Join Los Boleros for a night of hot Havana heat at the Red Poppy! In a time of the modern salsa band Los Boleros stays true to the traditional Cuban music styles of an era when music was golden. You’ll get a taste of traditional salsa music, traditional Cuban music, Cuban son, cumbia, merengue, cha […]

Curated by Juan R. Fuentes Nine Latina printmakers examine the social/political dynamics of our times, addressing issues of gender, immigration and international solidarity. Bay Area artists: Melanie Cervantes, Ester Hernandez, Olivia Hernandez, Gilda Posada. Los Angeles artists: Kay Brown, Nalani Hernandez, Poli Marichal, Sonia Romero, Marianne Sadowski. “Women that Byte” is part of the Southern […]

The 2nd Annual SF Bulgarian Film Festival returns to BRAVA with three days of exciting feature films and documentaries featuring the best of Bulgarian filmmaking. The Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce in San Francisco, with the support of The Bulgarian Consulate General in Los Angeles, is proud to continue the tradition of this event to promote […]

International Day of Peasant Resistance with music by the Black Riders Liberation Party, and SHAKE YOUR PEACE! In February a delegation of representatives from U.S. social movements traveled to Brazil to attend the National Congress of the Landless Workers Movement (MST). The Congress was a celebration of the MST’s thirty-years of struggle, and a debate […]

Chernoh Alpha M. Bah will introduce his new book, Neocolonialism in West Africa (iUniverse Inc, of Bloomington), a collection of essays and articles on current political developments in West Africa with specific emphasis on Sierra Leone and Guinea Conakry. Bah is a journalist and political activist born in Sierra Leone, and currently the Chairman of […]

A Fragile Trust tells the shocking story of Jayson Blair, the most infamous serial plagiarist of our time, and how he unleashed the massive scandal that rocked the New York Times and the entire world of journalism. In 2003 Blair was caught plagiarizing the work of other reporters and supplementing his own reporting with fabricated […]

Group exhibition Work More #6 (March 28 – April 24) situates San Francisco’s avant-garde and traditional drag practices within a gallery space, re-contextualizing the artistry, aesthetics and forms that are ever-present and continually evolving in San Francisco’s nightlife venues. In the gallery among the art we will explore questions of authenticity and “outsider art” with […]

Mission Academy of Performing Arts presents a Spring Showcase of the Youth Training Programs that make up MAPA@BRAVA. With performances by Cuicacalli Escuela de Danza, Marsh Youth Theater, Loco Bloco and Los Chiles Verdes Salsa Band. The afternoon will bring together MAPA’s brilliant teen ensemble of multidisciplinary dancers, actors, musicians and technicians for a showcase […]