http://missionlocal.org News From San Francisco's Mission District Wed, 22 May 2013 00:10:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/modern-times-bookstore-in-debt-and-seeking-community-support/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/modern-times-bookstore-in-debt-and-seeking-community-support/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 14:15:07 +0000 Laia Gordi http://missionlocal.org/?p=233352 With a debt collective members estimate to be $100,000, members of the Modern Times Bookstore Collective told supporters at a meeting last week that the 41-year-old bookstore may have to close its doors in September. As a result, the Mission landmark that specializes in politically progressive volumes, is rethinking its operating plan in order to survive economic shocks of the internet age along with competition and gentrification, managers of the collective...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/modern-times-bookstore-in-debt-and-seeking-community-support/feed/ 6 http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/the-mission-a-day-in-the-life/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/the-mission-a-day-in-the-life/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 14:15:38 +0000 Mission Loc@l Staff http://missionlocal.org/?p=232468 ]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/the-mission-a-day-in-the-life/feed/ 1 http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/mission-artist-releases-wacky-art-app-to-customize-photos/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/mission-artist-releases-wacky-art-app-to-customize-photos/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 14:00:32 +0000 Claudia Escobar http://missionlocal.org/?p=233141 Mission-based artist Patrick Sean Gibson this week co-released an updated version of the mobile application Brain Snap. Created in collaboration with the iPhone app producer 99centbrains, the app allows users to apply Gibson’s original artwork to their personal photographs. The new version includes even more of what he calls “my wacky, wacky art” — including fonts, faces and designs — to decorate photos. Watch our video to learn more about the man...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/mission-artist-releases-wacky-art-app-to-customize-photos/feed/ 0 http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/needles-pens-show-marks-10-years-of-art-and-zines/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/needles-pens-show-marks-10-years-of-art-and-zines/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 14:00:30 +0000 Mission Loc@l Staff http://missionlocal.org/?p=233181 By Dan Hirsch Gallery-goers filled the Luggage Store Gallery to attend the May 10 opening of a group show of 66 Bay Area and international artists celebrating the 10th anniversary of artspace and shop Needles & Pens. The Mission space was born a decade ago when a guy who liked zines and a girl who liked sewing decided to open up shop, and live illegally, in a tiny storefront on...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/needles-pens-show-marks-10-years-of-art-and-zines/feed/ 3 http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/conversation-with-campos-14/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/conversation-with-campos-14/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 14:30:00 +0000 Tay Wiles http://missionlocal.org/?p=233120 Editor’s note: This column is part of Mission Local’s series of conversations with Supervisor David Campos, addressing issues and events in the Mission and the city of San Francisco. If you have questions for Campos, send an email to missionlocal@gmail.com. Mission Local: Mission Local has been covering the buffer zone for reproductive health clinics in San Francisco, [a measure] which you spearheaded. Was there a specific incident that motivated you to write...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/conversation-with-campos-14/feed/ 11 http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/catholic-archbishop-cordileone-demands-immigration-reform/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/catholic-archbishop-cordileone-demands-immigration-reform/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 14:30:06 +0000 Tay Wiles http://missionlocal.org/?p=233050 As national lawmakers debate an immigration bill pending in the senate, the Archdiocese of San Francisco has launched a campaign to engage families around the Bay Area to demand meaningful reform. San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone stood with Father Arturo Albano, Father Paul Gawlowski and other Roman Catholic leaders on the steps of the city’s historic Mission Dolores on Monday to call for urgent comprehensive immigration reform to help thousands of undocumented families from Marin County in...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/catholic-archbishop-cordileone-demands-immigration-reform/feed/ 7 http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/maya-interpreters-trained-to-meet-a-need-in-san-francisco/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/maya-interpreters-trained-to-meet-a-need-in-san-francisco/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 14:15:46 +0000 Erica Hellerstein http://missionlocal.org/?p=232448 Have you ever heard the Maya language spoken in San Francisco? If not, listen to our audio story to the right. It will open your ears to a little-known language spoken by thousands of people in the city – but rarely discussed outside its cultural community. San Francisco is a hub of Maya language and culture, and one of the most densely Maya-populated cities in the country. There are an estimated 10,000...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/maya-interpreters-trained-to-meet-a-need-in-san-francisco/feed/ 2 http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/pop-up-performance-reflects-how-we-cope-with-disaster/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/pop-up-performance-reflects-how-we-cope-with-disaster/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 18:00:36 +0000 Molly Oleson http://missionlocal.org/?p=231665 Debby Kajiyama wears a bright red sweater that’s attached to Jose Navarrete’s matching red sweater by long, floppy sleeves. On the corner of 24th and Bartlett, she stands on tiptoe, and when she raises her arms the sleeves roll toward Navarrete, looking like a bouncy red slide. The dancers pull each other close, push each other away and roll on the sidewalk in a series of graceful moves that attract...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/pop-up-performance-reflects-how-we-cope-with-disaster/feed/ 0 http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/supervisors-pass-planned-parenthood-buffer-zone/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/supervisors-pass-planned-parenthood-buffer-zone/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 15:59:39 +0000 Carly Nairn http://missionlocal.org/?p=232763 Anti-abortion activists outside Planned Parenthood’s Valencia Street clinic vowed to fight on Thursday despite initial approval this week by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors of an expanded 25-foot buffer zone around reproductive healthcare facilities in an effort to protect patients from intimidation and harassment. Pending final approval, the expanded buffer zone would replace the current 8-foot “bubble zone” shielding clinic clients from shouts and graphic posters. The San Francisco ordinance...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/supervisors-pass-planned-parenthood-buffer-zone/feed/ 20 http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/online-clothier-betabrand-opens-on-site-of-780-cafe/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/online-clothier-betabrand-opens-on-site-of-780-cafe/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 13:45:48 +0000 Mission Loc@l Staff http://missionlocal.org/?p=232636 By Stevanie Wazna-Blank Local online clothing company Betabrand will open its first storefront this weekend at 780 Valencia Street, previously 780 Cafe. The company’s headquarters have been at Cesar Chavez and Mission streets since 2010, when Betabrand was launched from CEO Chris Lindland’s previous company, Cordarounds. Lindland said that moving to a brick and mortar location on Valencia will “de-virtualize the brand.” Originally catering mostly to men, the company has...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/online-clothier-betabrand-opens-on-site-of-780-cafe/feed/ 28