#san-francisco-arts-displacement

#san-francisco-arts-displacement

To find a building with this scale, flexibility, and existing group housing use in such a prime location is extraordinarily rare.

"San Jose was an agricultural wonderland. They called it the Valley of Heart's Delight, and most of it has been paved over and turned into high tech now. But this is a connection to our past."

Inframundo invites visitors to look inward and become a rock, drawing on the landscape shaped by cenotes, which are thought to be portals to the Maya underworld.

The Great Recession, and then the pandemic, did in some of the last holdouts. But not Berkeley's Back Room, which celebrates its 10-year anniversary this month. The Back Room's survival is due to the passion of its founder, Sam Rudin, the musicians who love it and come back time after time to play there, and the commitment of audience members who know the experiences they have there are truly memorable.

In 2025, Dmae Lo Roberts embarked on a statewide storytelling experience focusing on personal stories from both artists and community members. These stories are a form of living oral history.

"I grew up in that bar. I spent more time there than I did in my own home." Rick Figari reflects on his deep connection to the Ha-Ra Club, where his parents met and where he has countless memories.

C.C. Chatman offered a personal touch to the community by inviting me to her home for a meal, saying, 'Tell me what you want to eat.' Her pork chops and sides rivaled anything from my hometown of New Orleans.

"Joe is so goddamn competent he has almost made me rethink my position on Stanford University. Almost. In Joe, you've got a man with the talent of three men able to do the work of six men. I'm thrilled to see him succeed, and we're all succeeding because of him."

Carl Cokine Anthony redefined the relationship between racial equity, regionalism, and the environment, establishing a foundation for future environmental justice initiatives.

The Homekey project at 1237 San Antonio Road has been in the works since fall 2023, when city and state leaders touted its importance in addressing the local and regional housing crisis.

Nisha, who looked to be about 15 years old, drew a parol - a star-shaped lantern displayed during Christmas - and a Bahay kubo - a traditional Filipino-style house - with a small pencil, as she sat at a table of the Bayanihan Community Center in SoMa.

"I hadn't even seen the inside just like you, but I just felt like one person, DJ equipment, had to fit in there somehow. We knew it could be Pandora's box in there."

In response to the recent closing of California College of the Arts and the uncertain future of the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, SOMArts Cultural Center is hosting a forum on February 13 discussing how to bolster the arts community in San Francisco. [SOMArts/Eventbrite] A suspected explosive device was recovered from a lake at Sonoma State University by the sheriff's department bomb squad Thursday evening after the device was spotted by a person who was fishing for metal objects with a magnet. [KRON4]

For 50 years, the non-profit MCCLA at 25th and Mission has run arts programming from the four-story building it leased from the city for a dollar a year. The Arts Commission has also given them funding, with the expectation that they will raise more funds from donors, classes and events. This month, however, the Mission Cultural Center ran out of money and on Jan. 26 it closed indefinitely.

In an attempt to assuage concerns that the proposed four-story building to replace the shuttered Western Plywood warehouse at 2600 Harrison Street in the Mission is incompatible with the "design, scale and mass" of the neighborhood, Kerman Morris Architects has redesigned the project. The new design reduces the street-level wall along Harrison, includes a more open Production, Distribution & Repair (PDR) space, and adds an area with benches and raised planters along the street.