On Friday the 9th ArtSlant checked these shows:

Kick Out the Jams at the Luggage Store drew quite a crowd, with live performance from Hisham Bharoocha:

Favorites were pieces by Paul Schiek:

and Chris Duncan:

...among many, many others...

Also opening that night was Gina Borg at Jancar Jones Gallery:

And we made it over to Fecal Face Dot Gallery for the opening for the collaborative show by Nat Swope and Michael Sieben:

Prints are on sale from $30, or you can pick up an artists' book for only $10!

--Natalie Stanchfield

(*Images, from top to bottom: Kick Out the Jams, May 9, 2008; Luggage Store Gallery, Hisham Akira Bharoocha performing in front of his piece, Hado.  Kick Out the Jams, May 9, 2008; Luggage Store Gallery, Paul Schiek, The Thing About You Is That You Will End Up LIke Me, photograph and photocopies, 13 x 8'.  Kick Out the Jams, May 9, 2008; Luggage Store Gallery, Chris Duncan, New Monolith, 2008, mixed media installation, 85 x 73 x 41".  Gina Borg, May 9 - 31, 2008; Jancar Jones Gallery, installation view.  Michael Sieben and Nat Swope, Forever and Never, May 9, 2008; Fecal Face Dot Gallery, installation views.  All photos courtesy of Natalie Stanchfield.)