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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Art
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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New Sirron Norris mural replacing crumbling one at 18th and Bryant
Former Juicero HQ, now vacant, gets a new look Having been on display for six years, the large...
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Vandalized Cesar Chavez mural to lose United Farm Worker symbol appropriated by gang
A Cesar Chavez mural that was vandalized last Tuesday will be losing its so-called “huelga bird” —...
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Silent-film director hoping to make a little noise
Guillermo Gomez has Asperger’s Syndrome — and a director’s credit. He’s hoping for more of them. ...
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City College’s print shop is a vestige of San Francisco’s past — but it’s not ready to publish its epitaph yet
Deep in the basement of City College’s Mission campus is a realm of anachronisms, perpetual...
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San Francisco Mission artist pushing back after feds broach possibility of removing his border mural
San Francisco artist Amos Gregory spent six years aboard a U.S. Navy fast-attack submarine. He...
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SF mural depicting Cesar Chavez vandalized
A mural depicting Cesar Chavez, the co-founder of the United Farmworkers Union, was vandalized...
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Mission native Mario Alberto Silva rides wave of success into film, awards, and more
As a child, Mario Alberto Silva had music all around him. Whether it was his mom playing the piano...
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Local directors’ ‘Our Country’ heads to Edinburgh Fringe
What is siblinghood? Or, rather, what is a sibling? Some define it as a people with shared...
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In art-heavy Balmy Alley, a new mural comes to life (PHOTOS)
Take a walk down Balmy Alley — between 24th and 25th on one side, and Treat and Harrison on the...
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A tribute to René Yañez, an artist who never got old
It was the fall of 1972 and the two-year-old Galería de la Raza on 24th Street had booked an...
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SNAP: ‘Narratives of Displacement’ mural and others vandalized on Clarion Alley
We received a tip this morning that murals along Clarion Alley were vandalized, and after checking...
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Rene Yañez, Mission icon, dies at 75
Rene Yañez, an artist and co-founder of Galería De La Raza and the Mission Cultural Center for...
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