Results tagged “unplaza”

One of the federal buildings in the Tenderloin is thoughtlessly tagged with some thoughtful graffiti. According to livinintheloin:

The suspect, Pierre Ragland, was booked on suspicion of attempted murder, assault, carrying a loaded firearm, and carrying a concealed weapon. Oops. And the victim was rushed to San Francisco General Hospital, and it looks like he's pull through. (And to add insult to injury: "Oh my God, who shot you?" "This guy named Pierre." Ouch.)

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It's been five years since SF Camerawork, a non-profit dedicated to photography and digital media, had its own gallery. Since 2001, Camerawork has shared exhibition space with New Langton Arts, but no longer. SF Camerawork has moved back to its old hood, and is celebrating its new location at 657 Mission St. (at 3rd) with a Grand Opening party from 5-9pm. Check out the inaugural exhibition at the new gallery, Ghosts in the Machine, which considers "the notion of haunting as a set of cultural conditions that arise when estranged moments in national histories and collective memory are not given their due."

On a chilly but still night on Ocean Beach, SFist and HiMY SYeD joined interested passerby in sending a message of hope to the victims of the Tsunami, assembling HiMY's message in luminaria as the sun set to our west and rose to their east. San Francisco became one of many cities worldwide to host a small vigil as part of Global Vigil for a Global Village. HiMY's purpose was to offer people who had been distracted by holiday reveries to remind themselves to take a moment and reflect on the extent of the horrible tragedy. HiMY will be at San Francisco's UN Plaza at 5pm this evening -- drop by on your way home from work to lend your support. There will also be a gathering at 4:30 at the Downtown Berkeley BART entrance for those in the East Bay. In a story he related to SFist, when telling his activist grandfather of his plans, his grandfather took on a look of pride, but only replied "Very Difficult." Indeed, assembling crowds of somber mourning around the world is an incredibly difficult task. So we'd like to ask for your help on HiMY's behalf in contacting people who you think could help organize vigils or contact local media in their home cities for his larger memorial planned for the 26th. Check out HiMy's vigil blog to make contact and keep up on developments, and check out pictures from around the world at Flickr's globalvigil listing. Check here for more local updates.

Our man at the SF Weekly, Nate Cavalieri, put together a less somber but no less sincere benefit event at 12 Galaxies in the Mission. The Benefit Show for the International Red Cross Disaster Relief Efforts in South Asia will be on Wednesday at 7:30 and will include performers Mark Eitzel, Jolie Holland, Sonny Smith, Jeffrey Luck Lucas, Loquat, The Herms, Dave Gleason, Mike Therieau and Pat Johnson, The Bellyachers, Tom Heyman and Bart Davenport. It will be ten dollars at the door, although you can give more, and 100% of the door and much of the drink proceeds will go directly to charities helping with the relief effort. There will also be a benefit raffle with prizes, including Amoeba gift certificates and vintage Red Cross gear.