Here ye Here ye, if you’re in the Bay Area, or, heck, even the state of California, mark your calendars for these myriad upcoming Art + Design events with Chronicle artists and authors. You want events? Have we got events!

Here you go, enjoy, and happy Halloween!

Exhibitions:

In The Path of Righteousness
Photographs by Jona Frank
Now through January 3, 2009
California Museum of Photography, UC Riverside

The 1000 Journals Project
November 1- April 5,
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Video Screening
Thursdays: November 20, December 18, January 22, February 22, March 5, and April 2
7:00 pm
Koret Visitor Education Center, SFMOMA

Harvey Dinnerstein: Underground Together
November 6 - December 14
Frey Norris Gallery, 456 Geary, San Francisco
Opening Reception
November 6th
6:00 to 9:00 pm

Linda Connor : Himalayas
November 13 - December 24
Haines Gallery , 49 Geary 5th floor, San Francisco
Opening Reception
November 13th
5:30 - 7:30 pm

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Events and Signings:

Masami Teraoka
Curator and Artist Discussion
de Young Museum , San Francisco
Friday November 7th
7:00 pm

Harvey Dinnerstein
Lecture
Academy of Art College , Media Room, 60 Federal Street, San Francisco
Wednesday November 5th
3:30 - 4:30 pm

Jona Frank, David Maisel, Jo Whaley, and Debra Bloomfield
Chronicle Books’ photographers’ book launch party
San Francisco Camerawork, 657 Mission St, 2nd Floor
Thursday, November 13th
7:00 pm

Still: Oceanscapes by Debra Bloomfield
Signing with images
Robert Koch Gallery, 49 Geary, 5th Floor, San Francisco
Saturday, December 13th
3:00 – 5:00 pm

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Annie will read from her brand new Ivy and Bean Bound To Be Bad, and sign your copy of the book.
Tear the kids away from the candy long enough so they can get to know the fun, friendly, and clever creator of the zany Ivy and Bean characters!

3:00pm
Saturday, November 1st
At Chronicle Books, Union Street Store
1846 Union St.
SF (Marina)
415-345-8435

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Last year we let you in on how silly Chronicle gets around Halloween with each department taking on the theme of one of our books and fiercely competing for the top slot. Needless to say not much work gets done around these parts Halloween day. We’ll be sure to share embarrassing photos in our next post but this week we’re wondering what you’re dressing up as this Friday. Link to a picture in in the comments or let us know what genius costumes you’ve come up with and we’ll send one randomly selected commenter a copy of Stencil 101, French General Home Sewn, Handmade Hellos, and The Sock Knitting Kit. And in case you need some last minute inspiration here’s some goodies we’ve found:

Paper Sneaker by Afrodandy

Sun Maid Raisin Girl by Carol of WIP

Corpse Bride by Crafty Chica She has very detailed instructions on how to recreate this look on her site.

Check out more Handbound posts.

Christina Loff
Craft Publicist

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Pumpkin-Orange Waffles with Hazelnut–Maple Syrup Butter

Toasted hazelnuts in whipped butter lend a decadent crunch to these golden waffles for a real treat for brunch. The waffles freeze very well, ready to reheat in a toaster or regular oven at 300°F until hot throughout. It is smart to toast and skin a quantity of hazelnuts in advance so they are ready to pop into the sweet butter.

Hazelnut–Maple Syrup Butter
1/3 cup hazelnuts
6 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
6 tablespoons pure maple syrup

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 large eggs, separated
3/4 cup cooked puréed pumpkin or winter squash, canned or homemade
1 1/2 cups whole milk
1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
1/3 cup unsalted butter, melted

To make the Hazelnut–Maple Syrup Butter, preheat the oven to 350°F. Spread the hazelnuts in a small baking pan. Bake until lightly toasted, about 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and rub the hazelnuts between paper towels while they are still warm, letting the papery skins fall off. Chop the nuts finely.

In a small bowl, combine the butter and syrup and beat with an electric mixer or wooden spoon until light and fluffy. Stir in the nuts. Scrape into a small serving bowl.

Preheat a waffle iron. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, and salt. In a medium bowl, beat or whisk together the egg yolks, pumpkin, milk, orange juice, and melted butter. In another medium bowl, using an electric mixer set on medium high___ speed, beat the egg whites until soft, glossy peaks form. Add the pumpkin mixture to the dry ingredients and mix just until combined. Fold in the egg whites.

Spoon or pour about 3/4 cup batter onto the hot iron. Close the lid. Cook according to the manufacturer’s instructions until the waffle is golden brown, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove with a fork to a warmed plate. Serve at once or keep warm on a baking sheet in a 200°F oven. Repeat with the remaining batter. Pass the Hazelnut–Maple Syrup Butter with the warm waffles.

Makes about eight 7-inch round waffles; serves 8

Purchase A Harvest of Pumpkins and Squash.

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Peter Perez
Senior Marketing Manager

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Moleskine, the heir to the legendary notebook, wants to know what’s inside your Moleskine! With over 140 different formats and styles, there are many different ways to use a Moleskine—to sketch, write, watercolor, reflect, collage, collect mementos and as photo albums.

In celebration of creativity and imagination, Moleskine is looking for readers to share photos and comments about their Moleskines. Email pictures of what’s in your Moleskine to webmaster@chroniclebooks.com with the subject line “MOLESKINE.”

Five submissions will be randomly selected to receive a Free Moleskine Pack of Notebooks. The pack will include a Pocket Ruled Notebook, a Pocket Sketchbook and a Pack of Plain Kraft Pocket Cahiers.

We’ll post the images on an upcoming post announcing the winners! Also check out our Facebook Company Page to see the latest entries. Entries must be submitted by Friday Nov 14th.

Here are the entries to date:

From Hanna Andersson

From Amanda Bollinger

From Kimberly Hohman

From Sarah Cho

See the rest on our Facebook Company Page!

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