THE MISSION WEAVE STREET FAIR 2020
Event Guide
The Mission District
The history of the Mission is older than San Francisco. It’s the oldest settled area of the city. The neighborhood is called “The Mission” because of the establishment of Mission Dolores by Francisco Palou in 1776. During the Gold Rush, the neighborhood became housing for working-class German, Irish and Italian immigrants. The demographics shifted during the 40–60s with the influx of Mexican and Central American immigrants. The current settlement includes tech workers and gentrifiers. The Mission is located in east-central San Francisco, known for its Hispanic community and cultural diversity. People can explore stunning murals, authentic taquerias, eclectic live music clubs mix with chef driven eateries, craft cocktail lounges, tattoo parlors, gourmet ice cream shops, and Dolores Park. It’s one of the most exciting and surprising neighborhoods in the city.
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Activity Areas WE DO GOOD Local nonprofits introduce their work to deepen relationships with other community members.
WE EXCHANGE CULTURES Local musicians, performers and artists introduce and demonstrate treasured cultural traditions.
WE HAVE FUN Many interactive activities and games for people to meet, collaborate, and have a lot of fun.
WE SHOP LOCAL Authentic local foods, arts, crafts, and books provided by beloved long-term local bussinesses.
WE DO GOOD Giving back to our community
To establish trust and deepen relationships with other community members, nonprofits and groups will introduce their work. Empathy helps build more diverse and inclusive communities in the city we call home.
Acción Latina Acción Latina is a nonprofit organization founded in 1970 that is dedicated to promoting cultural arts, community media and civic engagement as a way of building healthy and empowered Latino communities. Calle 24 Calle 24 was created in 1999 by a group of long time residents, merchants, service providers and art organizations concerned with quality of life issues in the community. Precita Eyes Muralists Precita Eyes Muralists Association, Inc. was established in 1977. It’s an inner city non-profit community-based mural arts organization that enrich communities through collaborative mural art and culture. The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts MCCLA was established in 1977 by community activists artists and to promote, preserve and develop the cultural arts that reflect the living tradition and experiences of the Chicano, Central and South American, and Caribbean people, and to make arts accessible as an essential element to community development and well-being.
The Women’s Building TWB is a women-led nonprofit arts and education community center established in 1979, which advocates self-determination, gender equality and social justice. Mission Neighborhood Centers MNC is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization established in 1897. They serve over 3000 low-income seniors, youth and families with young children at 11 sites throughout San Francisco. They develop and promote leadership skills that empower families to build strong, healthy and vibrant neighborhoods. Instituto Familiar de la Raza, Inc. IFR is a community-based health clinic founded in 1978, which advocates for community health and wellness by developing programs for children, youth, teachers and administrators, people with HIV/AIDS, and the indigenous/ Maya population. Mission SRO Collaborative Mission SRO Collaborative is a group of organizations that work together to organize SRO tenants in the Mission. They organize and empower tenants to advocate for better living, sanitary, and habitable conditions within their hotels and around the community.
WE EXCHANGE CULTURES Local arts and culture showcase
To bond people together through arts and culture, our main stage is for local performers and musicians to introduce and demonstrate treasured cultural traditions. DAKILA DAKILA is a Filipino Latin Rock band started in 1972 with a 5 year recording contract with Epic/Columbia Records. Their performance not only serves to support a great benefit, but to continue to keep DAKILA’s place in music history of Latin Rock. Los Cochinos Los Cochinos is a San Francisco based Latin Rock band started in 1973, which currently locates in the Mission District. They play a unique blend of original music that has been described as “Pure Latin Rock”. The sound of the band has been compared to that of Latin Rock icons El Chicano and the early Santana band. Los Cochinos have opened for El Chicano and many other notable bands and have developed a significant following. The ballad “Feel the Same” has become a hit song for the band and has had radio airtime in Northern and Southern California markets. Soltron Soltron was born in 2014 out of the rich arts community of San Francisco’s Mission District. Their sound echoes the traditions of the Afro-Latino musical diaspora while artfully blending electronic, hip-hop and rock influences.The band’s music addresses gentrification, displaced youth and the struggle to survive while expressing the joy, beauty and pride of their cultural traditions and family ties.
Chavalos de Aquí y Allá Chavalos is one of the most multidimensional and creative Central American nonprofit organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area. Chavalos showcases cultural traditions and promote community building through cultural performing arts. They aim to bring together Bay Area youth to form a support system for under resourced youth who live in extreme poverty in rural areas of Nicaragua by providing clothes, meals, toys, school supplies, and other necessities . They are also committed to providing San Francisco youth and adults with quality professional dance training. ABADÁ-CAPOEIRA SF Founded in 1991, ACSF offers professional instruction and performance of capoeira at its Mission-based Brazilian Arts Center. ACSF has the mission to address the social and economic disparities that exist in our communities by inspiring personal and athletic success through artistic, cultural, physical and health education. By exploring creative ways of sharing capoeira and related arts, ACSF remains a pioneering force in the preservation and development of Brazilian arts.
WE HAVE FUN Interactive activities and games
To meet and interact with people you may not know, you will collaborate with others and have a lot of fun with these games and activities. City of LOVE Use the sticky notes, pick up a pen of your favorite color, and write down: • Why do you LOVE San Francisco? • What has given you such LOVELY memories in the city? • What are your BELOVED places in the city? Share your LOVEs, let more people know your LOVEs, and keep these LOVEs together! Mission Walking Tour HISTORY: 11:30AM–12:30AM ARTS: 1:00PM–2:00PM FOOD: 2:30PM–3:30PM Explore one of the most exciting and surprising neighborhoods in San Francisco with local experts and learn the history and culture behind the Mission District. You can choose specific focused tours based on your own interests. Our tour guides will guide you to know more about this neighborhood and find hidden gems that you can only find on foot!
San Francisco Jigsaw Mural Paint your puzzle pieces that represent your vision of San Francisco. All these puzzle piece will eventually make up a unique San Francisco on a giant wall. If you are not good at painting, don’t worry. Some local artists from Precita Eyes Muralists will help you. Let’s collaborate with our neighbors and create our San Francisco together!
WE SHOP LOCAL The legacy of our community
To enjoy an authentic local market, you can shop food, drink, arts, crafts, and books provided by beloved local businesses. Most of them are legacy businesses that have fostered community building for quite a long time.
FOOD & DRINK
Rainbow Grocery Rainbow Grocery has been serving San Francisco and Bay Area since 1975. They have always worked to offer the widest selection of organic and locally sourced products at the most affordable price. Along with being our local, independent grocery store, they are also a resource for our community to exchange information about the health and sustainability of the foods we eat. Little Joe’s Pizzeria Little Joe’s Pizzeria has been San Francisco’s best Italian and Mexican Restaurant since 1941. It’s a familyowned business place that aims to remain a welcoming family, friendly, humble spot in the neighborhood. The places always welcome people from all walks of life and make sure they left feeling like family. St. Francis Fountain St. Francis Fountain is San Francisco’s oldest ice cream parlor and diner place that has been serving the Mission District since 1918. It serves old-school diner, top-rated hamburgers, classic soda fountain desserts and vintage candy for more than 100 years.
La Taqueria La Taqueria has run their business in the Mission District since 1973, which serves the best burrito in America. La Taqueria is known for its unique riceless burrito and become one of the most popular and favorite burrito places in San Francisco. El Rio El Rio began her life in 1978 as a Leather Brazilian Gay Bar. It’s a LGBTQ+ space that is welcoming to all good people. El Rio actively invests in communities to promote social change. It actively invest in local arts and music scene to give space for artists. Also, it actively pursues underserved communities in the use of its space. Doc’s Clock Doc’s Clock has been in the heart of the historic Mission since 1951. It’s a gem of a dive bar that serves shuffleboard courts, arcade games, and jukebox tunes round out the kitschy vibe, while cheap well drinks and $2 beers keep you there all night long.
ARTS & CRAFTS
Casa Bonampak Bi-Rite has been a San Francisco insti-
Back to The Picture Established in 1985, Back to the Picture
tution for nearly 80 years. It’s a new type of grocery store in San Francisco that featured fresh, farm-direct foods that were freshly-cooked and served with the hospitality of a restaurant. They also run a non-profit community food education project, 18 Reasons.
is the realization of an entrepreneur’s dream. A family business, Back To the Picture is owned and operated by the Gomez family, with help from longtime staff and craftsmen. Their love of art and people is demonstrated by the business’s primary occupation of custom framing of client artwork, and by its secondary arm operating an art gallery featuring international, national, and Bay Area artists. Back To the Picture works with interior designers and commercial clients, the general public, and professional artists in its framing business. The gallery hosts guest curators as well as group shows produced by Back To the Picture staff.
Paxton Gate The doors of Paxton Gate was opened for the first time in December of 1992. It is a retail operation that features a large selection of natural science curiosities, taxidermy, numerous varieties of carnivorous plants, succulents, bonsai as well as gardening tools, and vintage architectural elements, which has been described as “a natural history museum merged with a home products store and quirky gardening shop.” Paxton Gate has supported many local organizations, such as the Women’s Building and The National AIDS Memorial Grove. 826 Valencia The Pirate Supply Store The Pirate Shop carries an extensive array of essential pirate paraphernalia: various Jolly Roger flags, glass eyes, lard, spyglasses, skeleton keys, etc. It’s also a book store associated with the 826 Valencia literacy program, McSweeney’s and The Believer literary journals. 826 was founded by the author Dave Eggers and its mission is to support under-resourced kids by teaching them a love for the literary arts and the skills to help them become great writers.
City Art Cooperative Gallery City Art opened its doors in 1998. The idea for the gallery emerged when several friends who were also artists wanted to create a viable formula for a group-operated business where they could regularly show their art and also open membership to other artist with quality work but who may not have had any viable outlets in which to show their art. A formula was worked out in which artist could “rent” a wall space for a month, and receive back at least 70 percent of any sales. To this day, this formula has been successful, more than covering rent and other gallery overhead — without any paid employees. Artists themselves sit shifts any month in which they’re showing, and also cover other ongoing maintenance duties.
BOOKSTORES
Adobe Books Adobe Books firstly opened in 1989, in
Borderlands Books Borderlands Books is a San Francisco
the Mission district of San Francisco. Andrew McKinley was the proprietor for 23 years, during which time the store became a bohemian nexus for a large rotating cast of artists, musicians, writers, readers, thinkers, and whoever was looking for some old comfortable couches and a place to chill out. In 2001, the former back storage room was transformed into a dedicated gallery space, becoming the Adobe Books Backroom Gallery. The new gallery lent its humble walls to a series of artists, providing an intimate space to see work. Adobe was one of the institutions which gave support to the Mission School artists.
independent book store specializing exclusively in used, new and rare science fiction, fantasy and horror, which was opened in 1997. In addition to being a viable business, the store is also a social and professional center for readers, writers, publishers, reviewers, artists and other individuals by hosting numerous events.
Dog Eared Books Since 1992, Dog Eared Books has been supplying a book-hungry San Francisco with new, used, and remaindered books as well as cards, zines, magazines, calendars, and blank notebooks. It is a general interest store that has a little of everything, but it does specialize in offbeat, small press, and local literature.
Meyer Boswell Books Meyer Boswell Books, Inc. was established in 1976 Jordan D. Luttrell, who continues to operate it today in the city of San Francisco. It’s the only bookshop in the Anglo-American world specializing exclusively in rare and scholarly law. Also, it’s the member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America.
Transportation MUNI Go to www.sfmta.com and visit sfmta. com/alerts the week before the event for updated information on any MUNI lines that will be rerouted during the event. Bikes are allowed on front racks of buses. The event route is served by the following MUNI lines: • K, L, M, T and F lines on Market St, just 1/2 a block north of the route • J line on Church St stops at 18th St, just 2 blocks west of the route • The 22, 33, and 48 provide access to Valencia St, along with the 14 and 49 lines one block away on Mission St
By Car Be aware that the street fair route is towed of all vehicles beginning at 8 am and no stopping or parking is allowed on the streets after that (even if you’re just stopping for a moment for a cup of coffee), and no vehicles are allowed to drive onto the route after 10 am. Check out SFPark.org and parkme.com to identify available parking lots and spaces nearby. Additionally, parking may be available at these locations near the route: • Mission Bartlett Garage at 3255 21st St • Hoff Street Garage at 42 Hoff St between 16th and 17th Streets
BART 16th St and 24th St Mission BART Stations are close to the event route. Both are just 1 short block from the event route on Valencia St. Bikes are allowed on BART trains at all times. By Bike Go to www.sfbike.org to download a bike map to help find a bike-friendly route from your area or the nearest transit stop to the street fair. You also can shorten the trip by taking transit part of the way. MUNI buses have bike racks for 2 bikes, BART and Caltrain both allow bikes on board.
THIS IS WEAVE
WEAVE is dedicated to creating vibrant communities in San Francisco. We are committed to bridging the cultural gap between the newly-settled young tech community and the long-term local community for a more diverse and inclusive San Francisco. We cooperate with long-term local residents to help newcomers understand local history, issues, and culture. We provide opportunities for new and longterm residents to meet, talk and collaborate, which aims to eliminate the hostility and misunderstanding between the newly-settled young tech community and the long-term local community.
THIS IS WEAVE STREET FAIR WEAVE Street Fair is a free monthly neighborhood event based in San Francisco. It aims to foster better communities by providing an open platform for people to celebrate the diversity and inclusivity of the city. People can enjoy plenty of interactive activities, live music, and performances, with authentic local food and drinks provided by local artists and small businesses. Also, they can meet with many local nonprofits and community groups to have a deeper understanding of their neighborhoods and neighbors.
Our Mission
Provide opportunities for residents to better understand their neighborhoods and neighbors Encourage residents to meet and interact with each other in order to develop relationships and build trust Engage residents to experience and support local arts, culture, institutions, and businesses
Together we can create a more diverse and inclusive San Francisco
Find more information at weavesf.com