Film director Pablo Larraín closes in on a series of three films set during Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship (1973-1990) with his film “No,” the first ever Chilean film to receive an Oscar nomination for “Best Foreign Film.” This riveting film is set during the plebiscite of 1988, which allowed Chileans to vote “Sí” or “No” for […]
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La Misión responde a violencia de género
El correo electrónico redactado por una sobreviviente de intento de violación en el distrito de la Misión de San Francisco a principios de este mes, propició que miembros de la comunidad hablaran en contra de lo que los activistas por los derechos de las mujeres describen como un problema nacional de ‘violencia de género’.
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The Mission organizes against gender violence
An email drafted by the survivor of an attempted rape in San Francisco’s Mission District earlier this month prompted community members to speak out against what women’s rights activists describe as a national issue of “gender violence.”
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One Billion Rising Campaign to Strike and Dance on Valentines Day!
One Billion Rising began as a call to action based on the staggering statistic that one-in-three women on the planet will be brutalized or raped during her lifetime: “One Billion Women Violated Is An Atrocity!” / “One Billion Women Dancing to demand an end to Violence on V-Day is a Revolution!,” is part of the […]
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Corazón del Barrio Open House at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
Featuring music by Orquesta Adelante, and free flamenco classes by Karensa DeMars as well as Afro-Cuban-Hatian Folkloric Dance by Temistocles Betancourt, Zumba by Neo García. Also: Free Art workshop by Nataliya Tyaglo Where: Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, 2868 Mission St. (at 25th Street) Admission: Free For more info: (415) 821-1155
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S.F. Tribal and Textile Arts (SFTTA)
Show presents more than 15,000 museum-quality antiquities to benefit the galleries for Art of Africa, Oceania and the Americas and the Textiles galleries of the de Young Museum. Featuring masks, textiles, and sculptures, the SFTTA is renowned as a destination for collectors, curators and Museum professionals. Hailed by art critics as the “Best Tribal Art […]
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Bean Soup Literary Mural Project
Precita Eyes muralist Susan Cervantes and Salvadoran poet Jorge Argueta invite community artists and writers to participate in a 10-week series of hands-on writing and mural painting workshops, where they can express creative ideas to paint a community mural on 23rd Street. Register now; a 10-week commitment is required: susan@precitaeyes.org Admission: Free
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Getting to know Alejandro Murguía
Alejandro Murguía is soft spoken; his choice of words is deliberate as he teaches his introduction to Latina/o studies class at San Francisco State University.
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Stolen breath: The Asthma Epidemic
Runny noses, high fevers and persistent coughs—as the chill of San Francisco’s winter season continues, the number of sick San Franciscans continues to rise throughout the city.