ART: Tonight is the opening reception gala for the 11th Annual Art Explosion Spring Open Studios, which is happening all weekend. Over 140 artists, including painters, sculptors, photographers, fashion designers, jewelers and textile artists, will exhibit their work from where it gets made -- their studios. Expand your art collection!

7 to 11 p.m. // Art Explosion Studios (744 Alabama St) // free

MUSIC: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive's L@TE Programmer Betty Nguyen presents Pigeon Dealers, an evening of improvisations with Los Angeles-based artist Dave Muller as DJ, and featuring the band Bronze, films by David Enos, and Chris Thayer doing standup, providing "a treasure hunt for knowledge through the medium of entertainment."

7 p.m. // Berkeley Art Museum (2626 Bancroft Way Berkeley) // $7

FUNDRAISER: Get charged up in time for all the pre-Burning Man events (followed by Burning Man, then the subsequent post-BM festivities) with Reboot: Black Rock Roller Disco 2.0 to benefit the Black Rock Roller Disco Camp at Burning Man. Wear your sequins, hot pants, shorts and knee high socks a D. Miles, the "GodFather of Skate," rocks the party with old school funk and roller disco tunes.

8 p.m. to 2 a.m. // CELLspace (2050 Bryant Street) // $10-15