ART: Japan-based, PangeaSeed, and Spoke Art Gallery present the weekend-long Sink or Swim Fundraiser, their inaugural art exhibition featuring original works from thirty internationally renowned artists such as Dave Kinsey, Josh Keyes, Dan May, Jim Phillips, Jeff Soto and many more, addressing the rapid and mass depletion of sharks. (6 to 10 p.m., Spoke Art Gallery, 816 Sutter Street)

FILM: The Bicycle Film Festival kicks off the weekend with a big line-up of bicycle-related film screenings, including Bill Cunningham New York, about the acclaimed bicycle-riding New York Times photographer, and Racing Towards Red Hook, about three cyclists of diverse backgrounds who compete in one of New York City’s biggest underground events, the 2011 Red Hook Criterium. (7 and 9 p.m., Victoria Theatre, 2961 16th Street)

COMEDY: The delightfully quirky-sounding original comedic play, Alice: Down the Rwong Wrabbit Whole, opens tonight, featuring actresses Karen and Edna's attempt at presenting Disney's Alice in Wonderland as a "full-length theatrical production in which two women play each of the 359 characters." (8:30 p.m., Emerald Tablet, 80 Fresno Street)