Calendar. 10.09.08.

A photograph by Jake Dobkin, in Quality of Life, at Factory Fresh in Brooklyn. (Image courtesy of Jake Dobkin.)

• In NYC: Quality of Life: The photography of Jake Dobkin, Luna Park, Sam Horine & Street Stars, as well as a separate exhibit by Gaëtane Michaux, at Factory Fresh, opens Friday at 6 p.m.
• In NYC: Mary Henderson, Forces, at Lyons Wier Ortt, opens Friday.
• In NYC: The Chadwicks, The Genretron, at Winkleman, opens Friday.
• In NYC: Identity by Design, an exhibit of historic tribal dresses at the Museum of the American Indian. See an incredible slideshow here.
• In NYC: Chris Mendoza at Joshua Liner, opens Saturday.
• In Boston: Tara Donovan at the Boston Institute of Contemporary Arts, opens Friday.
• In Miami: Hernan Bas, The Unexplained, at Fredric Snitzer, opens Saturday.
• In Marfa, Tex.: The paintings of Joianne Bittle at Eugene Binder Gallery, opens tomorrow.
• In Milwaukee (i’m a dork) In San Francisco: Paul Zografakis at Little Tree Gallery, opens Saturday.
• In L.A.: A conversation between artist Collier Schorr and LACMA curator Christopher Bedford, coinciding with the museum’s Hard Targets: Masculinity and Sport exhibit, today at 7 p.m.
• In L.A.: The photographs of Joaquin Trujillo and Brian Paumier at the Garage Gallery, one night only, this Saturday, from 8 p.m. to midnight.
• In L.A.: Downtown art walk, from 12 p.m to 9 p.m. today.
• In L.A.: Inaugural group exhibit at Cerasoli-LeBasse, featuring the work of Vincent Hui, Melissa Haslam, Ryuichi Ogino, Deth P. Sun and Mari Unakai at Cerasoli-LeBasse in Culver City. 
• In Pasadena: Observe, an exhibit that displays a collaboration between NASA’s Spitzer Science Center and artists affiliated with the Art Center College of Design, at Art Center, opens Friday.
• In London: José Parlá, Adaptation and Translation, at the Elms Lesters Painting Rooms, opens Friday.
• In Berlin: The Intimate in Everyday Life, more than 200 photographs from the collection of Agnès B, opens Saturday.