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Get ready to head to the East Bay for this spectacular group art show dedicated to the eclectic Bay Area. Through installation, painting, printmaking, sculpture, fashion and live performance we are celebrating the artwork emerging right now on both sides of the bay bridge. Feast your eyes and ears on the fashion show set to a live musical backdrop performed by the What You Hear! GALORE Runway Ensemble. Featured designers include Molly Rebuschatis, Flyguy Couture, Evarize Apparel, Dulce Lalita, VindyCo Clothing, Studio VM, and Missing Clothing. The show takes place at the Lobot Gallery, 1800 Campbell Street, Oakland, CA. Doors open at 9:00 p.m. with the fashion show starting at 10:30 p.m. Suggested donation of $5-$20. Check here for more info.

Open Heart, Open Hand, will take place at California Modern Art Gallery (1035 Market St. @ 6th/7th) San Francisco starting at 8 p.m. This event crowns the San Francisco premiere of “Uncovering the Essence: The Alternative Photography Exhibit of Grammy award winning musician Barry Mann.” Known for such hits as “Somewhere Out There” and “You’ve Lost that Loving Feeling,” Mann now shares yet another one of his many talents in the form of the visual arts with his original photography.The “Evening of Art and Fashion” kicks off with a VIP champagne and hors d’oeuvres reception and silent auction, at 6:30 p.m. ($135) General admission ($75) opens at 8 p.m.

Missing Piece fashion show begins at 8:30 p.m. featuring designers Jasmin Zorlu, Molly Rebuschatis, KAYO, Miss Velvet Cream, Jeremy Parr, and special guest designer Jason Christopher Peters.

Missing Piece presents an art/fashion event taking place at the California Modern Art Gallery (1035 Market St. @ 6th/7th) San Francisco starting at 8 p.m. The interactive art installations include Video Mad Libs, Photo Booth, Running With Scissors, Verse Forge Poetry, Patchwork Knitting, Live Painting, Silkscreen Mash-up, Magic, Music, and More.Missing Piece fashion show begins at 10 p.m. The Love Cycle: Exploring emotional phases in the alchemical process of Love, featuring designers Miranda Caroligne, Molly Rebuschatis, Jeremy Parr, KAYO, MonTree, Chrystie Cappelli, and Larissa Firmino.

Also appearing will be live sketch artists Marc Scheff, Jarett Fajardo, Hugh Leeman, Shawn Hannah, Jeremy Reule, and Duane Williams. Tickets start at $10.00.

FashionWeekLive presented by Sephora is on its way to San Francisco straight from the runways of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York. Top designers, including Oscar de la Renta, Zac Posen, Francisco Costa for Calvin Klein, Badgley Mischka, Nicole Miller, Nanette Lepore and Michael Kors will reveal their just-debuted 07 Fall collections. And who other than supermodels Naomi Campbell and Gemma Ward to don their latest collections. I just confirmed that Francisco Costa of Calvin Klein will appear in the San Francisco show which will take place on a 115 foot runway. Fashion Week Live takes place for one night only on Thursday, March 15 from 6:15 pm to Midnight at the Festival Pavilion at Fort Mason. Partners include the Amschwand Sarcoma Cancer Foundation.