Sketch Tuesdays @ 111 Minna Drop in for happy hour and to see your favorite local artists hard at work from 6-9pm tonight, drawing, collaging, painting and more. On Tuesdays, Minna hosts a live arts session with local artists who come together to congregate and inspire one another while providing patrons and collectors to come see the process first-hand. Rob Reger (creator of Emily the Strange), Ert O'Hara (an editor at Juxtapoz magazine), and comedian......

It's another East Bay/West Bay collision! After months of Sampling Oakland, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (701 Mission St. at 3rd) sets its sights on Berkeley's Kala (rhymes with ta-dah) Art Institute for an exhibition entitled, Cultivating Creativity: In Residence at Kala. Vampiric gesture or reflection of an "ongoing commitment to celebrating local arts organizations," no matter, check out the work of current and past Kala-affiliated artists working in printmaking, digital media, photography......

We've been hearing quite a bit about this new book Worldchanging and its nationwide promotional tour, which hits SF tonight at 111 Minna (111 Minna St. @ 2nd). Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century is a 608-page compendium focused on building a livable, prosperous future, and exploring consumer consciousness, non-toxic homes, socially responsible investing and much more, it being 608 pages and all. Tonight's party celebrates not only the book, but also the......

For 10 years and counting Microcinema International has been distributing, presenting, and touring independent film and video. Originally based in Seattle, Microcinema is quickly becoming an SF institution. Tonight, as part of its Independent Exposure series, Microcinema presents its annual Halloweird program at 111 Minna (111 Minna St. at 2nd). This year's features 12 weird, creepy, gross, odd and strange shorts made by moving image artists from around the world. From popping out eyeballs......