‘Colorful, joyful, beautiful’ Day of the Dead in photos

Posted by Sam-Omar Hall | Nov 3, 2017 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Photography, Today's Mission

From Garfield Square to 24th Street to Mission Street, the neighborhood played host to Día de los...

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

Posted by Marian Carrasquero | 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...

Día de los Muertos: Celebrations in the Mission this week

Posted by Laura Wenus | Oct 30, 2017 | Events, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

The Mission will remember and honor the dead this Thursday, Nov. 2, with the annual Día de los...

SNAP: Calaveritas crafting

Posted by Mission Local Staff | Oct 26, 2017 | Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, SNAPS, Today's Mission

Tere and Jacqui from PODER lead workshops for Flynn students learning about Día de los Muertos at...

Neighborhood Notes: ‘Hi’ to Scott Wiener and Shotwell improvements

Posted by Mission Local Staff | Oct 20, 2017 | Art, Business, Dolores Park, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Parks, Today's Mission, Topics

Shotwell Improvements The 21st and Shotwell intersection will be getting new streetlights and...

Día de los Muertos celebration returns to SF Symphony for 10th year

Posted by Laura Wenus | Oct 10, 2017 | Art, Events, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

As summer wanes, the San Francisco Symphony is being transformed into a celebratory space,...

Listen Local: Día de los Muertos at SOMArts

Posted by Laura Wenus | Oct 6, 2017 | Art, Featured, Front Page, ListenLoc@l, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Listen Local is Mission Local’s biweekly radio program. We broadcast live online at BFF.fm every...

SNAP: Otherworldly Music

Posted by Mission Local Staff | Nov 4, 2016 | Mobile, SNAPS

SF Musician and Teacher Builds Bridges Between Local Culture and SF Symphony

Posted by Laura Waxmann | Nov 4, 2016 | Art, Events, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Over the course of nearly a decade, Mission District music teacher Martha Rodriguez Salazar helped...

SNAP: Ghostly Procession

Posted by Mission Local Staff | Nov 3, 2016 | Mobile, SNAPS

Why We Go to Día de Los Muertos in San Francisco

Posted by Sawsan Morrar | Nov 3, 2016 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

On Wednesday, a crowd of more than 2,000 people gathered in the Mission for an annual festival of...

SF Altar Honors Orlando’s 49 Pulse Nightclub Victims

Posted by Laura Newberry | Nov 2, 2016 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

As Rebekah Sitty approached the corner of Harrison and 26th streets in the Mission, a 12-foot tall...

Day of the Dead — Thousands Gather in the Mission

Posted by Lauren Hepler | Nov 2, 2016 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

10:05 p.m. — We’re signing off as Day of the Dead celebrations wind down in the Mission....

Parents of Alex Nieto Remember Their Son and Wait for a Permanent Altar

Posted by Anna M. Clausen | Nov 2, 2016 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Today could have been different for the Nietos. They thought their son Alex Nieto would have a...

VIDEO: SF Mission Altars and Day of the Dead

Posted by Serginho Roosblad | Nov 2, 2016 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Video

Mission Cultural Center Altar Exhibit from Alan Toth on...

SF Homeless Advocates Memorialize the Dead and Do Some Campaigning

Posted by Sonner Kehrt | Nov 2, 2016 | Election Coverage, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

In his four years living on the streets, Richard Ramirez watched three fellow homeless people die....

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What To Do

Slim’s: American Aquarium, Jaime Wyatt

Rite Spot Cafe: Odes Ambient Dinner Party (instrumental guitar)

Revolution Cafe: Kenan OBrien

The Knockout: Aloha Screwdriver, The Copper Tones, Greasy Gills (1st show!)

Verdi Club: The Rob Reich Sextet Swings Left at the Woodchopper’s Ball