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| Precita Eyes Mission Trail Mural Walks Precita Eyes Mural Arts & Visitors Center |
Every week Saturday, Sunday, 11:00am more dates/times |
Mission/Bernal Heights | |
Mural people are nuts. Wall paintings never last and can't be purchased, and the people who go specifically to see them are often the hoi polloi who know nothing about art. How can muralists expect to survive in the art world? The answer: They don't. The folks who make their work on outdoor... More >> |
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| Artists' Talk with Amy Franceschini and Wilson Diaz Artists' Television Access | Wed., December 3, 8:00pm | Mission/Bernal Heights | |
| Amy Franceschini is a woman of abstract concepts about concrete matters -- especially food and land. Generally speaking, she promotes home gardening, in the spirit of familiarizing the public with the destructive practices of large-scale food production. The beauty of Franceschini is the wealth... More >> | |||
| Indigenous Wisdom Block Party Capp (between 24th and 25th sts.) | Sat., November 29, 10:00am | Mission/Bernal Heights | |
You wouldn't think the U.N.'s "International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls" would be partytime, but it is. Well, some of it is, anyway. The Indigenous Wisdom Block Party is the final event of a three days' worth of observances, including prayer circles, film... More >> |
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| Ask Dr. Hal Chez Poulet Gallery | Every week Wednesday | Mission/Bernal Heights | |
A live you-ask-the-questions game show with ridiculous video clips, Google-fu, and a genius in a fez: Voilá the Ask Dr. Hal Show. Step right up and ask any question of the good doctor, and he answers, sometimes in verse, and always using charmingly Rococo language. Who is he, and why... More >> |
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| "Babble On" Dog Eared Books | Last Thursday of every month, 8:00pm | Mission/Bernal Heights | |
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| Bad Movie Night: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979) Dark Room Theater | Every week Sunday, 8:00pm | Mission/Bernal Heights | |
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| Classical Revolution Revolution Cafe | Every week Sunday, 8:00pm | Mission/Bernal Heights | |
Armed with stringed instruments and intense training from the likes of Juilliard and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Classical Revolution is on a mission to change the way classical music is perceived and performed in this city. Conceived in late 2006, the collectives intent has... More >> |
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| Classical Revolution SoCha | Every week Wednesday, 8:00pm | Mission/Bernal Heights | |
Armed with stringed instruments and intense training from the likes of Juilliard and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Classical Revolution is on a mission to change the way classical music is perceived and performed in this city. Conceived in late 2006, the collectives intent has... More >> |
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| The Execution of Precious Memories Project Artaud Theater |
Daily from Wed., November 19 until Sat., November 22, 8:00pm more dates/times |
Mission/Bernal Heights | |
Since the earliest incarnation of Einstürzende Neubauten, when Blixa Bargeld and scrap-metal maestro N.U. Unruh appeared partly clothed and playing in a hole under the Berlin autobahn, Bargeld has reached beyond the synthesis of traditional art forms to externalize emotional states of... More >> |
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| Gaucho, Mitch Marcus Session Amnesia |
Wed., September 3, 10:00pm more dates/times |
Mission/Bernal Heights | |
All you need to know in order to be a responsible audience member at the Mitch Marcus Session Four-Year Anniversary Show is this: Clap for the solos you like. For complete jazz innocents, let's explain: A solo is when one instrument is prominent, and slightly louder than the others. What the... More >> |
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| "Hot Dogs & Asteroids" Casanova Lounge | First Tuesday of every month, 9:00pm | Mission/Bernal Heights |
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In this shitty economy sometimes you have to choose between beer, rock n roll, and dinner. Not tonight. At the monthly Hot Dogs & Asteroids event, the Casanova makes you pay for the booze, but the rock and the hot dogs are free. The powerpop, bubbleglam, and punk... More >> |
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| "Lunada" Galería de la Raza | Fourth Friday of every month | Mission/Bernal Heights | |
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| "Death Without Borders" Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts | Daily from Sun., November 2 until Sat., November 22 | Mission/Bernal Heights | |
Remembering the dead is usually a gloomy affair. Theres a lot of crying involved, and often times we just push the dead to the back of our minds to spare the heartache and tissues. Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a refreshing take on this ritual. Celebrated in several countries,... More >> |
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| "Poetry at the 33" 3300 Club | Last Tuesday of every month, 7:00pm | Mission/Bernal Heights | |
Most of what we know about Poetry at the 33 is that Kim Addonizio either used to hang out there or still does. That may sound like it isn't very much to go on, but Addonizio is one of the city's most underrated talents. She's a fucking genius, if you want to know the truth. If there's any... More >> |
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| Porchlight: A Storytelling Series Verdi Club | Fourth Monday of every month, 8:00pm | Mission/Bernal Heights | |
We're squeamish. We can hardly believe people even get Brazilian bikini waxes, let alone give them for a living. It seems so invasive; isn't that hair there for a reason? Yet ripping off the follicles around your anus is hardly the weirdest thing you can do to your body and bodies... More >> |
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| "Radical Vinyl: Gay/Not Gay" El Rio | Every week Monday, 9:00pm | Mission/Bernal Heights | |
No other sexually ambiguous club night wears its Kierkegaardian handle quite as well as Gay/Not Gay. Guests walking into El Rio on a Monday evening immediately succumb to a meltdown of libidinal uncertainty and psychological ambiguity. Fortunately, DJs Mrs. Robinson and Jenny Hoyston spin a... More >> |
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| I Can't Think Straight Roxie Theater | Daily from Fri., November 28 until Thu., December 4 | Mission/Bernal Heights | |
Fall asleep flipping channels between Oxygen, Here!, and Lifetime, and youre likely to find Shamim Sarifs slickly innocuous lesbian romance now showing on your eyelids. (Slick isnt the half of itevery image seems to have been Scotchgarded.) On neutral ground... More >> |
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| "Shutter" Elbo Room | Last Wednesday of every month, 10:00pm | Mission/Bernal Heights | |
Popscenes DJ Nako has a secret a dark secret. She may belong to the most ubiquitous crew of tastemakers on the Bays western shores, but despite all that hipster popularity she still keeps some cobwebbed skeletons in the closet. They are, believe it or not, goth skeletons. And... More >> |
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| Spanish Book Group Modern Times Bookstore | Fourth Tuesday of every month, 7:00pm | Mission/Bernal Heights | |
For eight years, native speakers and other people who can hold up their end of a literary conversation in Spanish have gathered at the end of every month, in the back room of the Mission District's famous workers-collective bookstore. Does Oprah know about this? It kind of takes the whole... More >> |
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| Figure Painting Class Precita Eyes Mural Center | Every week Thursday, 7:00pm | Mission/Bernal Heights | |
| Carla Cruz Café Arguello | Every week Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 7:00pm | Mission/Bernal Heights | |
| Community Mural Arts Education Workshops Precita Eyes Mural Center | Third Tuesday of every month, 7:00pm | Mission/Bernal Heights | |
| Círculo de Lectores de Literatura en Español Modern Times Bookstore | Fourth Tuesday of every month, 7:00pm | Mission/Bernal Heights | |
| Free Bike Repair Classes Pedal Revolution Bike Shop | Every other week Sunday, 5:30pm | Mission/Bernal Heights | |
| Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club Meeting Women's Building | Fourth Tuesday of every month, 7:00pm | Mission/Bernal Heights | |