Mission Eyes: The Price of Sex
Mimi Chakarova has spent the last seven years documenting sex trafficking in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Mission Eyes took a field trip downtown to see our very own multimedia editor’s new...
View ArticleCity Deficit Threatens Day of the Dead
En Español The city this year eliminated the grant program that funds the festival of altars at Garfield Park during the annual Day of the Dead celebration, leaving organizers scrambling to come up...
View ArticleDia de Mis Muertos-Death, Love, Family 11.4-11.11
DÍA DE MIS MUERTOS-DEATH, LOVE, FAMILY Hey Kids! is a weekly feature looking at what’s coming up for families and kids of all ages. We did Day of the Dead on Tuesday, only my second since I moved to SF...
View ArticleLa Mission CD Release Party and Low Rider Show
En Español Hundreds of people gathered last Sunday at Roccapulco night club to celebrate the songs from the film “La Mission.” Outside the club, Mission Street buzzed with Day of the Dead festivities,...
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Mission Eyes: SOMArts’ Day of the Dead Celebration
SOMArts celebrated the opening of Illuminations: Día de Los Muertos 2011. The exhibit, curated by René and Rio Yañez, runs through Nov. 5.
View ArticleSF Symphony Celebrates Day of the Dead
If the Día de los Muertos festivities last night didn’t cure your craving for all things skeletal, the San Francisco Symphony has a performance for you this afternoon. The fifth annual Día de los...
View ArticleBaking Pan de Muerto With Chaac-Mool
Chaac-Mool owners Luis Vazquez and Maria de la Luz Vazquez talk to Mission Local about the traditions of Día de los Muertos and share their recipe for pan de muerto: 1 lb. white flour 1 cup sugar Lemon...
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VIDEO: Dia de los Muertos
Dia de los Muertos came at a critical time for the Mission District this year. Volunteers from the Marigold Project and Erick Arguello from the Lower 24th Street Merchants and Neighbors Association...
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Mission Maya Celebrate Dead
Editors Note: This story first ran on Nov. 2, 2009 and because it is out of the norm, it is one of my favorite Day of the Dead pieces so we thought we would rerun it today. Today’s celebrations will be...
View ArticleThousands Celebrate Mission’s Day of the Dead
Thousands came to the Mission last night for the annual Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead celebrations, a traditional Meso-American holiday in which the living honor the deceased. Families and...
View ArticleAdvice to Young Artists: Adrian Arias
Mission Loc@l: What inspired your life as an artist and poet? Adrian Arias: I remember writing some poems and showing them to my mom, and she advised me. That happened because she was showing me her...
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Día de los Muertos Altar Elements
We offer you a guide to making your own for November 2.
View ArticleSFSU Students Bring Theater of the Dead Alive
San Francisco State University students in the course La Raza Teatro Workshop prepare for their performance of “¡Oh Pachamama! Oh Mother!” It premieres at 24th and South Van Ness streets at 7 p.m. on...
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The Young Remember the Dead
Hundreds of Cesar Chavez elementary schoolers crowded into the school's cafeteria to make skeletons, color skulls, and design lots of other Dia de los Muertos-themed arts and crafts.
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Dia de los Muertos Procession a Celebration of Life
The Dia de los Muertos procession, which began at Bryant and 22nd, attracted hundreds of people to remember deceased loved ones and celebrate life with art, music and dancing.
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Aztec Dancers Glide at the Mission Cultural Center
Shaking, bouncing, twirling, offering blessings: All this and more took place at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts on Day of the Dead.
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SFSU Students Drip with Makeup and Energy
SFSU students performed atop the House of Brakes at 24th and South Van Ness streets. Check out their makeup application and a few clips from their performance.
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Drug Wars in Mexico Send Artisans on the Road
He takes an avocado tree trunk two feet wide and splits it in half. His measure: his chubby fingers, index to pinky, each one inch wide. Using the rounded side of the trunk, he marks his mask: forehead...
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