Mission District Archives - Page 2 of 18

Art

At ‘Noonan Unlocked,’ Pier 70 artists will display their resilient community

Emily Wilson - May 15, 2024

Storied studio building throws open its doors before redevelopment transforms the tight-knit creative clan

Police

Chiu seeks to demonize young people as part of move to dismiss skateboard case

Tim Redmond - April 10, 2024

The disaster of the Dolores Hill Skateboard Bomb continues in federal court.

Food & Drink

Good Taste: SF’s beloved Secret Breakfast ice cream is now a weed strain

Tamara Palmer - March 27, 2024

Cannabis collaboration with Sonoma Hills Farm brings new heights of cool to Humphry Slocombe’s oft-imitated flavor.

Art

This goes out to the moms struggling with mental health, says West Oakland artist

Mary Corbin - March 21, 2024

Multidisciplinary creative Katie Murken channels life in the pursuit of transformation and healing.

Stage Review

Killing My Lobster sketches a decade of laughs, coked-up Spiderman and all

Charles Lewis III - February 19, 2024

In 'Best of KML,' the venerable comedy troupe revisits some greatest hits—just don't toss that baby out the window.

Art

J.L. King’s bold, curious art doesn’t shy from the peculiar

Mary Corbin - February 15, 2024

'Weird can be good, to me,' says the San Francisco oil painter, who calls her spirited art 'trick the mind.'

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Two-Spirit Powwow, Antiquarian Book Fair, Mink Stole, fabulous arepas

Marke B. - February 8, 2024

Plus: Lovers Lane, Audium Voices, Music for 12 Pianos, Fresh Fest, Qaotiq, more wondrous things to do

Labor

The hidden political history of SF’s 1906 earthquake and fire—and what it means today

Marc Norton - February 1, 2024

Social class, race, and labor played a huge role in what happened—and how the city recovered.

Nightlife

Ode to Uptown: RIP, feisty bar for punks and lefties

Christopher D. Cook - January 11, 2024

The legendary almost-40-year-old bar went out with tipsy adieus, sidewalk fiddlers, and a reminder of ongoing Mission gentrification.

Art

Disposable razors, oversize IUDs: Annie Duncan plumbs intimacy of everyday objects

Mary Corbin - January 3, 2024

Painter and ceramicist explores crux of beauty and toxicity within femininity's rubric.

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