Celebrating their 35th anniversary, the Mission Cultural Center sponsors a public screen printing workshop. Bring a T-shirt to print your own image inspired by the Mission. We’ll feature cumbia, salsa and Latin beats performed live. And don’t miss the kick-off of Carnaval season with the MCCLA contingent’s first class of the year! All free and […]
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‘A Walk Along Cesar Chavez Street: The Cesar Chavez East Community Design Plan’ forum
Galeria de la Raza’s first visual arts exhibit for 2012, features mini scale models, video interviews, projections, photography, and blueprints. This is the result of a service-learning course at the University of San Francisco, conducted by artist Sergio De La Torre, entitled “Artist As Citizen: Documentary Practices”. USF students collaborated with the SF Planning Department […]
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Opening reception for ‘A Walk Along Cesar Chavez Street: The Cesar Chavez East Community Design Plan’
Galeria de la Raza’s first visual arts exhibit for 2012, features mini scale models, video interviews, projections, photography, and blueprints. This is the result of a service-learning course at the University of San Francisco, conducted by artist Sergio De La Torre, entitled “Artist As Citizen: Documentary Practices”. USF students collaborated with the SF Planning Department […]
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Lunada season opening
GalerĂa de la Raza’s Lunadas 2012 season kicks off with a stellar performance by Niuyorican poets from New York City’s “Boogie Down Bronx,” featuring Bonafide Rojas, on tour with his second book of poetry “When the City Sleeps,” who will share the stage with recent Bay Area transplant Fish Vargas, the founding host and co-curator […]
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El GĂĽegĂĽense
In honor of the great Nicaraguan poet of Ruben Dario, the Mission Cultural Center presents a dance performance “El GĂĽegĂĽense,” and Cultural night by the “Ballet Folklorico Nicaragua Viva,” the group Children of the Corn and singers Carlos del Sol and Carlos Daniel. “El GĂĽegĂĽense”—also known as “Macho RatĂłn”—is a satirical drama and was the […]
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Occupy moves in, OPD pushes back
Clouds of smoke engulfed the deafening chaos in the street. Car alarms wailed as flash-bang and teargas grenades exploded against plastic trashcan shields. Rapid-fire waves of projectiles crashed into corrugated steel barricades painted with the slogan, “Commune Move In. Cops Move Out.”
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Occupy avanza, la policia resiste
Nubes de humo envolvĂan el caos ensordecedor de las calles. Las alarmas de los coches aullaban mientras los destellos estrepitosos y las granadas de gas lacrimĂłgeno explotaban contra los escudos construidos con plásticos de los contenedores de basura. Raudas ondas de proyectiles colisionaban en las chapas de acero pintadas con el eslogan: “La comuna entra. Los policĂas se van”.
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En honor el Dr. King
Al celebrar la conmemoraciĂłn del Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ‘s, 83 años, recordemos que no sĂłlo luchĂł por la justicia racial y la igualdad, sino que tambiĂ©n nos llamĂł a terminar con la pobreza y eliminar la guerra.
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Honoring Dr. King
As we celebrate the commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s, 83rd birthday, let us remember that he not only fought for racial justice and equality, but also called on us to end poverty and eliminate war.