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Reclaiming sacred spaces

by El Tecolote Staff

Following Thanksgiving Day, shoppers crowded the Bay Street Mall in Emeryville for “Black Friday,” a massive shopping event widely considered the busiest shopping day of the year.
But for the past 10 years, Black Friday hasn’t just filled the Bay Street Mall with shoppers, it has also filled it with protesters.

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Digital meets analog on paper in new collection

by El Tecolote Staff

“Rupert Garcia: The Magnolia Editions Project 1991-2011” is a comprehensive study of one of the Bay Area’s foremost artists and revolutionaries of digital printmaking. Garcia achieved recognition primarily through his paintings and silkscreens, but when the studio director of Magnolia Editions approached him in 1991, Garcia began to include new technological possibilities in his work. […]

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La Posarela

by El Tecolote Staff

  A fiesta featuring a piñata, atole y tamales. La Posarela blends the Mexican traditions of La Posada and La Posarela, starring a set of angels and a mischievous devil. Featuring traditional Latin music and a bilingual script peppered with social commentary and twists of humor. Venue: Mission Cultural Center, 2869 Mission St., SF @ […]

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Lunada season closer

by El Tecolote Staff

  A literary lounge and open mic featuring vocalist Siaria Shawn & MC Favi. The event is curated by Alejandra Mojica, and will be Galeria de la Raza’s last literary lounge and open mic of 2011. Movement Ink will be in the house to sell locally produced apparel, and early bird open mic-ers will be […]