A Mixed Bag: The Bay Area Edition

Christina Seely, Metropolis 40° 25'N 3° 41'W. Courtesy San Francisco Art Commission Gallery.

Lux: Bay Area artist Christina Seely has documented the artificial glow produced by the three brightest regions on NASA’s map of the Earth at night -- the United States, Western Europe, and Japan. This series, presented on large-scale photographic banners, is on view at San Francisco City Hall through June 18.

Loma Prieta: 7.1 magnitude. Death toll 63. / Haiti: 7.0 magnitude. Death toll 212,000 and rising.

Marina/Cow Hollow yogis seek used yoga mats for Haiti. Eyebrows rise and skepticism ensues.

Claims to Fame: The Martini was invented in the Bay Area in 1860. Irish Coffee was developed at San Francisco's Buena Vista Cafe in 1952. Oakland's Frank Epperson invented the Popsicle in 1905.

Cha, Cha, Changes: The Berkeley Art Museum is relocating. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is expanding.

No. 1: SFMoMA tops Juxtapoz Magazine's list of 100 museums and galleries.

San Francisco in pictures and print. (via @hragv and @cmonstah)

The Art of Richard Mayhew: A retrospective exhibition of work by the Aptos-based painter who co-founded Spiral, the legendary group of Black artists -- including Romare Bearden, Norman Lewis, and Hale Woodruff -- organized in 1963 to address issues of civil rights and racial equality through their art. On view at the Museum of the African Diaspora through March 7.

Has San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom been kidnapped by one-eyed aliens from Pluto?

How to be a hella cool tourist in the sucka free Yay Area.

Wayne Thiebaud: Seventy Years of Painting: The 89-year old dessert man gets another solo show, this time at the San Jose Museum of Art.

Waste of Ink: Geek graffiti in Berkeley.

Artisan Sweets: Kara's Cupcakes introduces gluten-free cupcakes in vanilla, coconut, and chocolate velvet at their Marina store. (via @cupcakeblog)

Produce to the People: A panel discussion about local produce distribution. Tues., March 2 at the San Francisco Ferry Building.

Feed Them Right: Talking food reform in Oakland schools.

Keepin' It Reed: Oak Town's Ishmael Reed on the film Precious. (via @joygarnett)

We Love to Watch: Oakland-based artist April Banks and writer, lyricist and former NFL player DeQawn Mobley have teamed up on this photo-installation and collection of essays inspired by Melvin Van Peebles's 1970s political comedy Watermelon Man.

20 Seasons, 208 Touchdowns: 49ers receiver Jerry Rice will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

The Lineup: Rachel Cole of the San Francisco cultural space 18 Reasons shares her favorite cookbooks.

2 x 2 Solos: A series of solo exhibitions at Pro Arts Gallery that showcase artists living and working in the Oakland/Bay Area. Works by Nadim Sabella and Imin Yeh are on view through February 26.

The Definitive Guide to Oakland/East Bay arts (PDF).

Passion in a Pot: 23-year old Karen Rogers arrived in Berkeley with the food movement in tow.

Food Rules: A new book from UC Berkeley professor Michael Pollan.

Wine is high art in the Bay Area.

Cali wine might be too expensive for the times.

Jews on Vinyl: Contemporary Jewish Museum guest curators Roger Bennett and Josh Kun have collected thousands of vinyl LPs to piece together a story of Jews in America through music. Closes Spring 2010.

Hateful Hallelujahs: Westboro Baptist Church rolls through the Bay Area. San Francisco humorously responds. (via @naylandblake)

On the Tube: The Prop 8 trial re-enacted.

Icons of Attention: Bay Area-based video and performance artist Kamau Patton presents a multi-media installation modeled after 1930s science fiction broadcasts and underground 1980s music shows. On view at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts through March 7.

1975: The Incredible San Francisco Artists' Soapbox Derby.

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