Arts Listings

FIRST EXPOSURES 

First Exposures, an exhibition of photographs by local at-risk youth, opens at Mills College Art Museum on Wednesday. The exhibtion is named after the long-running mentoring program created in 1993 by a group of concerned photographers who wanted to use their artistic skills to help their community. Pairing homeless, foster and at-risk youth with qualified adult mentors who teach them photography, First Exposures has grown to become one of the nation’s most respected art mentoring programs. Mills College Art Museum. 5000 MacArthur Blvd. June 20-Aug. 5. www.sfcamerawork.org. 

TEA ’N’ CRISP 

The precocious Quentin Crisp lived a life without shame, reservation or compromise. Shotgun Company member Richard Louis James pays tribute to this international gay icon by bringing him back to life in an original solo piece. Tea ‘n’ Crisp is based on Crisp’s writing and public appearances and will be performed during national gay pride week in celebration of flamboyant autonomy. Tea ‘N Crisp also pays tribute 

to the Shotgun Solar Campaign, to which all proceeds will be dedicated. Let the sun shine in! Thursday, June 21, Friday, June 22 and Saturday, June 23, 8 p.m. The Ashby Stage, 1901 Ashby Ave. $25. Reservations strongly advised. 510-841-6500.  

www.shotgunplayers.org.