Tuesday, June 4

Opening night, 7 pm: 2013 Dance Conversations | David Appel: More Than a Murmur. The Flea Theater, 41 White Street (between Broadway & Church), NY, NY. Free/limited seating. Reservations: 212.352.3101. This program is introduced by Molissa Fenley. Information.

Talk and book signing, 6:30 pm: Fred Ritchin | Bending the Frame. Aperture Gallery and Bookstore, 547 West 27^th Street, NY, NY.

Wednesday, June 5

Opening reception, 6:30-8:30 pm: Ed Kashi | Saigon on Wheels. Anastasia Gallery, 166 Orchard Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Shoot | Shamus Clisset, dNASAb, Yoko Haraoka, Jang Soon Im, Katherine Newbegin, Satomi Shirai. Leslie Heller Workspace, 54 Orchard Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: The Campana Brothers | Concepts. Friedman Benda, 515 West 26^th Street, NY, NY.

Panel discussion, 6 pm, Deborah Willis, chair and professor of Photography and Imaging at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, will moderate a panel that includes writer, media commentator, and professor of sociology at Georgetown University Michael Eric Dyson, scholar and author Paul M. Farber, photographers Eli Reed and Jamel Shabazz, and special guest Brigitte Freed, widow of Leonard Freed. Dyson and Farber are both contributors to the book, which also contains a foreword by civil rights leader and educator Julian Bond. There will be a book signing after the panel. The event takes place at Margaret Liebman Berger Forum, Room 227 (2nd Floor; doors open at 5:30 p.m.), The New York Public Library / Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 5th Avenue at 42ndStreet, New York, NY. Free/first come, first seated. Information or 917.275.6975

One Year anniversary party, BBQ at 6:30 and screenings at 8 pm: Open Show NY | Jason Eskenazi, Spencer Platt, Brendon Stuart, and Diana Markosian.

Bronx Documentary Center, 614 Courtlandt Avenue, Bronx, NY. RSVP, $7 donation.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Ilona Szwarc | American Girls and Val Britton | Cosmology. Foley Gallery, 97 Allen Street, NY, NY.

Ilona Szwarc, Lexi, Lindenhurst, New York, 2012, from American Girls, opening Wednesday at Foley Gallery.

Thursday, June 6

Opening reception, 7-10 pm: Tanc | Oscillations. Cahterine Ahnelle Gallery, 66 Grand Street, NY, NY. RSVP appreciated.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Lucien Samaha | The Flight Attendant Years, 1978-1986. Lombard Freid Gallery, 518 West 19^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Rosalind Solomon | Portraits in the Time of AIDS, 1988. Bruce Silverstein Gallery, 535 West 24^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Negar Ahkami | The Consumption. Leila Heller Gallery, 568 West 25^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt & The Art of Rebellion. Pavel Zoubok Gallery, 531 West 26^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Erik Bergrin, Mark Dillon, Jasmine Johnson, Nadin Ospina, Joseph Rodrigu, Zeffrey Throwell | Art Engaging Gangs. AC Institute, 547 West 27^th Street, #210, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Bruce Davidson | Time of Change.  Howard Greenberg Gallery, 41 East 57^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Oliver Gagliani.  Gitterman Gallery, 41 East 57^th Street, Suite 1103, NY, NY.

Dumbo First Thursday, most galleries open until 9 pm. Information. Highlights:

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Sim Chi Yin | Rat Tribe. United Photo Industries, 111 Front Street, Suite 204, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY.

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Mikolaj Nowacki | Odra. VII Gallery, 28 Jay Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY.

In Philadelphia Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Lydia Panas | After Sargent. The Print Center, 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, PA. Gallery talk begins at 5:30 pm.

In Seattle Artist reception, 6-8 pm: Julie Blackmon | Undertow. G. Gibson Gallery, 300 South Washington Street, Seattle, WA. Artist talk, Friday, June 7^th, 6:30 pm at PCNW.

 Sim Chi Yin, Liu Jing in her basement apartment in Beijing, China, 2011. From Rat Tribe, opening Thursday at United Photo Industries.

Friday, June 7

Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Graham Collins, Samara Golden, David Wojnarowiz | Truck Baby. Rachel Uffner Gallery, 47 Orchard Street, NY, NY.

Sullivan and Type Directors Club presents, 1-6 pm: After the Jump | Designing Better Experiences in the Digital Landscape. Cooper Union, Rose Auditorium, 41 Cooper Square, NY, NY. Register $85/$55.

Book party and signing, 6-7:30 pm: Photojournalists on War | The Untold Stories from Iraq with author Michel Kamber and photographers. ICP Store, 1133 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY.

Opening day, 10am-8 pm: Aids in New York | The First Five Years. New York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, at 77^th Street, NY, NY.

Opening night, Films on the Green, 8:30 pm: Mississippi Mermaid (Dir. Francis Turffaut). Central Park, Cedar Hill, enter at Fifth Avenue/79th Street. Free. Presented by French Culture and NYC Parks every Friday through August 2^nd. Information.

In Purchase, NY Opening reception, 6-8:30 pm: Dona Dennis | Coney Island Maze. Neuberger Museum, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, NY. Thursday, July 11, 7 pm: Artist Talk with historian Kenneth Jackson. 914.251.6110 to register.

In Seattle Artist talk, 6:30 pm: Julie Blackmon. Photo Center NW, 300 South Washington Street, Seattle, WA. In partnership with G. Gibson Gallery. Tickets$10/$8.

 Julie Blackmon, Stock Tank, 2012, from the exhibition Undertow, on view at G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, through July 13. Artist reception/talk Thursday, 5:30 pm.

Saturday, June 8

In Stockbridge, MA Opening day, 10 am-5 pm: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | The Creation of a Classic. Norman Rockwell Museum, 9 Route 183, Stockbridge, MA.

In Wilmington, DE  Reception, symposium, and utopian dance party, 5:30-9 pm:  Participation, Art & Activism, presentations by Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts Gretchen Hupfel, Curator of Contemporary Art Maiza Hixson and participating artists, as well as a keynote talk by NY artist, activist, and photographer Margaret Morton. DCCA, 200 S Madison Street, Wilmington, DE. Tickets $40/$35/$15. In conjunction with Earth Perfect? Nature, Utopia and the Garden, June 6-9 at DCCA and environs. Information.

In Atlanta Opening day, 10 am-5 pm: Rashid Johnson | Message to Our Folks. High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA. Information.

In San Francisco, CA Opening reception, 4-6 pm: Rina Banerjee | Tender Mahal, Lifted. Hosfelt Gallery, 260 Utah Street, San Francisco, CA.

Sunday, June 9

In Houston Opening day, 12:15-7 pm: James Turrell | The Light Inside. The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, The Law Building, second floor, 1001 Bissonet, Houston, TX. Information. Reservations available starting June 4^th.

In Denver, CO Opening day, 10 am-5 pm: Nick Cave | Sojourn. Denver Art Museum, 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO.

In Los Angeles Opening reception, 5-9 pm: Sara Bright and Andy Byers | Same Song. Final Show in the Los Angeles Gallery. George Lawson Gallery, 8564 W. Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA.