Mission Archives - Page 73 of 144

San Pablo’s Los Cenzontles ramps up its Mexican rhythms

Caitlin Donohue - March 19, 2019

ALL EARS There are certain well-worn channels through which culture tends to move. Socioeconomically dominant countries export cultural products, regional art forms are picked...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Brazilian classics, the Gospel of Eureka, a Silicon Valley scam….

Dennis Harvey - March 11, 2019

SCREEN GRABS Though it doesn’t get the same international nostalgic attention these days accorded similar movements in the US, Europe, and elsewhere, one of...

News + Politics

The inhumanity of homeless ‘sweeps’

Tiny - March 6, 2019

No matter how many times you “sweep” me,“arrest me,” or “study me, it doesn’t give me a home. In 1984, when I was 11 and...

News + Politics

The Democrats in Sacramento want to deregulate housing — but that has never worked

Tim Redmond - March 3, 2019

Of all the information that came out of the hearing on homelessness last week, when several supervisors said the Mayor’s Office and its Department of...

News + Politics

Community celebrates the life of Jeff Adachi

Tim Redmond - February 27, 2019

On Monday, March 4, Mayor London Breed will host a formal City Hall memorial for Public Defender Jeff Adachi. Politicians (some of whom were...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Dynamation Celebration, African Film Fest, and even more cats!

Dennis Harvey - February 26, 2019

SCREEN GRABS It’s a busy week for arthouse openings and other film events of interest, though we couldn’t see everything in advance. Among the...

News + Politics

Save the Redstone Building!

Tim Redmond - February 19, 2019

My first job in San Francisco was in the Redstone Building, at 2940 16thStreet, near the 16thand Mission BART plaza. I worked as a...

News + Politics

The Sierra Club and the luxury-housing developer

Zelda Bronstein - February 17, 2019

Are you a Sierra Club member who lives in Berkeley, Albany, Emeryville, Alameda, Piedmont or San Leandro? If so, you fall under the aegis...

News + Politics

1979 — In the Mission

Tony Robles - February 16, 2019

No Monster in the Mission! Build the Marvel, not the Monster! Competing voices and visions packed the auditorium of Mission High School Feb. 7 to...

Arts + Culture

Cross-bay institution Black Choreographers Festival celebrates its first 15 years

Caitlin Donohue - February 14, 2019

“A courageous/ambitious idea,” is how co-founder Laura Ellis characterizes the birth of her and fellow choreographer Kendra Barnes’ enduring yearly event, the Black Choreographers...

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