Rene Yañez, Mission icon, dies at 75

Posted by Julian Mark | May 29, 2018 | Art, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Rene Yañez, an artist and co-founder of Galería De La Raza and the Mission Cultural Center for...

Neighborhood notes: “Baby Beast,” Son Jarocho Festival, and new art at MCCLA

Posted by Lydia Chavez | Jan 26, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

“Baby Beast” tamed again A 60-unit housing project proposed at 19th and Bryant streets...

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...

SF arts institution celebrates 40 years of making art and community

Posted by Laura Wenus | Sep 8, 2017 | Art, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

A community hub that began as an empty furniture store will celebrate 40 years of supporting...

Mission Cultural Center mural dedication ceremony tonight

Posted by Laura Wenus | Jun 22, 2017 | Art, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

“Spirit of the Arts,” an iconic mural on the face of the Mission Cultural Center for...

Local organizations seek resources to stabilize Latino, immigrant families

Posted by Laura Waxmann | May 9, 2017 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

At a meeting Monday night, service providers for the city’s Latino and immigrant populations said...

Mission Cultural Center mural gets a makeover

Posted by Lola M. Chavez | Apr 5, 2017 | Art, Featured, Front Page, Mission Street, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

After 35 years of enduring the Mission weather, the iconic mural that decorates the front of the...

Fashion Show Kicks off Cultural Center’s 40th Anniversary

Posted by Ian Williams | Mar 13, 2017 | Art, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Poseidon sashayed down the runway to the sound of salsa Saturday as the Mission Cultural Center...

Cultural Center Celebrates 40 Years with Fashion Show

Posted by Laura Wenus | Mar 8, 2017 | Art, Events, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts will host a fashion show with more than 75 elaborate...

Mission Band Releases Album, Holds On To Heritage

Posted by Jen Cohen | Oct 20, 2016 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Today's Mission

Local band Soltron will play at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts this Friday to mark...

Writer, Journalist Talks US Drug Trafficking at MCCLA

Posted by Laura Wenus | Sep 22, 2016 | Events, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Tonight: A Mexican journalist explores the cross-border drug trade and the American consumption...

Mexican & American Artists in New SF Exhibit

Posted by Laura Waxmann | Jan 16, 2016 | Art, Events, Featured, Front Page, Immigrant Life, Mission Street, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

In an artistic collaboration that crosses individual and national boundaries, 55 artists will be...

Muralists Take to SF Mission District’s Alleys

Posted by George Lipp | Sep 21, 2015 | Art, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Photography, Today's Mission

Imagine 2,500 cans of spray paint for artists courtesy of German Loop Paint used by artists...

Art Show Filled With Elegance, Beauty and Subtlety

Posted by Laura Wenus | Mar 29, 2015 | Art, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Today's Mission

The artists presenting their work at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts’ gallery as...

Art Show Demonstrates Range of Cuban Work

Posted by Lydia Chavez | Dec 14, 2013 | Art, Mobile, Today's Mission

For the last 10 years, Paulo Acosta Cabezas, a San Francisco resident who owns the the Mamá Art...

Benefit for Mission Artists Attracts Latino All Stars

Posted by Sarah McClure | Oct 26, 2013 | Art, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, SNAPS, Today's Mission

The fundraiser tonight for leading cultural figures Rene Yañez and Yolanda Lopez, who are being...

Mission Band Releases Album, Holds On To Heritage

Art Show Filled With Elegance, Beauty and Subtlety

Art Show Demonstrates Range of Cuban Work

Benefit for Mission Artists Attracts Latino All Stars

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