Mission native’s short film ‘Static’ set to get city debut at Another Hole in the Head film festival
Dustin Pearson likes to say that the Mission helped him become who he is today. One of the friends...
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Mural unveiled honoring the victims of police shootings and border patrol violence
As promised, the scaffolding came down and the mural memorializing the victims of police shootings...
Read MoreMission Fashion: Bell Bottoms, Seat Belts and Flower Crowns
Mission Local hit the streets on Friday looking for outfits that popped out. We see so many people wearing sweatshirts, leggings and other boring “athleisure.” We were on the hunt for some more refreshing looks....
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Neighborhood Notes: Mural unveiling on 24th Street this weekend, plus a slew of arts and music
Mole to Die For Contest This is it: the 16th annual Mole competition at Mission Cultural Center...
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New mural dedicated to victims of police shootings to be unveiled on Sunday
Artists working on the northeast corner of 24th and Capp Streets are readying themselves for a Sunday unveiling of the Mission’s newest mural – an expansive, two-story piece depicting some of the victims of police and immigration violence. It is dedicated to those victims.
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Sirron Norris exhibit to open on Saturday — his first in seven years
What started as a proposal from a real estate agent turned into a two-month experiment for Sirron...
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Dance Mission celebrates 20 years of dancing and teaching
As you exit the BART station at 24th & Mission, you may faintly hear a few musical notes...
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Halloween and Day of the Dead, Dia de los Muertos in the Mission (Updated)
Halloween — Thursday, October 31 The Mission Community Market on 22nd between Mission and...
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A child’s experience in the migrant caravans is told through a new book from poet Jorge Argueta
Argueta will be speaking about his book and the humanitarian crises in Central America and Mexico on Saturday, Oct. 26 at Answer Coalition’s offices at 2969 Mission St.
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Smallest Comic Book Store ever? Hella Novella owner applies for the title.
The smallest comic book store in all the known universe could be located right here in the Mission. Sketch Smith, the owner of Hella Novella off 19th and Mission St., is submitting her tiny comic book shop to the Guinness Book of World Records for the title and record holder of world’s smallest comic store.
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Artists ready themselves for open studios — a chance to gain more exposure
This year’s San Francisco Open Studios is set to kick off in the Mission District on the weekend...
Read MoreVideo: Mexican artist makes his mark on Valencia street art wall
Cova tries something elaborate on the ephemeral art wall.
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Neighborhood Notes: 25 years of Women’s Building mural, ‘Maestrapeace’
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Mission’s biggest mural, the Maestrapeace that covers the Women’s Building at 3543 18th St. Now the seven artists who created the mural are releasing a book.
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Despite fears of an end to the Mission art scene, an influx of galleries indicates a boom
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.
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René Yañez’s son, Rio, exhibits father’s personal sketchbooks
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.
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GLBT History Museum: No More Silence: Digital Community Histories of HIV / AIDS
August 11 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
