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...
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...
Hard rock projects out into the streets from Charlie’s Place, near the corner of 17th and Folsom streets. The music wafts past a row of impeccably maintained cafe racer motorcycles and their casual counterparts; the...
If San Francisco had a supply shop for alchemists, it would probably look a lot like Sinopia. This little store on the edge of the Mission is stocked with bottles and powders from around the...
Incense smoke filled the air of Galería de la Raza Thursday night as traditional Mayan Danza dancers blessed 20 youths who had completed a 15-month workshop on Mayan art and culture. For the occasion, part...
Art Explosion is celebrating the holidays with open studios this Friday from 6 to 11 p.m. Amy Spohn opened her studio to Mission Local, revealing a magical world of memories, old wooden boxes and childhood stories.
Over a dozen spaces will be transformed into micro art centers with art shows, music performances, and kids events today. The Mission Arts and Performance Project begins this afternoon, and will be going late into...
Tonight at the Brava Theater, artists Lynn Marie Kirby and Alexis Petty present the 24th Street Listening Project, a showcase of neighborhood characters they have encountered in the Mission, including singers, musicians, painters and storytellers....
