Mission Dispatch

July 2009 Community Calendar
Jul 14, 2009
Habitat Restoration Volunteer Work Party, Sat., July 25 at 10 a.m.: Join habitat restoration volunteers to keep the hill at Corona Heights Park healthy for birds, insects, and other native wildlife. Enjoy a spectacular view of the City while you help remove invasive weeds, maintain trails, and learn about our San Francisco ecosystem. Advance sign-up is required. Adults and Teens. Please call or email ahead to sign up: (415) 552-3542 or at coronavolunteers@sonic.net. Free. Randall Museum, 199 Museum Way (off Roosevelt, above 14th and Castro streets) Info: (415) 554-9600 or www.randallmuseum.org.

June/July Neighborhood Calendar
Jun 13, 2009
@ Roxie, Castro and Victoria Theater Frameline, the oldest and largest LGBT film festival will present more than 200 films from all over the world from June 18-28 at the Roxie Cinema, Castro Theater, and Victoria Theater. During the 11 days of Frameline33, more than 60,000 patrons around the Bay Area, the U.S., and around the world will attend the various screenings. The films, both short and feature, examine the lives of gay people in the Latino, Asian American, African American, and Native American communities. Opening night film is An Englishman in New York, starring John Hurt as Quentin Crisp, a great performance portraying the queer Crisp, who shot to fame as "the naked civil servant.” Centerpiece films are Patrick, Age 1.5, a Swedish film about a gay couple who get more than they bargain for, when their adopted “baby” turns out to be a cranky 15-year-old boy — and Prodigal Sons, a documentary about a transgender woman going home to Montana for her high school reunion. Famous local twin filmmakers George and Mike Kuchar will receive the 2009 Frameline Award at a screening of the new documentary It Came From Kuchar on Sunday, June 21 at the Castro Theater. For more info and tickets, go to www.frameline.org — tickets are also available at the Frameline Box Office at Superstar Video at 474 Castro St.

May/June Community Calendar
May 13, 2009
Galeria de la Raza: April 18-May 31: Galeria’s upcoming exhibition opens its doors to Exit Art, a NY nonprofit cultural center. The exhibition features two complimentary shows: Jumping the Fences which includes a series of performance-based photographs by Papo Colo, & Renegades a collection of videos documenting 25 years of performances produced by or presented at Exit Art. Site: galeriadelaraza.org. Tel: (415) 826-8009. Address: 2857 24th St.

April/May Community Calendar
Apr 16, 2009
BRAVA THEATER: April 15–25 at 8 p.m.: OVER THE MOUNTAIN (World Premiere): The story begins when a female writer is detained by her local government. Two government clerks are sent to interrogate her, and a conflict soon develops pitting human rights vs. the needs of the government. At its essence, Over the Mountain is about family – those created by birth and those developed by choice. It shows the human spirit at its worst and best. It also shows how the family we are born into can shape us, but may not completely define who we become in our communities. This piece poses questions in hopes of presenting the audience with an opportunity to evaluate its own contemporary value systems, whether they be social or economic in nature. Tickets $20 in advance/$20-$35 at the door depending on the evening. Brava Theater, 2841-24th St. (at York). For tickets and more information got to www.brava.org or call (415) 641-7657.

March/April Community Calendar
Edited by Tom Mayer Mar 20, 2009
Mission Cultural Center: Wed., March 25: Luna Negra — A Night of Women's Live Art with Sandra Garcia Rivera, Gabriela Shiroma, Shefoli Shah, Liva Torio, Ayla Davila. " From 7 to 9 pm.$8 admission, $6 students and seniors. Thru March 27: Solo Mujeres Exhibition: “Future landscapes Designed by Women”/ "Paisajes del Futuro Diseñados por Mujeres includes paintings, drawings, photography, printmaking, sculpture, mixed media, fiber art, conceptual art, video, and artists' books. Friday, March 27: Book Release “Yolanda M. López” by Karen Mary Dávalos: A conversation between Dr. Amalia Mesa Bains and Yolanda López, 7-9 p.m. $5 Main Gallery. Yolanda M. López’s book is part of the series “A VER: Revisioning Art History” by UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press. In this groundbreaking overview of López's life and career, Karen Mary Davalos traces the artist's participation in Bay Area activism in the late 1960s. Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, 2868 Mission Street near 24th St. www.missionculturalcenter.org or call (415) 821-1155.

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