Who needs a little culture after a weekend of mayhem? (We do, we do!) Here are a few things going on tonight that might pique your interest. Spring Art Auction at Mezzanine Visual Aid and Academy of Friends presents the sixth annual spring art auction to benefit locals AIDS service organizations, with cocktails, wine from Napa and hors'd oeuvres before the live auction. Over 50 works of art were donated by well-known artists, galleries and......

Saturday: We're going to Big Deal, Visual Aid's 12th Annual Mega Art Sale Event. Over 600 works of art will be up for sale at the SOMArts Gallery at 934 Brannan. Tickets are $40, and the sale runs from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. All proceeds from the event benefit Visual Aid's programs for artists with life-threatening illnesses. Sunday: Damnit! Gregory Popovich’s Comedy Pet Theatre, in which positive-reinforcement trained shelter rescued animals perform, is......

Those of you looking to support a good cause while updating those Klimt The Kiss posters you bought in college that you've still got hanging in your apartment -- you're in luck! And no, we don't mean Tower Records is having a sale on Britney Spears posters -- Visual Aid is sponsoring the 11th annual Big Deal art sale this weekend. Visual Aid is an organization devoted to supporting and encouraging the creativity of artists......