“Tito” Gonzales and his talented band return to the Bay Area to play rumba, guaracha, and son—traditional, high-energy Cuban dance music pioneered by greats like Arsenio Rodriguez and later revived by the film “The Buena Vista Social Club.” A celebrated musician and charismatic showman, Tito sings and plays a small Cuban guitar with three sets […]
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Heriberto “Tito” Gonzales Heriberto
“Tito” Gonzales and his talented band return to the Bay Area to play rumba, guaracha, and son—traditional, high-energy Cuban dance music pioneered by greats like Arsenio Rodriguez and later revived by the film “The Buena Vista Social Club.” A celebrated musician and charismatic showman, Tito sings and plays a small Cuban guitar with three […]
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Grand Slam Finals
Bay Area Youth Speaks / Brave New Voices Festival presents International Grand Slam Poetry Finals (July 17—21). Twenty quarter final & four semi-final bouts in Berkeley. Featuring performances by some of the best spoken word youth poets from around the world take center stage. Admission: Free Venue: Fox Theater, 1807 Telegraph Ave, Oakland For more […]
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Exposición a la vanguardia de la moda trae vida a famosos retratos
El Museo de Young en asociación con el Consulado Mexicano y el Museo Mexicano presentaron “Viva Frida: De la Casa Azul a la Pasarela”—un desfile de modas que toma a Frida Kahlo como tema principal, inspirados por los atuendos de alta costura de Jean Paul Gaultier que estuvieron en exhibición el 29 de junio.
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Fashion forward exhibit brings famous portraits to life
The de Young Museum, in partnership with the Mexican Consulate and The Mexican Museum, hosted “Viva Frida: From the Blue House to the Catwalk”—a Frida Kahlo-themed runway fashion show inspired by the haute couture fashion on display in the Jean Paul Gaultier exhibit on June 29.
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Medical pot and Brazilian steaks replace Medjool
An Argentinian steak house will inhabit the location of former Mission culinary institution Medjool, which closed in February—but with the unexpected addition of a cannabis “healing center,” which will contribute to the architectural facelift occurring on Mission between 21st and 22nd streets.
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Marihuana médica y filetes brasileños reemplazan a Medjool
Un restaurante argentino especializado en carnes, habitará la localidad de la anterior institución culinaria de la Misión, Medjool, la cual cerró en febrero—pero con la inesperada adición de un “centro curativo” de cannabis, el cual contribuirá al remodelamiento ocurriendo en la sección de la calle Misión entre las calles 21 y 22.
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Latina Jew wrestles with dual identity
“I’m Cuban. I’m Jewish. I’m Cuban. I’m Jewish?” That was more or less the monologue in the mind of Maria Ramos-Chertok growing up in New Jersey as the child of a Catholic Cuban immigrant father and an American Jewish mother who had converted to Catholicism. One could say she grew up more than a little […]
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Art and wrestling tag-team Mission gallery
The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts opened an exhibit celebrating Mexican professional wrestling—Lucha Libre—and its significance to its home country and the world.