THE DARK SIDE OF THE DREAM Subversive cinema… for subversive times 1933-1964 Elliot Lavine returns to the Roxie! What more do you need to know? Bay Area legend Elliot Lavine brings his I WAKE UP DREAMING mojo back to the Roxie with a hard-hitting series that takes a sharp look at the dark side of […]
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The Chapel: Accion Latina: La Misa Negra at #Encuentro36
It’s that time of the year again! Accion Latina’s annual concert series, Encuentro del Canto Popular, celebrates its 36th year of celebrating peoples’ movements by inviting La Misa Negra to fill The Chapel with some cuuuuuumbia! Hosted by EQUIPTO & CHHOTI MAA We’ve also invited 2 local bands chosen via our Encuentrito concert series to […]
Public Works: Bedouin, KMLN live, Billy Caso live, Ramona Wouters
$15-25 Bedouin, KMLN (live), Billy Caso (live), Ramona Wouters presented by On&On + Public Works Main Room Bedouin (All Day I Dream, Get Physical) KMLN (Sol Selectas) Loft Billy Caso Live (Tal Der Verwirrung, Germany) Ramona Wouters (Below Radar, SF / Belgium) On&On will be giving a portion of proceeds to Compute For Cancer. Android […]
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Victim of fatal 24th St. shooting remembered
Although Jesus Sandoval had spent the last six years of his life living with a friend’s family in Potrero Hill, the Mission – where the 35-year-old spent much of his youth – remained his stomping grounds. “He loved to go to the Mission and meet friends. He’d come to the Mission to go out,” said […]
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Día De Los Muertos at Davies Symphony Hall
Our friends at the San Francisco Symphony have announced their line-up for their Day of the Dead Community Concerts on November 5 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. at Davies Hall. The performers include La Santa Cecilia, Mariachi Flor de Toloache and The San Francisco Symphony Chorus. All the details are below. If you want to jump right to tickets, […]
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Mission Activists, Newcomers Discuss Ways to Confront Racism in Support of Black Lives Matter
Activists in the Black Lives Matter movement, Mission community organizers and newcomers, many of whom were tech workers, met Wednesday night to discuss ways to confront racial inequality that included collecting data, investing in communities and questioning the diversity within the rank-and-file of tech workers. “What sparked this for me was seeing the number of […]
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Last Chance to See Sheriff’s Wife Onstage
This weekend marks the last chance to see Eliana Lopez’s one-woman re-enactment of the political scandal that almost ended her husband’s career. Political wonks and gossip mongers alike will find plenty of material to think about, including the possible motives and actions of just about everyone involved. The media drama began shortly after former city […]
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The Mission 7 to Unveil New Eclectic Sound
Five uniquely different musicians from contrasting backgrounds form The Mission 7, a band born in the Mission District that specializes in a wide array of sounds: boogaloo, Latin soul, retro garage rock, and a little bit of Colombia. The Mission 7 developed from Go Van Gogh, a previous band with Jesse Walkershaw, bassist and vocalist, and sax player Connie […]
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Housing Activists Take To City Hall
In a bid to bring more affordable housing and an end to evictions in the Mission District, housing activists and residents from the Mission and other parts of the city are gathering at City Hall today and rallying in support of a market rate housing moratorium. With SFPD barricades in place on the steps of City Hall to […]
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Q & A: Rosie’s Daughters
Rosie’s Daughters, an informal monthly speaker series founded by friends Anne Diaz and Jena Fiamingo, sprouted from the desire to learn more about all of the amazing work their women friends in the Bay Area were doing. Compiling a “dream list” of 150 women they admired and who they would love to sit down and […]
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Coffee Pop-Up in the Mission
The SF Weekly writes about a coffee pop-up created by Fernando Diaz: Diaz buys a good portion of his beans off his grandfather’s farm (the rest from another producer in Chiapas), beans which he then roasts under the mentorship of a friend at Uncommon Grounds in Berkeley. After that, you’ll find him popping up in […]
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Whimsical Viracocha on Valencia May Close
Viracocha, a Valencia collective filled with market finds, antiques, music and local art — one musician called it “a creative person’s flea incubator” — is set to close its doors by February, according to a letter emailed by its founder Jonathan Siegel. “We’re losing a place for artists from varied backgrounds to come together and […]
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Online Clothier Betabrand Opens on Site of 780 Cafe
By Stevanie Wazna-Blank Local online clothing company Betabrand will open its first storefront this weekend at 780 Valencia Street, previously 780 Cafe. The company’s headquarters have been at Cesar Chavez and Mission streets since 2010, when Betabrand was launched from CEO Chris Lindland’s previous company, Cordarounds. Lindland said that moving to a brick and mortar […]
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The Mission Celebrates Aztec New Year and Mourns a Loss
The ancient Aztec celebration of “Mexika New Year Ce Calli (One House)” at City College of San Francisco’s Mission campus was a bittersweet occasion this year. The annual event memorialized Ernesto Xe YeiKoatl, the son of Aztec calendar interpreter Mazatzin Acosta, one of the main organizers of the event. The 23-year-old CCSF student and worker […]
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Film Festival Brings Surfing and Conservation to the Mission
The Mission District may be several miles from the ocean, but this evening the Save the Waves Film Festival will bring the two together with a handful of short films on subjects loosely themed around surfing, the marine environment and conservation. The films range from four to 25 minutes long and are as varied as […]