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Outside Art Block Party for Youth & Art

Sun. 1 Aug • 11 am – 7 pm 161 Eire St @ Mission St, SF (btwn 13th &14th St) • http://tinyurl.com/outsideart OUT SIDE ART BLOCK PARTY FOR YOUTH & ART IN SF Food; Art; Music • Local artists will finish a mural started by the infamous Banksy • DJs: J-Boogie, Richie Panic, Motion Potion, […]

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Strands of Sustainability

Sat. 31 July • 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm Mamá Art CafĂ©, 4754 Mission St, SF $3 donation STRANDS OF SUSTAINABILITY Silent Art Auction benefit for Q’ente Textile Revitalization Society. Bid on intricate weavings made from natural fibers & dyes made in the Sacred Valley, PerĂş. • Also featuring live music, caricatures, refreshments. Facebook: Strands […]

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First Annual Hispanic Youth Symposium

July 28-31 Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara For more information, please visit www.nhu.edu A four-day, three-night college empowerment program for Hispanic high school students, hosted by the Hispanic College Fund, Silicon Valley Independent School District on the campus of Santa Clara University. Students will participate in college and career workshops, a […]

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Playrights Foundation Festival

July 23 – Aug. 1 New location in Potrero Hill: Thick House, 1695 – 18 St, SF Tickets Info: www.playwrightsfoundation.org Playrights Foundation Festival • New voices for theater Two weekends of staged readings of new plays-in-progress: Atlas of Longing by Jeanne Drennan; Tvá Kamila by Erin Marie Bregman; Hunter’s Point by Elizabeth Gjelten • Port […]

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POOR Magazine: A Poor People-Led Revolution

Editor’s Note: In journalism’s shifting landscape, survival doesn’t come easy. Thriving even less so. Now an organization that since 1996 has managed to do both, POOR Magazine, finds itself struggling financially. Below POOR reporter Marlon Crump outlines some of the contributions that the organization has made in the lives of its readers, as well as […]