Calendar. 07.10.08.

The Arthur Elrod House in Palm Springs, designed by architect John Lautner in 1968. (Photo by theorem.)

• In L.A.: John Lautner: Between Earth and Heaven, at the Hammer Museum, opens Sunday.
• In L.A.: Slightly All the Time, the work of Mike Stilkey, at Kinsey/DesForges, opens Saturday.
• In L.A.: The Hi-Fructose group art exhibit at CoproNason, opens Saturday.
• In L.A.: Overviews by Warren Keating at M J Higgins, opens today.
• In L.A.: Splash: Summer Gallery Selections at Cerasoli, opens Saturday.
• In L.A.: Ali Smith at Mark Moore Gallery in Santa Monica, through August 13^th.
• In Seattle: Deuce Seven in Pneumonia, Isolation and Disorder at BLVD, opens tomorrow.
• In Portland, Or.: Robert Mars, Beauty in Hindsight, at Guestroom.
• In S.F.: Hera at Fifty24SF, through July 24^th.
• In S.F.: The Benefit Show at Fecal Face Gallery, opens today.
• In Chicago: A Declaration of Immigration at the National Museum of Mexican Art, through Sept. 7^th
• In Chicago: Martina Nehrling at Zg Gallery, through Saturday.
• In National Harbor, Md.: John Collier at Art Whino, opens Saturday.
• In NYC: The Sixth Annual Handball Court Film Screenings begin with a screening of Robert Redford’s The Candidate (in honor of Election ’08) this Saturday, at White Park, in Harlem, at sunset. This will be followed on subsequent Saturdays with screenings of Vote For Me, Head of State, Bob Roberts, A Distinguished Gentleman and An Unreasonable Man, as well as many others.
• In NYC: Paper City at Mixed Greens, opens today.
• In Miami Beach: Thoughts on Democracy at the Wolfsonian, through Dec. 7^th.
• In Edinburgh: Foto: Modernity 1918-1945 in Central Europe at the National Gallery.