jeannie Pearce will give an artist talk in the Gallery Store. Free and open to the public; a 10% discount will be applied to purchases in the gallery store that day. 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia.

Sunday, September 28, 2 pm at Woodmere Art Museum: The Dialogues series presents "Romare Bearden's Jazz Hands," a lecture by Nikki Greene, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History, Swarthmore College. 9201 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia.

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Through September 13, various venues: The Philadelphia Live Arts & Fringe Festival!!

Saturday, September 13 and Sunday, September 14 at Twentieth Century Hall, Lansdowne: The 6th Annual Lansdowne Arts Festival will feature a visual arts show / sale, live music, and theater. Hours: Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm; Sunday, noon - 5 pm. 84 S. Lansdowne Avenue (just south of Lansdowne R3 rail station), Lansdowne, PA.

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Monday, September 1; Sunday, September 7; and Wednesday, September 10, 3 - 6 pm at Old City Jewish Art Center: Linda Dubin Garfield leads a mixed media workshop, "The Right Foot: Shoe Portraits." Presented in conjunction with the exhibition From Head to Toe: A Multimedia Approach. 119 N Third Street, Philadelphia.

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Friday, September 5, 6 - 8:30 pm at the Rodin Museum: The Young Friends of the Philadelphia Museum of Art presents its annual Rodin Garden Party. General tickets $45; discount available for members. Click here to purchase advance tickets online, or call 215-235-SHOW for more information. Benjamin Franklin Parkway at 22nd Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, September 6, in Downingtown, PA: The Photo Review's annual Garden Party for for photographers, collectors, curators, writers, and friends offers portfolio sharing, music, conversation, drinks, and delicious food in a fabulous country setting in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. Special guests include Photographers Mark Cohen and George Tice; Katherine Ware, Curator of Photographs, Philadelphia Museum of Art; Alex Novak, Director of Contemporary Works/Vintage Works; Ron Steinman, Executive Editor, The Digital Journalist. For complete details click here.

Saturday, September 13, 2 - 4 pm at University City Arts League: Open House to meet faculty members and see demonstrations of skills to be taught in classes. 4226 Spruce Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, September 25, 10 am - 2 pm at the World Cafe Live: Innovation Philadelphia presents createAdelphia: The Philly Creative Jobs Event, a chance to meet employers one-on-one at a creative industries career fair and access a new interactive job web site for professionals with skills in fields including architecture, design, information technology and communications and marketing. Pre-registration required; click here to register. 3025 Walnut Street, Philadelphia

Thursday, September 25, 5:30 - 10:30 pm at Crane Arts: INLIQUID BENEFIT V.8.0!! The art party of the year is back for its eighth incarnation, and you don't want to miss it!! CLICK HERE for details. To reserve your tickets NOW online, click here.

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Thursday, September 4, 6 - 8 pm at apexart: Opening reception for SCRAWL, an exhibition organized by Harley Spiller of close to 100 different handmade pronouncements collected from the streets and subways of New York City over the past 25 years. Through October 11. 291 Church Street, NYC.

Thursday, September 4, 6 - 8 pm at Elizabeth Dee Gallery: Opening reception for Meredith Spark's We Were Strangers for Too Long. Through October 11. 545 W. 20th Street, NYC.

Thursday, September 4 at George Billis Gallery: Opening reception for exhibition of work by Derek Buckner, Selina Trief, and Susan Jane Belton. Through October 4. 511 W. 25th Street, NYC.

Thursday, September 4, 6 - 8 pm at Mixed Greens: Opening reception for Joseph Smolinski’s After the Fall. Through October 4. 531 W. 26th Street, NYC.

Friday, September 5, 6 - 8 pm at Claire Oliver Gallery: Opening reception for Phyllis Bramson, Kerfuffles. Through October 4. 513 W. 26th Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, September 5, 6 - 9 pm at Parker's Box: Opening reception for Mortal Coil, an international group video exhibition. Through October 6. 193 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY.

Saturday, September 6, 7 - 9 pm at Jonathan Levine Gallery: Opening reception for Camille Rose Garcia, Ambien Somnambulants. Through October 4. 529 W. 20th Street, 9E, NYC.

Tuesday, September 9, 6 - 8 pm at Foxy Production: Opening reception for exhibition of recent photography and video by Moscow-based artist Olga Chernysheva. Through October 10. 617 W. 27th Street, NYC.

Thursday, September 10, 6:30 - 9:30 pm at Americas Society: Opening reception and artist conversation for the exhibition (In)formed by Color: Carlos Cruz-Diez. Conversation featuring architect Carlos Brillembourg, artist Carlos Cruz-Diez, guest curator Estrellita Brodsky, curator of Colección Mercantil Tahia Rivero, and assistant curator Isabela Villanueva at 6:30 pm; followed by reception at 7:30 pm. 680 Park Avenue, NYC.

Friday, September 12 - Saturday, September 13 at Cooper Union: Buckminster Fuller Symposium, presented in conjunction with the Whitney Museum exhibition Starting with the Universe. General symposium admission $8; students and seniors with valid I.D. pay $6. One ticket guarantees admission for both the Keynote Roundtable on Friday, September 12 and day sessions on Saturday, September 13. Advance sales are strongly recommended; visit web site for details. The Great Hall of the Cooper Union, 7 E. Seventh Street (at Astor Place), NYC.

Saturday, September 13, 5 - 7 pm at Printed Matter: Book launch of two Martha Rosler publications: Printed Matter’s facsimile edition of Service: A Trilogy on Colonization and e-flux’s Martha Rosler Library. 195 Tenth Avenue at 22nd Street, NYC.

Saturday, September 20, 7 - 10 pm at Exit Art: Opening reception for Signs of Change: Social Movement Cultures 1960s to the Present. Through November 22. 475 Tenth Avenue (at 36th Street), NYC.

Wednesday, September 24, 6 - 8 pm at apexart: "Capture This: Cell Phone Video Screenings," a discussion with Mark Elijah Rosenberg, Founder & Artistic Director of ROOFTOP FILMS, on the technological movement in cell phone capability, plus a screening of selected videos from apexart's open call for cell phone videos. Free and open to the public. 291 Church Street, NYC.

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Saturday, September 6 in Busan, Korea: Expenditure, the Busan Bienniale 2008, opens to the public at the Busan Museum of Modern Art and other venues. Through November 15.

Tuesday, September 9 - Sunday, November 16 at various locations in Shanghai, China: The Seventh Shanghai Biennale is open to the public.

Friday, September 12, 5 - 8 pm at the Noyes Museum of Art: Opening reception for Beneath the Surface: Signature Artists Exhibition and Awakenings: Art and Healing. 733 Lily Lake Road, Oceanville, NJ

Sunday, September 14, 3 - 5 pm at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Center: Opening for Peggy Preheim: Little Black Book. Through February 8. 258 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT.

Thursday, September 18, 5:30 - 8:30 pm at Tufts University Art Gallery: Opening reception for fall exhibitions, including a 6:30 panel discussion with artists and curators of the Empire and Its Discontents exhibition. Free and open to the public. Aidekman Arts Center , Tufts University, Medford, MA.

Saturday, September 27 at Allentown Art Museum: Preview party for Stephen Antonakos Retrospective, which opens to the public September 28. General admission $15; museum members free. For more information, visit www.allentownartmuseum.org.

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