Mission Mission

What better place to ring in 2013 than at one of the best new places to open in 2012? Plus, Sommer from Mission Bowling Club tells us this is the first time they’re able to stay open ’til 2am, so do take advantage of that! Bowl the night away!!!

Get tickets here!

Thanks to Saturday’s arctic downpour, the Mission saw far less Santacon participants than is typically the case, with only scattered packs wandering aimlessly around the neighborhood. Those that did make it out were easily separated from their groups, making them much easier to pick off one by one, thus culling the herd.

Grinchcon 2012 wins this round!

Here’s shuttle info:

INDIE MART SHUTTLE BUS: Ok yall, we’ve got a bus all set up. You can hop this little lovely Saturday and take $3- shuttle rides. We give ya a little goodie bag, a ride there and best part…no designated driver needed, we got ‘chou! SO you can savor all the $3- Speakeasy Beers you can.

Stops:

Workshop- 1798 McAllister at Baker Street/ 11, 12:30, 2, 3:30
Divisadero & Oak- Outside of Vinyl Wine Bar/ 11:05, 12:35, 2:05, 3:35
Haight & Fillmore- Corner in front of old Walgreens/ 11:12, 12:43, 2:12, 3:43
Valencia by 15th- Center median in front of Four Barell/ 11:20, 12:50, 2:20, 3:50
Valencia & 21st- Ritual Coffee Roasters/ 11:30, 1, 2:30, 4
Valencia & 25th- In front of the Salvation Army 11:35, 1:05, 2:35, 4:05
Speakeasy 11:45, 1:25, 2:45, 4:25

The shuttles will leave Speakeasy by announcement around 12:10, 1:45, 3, and the last shuttle will leave at 5pm. Youll be able to get cabs, the bus, uber or lyft rides as well via your celly!

RSVP and invite your friends!

RSVP and invite your friends!

Check out these two things going on this Friday night:

First, our friends over at Muni Diaries are throwing a party for the opening of In Transit, a photo show celebrating 100 years since the first Muni car picked up its passengers, probably half an hour late.

The opening reception this Friday will also feature our new “Rename Your Muni Line” game where you can bestow a new nickname for your line (6-Parnasty, anybody?) on a humongous map, pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey style (no blindfolds, unless you’re so inclined).

Participating Photographers include Jeremy Brooks, Roi Brooks, Reynaldo Ruetas Cayetano Jr., Claudine Co, Mike Dillon,Brandon Duran, Adolfo Echeverry, Dave Glass (Dizzy Atmosphere), Daniel Hoherd, Troy Holden, Bob Horowitz, Bhautik Joshi, David Lytle, Calvina Nguyen, Julie Michelle Sparenberg, Moncrief Speaks, Doctor Popular, Sergio Ruiz, Hep Svadja, Jeremy Whiteman, Jon Wollenhaupt and yours truly (me).

You can also bring your own Muni photo to be included on the wall of commuter contributions and win a novelty slide viewer door prize.

In Transit: San Francisco’s Daily Commute in Words and Pictures
Friday, Nov. 30, 6:30 – 9 p.m.
Harvey Milk Photo Center
50 Scott Street (Duboce Park)

Then you can swing on over to the Mission Local party at 780 Cafe. It’s their 4th birthday and they’re raising funds to be able to continue reporting and exploring the life and times of our great neighborhood. Food, drinks, raffle and music by Diana Gameros, who I’ve seen a few times at Roosevelt Tamale Parlor and really enjoyed.

Mission Local’s 4th Birthday
Friday, Nov. 30, 8 p.m.
780 Cafe, 780 Valencia Street

Advance tickets here.

Camping! In the Mission! And watching a movie and eating awesome food by RPS! Here’s the deal:

food + movie + pop-up campsite

When: Saturday, November 17 / 4pm-9pm
Where: Mission Dispatch / 1975 Bryant St, San Francisco, CA / Between 18th and Mariposa
- Dinner from 4-7pm, Movie begins at 6:30pm
- Free admission, food + snacks + beer for sale
- Rain or shine!

In the case of rain, we’ll bring the party inside THE NWBLK, a warehouse located on the same space.We’re combining our love for food, movies, and the outdoors on Saturday, November 17th for The Camp-In, a pop-up dinner and movie night we’re throwing with our Mission neighbors Alite Designs and Mission Dispatch.

For dinner, we’ll be selling fried and savory dishes from 4-7pm, and will open up our concession stand from 6:30-9pm for Wet Hot American Summer.

Alite Designs will bring their famous tents and chairs to the yard, but you should also BYO camping gear to get cozy during the movie (we are outdoors, after all)!

Bust out your camping chairs, headlamps, tents, and little red stools if you got them!

Check out the full menu here, and then RSVP and invite your friends!

Here are some pictures of what to expect:

Check it out, a successful business on Valencia Street that isn’t a brand-new high-end restaurant!

Here’s some more info on the big party:

Independent designer/retailer Dema is celebrating her 15th anniversary in the Mission District.

Saturday Nov 17th 6-10.

We’ll have champagne, cupcakes from Mission Mini’s and entertainment by local crooners Carletta Sue Kay, Justin Frahm and Mark Eitzel.

The entire store will be 20% off Saturday and Sunday as a thank you to our faithful fans!

Daniel Clowes is into it, so it must be good. More info on Hang Glider & Mud Mask here.

Stephen Elliott is raising money via Kickstarter to make a feature length film of his novel, Happy Baby. Tonight he launches the campaign at 6pm at The Makeout Room (3225 22nd Street) with all kinds of rad entertainment:

Music by Jill Sobule

Comedy by Caitlin Gill

Yo Yo mastery by Doc Pop

Readings by Bucky Sinister and Lorelei Lee

A brief talk by Josh Bearman about how his Wired magazine article became the movie Argo

And a screening of Mr. Gracie, a five minute movie based on Happy Baby

Hosted by Stephen Elliott

Happy Baby is based on the novel of the same name by Stephen Elliott, edited by Dave Eggers and originally published by McSweeney’s.

To purchase advance tickets just make a $20, or more, donation to the Happy Baby Kickstarter campaign.

 

Something new in our sidebar this morning! We’re keeping an ongoing calendar of fun and important events in SF, with a little help from our pals at Do415 and their comprehensive database of everything going down in this town. Here’s how it looks:

For years, people have been asking, “Why don’t you guys have an event calendar??” Well now we do.

If we miss anything important, let us know. Or if you’re a putting on an event and you’d like it to be featured, input it into the Do415 database and send us the link.