The Mission

Dolores park renovation: Ready, set, go

By Tom Guffey Any sunny day you can see almost-naked men, college-age kids in tight jeans and vintage T-shirts, parents with their children, and of course people who treat their dogs as if they were their children. Mission Dolores Park, located between the crowded Mission and Castro neighborhoods, may be partially or totally closed for renovations over the next few years, according to city documents. Commonly known as simply Dolores Park, the 14.2 acre site is not just another hilly...
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Got Spice?

By Lauren Jones Interdisciplinary artist and art features editor of Hyphen magazine, Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik, shows us her Asian roots this March in To Curry Favor and Tea Time. An interdisciplinary artist Bhaumik, is of Bengali, Columbian and Japanese descent. A self-proclaimed obsessive, Bhauik says she is inspired by materials and the connotations they carry. Her solo show, To Curry Favor, at the Mission art gallery 18 Reasons explores the belief that scents ca...
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‘The Who’s Tommy’ is big hit at Ray of Light

By Cynthia Waters It’s 7:58 P.M. on an October night in the heart of San Francisco’s famous Mission District. “Places” have been called for the actors and the audience chatters excitedly in anticipation. As the clock hits 8 and the lights dim, the entirety of the Mission’s Victoria Theatre erupts into applause as the live band hits the first note and the red curtain soars open. Such was the scene for the opening of an on stage rendition of The Who’s Tommy, the classic 1960s rock opera wh...
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Looking forward through art

Words and pictures by Alberto Penalva Farmers stand between rolling hills, crops of tomatoes and strawberries begging to be picked, and the Market Street Railway line, a no-longer-existent street car that ran through this part of town. A boxer dodges and weaves between a circus tent, flag waving in the wind, and a large church. Children walk up the street, being read to, shop signs vibrant in front of them. Further to the right, looking on with glee, they point and pull their parents to a com...
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