Fiestas Fridas Gala Dinner, Film & Performance, and Family Day This inaugural event celebrates the Life of Frida Kahlo and her relationship with the San Francisco Bay Area. As the most Famous Mexican Artist of all time, her artistic expression of self, life, love and pain are universal themes that continue to impact artists worldwide. […]
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Opening weekend of âFor the Greater Goodâor The Last Electionâ
The SF Mime Troupe will premiere its latest production to then tour throughout Northern California (July, August, September). Where: Dolores Park, Dolores Street at 18th Street Free!
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âBarrunto en el Barrioâ Video Party
Join the MCCLAâs Carnaval 2013 contingentâs dancers & friends for a free video screening of Carnaval SF produced by MCCLAâs multimedia department. Where: Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, 2868 Mission St. SF @ 25 St. Admission: Free For more info: (415) 821-1155 / www.missionculturalcenter.org
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Librotraficante
Arizonaâs House Bill 2281 banned 80+ books of Mexican history in their public schools & libraries. Join the Bay Area âLibrotraficantesâ for an evening inspired by the books banned in Arizona. Featuring: Tony Diaz, leader of the Librotraficante Movement, and poets âLipsâ Mendez, Naomi Quiñones, & Roberto Lovato, and the premiere of âThe Protesterâs Handbookâ, […]
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2nd Annual Silent Auction to benefit âRurak Makiâ
The 2nd Annual Silent Auction to benefit âRurak Makiâ is an organization that sponsors programs that support incarcerated women in Peru and rural female weavers in Bolivia. The program features entertainment by De Rompe y Raja Peruvian Cultural Association, and DJ Sake One. Food & drinks will be sold. Location: SF Womenâs Building, Audre Lourde […]
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Plan for Community Market Plaza unveiled
Building on the three-year success of the Mission Community Market (MCM), organizers have partnered with local organizations and the City to propose a plan that would transform the block of Bartlett Street between 21st and 22nd streets into a permanent civic plaza in the Mission.
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Youth collaborate to honor ClĂnica MartĂn BarĂł
Over the weekend of May 31 â June 2, youth painted a colorful mural to honor Clinica MartĂn BarĂł next to the entrance of HOMEY at the corner of 10th and Mission streets. âI believe in the cause and what the mural stands for,â said Julio Rivera, one of the youth who helped paint the […]
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Indigenous groups fight construction of dam in Brazil
Indigenous and environmentalist organizations in Brazil are organizing to stop the construction of what would be the countryâs second largest hydroelectric plant. Settled in the ParĂĄ state, in the heart of the Amazon, the Belo Monte Dam promises to produce more than 10 percent of the electricity that Brazil will need for the year 2020. […]