Today’s Look: Cate, SF State
Tell us about your look: “It’s inspired by our Improv Nation club. Today is Crazy Character Day.”
Ariel Soto-Suver
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Today’s Look: Ali, SF State
Tell us about your look: “Crazy art school teacher”
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Today’s Look: Page, 24th and Noe
Tell us about your look: “This skirt used to be my dance pants.”
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Today’s Look: Domonique, 24th Street and Noe
Tell us about your look: “I like to wear clothes that are comfortable and reflects how I feel when I’m dressing in the morning.”
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Today’s Look: Leia, 24th Street and Noe
Tell us about your look: “I saw this outfit on a mannequin at Wet Seal and thought it was cute.”
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Today’s Look: Elyssia, 25th Street and Church
Tell us about your look: “I try to be comfortable and wear things that fit my body.”
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Today’s Look: Lydia, Dolores Park
Tell us about your look: (Breathlessly) “Practicing hooping in the park!”
Live Shots: Dance Mob Kick-Off for Bay Area National Dance Week, Union Square, 4/23/10
Don’t be alarmed if you happen to feel the floors shaking throughout the next week. It’s not an earthquake, it’s the Bay Area National Dance Week , an amazing event offering tons of free dance through May 2nd.
As a kick-off to celebrate a week of booty-shaking and funky foot moves, several hundred dancers gathered in Union Square this Friday to perform one dance in unison, which they incorporated into pieces that each group choreographed on their own:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50fUbBsG3ek
The variety of dance styles ranged from hip-hop and belly dancing, to square dancing and even a few free-flowin’ dancers who joined in from the audience. There were 19 groups involved in the dance mob, which included high school students from all over the Bay Area, and several dance companies. If you’re new to dance, but fascinated by flamenco, or a long time dancer who wants to brush up on her salsa turns, this is the week for you. And even if you don’t want to physically join in the fun, there are lots of performances to take a peek at. So, get those dancing shoes on and shake things up a bit!
Street Threads: Look of the Day
Today’s Look: Mary, 18th Street and Dolores
Tell us about your look: I got this sweater from the best Salvation Army ever, at 26th and Valencia, and I got this shirt from Big Lots.”
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Today’s Look: Bryanna, 20th Street and Valencia
Tell us about your look: “I like to wear classic clothes with a modern edge.”
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Today’s Look: Erika and Drew, 18th Street and Valencia
Tell us about your look: “Vintage.”
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Today’s Look: Amber and Tony Bear, Dolores Park
Tell us about your look: “I got this dress at a thrift store years ago.”
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Today’s Look: Sarah, 18th Street and Dolores
Tell us about your look: “Cheapie store buys”
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Today’s Look: Marissa and Brenna, Dolores Park
Tell us about your look: M:” It was all free!” B:”I got this dress from Idaho, which is where I’m from.”
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Today’s Look: Amara, 18th Street and Guerrero
Tell us about your look: “I like accessories most about outfits and I actually made the earrings and ring that I’m wearing. I mostly like vintage and thrifting for clothes, but handmade is where it’s at. My friend Chelsea Wang made this bag and I use it almost everyday!”
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Today’s Look: Brody, Dolores Park
Tell us about your look: “I found the feather in my hat while hiking on Mt. Tam.”
Live Shots: Spoon, Fox Theater, 04/13/2010
I’ll take one scoop of rock perfection, one scoop of edgy lyrics and a sprinkle of groovy drum beats. Oh, and I’m going to need a Spoon for that.
Spoon concerts are like entering an ice cream parlor of melodies and sampling a menagerie of musical flavors. The band performed at the Fox Theater on Tuesday evening, rocking out to an overly ecstatic, sold-out audience. They just came out with the new album Transference in January and are touring the US and the world to celebrate their new musical masterpiece. Spoon, which has been around since the early ’90s, is one of those bands whose music you hear in movies and TV shows and just always seem to be around. They create songs you want to dance to, sing along to and take with you as a soundtrack for your road trip. But Spoon will never be a vanilla band, I’d say they’re more mint chip with a swirl of caramel. Or maybe rocky road.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVsdpqJVrJg
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Today’s Look: Veronica, Polk and Jackson
Tell us about your look: “I got this dress in the Mission.”
The bee’s knees
In honor of the upcoming Earth Day — and Sarah Phelan’s indepth look at little buzzers in this week’s issue of the Guardian — we pay a visit to the San Francisco Beekepers Association.
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Today’s Look: Seungtaek, Sacramento and Polk
Tell us about your look: “My jacket, shirt, and pants are all from Korea.”
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Today’s Look: Kelly, Divisadero and California
Tell us about your look: “I like clothes that are accessible and that I can move and work in.”
CubaCaribe Dance Festival sweeps into the Bay
Ariel Soto takes an indepth look at the energetic and festive dancers and organizers behind Cuba Caribe, one of the Bay’s liveliest dance festivals, beginning Wed/15.
Uncovering visions with SFMAPP
Maybe we’re a little too old to go searching for chocolate eggs and ginormas white bunnies in grassy fields, but last weekend there was an alternative Easter scavenger hunt for grown-ups, thanks to SFMAPP, the San Francisco Mission Arts & Performance Project. This bi-monthly art event brings together artists, musicians and poets and scatters them among cafes, backyards, and galleries for a diverse evening of music and art in sometimes the most unexpected places.
With my buddy Clairebear, we headed out into the cold April night. First we stopped at Red Poppy Art House where we listened to Benn Bacot sing some classy jazz tunes, while we mused over our recently acquired treasure map. After consulting our map we both agreed that our next stop must be the Secret Garden. I mean how cool is that — we were off to a Secret Garden and, yes, we got lost on the way. It was that secret.
After a few wrong turns, we finally walked down a sweet smelling path to the garden and found a small crowd of people (or should we call them garden elves?) listening to Jonathan Stephen and his friend Josh play a lovely cover of a well-known mandolin piece by Chris Thile. The stage was perfectly centered under a canopy of trees draped in twinkling lights, which created a truly magical ambiance.
Back en-route, we headed to Area 2881, where we were greeted with a sign that read “Rotating Amusement Devices by Carl Pisaturo.” Sweet. What the heck does that mean? When we got inside the gallery, we encountered metallic sculptures whirling and twirling at varying velocities that were incredibly entertaining to look at. With added spacey music and pink and purple light filling the room, it was a totally awesome experience.
Back to the mapp! Trotting along, we stopped at Galeria de la Raza for a movie overload in a piece called “Hollywoodpedia” by Mexican artist Artemio, that collaged together clips from thousands of popular films, based on themes like Love, Failure, and War. The project took years to make and millions of hours of movie-watching to complete, but was definitely worth the oh-so-clever final product.
By that time, Clairebear and I were hungry, but luckily there was a foodie stop on the mapp, so we headed to La Victoria Bakery for live music and snacks from “Sweet Corazon De La Mission” that included delightful edibles by local food cart vendors. We ended the evening at Precita Eyes, to gaze over the colorful mural-style art pieces filling their gallery. Clairebear and I both agreed, it was best scavenger hunt we’d even been on, despite the lack of chocolate bunnies.
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Today’s Look: Annie, Van Ness and Jackson
Tell us about your look: “I gotta catch my bus!”