Mission Mission

If you’re not reading Hidden Host yet, get on it.

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Just a reminder, today’s the last day to cash in on the Art Explosion Open Studios party. Moreover, if you mention Mission Mission, Telephone and Soup on the spot will make you a Shitty Kitty akin to the one pictured above.

744 Alabama, 3rd floor #326.

Previously:

Get Some Art Straight From the Source

Meli over at Bikes and the City has this and a bunch more pictures from Wednesday night’s Cougar Run up right here:

Cougarettes, tiggers and bikes oh my

We sent our good buddy Pauline Anderson to see the Traveling Jewish Theatre production of Woody Allen’s The Floating Light Bulb the other night. Here’s what she had to say:

When you see that this play is written by Woody Allen, certain expectations for bizarre situational comedy take form. The family drama takes place in a working class Jewish household in Brooklyn. The usual suspects of dysfunction make an appearance: the father who never amounted to much is about to leave for his mistress; the mother drinks too much and nags her family forward on expectations and hope; the socially maladjusted teenage son just dropped out of school; his younger wise-cracking brother fills in for Shakespeare’s fool. Besides the big name of the playwright, come see this play for two reasons. First, Ben Freeman’s performance as Paul, the stuttering, shy yet magically talented son, includes an onstage nervous breakdown that is absolutely breathtaking. Secondly Paul’s long suffering mother Enid, played by Ellen Ratner, may drink but she has a fighting spirit something fierce and she absolutely shines throughout the show.

The production continues through May 24.

Thanks, Pauls!

From the Mayor’s Office of Communications:

The planned route for the Mission District events on June 7 and July 19
will travel from Garfield Park to Dolores Park via Harrison, 24th Street,
Valencia Street and 19th Street.

Cool! Thanks, Eve!

Full release after the jump:

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Prank or not?

In any case, I don’t mind saying, you guys could stop reading this blog altogether and just start following Kevin Monty on Twitter and you’d probably be okay. Link.

I know everybody’s totally over bacon, but I’m not. Bacon news:

Breaking news: House-made bacon finally ready! And OMG it’s so good. In the pre-pack case, top right shelf.

Link.

Previously:

Put Some Bacon On It

Bacon Dumpster

Violet Blue at the SF Appeal today outlines how a recent piece by Matt Smith at SF Weekly is unbalanced and irresponsible, and responsible for a loss of funding at neighborhood business Kink.com.

Blue, in addition to asserting that the Weekly might should be lumped in with mainstream media, offers testimony from parties in the kink community offended by Smith’s slant:

Lorelei Lee responded to Smith’s accusations saying, “Mr. Smith’s repeated use of the terms ‘torture’ and ‘impalement’ to describe BDSM and dildo play demonstrates a total lack of understanding for the respectful, consensual, pre-negotiated, intimate, and often-joyful interaction that is BDSM.”

SF Weekly’s Matt Smith Screws Kink.com: Unfair, Unbalanced, Malfeasant Journalism

Previously:

Kink at the Knockout (NSFW)

In celebration of Arbor Day, Claire Nereim’s California Flowering Trees forever calendar is on sale in her Etsy shop for 20% off.

Also, Claire has a blog now.

Previously:

We Love Claire Nereim’s Forever Calendars

Well if this isn’t just the best pitch ever. Telephone and Soup sent us the above doodle along with the following details:

There’s more than a hundred of us [at Art Explosion Studios] which means lots and lots of art. And lots and lots of free wine at the opening reception. It’s an all weekend thing where folks can come and go, take a peak at all the artists’ work spaces and get some art straight from the source.

Friday, April 24th opening reception 7-11 pm
Saturday, April 25th 12-5 pm
Sunday, April 26th 12-5 pm

We’re at 744 Alabama, between 19th and 20th street, on the third floor. Telephone and Soup are at studio #326.

This is going to be good. Telephone and Soup spent some time in Mali where they learned how to stencil like pros. And now they’re putting the skill to use on a bunch of old disembodied window panes and frames.

And even if you don’t like that stuff, again there are a million other artists to visit as well, and lots of wine. And if that doesn’t do it, come for the panoramic views of the Mission from the building’s big, broad windows high above Harrison Street. (With Medjool shuttering and everything, this is sure to become the next neighborhood hotspot.)