Local author Michelle Tea’s new book, “Mermaid in Chelsea Creek,” will be released by McSweeney’s McMullens May 14. A film of her book “Valencia” (2000) will be released this summer. Tea founded an imprint of...
By Dan Hirsch A baile folklórico troupe in colorful costumes and traditional Mexican dress, dancers hanging from trees, a drum ensemble and a throng of spectators disrupted the usual brunch scene on 24th Street this...
San Francisco’s 13th annual Cesar E. Chavez Holiday Street Festival attracted hundreds of people to 24th Street on Sunday to celebrate the life and work of the Latino civil rights and farm labor leader. Chavez,...
Last weekend’s CubaCaribe Festival at Dance Mission Theater was a feast for the senses: Voluminous skirts swished to the beat of Afro-Caribbean music, drums thumped and dance shoes clacked. The festival, which began April 12,...
“This time with pictures” was the tagline for ODC Theater’s 62nd presentation of the Pilot program, a biannual dance show that for the first time incorporated film into all six of its dance performances. The...
Meera Desai stands on the sunny side of Lapidge Street and stares up at the vibrant four-story “Maestrapeace” mural that graces the Women’s Building. ”I look at it and I see inspiration and I see beauty...
