You are invited to the first fair: new options for financing your business and money management. In this event you will: learn about loans with or without interest costs; participate in a “financial education” workshop; have a consultation to evaluate your personal finances; and get your credit score for free. All services are free and […]
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“50 cent tabernacle”
A daylong series of house and hip-hop dance workshops for 50 cents, hosted by the YBCA Young Artists at Work. Where: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 401 Mission St. For more info: www.ybca.org
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“Nuevas opciones de financiamiento para su negocio y manejo del dinero”
En este evento podrá: conocer opciones de préstamos para su negocio con o sin interés; participar en el taller de “Educación financiera”; acceder a una consulta para evaluar sus finanzas personales y obtener obtener un reporte gratuitos de su crédito • Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA), Plaza Adelante, 2301 Mission St., SF (esquina calle 19). […]
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Free Grant Writing Workshop for Artists by The Foundation Center
Learn the key components of writing a grant proposal to a foundation. This class will cover: how the proposal fits into the overall grant-seeking process; what to include in a proposal to a foundation; tips for making each section of your proposal stronger; what funders expect to see in your proposal and attachments; additional resources […]
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Lunada Literary Lounge
Galeria de la Raza’s November Lunada Literary Lounge coincides with a special kind of full moon called a lunar penumbral eclipse—a rare sighting for 2012, during which the moon lies exclusively within the Earth’s penumbra, or shadow. That evening the Lunada will feature vocalist Liliana Herrera and guitarist/producer Camilo Landau, two artists making big waves […]
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An artist’s journey through time
For 34-year-old Oakland artist Favianna Rodriguez, merging activism and art is something that comes natural. The curly-haired industrious champion of the disenfranchised is unafraid to speak her mind, verbally or through her colorful prints and digital art. Although she’s won many awards, Rodriguez has a genuine humility and calmness about her that belies her firebrand spirit and her in-your-face work.
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Festival highlights Maya culture pride
Maya priest Valerio Canche Yah offered his blessings to the audience participating in a Maya festival that took place at City College of San Francisco’s Mission campus and the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts Nov.16-17.
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Public nudity gets covered
Last Nov.15 about a dozen topless protesters gathered around City Hall with an attempt to demonstrate their feelings against the legislation that would ban public nudity. According to the legislation, it would “prohibit nudity on public streets, sidewalks, street medians, parklets, plazas, public transit vehicles, stations, platforms, and stops, except as part of permitted parades, […]
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Circular motion interpreted by Cuban artists
The concept of circular motion is being explored by seven contemporary female Cuban artists through an exhibit of video installation’s titled “Circular motion: Subverting Circumscription,” which was developed to touch the essence of the materialization of our own human bodies. The exhibition located at San Francisco’s Meridian Gallery intends to break the predisposed stereotypes of […]