Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sights
1
Balmy Alley
STREET ART
Inspired by Diego Rivera's 1930s SF murals and outraged by US foreign policy in Central
America, 1970s Mission artists set out to transform the political landscape, one mural-
covered garage door at a time. Today, Balmy Alley murals span three decades, from an
early memorial for El Salvador activist Archbishop Óscar Romero to a homage to Frida
Kahlo and other trailblazing women modern artists. Nonprofit organization
Precita Eyes
(
415-285-2287;
www.precitaeyes.org
;
adult $15-20, child $5)
offers muralist-led walking tours; see the
website for tour dates, and book ahead .
(btwn 24th & 25th Sts;
10, 12, 27, 33, 48,
24th St Mission)
2
826 Valencia
CULTURAL SITE
Avast, ye scurvy scalawags! If ye be shipwrecked without yer eye patch or yer
McSweeney's literary anthology, lay down yer doubloons and claim yer booty at this here
nonprofit pirate store. Below decks, kids be writing tall tales for dark nights asea - and ye
can study making magazines and video games and suchlike, if that be yer dastardly inclina-
tion…arrr!
(
415-642-5905;
www.826valencia.org
;
826 Valencia St;
noon-6pm;
;
14, 33, 49,
16th St Mission,
J)
Local Life
Galería de la Raza
Art flows from Mission streets and across the Americas into
Galería de la Raza
(
OFFLINE MAP
,
E7;
415-826-8009;
www.galeriadelaraza.org
; 2857 24th St; donations welcome;
noon-6pm Tue-Sat;
;
10, 14, 33, 48, 49,
24th St Mission) , a nonprofit Latino art showcase since 1970.
