There are approximately 166 Art & Design exhibitions and events happening this weekend, so please check our listings if you don’t want to miss awesome shindigs like this.

Here are selected events that didn’t make it into this week’s print edition. Unless otherwise noted, events are free.

In the West Loop, ebersmoore holds special hours for its new show “Rob Carter: Stone on Stone” today until 9pm.

In River North, David Weinberg Gallery debuts recent wax-infused abstract paintings by Eric Blum and mixed-media assemblages by Hunt Rettig in “Infuse” Friday 6, 5–8pm.

Wicker Park/Bucktown First Friday takes over the Flatiron Arts Building Friday 6, 6–10pm. ($5 suggested donation.)

Lincoln Square’s Fill in the Blank Gallery highlights humorous prints by Gretchen Huffman in “Choose Your Own Adventure” tonight, Friday 6, 7–10pm.

On Saturday 7 at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago artist Silvia Malagrino explains how Spanish artist Francisco Goya (1746–1828) influences her work as part of the museum’s Artist Connect series. (1–2pm, free with museum admission.)

The Art Institute also hosts “Photography Conversation,” a Chicago Humanities Festival event, from 1–2pm. Curator Matthew S. Witkovsky speaks with artists Liz Deschenes and Gaylen Gerber about the new works they prepared for the Modern Wing’s inaugural photography exhibition. ($5, educators and students free.)

In the West Loop, McCormick Gallery hosts a reception for “Melville Price: USA,” which highlights the W.P.A. artist’s 1960s works, Saturday 7, 4–7pm.

At Pilsen gallery and boutique Golden Age, Alex Fuller (of the Post Family) and Gabe Usadel celebrate the release of their book The Incredible Journey That Is Consciousness from 7–11pm.

Sunday 8, 11am–6pm, Bruce Thorn hosts a “Studio Exhibition” in Ravenswood with work by William Conger, Susan Michod and several other local artists.

In Oak Park, the mysterious New York artist Donelle Woolford (Google her, you’ll see what we mean) visits The Suburban Sunday 8, 2–4pm. Woolford exhibits recent paintings and gives a performance, Dan Graham Withdrawal Syndrome, at 2pm.