Detour Dance’s ‘Fugue’ uncovers history of SF’s queer people of color

Dec 1, 2017 | Art, Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mobile, Newsletter

Meet your guide at the corner of 23rd and Folsom streets on an overcast evening, just before the...

After dark history, Homestead rings in 115 years

Nov 11, 2017 | Events, Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

When Deb Welch first stepped into The Homestead, a bar at the corner 19th and Folsom, it was love...

The sweet bread for the Day of the Dead has its own SF story to tell

Nov 2, 2017 | Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

All month, residents and tourists have visited the panaderias in the Mission District to purchase...

After nearly 100 years, SF mortuary is alive and kicking

Sep 12, 2017 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Locked away in the basement safe at the Duggan Welch funeral home on 17th street are old record...

Review: Cary Cordova’s romp through the Mission Renaissance

Aug 7, 2017 | Art, Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Every city has its moment – a time when events and people converge in one place to define it for...

One vacant block in SF’s Mission reaches back into another era

Jun 20, 2017 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Two grey buildings on 23rd Street loom like tombstones across the bright green lawn of Parque...

Tonight: Launch party for book celebrating stories and murals of the Mission

Apr 13, 2017 | Art, Events, Front Page, Local History, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

In a burst of color and poetry, a new book of photography and writing called The Mission will...

Starting Friday, peep into the Mission’s past

Apr 4, 2017 | Front Page, Local History, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Our friends at the Mission Media Arts Archive collective will be featuring This Was Then, a...

Elixir Bar: A Deep Fount of Mission History

Mar 17, 2017 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

When you grab a drink at Elixir on 16th and Guerrero streets, you might not know you’re inside the...

HISTORY: 17 Reasons Remembered

Nov 26, 2016 | Art, Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mission Street, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

“When I came to San Francisco, I saw that fantastic sign…with no explanation but it was enough for me,” wrote Glen Mehn in a 2002 letter to the city protesting the removal of the icon. “I knew where I wanted to live…in the Mission, close to that sign.” Read the Full Story HERE.