The Mission News

And tonight's show at Cafe du Nord features a rare appearance by one of my favorite bands to dance to ever, Still Flyin'!!! They're playing along with Sea Lions, Permanent Collection, Colleen Green, and Burnt Palms, so be sure to check it out after you ace your song and win a round at Singin' and Pingin' beforehand! Check out all the details for ... (more)

Despite a mountain of international sanctions and grinding poverty, North Korea's leaders have proven adept at procuring everything from the latest in digital toys to nuclear technology.

On Friday, May 31, 2013, Kearny Street Workshop, the country's oldest Asian Pacific American multidisciplinary arts organization, returns to SOMArts to present its annual runway show - with new twists.

Parking meters and seven day street sweeping will be enforced citywide on the holiday.

Yesterday the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a national immigration bill to move to the full senate.

Some new projects to add to your radar: first, ~PESCE~ is going to be swimming downstream from its Russian Hill location to the former 2223 Market Street/Jake's on Market location in the Castro.

Lafayette's Town Hall Theatre closes out its 2012-2013 season with a fun production of Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure." Director Chris Hayes brings a new take on the Bard's story of a local government's attempt to control its populace, who has fallen into moral decay by borrowing from the Japanese tradition of Anime.

If you've been to Bender's in the last decade, chances are real good Self Edge founders Kiya and Demitra were partying right next to you.

On Tuesday evening Steve Fox opened up the doors to the space at 1096 South Van Ness, future home of his mini golf restaurant bar, Urban Putt , and let people wander inside and look around.

I'd probably go to a watching-paint-dry party as long as it was held at Z Space , but dude, this party sounds even better: You've demanded it for nearly a year now! This month, SINGIN' & PINGIN' makes a triumphant return to its original venue, Z Space, the grand performing arts theater in the heart of the northeastern Mission! DJ PURPLE has gained ... (more)

Michael J. Willett and Sasha Pieterse appear in Darren Stein's "G.B.F.," the closing-night feature.

Black Watch , the penultimate show in A.C.T.'s 46th season, is being marketed as a major departure for the company.

Our good pal Kate reminded about this gem from 1986 that stars Kevin Bacon as a hotshot stockbroker who loses it all and becomes a bicycle messenger on the mean streets of San Francisco.

The team is looking to fund the addition of sidewalk seating and San Carlos Street access to their little space, so they've started a Kickstarter campaign .

June will begin with a diverse variety of opportunities for serious listening. For those interested in talent of the future, the 28th annual Irving M. Klein String Competition will take place on June 8 and 9. I plan to write about that in greater detail in the near future, but the other concert activities of that weekend are likely to be just as ... (more)

As California advanced in the early days after the War with Mexico one particular drawback retarded its progress even though the strength and force of it depended on the causes of that same progress.

Enter Torche, the four-pronged Floridian Riff Colossus that has steamrolled its way across the international underground.

Once a year is my time to visit with a good friend from San Francisco, John Danner, and to anchor myself near the steps of the old Mission.

I had a Brass Monkey the other night at DJ Jamie Jams' Beastie Boys-themed party in the Lower Haight, and it was pretty good.

Make no mistake. The slightly-impossible-to-pronounce acronym CCRMA, standing for the not-terribly-sexy "Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics," is one of the world's hotbeds for innovation in electronic music.