San Francisco and Oaxaca are places with a lot in common. Both cities stand out for their art, and it’s in this American city where Vladimir Cuevas, a native of Zimatlán de Álvarez, Oaxaca, has lived for 28 years. This painter and sculptor made a boyhood dream of his come true: attending the Guelaguetza, the […]
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Paramilitary forces in Colombia assassinate multiple leftist social leaders
In 2016, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was awarded the coveted Nobel Peace Prize for his landmark peace agreement with the leftist guerilla Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Since then, however, more than 300 social group activists have been killed throughout Colombia, and the frequency of these violent attacks seems to be increasing. Over […]
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Play at Mission Cultural Center: Memoria del Silencio en el País de la Eterna Primavera
You don’t want to miss your chance to watch “Memoria Del Silencio en el País de la Eterna Primavera.” Come watch a story that details the mysteries surrounding the Familia Noguera in a small pueblo of Guatemala. Written and directed by Linda Maria Giron, our resident theater artist, “Memoria Del Silencio” follows the story […]
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A letter from Mabel Jimenez, El Tecolote’s photo editor
It is with a bittersweet heart that I want to let everyone know that next week will be my last as El Tecolote’s photography editor. I’ve tried telling as many of you as possible individually, but the reality is that I’ve come in contact with so many amazing people through this work, that I realize […]
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The art of fighting oppression: community rallies to ‘break down borders’
[su_carousel source=”media: 38642,38643,38644,38645,38646,38647,38648,38649,38650,38651,38652,38653,38654,38655,38656,38657,38658,38659,38660,38661,38662,38663,38664,38665,38666,38667″ limit=”65″ link=”lightbox” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] Local artists participating in the day-long art and performance crawl, “Break Down Borders into Rubble,” on Aug. 4, as part of the bimonthly Mission Arts Performance Project (MAPP), proved that a paint brush, marker or instrument can be a mighty tool in resisting oppression. The crawl […]
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Exhibition explores connection between Indigenous food, culture and colonization
[su_carousel source=”media: 38606,38607,38608,38609,38610,38611,38612,38614,38615,38616,38617,38618,38619,38620,38621″ limit=”65″ link=”lightbox” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] The massive “tortilla” hanging on the wall is actually a quilt, which gives the impression that it is just as soft and fluffy as its flour or corn counterparts. The tortilla represents Latino food culture, but most importantly, it represents healing. The piece is one of […]
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SF woman’s eye-witness account of political crisis in Nicaragua
[su_label type=”info”]Updated on August 23, 2018 [/su_label] Pamela Harris is a 43-year-old marketing professional from San Francisco, who was on sabbatical in Nicaragua from January 2018 – July 2018, when the country entered into its biggest national crisis since the Nicaraguan Revolution of 1979. What follows is part one of her first-hand account of when […]
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Sports, Arts and Politics: a volatile mix
My mother was an excellent Chilean athlete. She was active in the late 1930s and the beginning of the 1940s. My father was a tenacious basketball and tennis player. Both were left-leaning working-class professionals. I was raised with the idea that we had to balance our intellectual and physical intakes. Thus, my three sisters and […]
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Mission musician channels spirit of his ancestors with debut album
[su_carousel source=”media: 38579,38580″ limit=”65″ link=”lightbox” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] Sorry to bother you, but you need to know about Mario Alberto Silva. The 39-year-old Nicaraguan-American trumpet player from San Francisco’s Mission District is about to blow up. Since 2015, Silva has earned a Grammy for his work on the album “Strictly Roots” by Morgan Heritage, […]
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SF soccer product scores as player and coach
[su_carousel source=”media: 38557,38558,38559,38560″ limit=”65″ link=”lightbox” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] There have been many words used to describe San Francisco Glens SC player and youth coach Stephen Cordova—“cerebral,” “hard-working,” “role model,” “leader.” But there is one word used by most everyone: loyal. A San Francisco native and son of a Salvadoran father and French-Canadian mother, Cordova […]