Musician Lester Chambers boogies his birthday away
Richard Segovia walks around the music studio basement of his house wearing a grey ball cap with...
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Art
Cuba Caribe festival, the alternative to a life without dancing
For Ramon Alayo, it’s hard to imagine a life without dancing. “I don’t know how to do other things...
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Now playing at a Mission District peephole near you, it’s I Wanna Dance in a Moment Like This
When I stop by the Creativity Explored studio, Makeya Kaiser greets me wearing a jacket she...
Read MoreVideo: World premiere of ‘Coloring’ at ODC Theater is a vivid dance take on the modern world
Chuck Wilt grew up in San Francisco, and even had his first show performance at ODC Theater. Now,...
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At the Mission Cultural Center, producing art may be the best revenge
“Postcolonial Revenge” at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Art closes this...
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Brava’s ‘Overlooked Latinas’ defies the elements needed for a dang good show
When many of us think of “good theater,” a live telenovela with a lone actress in Adidas warm-up...
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The best photos in Mission Local in 2018
Our 12-month orbit around the sun is nearly complete. And to commemorate the end of the year,...
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Six female choreographers paint in dance tonight at ODC
ODC’s Pilot Program brings together emerging and mid-career Bay Area choreographers to create six...
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Big Hair, Protest, Dancing in the Street: Such Was the Mission in the ’80s
Janet Delaney moved to the Mission in 1982 from the South of Market neighborhood, where she’d...
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Chilean director Silvio Caiozzi gets a retrospective Sunday at the Castro
On Sunday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the Castro Theater, Paula Tejeda, the tireless owner of Chile...
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Hangup over who’d pay for handicapped accessibility work sinks Galería de la Raza negotiations; gallery vows to fight to stay in the Mission
Update: Landlord serves Galería de la Raza with three-day pay-or-quit notice hours after press...
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Neighborhood Notes: 24 hour comic drawing competition and block parties
24 Hour Comics Day Mission Comics is hosting a 24-hour comic-drawing competition from Saturday at...
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Vintage 1990s Mission anti-gentrification films set for a new showing
‘Getting films made was expensive, but I had a homegirl working at a dot-com, so she paid for the...
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Mural vigilante paints over unsolicited art on Clarion Alley
Last week, traveling artist Alison Oksner arrived at Clarion Alley and began to paint a mural...
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New mural of homeless denizens may be painted over by organization that runs Clarion Alley
Update 3:40 p.m.: Alison Oksner responded to messages sent via Instagram, saying that the...
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The tales of two once-grand San Francisco theaters diverge
Two theaters within two blocks of each other on Mission Street share some striking similarities....
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Manny’s: A Night of Storytelling from the Survivors of the AIDS Epidemic
April 24 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
