ART OPENINGS: We've got two for you, right next to each other. Such convenience! First, Baer Ridgway Exhibitions opens its doors tonight. The inaugural show, "Ready Set Go," features works by Tyler Cufley, Wolfgang Ganter, Tom Huck, Mads Lynnerup, TV Moore, Tim Roda, and the divine Cassandra Jones. More importantly, the wine will be flowing freely. Then, across the street at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the opening reception for "Galleon Trade: Bay...

Tonight: Opening night Gala. Tomorrow, however, you can safely return to Davies Symphony hall: it's back to the regular, easy going atmosphere, where you can play dress up but you don't have to. Plus, it's a terrific program, featuring the Poulenc concerto for two pianos. Oh, we loved that piece last time, two years ago, and it's the same Dream Team who will perform, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. We are psyched. So we phoned Katia Labeque....

Newly uploaded on Apple's trailer page, it's the trailer for Gus Van Sant's biopic Milk, starring the sometime Marin County resident Sean Penn as he goes for another Oscar nom. Here's the link: http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/milk/ Image via wildaboutmovies.com. No, there will be no "Got Milk" puns here. No. This movie will certainly drive some hilariously frothing right-wing/fundamentalist squawking in the media 'bout the evil of Teh Gays and all that. (Be sure to email/comment the links...

MUSIC: The SF Electronic Music Festival gets underway, complete with synthetic bleep, bloop, blops sounds to entertain the masses, with Sharkiface, SF Sound Group, and New York-based minimalist composer Phil Niblock kicking things off. Runs until Sunday, 9/7. (Go here for a complete schedule.) 8 p.m. // Project Artaud Theater (450 Florida) // $12–$17 per day ($55 all five days) FILM: It's a film. It's a concert. It's a filmed concert. Head to the...

MUSIC: Consider the Source ("Middle Eastern funk) and Blue Rabbit ("lyric-driven art rock" that features Celtic harp strumming) perform tonightin SoMa. 8 p.m. // Climate Theater (285 9th Street) // sliding-scale donation READING: Come hear Joe Nick Patoski read from his latest bio, Willie Nelson: An Epic Life, about everyone's favorite crooning "Texas hippie icon ." 7 p.m. // Booksmith (1644 Haight) // free...

The homosexuals held yet another street fair honoring girth, body hair, leather, bare butts, or the eschewing of Speed Stick. We're not sure. But what we are sure of is that the fair sure looked exciting. With a delightful pun on "Harrison Street," the Hairrison Street Fair (get it? har), coinciding with something called "Bear Week," threw down the repetitive meth beats this past Sunday, making for a joyous and drunken bash in SoMa. Also,...