The Arts
Mission Local covers San Francisco’s artists and cultural life, from museums and galleries to public art and murals.
Debra ‘Beaver’ Bauer, avant-garde costume designer, is fabulous at 76
The San Francisco Public Library shows over five decades of photos, sketches, film and video clips.
Murals
Original muralists come home to Balmy Alley with a grant to save their work
With a new grant, a group of artists will return to Balmy Alley to restore some of their old murals
‘Not just lanterns and dragons:’ Mural depicts Chinatown through a child’s eyes
Artist and labor organizer Kayan Cheung-Miaw talks about Chinatown, organizing and learning how to draw from a 6 year-old.
1930s mural by famous S.F. artist uncovered in Pacific Heights home
As the owners prepped their house for sale, they found a surprise above their fireplace.
Sprawling new seascape mural decorates S.F. waterfront
Bright and bold, a 4,000-square-foot mural has overtaken the historic bulkhead at San Francisco’s Pier 19½, as sprawling as the octopus tentacles it depicts.
Music, dance and theater
Spreading the gospel of Leonard Cohen
San Francisco Leonard Cohen Festival Nov. 5-8 marks the 10th anniversary of the artist’s death.
A creative free-for-all at SF Music Day
The cornucopian program features artists exploring chamber music, jazz, new music, bluegrass and various international musical permutations across three stages.
Six decades of duende with Theatre Flamenco of San Francisco
The nation’s oldest flamenco company celebrates its anniversary at Herbst Theatre Oct. 17.
Museums
What’s on now at San Francisco museums, November 2026
Lamps at Capp Street, a holiday market and more at the Asian Art Museum, RM’s fabulous collection at SFMOMA.
SFMOMA highlights career of acclaimed Mexican photographer
Graciela Iturbide is preoccupied with exploring thresholds: between life and death, representation and abstraction, male and female, celebration and mourning.
Review: At YBCA, Dread Scott asks who the flag protects
Dread Scott’s approach in “Defending the Flag” is simple, but the reactions they provoke remain palpable.
Meet the readers of Dolores Park, Part 4
Finding balance, bites, theater and more.
Q&A: Rio Yañez on the many mothers of Día de los Muertos
Artist and curator Rio Yañez explores how mothers, chosen families and acts of remembrance can help preserve the city’s identity
Review: Paul Madonna at the Nelson Duni gallery
Paul Madonna made a name for himself with his comic ‘All Over Coffee,’ now he’s back with We ‘Came Here to See.’
Meet the readers of Dolores Park, Part 3
Lots of journaling this week…and a primer!
San Francisco’s Lost Art Salon finds forgotten 20th-century artists
The two friends wanted to start a business together, but they never thought about opening a gallery to show their own work.
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