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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An interview with filmmaker H.P. Mendoza
N. Pasquariello is a filmmaker and journalist, author of Sounds of Movies: Interviews with the...
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Listen Local: A chat with Brava’s executive director about its new cabaret
Last Thursday for Listen Local, we spoke with Stacie Powers Cuellar, the executive director at...
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Neighborhood Notes: Off Top, Planning Imposters, and Victorian gets a makeover
Off Top is growing up The Mission-based cap designer Off Top is growing fast – so much so that...
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Open Studios at the Pacific Felt Factory and elsewhere in the Mission
Today is the final day for viewing art at studios around the Mission District. Doors will be open...
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Murales Rebeldes: The stories of eight censored or whitewashed murals
In 1981, when she was just 26-years-old, Barbara Carrasco was commissioned by the Community...
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VIDEO: Godfather of Mission art René Yañez celebrates life with “Into the Fade”
A show exploring the work of René Yañez runs at the Luggage Store Gallery until March 31. Another...
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Artist René Yañez engages viewers with wit and energy
There’s nothing in René Yañez’s playful and inventive art to suggest it’s the work of a man...
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Finding art in the blight at 18th and Mission Streets
A year ago, I became interested in photographing surfaces where juxtapositions of spilled or...
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Vibrators invade SF’s Mission
Some are pink, some are blue and some are orange. Some have halos over their heads and some are...
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Wonderful new mural on 21st and Mission streets
It’s been a while since we’ve had such a great addition to the Mission’s walls....
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Life as it is: beloved Mission District photographer dies at 71
In one of Ted Pushinsky’s photos, three boys stand at the 24th Street BART plaza. Two of them wear...
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Disillusioned with the Cuban Revolution, he ends up running a surrealist cafe in San Francisco
RadioHabana Social Club sits tucked away on 1109 Valencia St., its blue awning faded and its...
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BART station musician Ron Kemp brings simple joy to frazzled commuters
Rush hour at San Francisco’s Civic Center BART station brings one word to mind: nightmare. Whether...
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Creativity Explored: Fashion Embroidery & Embellishment Workshop with SF SNAD
November 15 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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SFMOMA: SF Urban Film Festival: Street Art as Political Currency
November 15 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Red Poppy Art House: Morley: Acoustic Global Journey to Sites of Soulful Resilience
November 15 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
