Brandywine Workshop: Reception in honor of Philadelphia-based artists Peter Paone and Keith Morrison. Through March 17. 730 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia.

The Fabric Workshop and Museum, 6 – 8 pm: Opening reception for Mark Bradford: Gepetto. Through Late Spring 2012. Artist talks by Mark Bradford, Jennifer Steinkamp, and Pae White at 5:30 pm. 1214 Arch Street, Philadelphia.

Locks Gallery, 5:30 – 7:30 pm: Reception for Orit Hofshi: Pharos. Through April 13. 600 Washington Square South, Philadelphia.

Moore College of Art & Design, 2:30 pm: FiberPhiladelphia Opening Event. Opening Weekend continues through Sunday, March 4, at various venues. 1916 Race Street, Philadelphia.

Muse Gallery, 5 – 8 pm: Opening reception for Sara Horne:RHYTHM. Artist’s reception: Sunday, March 11, 1-4 pm. 52 N. 2nd Street, Philadelphia.

Myrtle Gallery: Opening reception of a solo exhibition by Harry Boardman. 303 West Main Street, Lansdale, PA.

The New Temporary Contemporary: Opening of Mark Bradford and Carlos Avendano: 2 Videos. 1222 Arch Street, Philadelphia.

The Painted Bride Art Center, 5 – 7 pm: Reception for Clean Shirts and Dirty Business, a solo show by Libbie Soffer, presented by InLiquid. Click here to read the feature. Through March 25. 230 Vine Street, Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Museum of Art, 5 – 8:45 pm: Philadelphia Dance Party with the West Philadelphia Orchestra and Drummer Chris Powell, in conjunction with the exhibition Zoe Strauss: Ten Years.

Space 1026, 7 pm: Reception for Optical Fiber featuring work from New Friends, Takashi Iwasaki, Annie Larson, Erin M Riley, Allison Watkins and Megan Whitmarsh. 1026 Arch Street Street, Philadelphia.

Vivant Art Collection, 6 pm: One Book, One Philadelphia First Friday Reception . 60 N. 2nd Street, Philadelphia.

Wexler Gallery: Opening of Howard Werner & Michelle Stuhl and Narrative Thread. Through April 28. 201 N. Third Street, Philadelphia.

110 Church Gallery: Artist reception for Street Chair. Through February 28. 110 Church Street, Philadelphia.

Artists’ House Gallery, 5 – 8:30 pm: February exhibition, featuring work by InLiquid member Katherine Fraser. Through February 26. 57 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Asian Arts Initiative, 6 – 8 pm: Opening reception for Marvels and Monsters. Through March 23. 1219 Vine Street, Philadelphia.

Brave New Worlds, 7 pm: Hammy Sparkle. 45 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Bridgette Mayer Gallery, 6 – 8:30 pm: Opening reception for a solo show by Costa Rican painter Federico Herrero, through February 25. 709 Walnut Street, Philadelphia.

The Center for Fine Art Photography, 6 – 9 pm: Reception for Portraits and American Faith, through February 25, and Brothers, through March 24. 400 N. College Avenue, Fort Collins, CO.

Clay Studio, 5 – 9 pm: Opening reception for Our Community. Through February 26. 137 – 139 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Dalet Gallery, 6 – 9 pm: Opening Reception for Lunar Arrangements featuring work by InLiquid artist Leah Macdonald and Sandra Milner. 142 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Drink Philly Office & Gallery, 5 – 9 pm: First Friday: February with Rex 1516. 239 Chestnut Street, Second Floor Unit B, Philadelphia.

The Fabric Workshop and Museum, 6 – 8 pm: Opening reception and artist talk for Soft Village. Through late Spring 2012. 1214 Arch Street, Philadelphia.

Gallery Saint Asaph, 6 – 8 pm: Opening reception for Sibylle-Marie Pfaffenbichler: Mixed-Media Painting and Drawings. Through February 26. 27 Conshohocken State Road, Bala Cynwyd, PA.

Highwire Gallery, 6 – 9 pm: Reception for current exhibition. 2040 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia.

Jules Goldman Books & Antiques: Reception for Modernists in Exile, with work from Brian Gormley, Ronald C. Martin, David Ohlerking, and Robert Petrick. Through March 1. 29 N. 2nd Street, Philadelphia.

LG Tripp, 6 – 8:30 pm: Opening reception for recent works by Patricia Ingersoll and Mike Hale. Artist’s reception February 4, 5 – 7 pm. Through February 25. 47 N. 2nd Street, Philadelphia.

Little Berlin, 8 pm: Opticon, a music event. $5 Cover. 2430 Coral Street, Philadelphia.

Locks Gallery, 5:30 – 7:30 pm: Reception for True Stories, a video screening curated by Lilly Wei, and Nadia Hironaka and Matthew Suib: 1967. 600 Washington Square South, Philadelphia.

Main Line Art Center, 6 – 9 pm: Unframed & Uncorked Art Sale. 746 Panmure Road, Haverford, PA.

Malvern Retreat House, 5 – 8 pm: Lynette Shelley will have work in the Art Show. Through February 5. 315 S. Warren Avenue, Malvern, PA.

Meyerson Gallery, 5:30 – 7:00 pm: Opening reception for Safeword, work from the PennDesign MFA Class of 2013, and featuring work by Daniel Oliva. Through February 16. 210 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia.

Muse Gallery, 5 – 9 pm: Opening reception for COLLABORATIVE/34: Artists in Sync with Francine Shore. 52 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Noyes Museum of Art, 5 – 8 pm: Opening reception for Katherine Stanek and Julia Levitina: Of Myths, Metal and Mortar. Through April 22. 733 Lily Lake Road, Oceanville, NJ.

The Painted Bride Art Center, 5 – 7 pm: Opening reception for Clean Shirts and Dirty Business, a solo show by Libbie Soffer, presented by InLiquid. Click here to read the feature. Through March 25. 230 Vine Street, Philadelphia.

Part Time Studios, 6 – 10 pm: Opening reception for Planar Split, a two person exhibition featuring all new drawings and prints by James Ulmer and Lance Simmons. Through the end of the month. 2031 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia.

Pentimenti Gallery, 5 – 8:30 pm: Artist Reception for STATIONS OF THE CUBE, a solo exhibition of mixed media works & installation by Steven Baris, and BUILT FUTURES, a solo show of works on paper & sculpture by Kim Beck. 145 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

The Philadelphia Foundation, 5 – 7 pm: Opening reception for Artwell: Ten Years of Poetry, Art, & Possibility. 1234 Market Street, Suite 1800, Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Museum of Art, 5 – 8:45 pm: Philadelphia Dance Party with DJ Cosmo Baker, in conjunction with the exhibition Zoe Strauss: Ten Years. 26th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia.

Projects Gallery, 6 – 9 pm: Reception for Hands On, a group exhibition featuring the council members of the Society of American Graphic Artists. 629 N. 2nd Street, Philadelphia.

Project Space, 5 -8 pm: Grand Opening. 2003 W 17th Street, Wilmington, DE.

Race Street Cafe: Illustrative Paintings by Richardson Comly. Through February 29. 208 Race Street, Philadelphia.

Rodger LaPelle Galleries, 6 – 10 pm: Reception for Philly Style, 2012 Group Show. Through February 26. 122 N. Third Street, Philadelphia.

Samsøn, 6 – 8 pm: Artist reception for Summer Wheat:HI – LO. Through March 17. 29 Thayer Street, Boston, MA.

Snyderman-Works Galleries, 5 – 8:30 pm: Opening reception for Becky Suss. Through February 15. 303 Cherry Street, Philadelphia.

Space 1026, 7 – 10 pm: Opening reception for Other Ways In, Paintings & More by Michael W. Hall and Tom Bubul. Through February 27. 1026 Arch Street, Philadelphia.

Twelve Gates Arts, 6:30 – 8:30 pm: Opening reception for Paintings by Daisy Rockwell and book launch for The Little Book of Terror. Through February 25. 51 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

3rd Street Gallery, 5 – 9 pm: New Works by Edwina Brennan and Mostly Birds by Barbro Jernberg. Through January 29. 58 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Artists’ House Gallery, 5 – 8:30 pm: January Exhibition. Through January 29. 57 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Clay Studio, 5 – 9 pm: Reception for Claire Hedden & Albion Stafford, Yinka Orafidiya: All or Nothing, and Brian Jones: Pots. Through January 29. 137 – 139 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Dalet Gallery, 5 – 8 pm: Opening reception for Color on the Edge, new works by InLiquid member Dolores Poacelli. Through January 14. 141 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Drink Philly Office & Gallery, 5 – 9 pm: First Friday show. 239 Chestnut Street, Second Floor Unit B, Philadelphia.

F.A.N. Gallery, 5 – 9 pm: Opening reception for Rick Buttari: New Paintings and Joshua Koffman: Sculpture. Through January 28. 221 Arch Street, Philadelphia.

Gallery Saint Asaph, 6 – 8 pm: Opening reception for Patricia Siembora’s Textiles. Through January 29. 27 Conshohocken State Road, Bala Cynwyd, PA.

Highwire Gallery, 5 – 9 pm: Opening of Poetic License. Artists include Piety Choi, Rochelle Dinkin, Lydia Hamilton, Peter Kinney, Barbara Spadero, Karen Steen, and Jeff Waring. Through January 29. 2040 Frankfort Avenue, Philadelphia.

Knapp Gallery: Opening of Following the Lines, Fine Furniture by Karl Frank Slocum. Through February 26. 162 N. Third Street, Philadelphia.

LGTripp Gallery, 6 – 8:30 pm: Focus, 4th Annual Abstract Photography Exhibition, featuring work by Nik S. Clements, Alyssha Eve Csuk, Chip Forelli, Mallary Johnson, Jenny Lynn, Paul Rider, and Rachel Zimmerman. Through January 28. 47 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Marginal Utility, 6 – 11 pm: Opening reception for FIVE ACTS: CHRONICLES OF DISSENT, featuring work by Yael Bartana, Andrea Bowers, Sharon Hayes, Naeem Mohaiemen, and Mark Tribe. 319 North 11th Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia.

Muse Gallery, 5 – 8 pm: Opening reception for Deann Mills:Time of my Life. 52 N. 2nd Street, Philadelphia.

Old City Jewish Art Center, 5 – 9 pm: Opening of group show, featuring work by InLiquid members Zoe Cohen and Judith Jacobson. 119 N. Third Street, Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Museum of Art, 5 – 8:45 pm: Art After 5! Tango Night. 26th and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia.

Projects Gallery, 6 – 10 pm: Lovely Things, a Bambi Gallery pop up show. Through January 28. 629 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Space 1026, 7 – 10 pm: Opening reception for Unsustainable, the first solo exhibition by Philadelphia based artist Jay Hardman. Through January 28. 1026 Arch Street, Philadelphia.

Twelve Gates Arts, 6:30 pm: Opening reception for Reflections Between by Kathryn Myers and Tim Cleary. Through January 28. 51 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

3rd Street Gallery, 5 – 9 pm: Reception for Journey. Through December 30. 58 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

1816 Frankford Avenue, 5 – 8 pm: Opening reception featuring works by InLiquid members Rebecca Jacoby and Rob Solomon. Through end of January. 1816 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia.

Asian Arts Initiative, 6 – 8 pm: Opening reception for Witness: Artists reflect on 30 years of the AIDS epidemic, featuring work by InLiquid member Marta Sanchez. 1219 Vine Street, Philadelphia.

AxD Gallery, 6 – 9 pm: Opening reception for StripWorks. 265 S. Tenth Street, Philadelphia.

Brave New Worlds: First Friday show. 45 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

The Clay Studio, 5 – 9 pm: Reception for Gifted: The Clay Studio’s Annual Holiday Exhibition. Through December 31. 137-139 North 2nd Street, Philadelphia.

The Cosmopolitan Club of Philadelphia, 5 – 7 pm: Reception for an exhibition of small drawings by Barbara Schaff. Through January 12. 1616 Latimer Street, Philadelphia.

Dalet Gallery, 5 – 9 pm: Opening reception for Color on the Edge, new works by InLiquid member Dolores Poacelli. Through January 14. 141 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Drink Philly Office & Gallery, 5 – 9 pm: First Friday show. 239 Chestnut Street, Second Floor Unit B, Philadelphia.

Gravy Studio, 6:30 – 9:30 pm: Opening reception for In a Dream. Through December 31. 2212 Sepviva Street, Philadelphia.

Highwire Gallery, 5 – 9 pm: Opening reception for Art for the Urban Collector. 2040 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia.

Jules Goldman Books and Antiques: Exhibition of works by Scot Borofsky and Brian Gormley. Through the end of December. 29 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

LGTripp Gallery, 6 – 8:30 pm: Focus, 4th Annual Abstract Photography Exhibition, featuring work by Nik S. Clements, Alyssha Eve Csuk, Chip Forelli, Mallary Johnson, Jenny Lynn, Paul Rider, and Rachel Zimmerman. Through January 7. 47 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Light Room Gallery, 5 – 9 pm: Closing reception for Two Cultures. 2024 Wallace Street, Philadelphia.

Little Bar, 8 pm – 1 am: First Friday Art Show. Cost: $6. 736 S. Eighth Street, Philadelphia.

little berlin, 6 – 10 pm: Closing reception for The Western Lands. 2430 Coral Street, Philadelphia.

Locks Gallery, 5:30 – 7:30 pm: Artist’s reception for Watercolors. Through December 23. 600 Washington Square South, Philadelphia.

Medford Arts Center: Opening reception for works by InLiquid member Dolores Poacelli. Through January 31, 2012. 18 N. Main Street, Medford, NJ.

Michelle and Henry, 6 – 9 pm: InLiquid member Robert Solomon will be showing a few assemblage works. 1816 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia.

Outsider Folk Art Gallery, 5:30 – 7:30 pm: Opening reception for Raw Edges. 201 Washington Street, Reading, PA.

PAFA, 5:30 – 8:30 pm: Annual Holiday Student Print Sale. 118 – 128 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia.

Painted Bride Art Center, 5-7 pm: Reception for solo show of artist Lynette Shelley, presented by InLiquid. Through January 6, 2012. Cafe Gallery, 230 Vine Street, Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Museum of Art, 5 – 8:45 pm: Art After 5! Just Breathe: Yoga Night. 26th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia.

Project Home, 5 – 7 pm: Opening reception for less.home.less. Through December 20. 1515 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia.

Race Street Cafe: Selections from Prelude Gallery. Through December 31. 208 Race Street, Philadelphia.

Rodger LaPelle Galleries, 6 – 10 pm: Textures of Nature and Otherwise Unseen. Throu gh January 29. 122 N. Third Street, Philadelphia.

Sanctuary Wholistic Arts, 9 pm: Grand Opening After Party. Cost: $10. 319 N. 11th Street, Philadelphia.

Space 1026, 7 – 10 pm: Preview Night for Art Auction 2011. 1026 Arch Street, Second Floor, Philadelphia.

University City Arts League, 6 – 9 pm: Opening of Annual Holiday Craft Show and Sale. Through December 15. 4226 Spruce Street, Philadelphia.

Wexler Gallery, 5 – 8 pm: Opening reception for The Abstract Forms of Pablo Picasso & Wendell Castle and Hideaki Miyamura. Through February 25 and January 28, respectively. 201 N. 3rd Street, Philadelphia.

3rd Street Gallery, 1 – 4 pm: Ancient New Codes II, a solo exhibition by InLiquid member Jacqueline Unanue. Through November 27. 58 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Bluestone Fine Arts Gallery, 5 – 8 pm: Closing reception for Lay of the Land, featuring work by InLiquid member Amie Potsic. 301 N. Third Street, Philadelphia.

carbon14 Gallery, 6 – 10 pm: Opening reception for IRKT, a solo exhibition by Koosuke IRKT Ikeda. Through November 30. 3239 Amber Street, Philadelphia.

The Clay Studio, 1 – 4 pm: Opening Reception for Gifted: The Clay Studio’s Annual Holiday Exhibition. Through December 31. 137-139 North 2nd Street, Philadelphia.

Drink Philly Office and Gallery, 5 – 9 pm: First Friday show. 239 Chestnut Street, Second Floor Unit B, Philadelphia.

The Fabric Workshop and Museum, 6 – 8 pm: Receptions for Laurie Anderson : Forty-Nine Days in the Bardo and Nari Ward : We the People. Through November 19. 1214 Arch Street, Philadelphia.

Gravy Studio, 6:30 – 10 pm: Opening reception for Strange Observations. 2212 Sepviva Street, Philadelphia.

James Oliver Gallery, 6 – 9 pm: Opening reception for The Indulgencies. Through January 13. 723 Chestnut Street, Fourth Floor, Philadelphia.

LGTripp Gallery, 6 – 8:30 pm: Flotsam and John Doe Puzzles. Through November 26. 47 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Main Line Art Center, 6 – 9 pm: PAINT! Emerging Philadelphia Artists Selected by Bill Scott. Through November 23. 746 Panmure Road Haverford, PA.

MBN Studios, 6 – 9 pm: Opening reception for Out In Out, curated by Michael Moore and InLiquid member Paul Hamanaka. Through November 27. 725 N. Fourth Street, Philadelphia.

Mezzanine Gallery, 5 – 8 pm: Opening reception for a solo exhibition by InLiquid member Delainey Barclay. Carvel State Office Building, 820 N. French Street,Wilmington, DE.

Morgan Physical Lab, 5:30 – 7:30 pm: Opening reception for Siddartha – After Herman Hesse. Through November 21. Morgan Building, 205 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia.

Nichols Berg Gallery, 6 – 9 pm: Reception for Encaustic Show, featuring work by InLiquid member Clarissa Shanahan Schirmer. Through November 27. 8611 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia.

Painted Bride Art Center, 5 – 7 pm: Reception for Lynette Shelley solo show, presented by InLiquid. Through January 6, 2012. Cafe Gallery, 230 Vine Street, Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Museum of Art, 5 – 8:45 pm: Art After 5! Orient Express Party. 26th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia.

Race Street Cafe: Acrylic Paintings by Raheli. Through November 30. 208 Race Street, Philadelphia.

Rodger LaPelle Galleries, 6 – 10 pm: Waiting for Rain and Muscle Beach. Through November 30. 122 N. Third Street, Philadelphia.

Rosenfeld Gallery, 6 – 8 pm: Cosmos Reflected. 113 Arch Street, Philadelphia.

Samson, 5 – 8 pm: Artist’s reception for More is More. Through December 10. 450 Harrison Avenue/29 Thayer Street, Boston, MA.

Space 1026, 7 – 10 pm: Opening reception for Our Schedule is Change. Through November 25. 1026 Arch Street, Second Floor, Philadelphia.

St. Joseph’s University: Closing of BAG Part 2. University Gallery, Boland Hall, 5600 City Avenue, Philadelphia.

Z Gallerie, 5 – 9 pm: Opening reception for Delaware Valley Art League Small Works Exhibition, featuring work by InLiquid member Linda Dubin Garfield. Through November 30. 109 W. Gay Street, West Chester, PA.

3rd Street Gallery, 5 – 9 pm: Members’ exhibition, featuring work by InLiquid members Carol Albrecht, Marjorie Grigonis, Melissa Maddoni Haims, Jack Knight, Keith Sharp, and Jaqueline Unanue. Part of Philadelphia Open Studio Tours 2011. Through October 30. 58 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

110 Church Gallery, 5 – 8 pm: Artist’s reception for Jessica Hoffman: Forever and After. Through November 25. 110 Church Street, Philadelphia.

Art Star, 5 – 8 pm: Opening reception for Rooted. Through November 20. 623 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Artists’ House Gallery, 6 – 8 pm: Reception for exhibition featuring work by InLiquid member Clarissa Shanahan Schirmer. Through October 30. 57 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Bluestone Fine Art Gallery, 5 – 8 pm: Opening reception for Lay of the Land, featuring work by InLiquid member Amie Potsic. Through November 5. 301 N. Third Street, Philadelphia.

Center for Fine Art Photography, 6 – 9 pm: Artists’ and Juror’s reception for Food. Through October 15. 400 N. College Avenue, Fort Collins, CO.

Cerulean Arts: Opening reception for On Your Own. Through November 5. 1355 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia.

The Clay Sudio, 5 – 9 pm: Reception for Five by Eight: New Ceramic Art from Japan. Through October 30. 137-139 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, 6 – 9 pm: Opening reception for Perpetual Pivots, featuring works by InLiquid member Delainey Barclay. Through October 30. 200 S. Madison Street, Wilmington, DE.

Drink Philly, 5 – 9 pm: First Friday Show with Farmer’s Cabinet. 239 Chestnut Street, Second Floor, Philadelphia.

Gallery 2J, 4 – 9 pm: Closing Reception for Continua, a site specific installation by Kate Murken. Through October 7. 319 N. 11th Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia.

Gravy Studio, 6:30 – 10 pm: Opening reception for Gestohlen. 2212 Sepviva Street, Philadelphia.

LGTripp Gallery, 6 – 8:30 pm: Catherine O’Connell, Paintings and Stephen Blackburn, Sculptures. Through October 15. 47 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Muse Gallery, 5 – 8 pm: Color Conversations, featuring work by InLiquid member Diane Lachman. Through October 30. 52 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Old City: The Old City Business Collective launches the third edition of Old City Windows, a DesignPhiladelphia event. Through October 23. Old City, Philadelphia.

Painted Bride Art Center, 5 – 7 pm: Reception for HOPE FOR A BETTER WORLD, work by Nikolay Milushev, presented by InLiquid. Through October 29. Click here to read the feature. 230 Vine Street, Philadelphia.

Projects Gallery, 6 – 9 pm: Opening reception for Abstraction, featuring work by InLiquid members Alexa de los Reyes and Marjorie Grigonis. Through October 29. 629 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Reward Project, 6 – 9 pm: Opening reception for Team Tricks. 55 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Rodger LaPelle Galleries, 6 – 10 pm: Credo Quia Absurdum. Through October 31. 122 N. Third Street, Philadelphia.

Schang-Hai Gallerie: Reception for Lynette Shelley’s solo show. Through October 31. 4136 Creamery Road, Creamery, PA.

Siena Heights University, 5:30 – 8:30 pm: Reception for Siena Heights Alumni Exhibition, featuring work by InLiquid member Brooke Hine. Klemm Gallery, 1247 E. Siena Heights Drive, Adrian, Michigan.

Space 1026, 7 – 10 pm: Opening reception for MOMO. Through October 28. 1026 Arch Street, Philadelphia.

University City Arts League, 6 – 8 pm: Opening reception for Depth and Surface: Images of Water by InLiquid artists Zoë Cohen and Alexa de los Reyes. Through October 23. 4226 Spruce St, Philadelphia.

Vox Populi, 6 – 11 pm: Opening of The Show, Drawings, All Alone, Traumatic Encounter Forever!, and Multiple and Unending: Videos by Nguyen Tan Hoang, 1999 – 2011. Through October 30. 319 N. 11th Street, Third Floor, Philadelphia.

3rd Street Gallery, 5 – 9 pm: Opening of Open Field and One Part Plaster. Through October 2. 58 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

110 Church Gallery, 5 – 8 pm: Branching. Through September 30. 110 Church Street, Philadelphia.

Artists’ House Gallery, 5 – 8:30 pm: September exhibition. Through October 2. 57 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

artspace liberti, 6:30 – 9:30 pm: Opening reception for BAG. Through October 22. 2424 York Street, Philadelphia.

Blue Stone Fine Art Gallery, 6:30 – 9:30 pm: Artists’ reception and opening. 301 N. Third Street, Philadelphia.

Bodega, 6 – 9 pm: Opening of Mobile Device. Through October 2. 253 N. Third Street, Philadelphia.

The Book Trader: A Place to Be, a mixed media memoir installation by Linda Dubin Garfield and Susan DiPronio. Through September 17. Part of Philly Fringe 2011. 7 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Brave New Worlds, 6 – 10 pm: Signing and tribute art show for indie comic artist and writer James Kolchaka. 45 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Cerulean Arts, 5 – 8 pm: Opening reception for Strata. Meet the artist Sunday, September 18, 1 – 4 pm.Through October 1. 1355 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia.

Clay Studio, 5 – 9 pm: Opening reception for Rebecca Chappell: Red Carpet and Cups and Coffee. Through September 18. 137-139 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Drink Philly Office & Gallery, 5 – 9 pm: First Friday show with Q BBQ and Ithaca Brewing. 239 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

Gallery 2J, 4 – 9 pm: Opening reception for Continua. Through October 2. 319 N. 11th Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia.

Gravy Studio, 6 – 10 pm: Opening reception for I Still Don’t Know which Way to Go. 2212 Sepviva Street, Philadelphia.

James Oliver Gallery Annex: Foundations, the inaugural exhibition at the new second location, closes. 150 S. Independence Mall West, Suite 1200, Philadelphia.

Muse Gallery, 5 – 8 pm: Opening reception for Black and White. Through September 30. 52 N 2nd Street, Philadelphia.

New Trails, 6 – 9 pm: Artists’ reception for New Trails. Through October 11. 8517 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia.

Old City Jewish Art Center, 5 – 9 pm: Fusion of Judaism Group Art Exhibition, featuring works by Linda Dubin Garfield, and followed by “A Taste of Shabbos.” Through September 22. 119 N. Third Street, Philadelphia.

Painted Bride Art Center, 5 – 7 pm: Artist’s reception for HOPE FOR A BETTER WORLD, work by Nikolay Milushev, presented by InLiquid. Through October 29. Click here to read the feature. 230 Vine Street, Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Museum of Art, 5:45 – 8:15 pm: Fourth Wall Arts Salon. Art After 5 performances are free after Museum admission ($16 adults, $14 seniors, $12 youth and students with ID, free for members and children under 12). 26th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia.

Projects Gallery, 6 – 9 pm: Opening reception for Mascara, featuring two mixed media masks by Marjorie Grigonis. Through September 24. 629 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

PUSH Sk8gallery, 6 pm: Featured artists. 306 E. Girard Avenue, Philadelphia.

Race Street Cafe: Film Photography by Christopher Kontoes. Through September 30. 208 Race Street, Philadelphia.

Rodger LaPelle Galleries, 6 – 10 pm: Inside Out. Through September 28. 122 N. Third Street, Philadelphia.

Salt Gallery, 6 – 9 pm: Opening reception for Take Five, featuring work by Julianna Foster. Through October 1. 212 Race Street, Philadelphia.

Society Hill Playhouse: Fringe Festival production of Wawapalooza 5. Features an on-screen art show of local artists, including work by InLiquid member Lynnette Shelley, in between theatrical performances. Through September 17. 507 S. Eighth Street, Philadelphia, PA.

Space 1026, 7 – 10 pm: Opening reception for Parts Allotted: New Works by Jason Urban and Eva Wylie. Through September 30. 1026 Arch Street, Philadelphia.

Top Hat, 7 – 10 pm: Sharp with Art Group presents Keep It Movin. 247 Market Street, Philadelphia.

Vox Popupli Gallery, 6 – 11 pm: Opening of i <3 postdemocracy, Work, Motion Pictures, Something Something Panorama, and Rhinoplasty. Through October 2. 319 N. 11th Street, #3, Philadelphia.

Through Saturday, September 17: 15th Annual Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe.

3rd Street Gallery, 5 – 9 pm: Opening reception for The Light Room‘s annual group show. Through August 28. 58 N. 2nd Street, Philadelphia.

110 Church Gallery, 5 – 8 pm: Kate Friedman: Branching. Through September 23. 110 Church Street, Philadelphia.

APS Museum, 6 – 8 pm: Jane E. Boyd, Research Curator for Of Elephants and Roses, offers spotlight tours. 104 S. Fifth Street, Philadelphia.

AxD Gallery, 5 – 8 pm: Opening reception for Attack of CMYK!, featuring printmaking and illustration works by thirteen artists from The Autumn Society. Through September 3rd. 265 South 10th Street, Philadelphia.

Brave New Worlds, 6 – 9 pm: Opening for Drawn to Letters. Through August 31. 45 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Chemical Heritage Museum, 5 – 8 pm: Tom Twardowski will lead a lecture on soap-making. 315 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

The Clay Studio, 5 – 9 pm: Opening reception for Hello / Goodbye and Linda Lopez: Recent Work. Through August 21 and 26, respectively. 137-139 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Drink Philly Office & Gallery, 5 – 9 pm: 1 Year Anniversary First Friday. 239 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

F&N Gallery, 6 – 9 pm: Opening reception for Contract & Expand, Mr. Accordion Man. Through August 27. 2009 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia.

9 pm at the Franklin Institute: Free screening of The Mummy (1999), in conjunction with Mummies of the World exhibition. 222 N. 20th Street, Philadelphia.

Gravy Studio, 6:30 – 10 pm: Opening reception for JP Bevins. 2212 Sepviva Street, Philadelphia.

Gross McCleaf Gallery, 5 – 7 pm: Opening reception for Scripted: A Group Exhibiton. Through August 31. 127 S. 16th Street, Philadelphia.

Jolie Laide Gallery, 6 – 8 pm: Opening receptions for Memories Last a Lifetime and Heavy Metal Sunburn. Through August 27. 224 N. Juniper Street, Philadelphia.

The Knapp Gallery: Salvador Di Quinzio & Jim Bloom. Through August 28. 162 N. Third Street, Philadelphia.

LGTripp Gallery, 6 – 8:30 pm: Reception for RSVP 2, featuring work by Madeline Adams, Judy Breslin, Linda Celestian, Linda Hess Conklin, James Erikson, and Justin Froehlich, among others. Through August 20. 47 N. 2nd Street, Philadelphia.

little berlin, 6 – 10 pm: Opening of Distributed Collectives. An online exhibition and digital catalog will be available here. Through August 27. 2430 Coral Street, Philadelphia.

Marian Anderson Recreation Center, 7:45 pm: Scribe Video Center’s Street Movies!, presented by PNC Arts Alive. Free and open to the public. 744 S. 17th Street, Philadelphia.

Marginal Utility, 6 – 11 pm: Opening reception for get it while it’s cheap, the summer group show. Through August 27. 319 N. 11th Street, Second Floor, Philadelphia.

Muse Gallery, 5 – 9 pm: Opening reception for Abstracted: Take 5. Through August 28. 52 N. 2nd Street, Philadelphia.

PAFA Alumni Sales Gallery, 5:30 – 7:30 pm: Opening reception for Environmental Perspectives: A Landscape Show. Through October 23. 118-128 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia.

Painted Bride Art Center, 6 – 8 pm: Opening reception for Shooting Back. Through August 20. 5 – 7 pm, Fourth Wall Arts Salon. 230 Vine Street, Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Art Alliance, 5:30 – 7:30 pm: Opening reception for allTURNatives: Form + Spirit 2011. 251 South 18th Street, Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Museum of Art, 5:45 – 8:15 pm: Salsa Party. Art After 5 performances are free after Museum admission ($16 adults, $14 seniors, $12 youth and students with ID, free for members and children under 12). 26th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia.

PhilaMOCA: Opening reception for PhilaMythos. Through August 18. 531 N. 12th Street, Philadelphia.

Race Street Pier, 7 – 10 pm: First Friday celebration hosted by The Friends of Race Street Pier. Intersection of Race Street and Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia.

Scribe Video Center, 6 – 9 pm: The first in a two-session workshop, “Recording Audio for HDV Productions, with instructor Jack Mehlbaum. Cost: $65. 4212 Chestnut Street, Third Floor, Philadelphia, PA.

Space 1026, 7 – 10 pm: Opening reception for also, books. Through August 26. 1026 Arch Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia.

Trust Gallery, 5 – 8 pm: Opening reception for Chantal Westby: Light to Faith. Through August 30. 249 Arch Street, Philadelphia.

Vox Populi, 6 – 11 pm: One night event, SOUND/STAGES II, organized by Vox members. Bring a gift, which artist Jessica Gath will wrap and return to you. Emerging video artists and filmmakers, bring your videos to the gallery for First Friday’s Summer Open Video Jam. 319 N. 11th Street, Philadelphia.

The William Way Center, 6 – 7:30 pm: The Secret Cinema teams up with the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania to present their Annual Summer Movie Party. The centerpiece will be a screening of Look in any Window (1961). The film will be introduced by film historian Richard Barrios. 1315 Spruce Street, Philadelphia.

3rd Street Gallery, 5 – 9 pm: Opening reception for Assemblage and Tea Time. Through July 31. 58 N. 2nd Street, Philadelphia.

110 Church Gallery, 5 – 8 pm: Reception for Stimuli • Stimulus. 110 Church Street, Philadelphia.

Artists’ House, 5 – 8:30 pm: Opening reception for July’s exhibition. 57 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Cafe Lift, 7 – 10 pm: Opening reception for Unravel: A Knitted Exploration of Our Consumption. 428 N. 13th Street, Philadelphia.

Chemical Heritage Foundation, 1 – 8 pm: Visitors are invited to listen to a lecture delivered by Mutter Museum director, Robert Hicks who will appear in period costume to talk about medicine in the Civil War. Polymer chemist Tom Twardowski will produce smoke and colors using his knowledge of chemistry, and Rosie Cook will perform color experiments and lead visitors in making their own tie-dye and lava lamps. There will be opportunities to view the exhibition Elemental Matters: Artists Imagine Chemistry. 315 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

Christ Church Neighborhood House, 6 – 9 pm: Opening reception for Artistic Rebuttal Book Signing. 20 N. American Street, Philadelphia.

The Clay Studio, 5 – 9 pm: Opening reception for Jeremy Brooks: Recent Work and The Eighth Annual Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Student Exhibition. Through July 31 and July 24, respectively. 137-139 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Extra Extra, 7 – 10 pm: Opening reception for Lowbeam. Through August 7. 1524 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia.

Gallery 50, 6 – 9 am: Opening reception for Petite Moments. Through July 25. 50 E. Commerce Street, Bridgeton, NJ.

Grizzly Grizzly, 7 – 9 pm: Artists’ reception for There is Not Anything Which Returns to Nothing. 319 North 11th Street, Second Floor, Philadelphia.

LGTripp Gallery, 6 – 8:30 pm: Dan Schimmel’s Tape & Paint and Ann Tarantino’s Recent Works. 47 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Muse Gallery, 5 – 8 pm: Opening reception for One Part Paradise. Through July 31. 52 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Prelude Gallery, 12 – 7 pm (or later): Opening of Prelude Gallery, featuring work from recent graduates and students. 406 South 20th Street, Philadelphia.

Projects Gallery, 6-9 pm: Reception for Northern Liberties: A Transformation and Frank Hyder: Changing States. 629 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Rodger LaPelle Galleries, 6 – 10 pm: Opening reception for An Eyeful. Through August 28. 122 N. Third Street, Philadelphia.

Snyderman / Works, 5:30 – 8:30 pm: Opening reception for Goblet Show 2011. 303 Cherry Street, Philadelphia.

Space 1026, 7 – 10 pm: Opening reception for Alternate Universe. 1026 Arch Street, Second Floor, Philadelphia.

Wexler Gallery, 5 – 8 pm: Opening reception for Summer 2011. Through June 25. 201 N. Third Street, Philadelphia.

110 Church Gallery, 5 – 8 pm: Opening reception for Colin Keefe – Stimuli • Stimulus. 110 Church Street, Philadelphia.

3rd Street Gallery, 5 – 9 pm: Opening reception for Associate Members’ Exhibition – Kindred Spirits.

Artists’ House, 5 – 8:30 pm: Opening reception for New Faces 2011. 57 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Chemical Heritage Foundation, 5 – 8 pm:  Visitors are invited to participate in beer tastings and listen to a lecture delivered by noted beer historian Rich Wagner. There will be opportunities to view the exhibition Elemental Matters: Artists Imagine Chemistry.  315 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

The Clay Studio, 5 – 9 pm: Opening reception for Our Community.  137 – 139 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

The Fabric Workshop and Museum, 6 – 8 pm: Opening reception for Close at Hand: Philadelphia Artists from the Collection. 1214 Arch Street, Philadelphia.

Gallery 339, 6:30 – 8:30 pm: Reception for Keystone.1, the first Pennsylvania Photography Biennial. Through August 27. 339 S. 21st Street, Philadelphia.

Grizzly Grizzly, 6 – 10 pm: Opening reception for The Queer Houses of Brooklyn In The Three Towns of Breukelen, Boswyck, and Midwout During the 41^st Year of the Stonewall Era. 319 North 11th Street, Second Floor, Philadelphia.

Highwire Gallery, 5 – 9 pm: Opening reception for Side by Side. 2040 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia.

Little Berlin, 6 – 10 pm: Opening reception for Epic Pain. 2430 Coral Street, Philadelphia.

LGTripp Gallery, 6 – 8:30 pm: Reception for Dan Schimmel: Tape and Paint and Ann Tarantino: Recent Works. Through July 9. 47-49 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Locks Gallery, 5 – 7 pm: Reception for Jennifer Bartlett: The Studio Inside Out . Through June 30th . 600 Washington Square South, Philadelphia.

Marginal Utility, 6 – 11 pm: Opening reception for Eric McDade: Nobody Digs Your Music But Yourself. Through July 29. 319 N. 11th Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia.

Muse Gallery, 5 – 8 pm: Opening reception for Paintings by Nancy Kress. 52 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Pentimenti Gallery, 6 – 8:30pm: Opening reception for THINK GLOBAL’2. 145 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Projects Gallery, 6-9 pm: Opening reception for Northern Liberties: A Transformation.

Snyderman / Works, 5:30 – 8:30 pm:  Reception for  Nature Morte Transfigured: Sculptural Still Life by Ron Isaacs; Three Shades of White, ceramic work by Nathan Falter, Bryan Hopkins & Ani Kasten; and jewelry by So Young Park. 303 Cherry Street, Philadelphia.

Space 1026, 7 – 10 pm: Opening reception for My Name is URL / My name is IRL– Jesse Hulcher and Jerstin Crosby. Through June 24.  1026 Arch Street, second floor, Philadelphia.

Vox Populi, 6 – 11 pm:  Opening reception for D. Billy & Nathan Manuel, Terry Conrad, Micah Danges, Andrew Suggs.  Through June 26.  319 N. 11th Street, third floor, Philadelphia.

Wexler Gallery, 5 – 8 pm:  Reception for  Old Souls (Reincarnated Objects); Silas Kopf, Recent Works; and Morgan Craig, Folklore. Through June 25.  201 N. Third Street, Philadelphia.

Wood Turning Center, 5:30 – 7:30 pm: Exotic Woods, Metal Cutters and Dale Chase: Ornamental Turning from the Walter Balliet Collection. Through July 23. 501 Vine Street, Philadelphia.