Photographs by Lori Grinker from Distant Relations. Left: Former Jewish village of Seda, Mazeikiai, Lithuania. Right: Anthony Grinker’s memorabilia, Luxmi, Kwa Zulu, Natal, South Africa. Copyright and courtesy the artist.

Tuesday, November 29

Author talk, 7-9 pm: The Roebling Legacy by Clifford W. Zink, in conversation with Kriss Roebling. powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY. RSVP. Free.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Fedele Spadafora | Wonder Women. Rooster Gallery, 190 Orchard Street, NY, NY.

Wednesday, November 30

Opening reception, 6-9 pm: 22^nd Annual Members Open. Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63^rd Street, NY, NY. Free/cash bar.

Thursday, December 1

Museum as Hub presents, 7:00 pm:  Alpha’s Bet Is Not Over Yet | Steffani Jemison and Friends reading from current periodicals. The New Museum, 235 Bowery, opposite Prince Street, NY, NY. Information Free.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: We would provide complete darkness, featuring works by Heike Baranowsky, Alejandro Cesarco, Sarah Hromack, Angie Keefer, Christoph Keller, Adam Kleinman, Kitty Kraus, Jorge Méndez Blake, Carsten Nicolai, Project Projects. Goethe-Institut, Wyoming Building
5 East 3rd Street (at Bowery), NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: School of Visual Arts presents Being American, featuring works by Susan Anderson; Sandow Birk; Steve Brodner; Edward Burtynsky; Jessica Craig-Martin; Andrea Gennari; Reiner Gerritsen; Bob Giraldi; Dustin Grella; Alfredo Jaar and David Levi Strauss; Shai Kremer; Christoph Niemann; Robert Priseman; Aurora Robson; Martha Rosler; Alix Smith; Charles Traub; Lane Twitchell; Type A; and Kehinde Wiley. Visual Arts Gallery, 601 West 26th Street, NY, NY. Information.

Opening reception and artist talk, 7 pm: Lori Grinker | Distant Relations. Jewish Community Center, 334 Amsterdam Avenue, at 76^th Street, NY, NY. RSVP. Free.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Generations VII | A biennial benefit exhibition and fundraising collaboration between A.I.R. Gallery & Women’s World Banking. A.I.R. Gallery, 111 Front Street, Suite 228, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY.

Book signing, 6-8 pm: Christian Patterson | Redheaded Peckerwood (Mack 2011). Dashwood Books, 33 Bond Street, between Lafayette and Bowery, NY, NY. Reserve a signed copy here.

Friday, December 1

The Center for Book Arts presents, 6-9 pm: Book Arts Lounge | Wearable Narratives with Shanna Yarbrough. The Center for Book Arts, 28 West 27^th Street, 3^rd Floor, NY, NY. $10/$5. RSVP.

Opening reception, 6-7 pm: When Will We Grow Up? Featuring works by Robert Otto Epstein, Sascha Mallon, Rachelle Mozman, Ayala Mozman, Dolly Faibyshev, and Sasha Douglas. Finch & Ada Gallery, 9 N. Moore Street in Tribeca, NY, NY.

Slumburbia 2, a cheap, affordable newsprint version of David Sandlin’s 27-foot-long silk screenedd epic, Slumburbia. David will be at the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival this Saturday, appearing on a panel moderated by Myla Goldberg, with Gabrielle Belle and John Porcellino.

Saturday December 2

Desert Island, PictureBox and Bill Kartalopoulos present, noon-9 pm: The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival 2011. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, 275 North 8^th Street at Havemeyer, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Program events take place at Union Pool, 484 Union Avenue # A, Brooklyn, NY. Information. Directions.

Workshop, 1-4 pm: Puppet Making with Materials for the Arts and Melissa Sweet. Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63^rd Street, NY, NY. Tickets $30/$15/$10.

Monday, December 5

The Aperture Foundation, the Vera List Center for Art and Politics and the Photography Program at Parsons The New School for Design present a special screening of The Forgotten Space, a film by Allan Sekula and Noël Burch, followed by a conversation with Sekula. The New School, Tishman Auditorium
66 West 12th Street, NY, NY. Free.

Open call for the Camera Club of New York 2012 Darkroom Residency Program Deadline: December 5, 2011, 11:59pm. CCNY invites emerging photographers living in New York City to apply for the 2012 Darkroom Residency Program. Information.

This Week’s DART Picks:

Thursday, December 1, 5:30-7:30 pm: Opening reception, Lynn Geesaman. Robert Koch Gallery, 49 Geary Street, San Francisco, CA.

Thursday, December 1, 5-7 pm: Opening reception, Alex Webb: The Suffering of Light. Stephen Bulger Gallery, 1026 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON.

Saturday, December 3, 5-7 pm: Opening reception, Illustration Celebration, featuring works by Guy Billout, James Grashow, and Jahmane West. 22 Haviland Street Gallery, #22 Haviland Street Norwalk, CT. (it's the seventh 19th c. house on the right). 203-852-6727

Saturday, December 3, 4-6 pm: Opening reception, Edmund Teske | Portraits; Julian Wasser | Los Angeles. Artist introduction to their work by Teske and Wasser at 3:45 pm. Craig Krull Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Avenue, Bldg. B3, Santa Monica, CA. Presented in conjunction with Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980.

Sunday, December 4, 2-5 pm: Holiday Pet Shoot | The cost of a portrait (with or without your pet) is $10; you will receive a Polaroid print to take home and a digital copy via e-mail. Cats 2 -4 pm; Dogs 4-5 pm. Please call ahead for chickens, rabbits, reptiles and fish. Photographic Center NW. 900 12 Avenue, Seattle, WA.  Information.

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