Mission Mission

See the girl band they had a dance-off with here.

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The Examiner reports:

A 21-year-old woman was badly wounded after being shot in the back outside a house party in the Mission district early Sunday morning, San Francisco police said.

The shooting occurred at about 2:30 a.m. at 25th and Folsom streets, police spokesman Officer Albie Esparza said.

The victim had been standing on the sidewalk outside the party when she was hit by gunfire, according to Esparza. He said people attending the party drove her to San Francisco General Hospital, where her injuries were described as life threatening.

No arrests were made, and the shooting is not believed to be gang related at this time, Esparza said.

Read on.

[via SFist]

If you’re lucky, you’ve been to one of the handful of events over the years where our beloved Roxie obtains a temporary permit and serves beer. Friday before last we had an absolute blast at an epic screening of Skatetown USA — the audience went ape for Patrick Swayze’s big-screen debut, while drinking canned microbrews furnished by 21st Amendment. A couple months before that was Uptown Almanac’s Locally Sourced Pop-Up Comedy Night, featuring a ton of local comics and free Pabsts.

Well now we’re all gonna be lucky, for it looks like the owners of the Roxie have applied for a permit to sell beer ALL THE TIME. This is the most civilized news I’ve heard all year. Can’t wait to party!

Now let’s all slam a beer and watch a youthful Patrick Swayze light up the roller rink:

(Thanks again, Sunny!)

Thanks to the astute photography of Nick Fisher, we’ve finally got a look at the fellow who inhabits that questionably-roadworthy, tape-covered mess of a vehicle that inhabits parking spots along Duboce underneath the freeway.  The weather’s been so nice outside lately that even this dude had to come out of his plastic-layered shell.

While you’re navigating the minor inconveniences of your fast-paced lifestyle, it’s often easy to forget how easy it is for some personal hardship or illness to come along and wreck everything.  Then, before you know it, people start looking away when they see you on the street and you end up living in this.  Just take a moment to be thankful of your opportunities, and try not to forget that it’s not quite as easy for everyone.

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Previously:

Duct tape soup up

The view of the corner from the entrance of The Corner.

Chris Kalani reports:

We were upstairs at Laszlo last night when we saw a motorcycle skid out of control and crash into the back of a parked truck. It wasn’t until a crowd of people gathered in the street that we realized someone had been hit.

Read on for more photos and the rest of the story.

Adrian Covert‘s awesome depiction of the Mission, with your favorite park highlighted. I’ve spent a lot of time drawing and painting the fronts of these buildings, but I like that in this piece most of the real buildings represented are depicted instead by their rooftops.

You can pick up prints at Fayes Video or Serendipity.

(pic by me)

Last night around 11pm a fire caught between the building that houses Cha Cha Cha and the one that holds Specchio on Mission Street.

(pic by Erika)

The two buildings are just a couple inches apart, so the firefighters seemed to have a difficult time making sure they fire was completely extinguished.

(pic by me)

They brought the hoses to the roof and sprayed down into the narrow space, which would send a vertical sheet of water out at the gawkers.

(pic by me)

There were a lot of gawkers (present company of course included), coming out of the bars, probably wanting any excuse to get away from creepy Marina bros in Dr. Teeth.

Fortunately it looked as if there was no serious damage to either of the buildings, and nobody was injured. Plus I got to hear some good lines from the fireman to some drunk ladies excited at seeing some real men in action on their night out.

Fireman: “So, what are you guys drinking tonight?”

Well, I guess you don’t really need a good line if you’re in a fireman uniform and holding a 3 foot ax.

Photographer Beth LaBerge loves 24th Street. She walks up and down it, making friends, patronizing businesses — and taking pictures. This month, the fruits of her labors are up on the walls at the Blind Cat (formerly known as Dirty Thieves), and this Saturday there’s a gala opening.

Tons of photos will be on display, depicting tons of scenes from every inch of 24th Street. Hell, you might even be the subject of one of them!

Drinks will be flowing, music will be playing, Beth might take your picture, and Rocky Yazzie will be frying up Navajo frybread out front.

RSVP and invite your friends here.

Here’s the deal:

Celebrate the Red Vic’s 31st birthday with one of our most popular films ever. Director Hal Ashby (Being There, Shampoo) takes jabs at motherhood, the military, psychiatry, computer dating, patriotic fever and funerals in probably the most charming movie about death ever made. Much of this modern love story takes place in the Bay Area, and settings include the Sutro Baths, the Marin Headlands and the Emeryville mudflats. Morbid 19-year-old Harold drives a Jaguar converted into a hearse, stages one suicide after another and frequents cemeteries. Ruth Gordon steals the show as the exuberant 79-year-old Maude who teaches him to appreciate life. Playfully grim, this is black comedy at its finest. Starring Bud Cort, Ruth Gordon and Vivian Pickles, and featuring the music of Cat Stevens. A special birthday treat will be given out at evening screenings on Monday as a thanks to all our patrons for years of support.(92m)

Get advance tickets here. (And pray we never have to post a similar item about the Roxie.)

[Image by Hannah]