Despite fears of an end to the Mission art scene, an influx of galleries indicates a boom

Sep 5, 2019 | Art, Featured, Front Page, Instagram, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Despite fears that rent hikes and the influx of the younger tech community would push out artists and diminish their core audience, galleries in the Mission and lower Potrero are popping up at a pace not seen for years.

Art spaces now number 37 compared to 27 in 2017 when Mission Local last did a count.

The story of Valencia Street’s longest boarded-up building

Aug 27, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Instagram, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

“I get more calls from people asking about that building than anything else,” said Mark Kaplan, the realtor whose name and number are posted on a sign on the building.

Neighborhood notes: Come live in the Mission! And meet yet another Democratic presidential aspirant, Michael Bennet!

Aug 23, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about 2020 presidential candidate Senator Michael Bennet. Including: Who is Michael Bennet?

René Yañez’s son, Rio, exhibits father’s personal sketchbooks

Aug 18, 2019 | Art, Featured, Front Page, Newsletter

Tucked into the corner of Thacher Art Gallery’s ‘Studio Misión: the Art Studio as Medium,’ sits an empty wooden work table and chair. Before his death at age 75 in May 2018, renowned Mission District artist René Yañez had planned for this gallery space, located on the University of San Francisco campus at 2130 Fulton Street, to be a workspace where he would create art to be displayed on the walls.

Neighborhood Notes: Annual 20th Street Block Party, rescue pets at at discount, cleaning up the school, and more

Aug 16, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Instagram, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

There is so much to do in the Mission this weekend, including fundraisers, animal adoption drives, storytelling open-mics and more!

Young Nepali-born siblings open second Nepalese Mission restaurant

Aug 14, 2019 | Business, Featured, Food, Front Page, Instagram, Mobile, Newsletter, Topics

Goodbye Germany. Hello Nepal. In the former place of Schmidt’s German restaurant on 20th and Folsom, which closed last year amid rent hikes, a new Nepali tapas restaurant, Base Camp, will open in November.