Mural art is widely displayed in San Francisco neighborhoods, and every year in Bernal Heights over 2,000 square feet of portable wall space opens up to artists of all ages as a ‘freedom of expression forum.’ The 14th annual Urban Youth Arts Festival – Paint your heart out Day – is a celebration of amazing…
Nearly five years after his street flair scored him a bit part in the Will Smith flick, “The Pursuit of Happyness,” street musician Larry Hunt is at risk of losing his space on Market Street. Some merchants don’t care that he once played the big screen, hob-nobbed with Hollywood or became a celeb online; they…
If you want to make a buck in San Francisco, you can set up a stand or play your tunes on the street any day of the week, but there’s something special about “Sunday Streets”. The city blocks off major thoroughfares to open up the arteries for bikes, skateboards and lots of food and music. …
San Francisco’s Recreation and Parks Department has to be celebrating this one – their gamble to put up a jumbo screen for the World Cup outside City Hall turned out to be one fabulous win for the city. World Cup Soccer Live is a hit. Throughout the whole event, the crowds have been huge and…
43 years after the summer of love, the Drum Circle is alive and well on San Francisco’s ‘Hippie Hill’. In Golden Gate Park near the Haight, it’s a scene right out of the 60’s when the mantra was good view, good vibes and good drugs. You can’t help but conjure up images of a Robert…
It’s the stuff dreams are made of — A teacher, a youth group and a financially-strapped city department didn’t let a zero budget stop them from finding a way to bring World Cup Soccer to the square — they went knocking on doors for corporate donations. The result is a jumbo screen outside City Hall…
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