While we have not cultivated or honed our food-writing skills as much as our SFist food chroniclers, let alone Meredith Brody, we are quite fond of cheese. While we cannot confirm the presence of cheese at the following events, the art is worth checking out. Eleanor Harwood was once the curator of the influential back room gallery at Adobe Bookstore, and now has her own eponymous gallery (1295 Alabama St at 25th). Tonight at......

While we don't want to unduly influence the results of our official mayoral poll, we must draw your attention to a show not to be missed tonight. It's the art opening for Waxwing & Kite, at a. Muse Gallery, (614 Alabama St at 18th) featuring painter Felix Macnee and former SF Supervisor, Matt Gonzalez, (now polling at 22%!) who has now turned his talents towards making collage. (6pm to midnight)......

Tonight October is SF Open Studios month, where art enthusiasts and wine and cheese chasers can traipse around the city and visit the studios of San Francisco artists and sign up on their mailing lists or buy their work. Tonight there are preview receptions featuring numerous artists at Belcher Studios and Gallery (69 Belcher, near Market, Church, 14th St.) and at Art Explosion Studios in two locations - 744 Alabama St. (between 19th &......