Risk, experimentation and drinks at Z Space
By Laura Wenus Art is risky. Lisa Steindler, an almost 30 year veteran of the theater industry and the artistic director of Z Space, embraces that risk on the stage of the massive warehouse that used...
View ArticleHolding On to Art and Hope As Time Runs Out
“Give me a blessing, I need it,” artist René Yañez called out in Spanish to his friend who had arrived at Alley Cat Bookstore and Gallery on Sunday. The man was there to do just that – to give a...
View ArticleArtists, Residents Sculpt Gentrification as They See It
By J.J. Barrow The Mission’s housing crisis was on center stage at the Red Poppy Art House on Saturday evening, and that stage had a hole in it. All afternoon and evening, artists convened around,...
View ArticleMission Eyes: 10th annual Sake Day
By Laura Wenus and Stefania Rousselle Mission Local visited the Armory on Saturday to take part in Sake Day, a sort of Oktoberfest for the Japanese rice wine. Sake aficionado and sommelier Beau Timken...
View ArticleVictory three years in the making for small Mission Theater
By Christina Egerstrom The Lost Church, a small theater at 65 Capp St. that has provided an intimate music and theater experience for six years, came somewhat closer to becoming a legitimate space in...
View ArticleLatino district reps don’t want bike sharing on 24th Street
By Laura Waxmann The Mission’s 24th Street corridor, a Latino cultural enclave and special use district, is not keen on bike sharing. It recently blocked Ford GoBike roll-out and before that was the...
View ArticleSupervisor hopes to craft clear path for new cultural districts
By Laura Wenus Say there’s a part of a neighborhood that has a strong cultural identity and wants to preserve it – how do they go about becoming a recognized cultural district? The Mission’s Calle 24...
View ArticleCasa Bonampak on Valencia Street to close at month’s end
By Ashvini Malshe Casa Bonampak will officially be closing its doors to customers on July 31. And, after 23 years spent in the heart of the Mission, the journey to this conclusion hasn’t been easy....
View ArticleAfter 21 years, Casa Bonampak bids Mission adios in bittersweet ceremony
On Thursday night within Casa Bonampak, a festive Latin American goods store filled with trinkets and indigenous clothing, owner Nancy Charraga was getting ready to give her business a fitting farewell.
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