BRAZIL: DILMA ROUSSEFF PROMISES TO CONTINUE THE WORK OF LULA Dilma Rousseff, 62 years old, the person nominated by Lula da Silva to succeed him, was proclaimed on Oct. 31 president of Brazil, the first woman president of the country. The candidate of the Workers’ Party succeeded in obtaining 56 percent of the vote in […]
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Comic Book reveals gore, chaos, intensity of Cuban Revolution
Cuba: My Revolution, written by Inverna Lockpez and illustrated by Dean Haspiel, may not be a revolution in the world of graphic novels, but stands as a strong and raw perspective in the times of the Cuban Revolution from the semi-autobiographical experiences of Lockpez herself. The story revolves around the ever-evolving and fighting human spirit. […]
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Workers’ co-op bakery comes to the Mission
Arizmendi: A bakery to some, but to those who have the opportunity to work here, it is a school of business where workers are eventually able to be co-owners in a co-op experience that has allowed for this bakery to become such a successful bay-area reality.
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Colectivo cinema errante presenta “Los Bastardos”
‘Colectivo cinema errante’, un nuevo proyecto radicado en el barrio de La Misión de San Francisco, realizará su primera presentación este próximo viernes 19 de noviembre en el Artists’ Television Access (calle Valencia y 21) a las 7:30 de la tarde. “Los bastardos” (Amat Escalante, México/EEUU/Francia, 2008), es una película que relata la odisea de […]
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29th Annual Encuentro del Canto Popular
Join us as we celebrate 40 years of independent bilingual community journalism with two evenings of amazing local musical talent.
Please attend this fundraising concert and help ensure that El Tecolote can continue to serve the community we care about.
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Galeria de la Raza provides haven for generations of Latino artists
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Mission’s own Galería de la Raza located at the corner of 24th and Bryant Streets. Sandwiched in between summer and fall, the Galería declared Sept. 24 through Nov. 21 its “anniversary season.”
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Film Captures Myth of Venezuelan Guerilla ‘Carlos the Jackal’
The film Carlos, by French director Olivier Assayas, will keep viewers on the edge of their seats. Written for the small screen of French television, this breakneck geopolitical thriller about the life of Venezuelan-born Ilich Ramírez Sánchez is a cinematic masterpiece.
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Pending legislation threatens freedom of Internet access
If obtained, net neutrality would insure that Internet providers would be obligated to provide equal access to online resources rather than attempting to syndicate their control over those resources.
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Spotlight on life of baseball player Glenn Burke
Former LA Dodger Glenn Burke was one of Major League Baseball’s first openly gay players. A new documentary about his life will be opening at the Castro Theater on Nov. 10.