[su_label type=”info”]Column: The Devil’s Advocate [/su_label] A couple of weeks ago, as I was walking around the Mission, all of a sudden a deafening sound came from the sky: it was caused by the flyovers of “The Blue Angels,” a group of six U.S. Navy planes, celebrating “Fleet Week.” I am aware that there are […]
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SOMArts’ annual Day of Dead exhibition highlights Mission culture
[su_carousel source=”media: 35977,35975,35976″ limit=”65″ link=”lightbox” target=”blank” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″][su_carousel limit=”65″ link=”lightbox” target=”blank” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] [/su_carousel] On Oct. 20, SOMArts Cultural Center hosted a “Day of the Dead Mission Salon,” set to the backdrop of its vibrant exhibition “Remembrance and Resistance: Día de los Muertos 2017,” an installation merging the traditional altars of […]
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Mexican symphony reminds us that music has no borders
[su_carousel source=”media: 35983,35988,35987″ limit=”65″ link=”lightbox” target=”blank” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] In response to President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall, the Golden Gate Symphony Orchestra & Chorus (GGSOC) will open this season with “¡Viva Mexico! Beyond Border Walls,” a program that embraces the culture and music traditions of Mexico. With live classical music by Music Director/Maestro […]
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Veteran SF rapper has music, activism running through his veins
Ilyich Yasuchi Sato, more commonly known by his alias, “Equipto,” is more than a local rapper, he’s an activist, whose community roots run deep. These roots were clear during an Oct. 6 press conference held in front of San Francisco’s Hall of Justice, when Equipto announced plans to embark on a 14-day march from San Francisco to Sacramento.
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Fires expose Sonoma County’s lack of Spanish-language emergency information
Early Monday, Oct. 9, news broke of a fire advancing towards the urban zone in the northern part of Santa Rosa, but there was little information spread in Spanish for the Spanish-speaking community Sonoma County, leading to confusion about shelters and the danger that the situation represented. Former Sonoma County supervisor Efrén Carrillo was invited […]
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement suspends operations in fire-affected areas
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reported Friday, Oct. 13 that it was suspending “routine immigration control operations in fire-affected areas in Northern California.” But it did make an exception: “In case an offender presented a public security threat.” ICE spokesman James Schwab said in a statement that, “immigration enforcement will not take place at evacuation […]
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Santa Rosa opens Spanish-language phone line to address fire issues
The city of Santa Rosa has opened an emergency information line in Spanish, with the objective of providing the Spanish-speaking community with up-to-date information regarding the multiple fires in Sonoma County. Santa Rosa Fire Department Information hotline: 707-543-4511. Questions such as: where a fire in Sonoma County is occurring, whether it is safe to return […]
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Educators mourn slain former student, create altar in her honor
[su_carousel source=”media: 35913,35915,35916,35917″ limit=”65″ link=”lightbox” target=”blank” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] After three painful days of painting, Jose Carrasco was finally finished. “It was really emotional for me,” Carrasco said, as he remembered finishing the portrait of Susana Robles Desgarennes, a former student of his. “I feel like she was there. And I got really sad.” […]
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The Devil’s Advocate: ¡Gracias por tu vida, Violeta Parra!
Friday evening, Oct. 14, at the Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse in Berkeley, there was a concert celebrating the Chilean singer and composer Violeta Parra. Violeta would have been 100 this year, but she died just before turning 50. She used a gun to cut her own life short. It was 1967. Her passing was a […]
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Day of the Dead exhibition reconnects holiday with its pre-Columbian roots
[su_carousel source=”media: 35885,35883″ limit=”65″ link=”lightbox” target=”blank” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] Day of the dead, the Mexican indigenous holiday that pays tribute to loved ones who have passed away, has become more popular in Western culture in recent years, but at least some of its true meaning (a day where indigenous people believe the spirits of […]