It seems like San Francisco hosts a different film festival every month. Cold winter nights are ideal for the City Noir Film Festival. The spring season brings the Documentary Film Festival and the SF International Film Festival. And film aficionados can attend summer screenings presented by the Queer Women of Color Film Festival, Labor Fest, […]
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Debuta festival de cine y video salvadoreño
Parece que en San Francisco hay un festival de cine cada mes. Las noches frías de la ciudad son ideales para el Festival de Film Noir. La primavera trae el Festival de Cine Documental y el Festival Internacional de Cine de San Francisco. Y los aficionados al cine pueden asistir a las presentaciones de verano […]
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Bike shop is Mission’s ‘diamond in the rough’
After 25 years in the United States, Rizos became one of the 30 percent of immigrant business owners. Rizos, or Rafa as he is known by friends, is now the proud owner and proprietor of Rafa’s Cyclery.
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29th Annual Encuentro del Canto Popular, honoring local radio heroes
On Dec. 3 & 4 four local radio heroes will be honored at this year’s Encuentro del Canto Popular. Friday: Avotcja and Luis Medina • Saturday: Emiliano Echeverria and Chata Gutierrez. These four began their radio hosting and producing in the early 1970s, bringing Latin music from across the Caribbean, Latin America and the neighborhood to Bay Area airwaves. Through their work the listening public learned about the musicians, the music and its roots in Africa. the concert will take place at Brava Theater at 2781 24th Street in San Francisco. Info and tickets at 415-648-1045 Info on performers: For more info the the concert: http://tinyurl.com/26t9ccn
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Leandro “Lee” Soto, 1921 – 2010
Leandro P. Soto was born in Los Angeles on March 11, 1921. His father was a native of Jalisco, Mexico and his mother was a waitress in Casa Blanca, CA. At the age of six, Soto began to work as a shoe shiner and later became a farm worker picking fruit in the San Joaquin […]
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La Plebe plays punk with horns and heart
For the San Francisco-based band, La Plebe, which means “the people” in Spanish, was a special occasion – their fifth and most ambitious album “Brazo en Brazo” was being released the following week on CD.
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Latin American Briefs – Mexico, Bolivia, Peru
BOLIVIA: EVO MORALES ATTACKS AGAIN THE U.S. IN THE PRESENCE OF SECRETARY GATES The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, on Monday, Nov. 22, again accused the U.S. of having attempted coups in Bolivia, Venezuela and Ecuador without success and of having succeeded only in the case of Honduras. He did this in the presence of […]
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Seniors find their path to citizenship through Mission Neighborhood Center
Last year, six seniors in the Mission neighborhood were finally able to say they are U.S. citizens thanks to a Citizenship and English as a Second Language program offered by the Mission Neighborhood Center.
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Free medical clinic serves city’s most vulnerable
Clinic by the Bay, a non-profit and volunteer-based medical clinic, officially opened its doors on Nov. 9 in the Excelsior District offering free healthcare services to the uninsured.