Tue. 3 Aug. • 9 pm • $7 • DANCE WITH MUCHO AXÉ & FOGO NA ROUPA • The Elbo Room, 647 Valencia St, SF
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, […]
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 […]
Matchbridge Community Partners Internships for Community College Students
Friday July 30 • 3pm MatchBridge Office, 221 Main St, Suite 300, SF Email: aconnoly@uwba.org • Tel. (414) 808-4419 MatchBridge – SFO Career Connect Track is a nine-month long / 15 hour per week internship program, beginning in Sept. 2010. Interns learn about career options at entry-level work in areas such as clerical, delivery or […]
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 […]
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 […]
Produce to the People
A non- profit organization found a new creative way to help feed people in need and educate youth.
Alamar: “El que vive en el mar, vive feliz”
Al admirar la hermosura de “Alamar” —pelĂcula rodada en Banco Chinchorro, zona de arrecife de coral en el estado mexicano de Quintana Roo—, es inevitable pensar en la reciente catástrofe ecolĂłgica del Golfo de MĂ©xico
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 […]
McLaren Park a point of contention among residents
The Ingleside park finds itself in the middle of a dispute between recreational enthusiasts that want to build a disc golf course and neighborhood residents that fear it would change the dynamic of the 60-acre park.

