Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center (BHNC) presents “Food Stamped” a humorous documentary by Yoav Potash, a local award winning filmmaker. Find out about BHNC’s food distribution programs and how you can get involved. Venue: SF Public Library – Bernal Heights Branch 500 Cortland Ave, SF (between Andover & Moultrie) Info: Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center 515 Cortland […]
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Song of air water art & life
All original repertoire of Afro-Peruvian and Afro-Colombian rhythms. YeYe Suarez will be traveling in a learning journey searching for more inspiration from Peru to Colombia taking her work “Renaciendo” to be accepted by the International Arts Therapy Association. Venue: Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St @ 23 St, SF | Tel. (415) 826-2402
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Fusión Jíbara Puertorriqueña
LIVE CONCERT RECORDING Mijo de la Palma presents “Fusión Jíbara Puertorriqueña”, Puerto Rican jíbaro music and contemporary acoustic sounds. This show will be recorded live for an upcoming CD, to be released later this year. Fusion Jíbara is a creative blend of poetry and musical textures that redefines the sounds of contemporary Puerto Rican music, […]
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Noche flamenca para Japón
La Tania Baile Flamenco and Mission Cultural Center present a benefit concert for the victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami disaster. All the night’s profits will be donated to the Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Northern California (JCCCNC), to be forwarded to disaster victims in Japan. Performers will include featured artists La Tania […]
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Prohibition: An evening with Ken Burns and Lynn Novick
See a sneak preview of the film PROHIBITION and discover the true story of America’s “Great Experiment”. Go beyond the tales of gangsters, rum runners, flappers and speakeasies to experience the rise & fall of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, with filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, and “Last Call” author Daniel Okrent. […]
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Ten years that shook the city: San Francisco 1968-1978
Edited by Chris Carlsson. A collection of first-person and historical essays spans the tumultuous decade from 1968, the year of the San Francisco State College strike, to 1978 and the twin traumas of the Jonestown massacre and the assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk. This volume provides a broad look at the […]
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Triunfo de “A Better Life”
En ocasiones, Hollywood produce películas con el potencial de traspasar los límites de las barreras culturales y expresar algo oportuno e importante —sin la necesidad de tener que insistir tratando de explicar el mensaje al público— y “A Better Life” de Chris Weitz es una de ellas.
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Success of “A Better Life”
Every so often, a film with the potential to transcend cultural barriers and convey something timely and important makes it out of Hollywood, and Chris Weitz’s “A Better Life” is just such a film.
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Categorías étnicas están disminuyendo de los premios GRAMMY
Músicos de Latin Jazz del Área de la Bahía y de todo el país están subiendo el volumen de sus protestas contra la eliminación de varias categorías de música de talante étnico en los Premios Grammy que se celebran cada año.