29 April 2008
Poems Under the Dome
by Amber Bouman
Is tomorrow! quit your job and join us at City Hall! Freak out City Employees! Read Poetry!
11 April 2008
Thanks for a great night!
by J. Brandon Loberg
Just wanted to thank everyone who came out last night and participated. We had a great turnout, and there were some awesome performances. The collaborative efforts, especially, were a great step in the right direction. Variety really makes a difference, and the more diverse the performances, the more fun each night is. If you are interested in collaborating with someone, go ahead and ask. Most of us are open to musical accompaniment, or an impromptu jam. For my part, i'd be more than happy to have someone just randomly begin playing something while i'm reading. Anyway...something to think about.

Also, i hope everyone who wanted a copy of Review No. VI, Sodden...No More, got one. We will have more issues, including back issues of all 6 books available on May 		15th, our 5th Anniversary, in case you didn't.

Also, as a reminder, we're shooting to begin at 9:00pm, starting this coming Thursday, so that everyone who wants to perform is able to do so. We feel bad when midnight comes around, and people are still waiting to do something...

Thanks again, everybody, and we'll see you next week. Bring a friend...or several.
7 April 2008
Living Poets film
by Amber Bouman
I can't for the life of me remember when this was shot—2005 is probably a fair guess. Anyhow, here's a link to Erica Filanc's documentary about 16th & Mission: Living Poets

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Also, here are links to articles on 16th & Mission from SF Weekly and SF Bay Guardian, including a link to our Best Place to Pick Up a Poet award from 2006!
6 April 2008
More Photos! And Other Stuff!
by Amber Bouman
We also have a Picasa site with photos scattered over the past two years—including prom, Halloween and our third year anniversary! I'll see what I can do about posting some of the 4 year anniversary video up soon! I'll also try to have the press release for the 5 year anniversary up here soon, so if you want to steal it and forward it, please do! In the meantime, if you want to hear audio, there's always myspace.
5 April 2008
Photos
by J. Brandon Loberg
J. Evert Winburn of SF Word Art Salon has some superb photos from 16th & Mission, Guinevere Q's open mic at Brainwash, Poetry Mission at Dalva, and more. Check it out »
4 April 2008
New Website!
by J. Brandon Loberg
It's been 5 years (as of May 15th) since a handful of people, having lost their more traditional venue, made the decision to take their voices to the street...and 16th & Mission became our favourite corner.

When i first stumbled (no joke—i think i nearly knocked over Joe Lewis' bass...) onto this charming ragtag of artists and performers one warm Mission evening, i remember thinking to myself, "This is what i moved to San Francisco for..." The raw, beautiful simplicity of this event is what continues to make it attractive 5 years hence. It's a momentous shift from the open-mic scene in coffeehouses, bars, and libraries; that quasi-formality that unfortunately turns many people away, despite their having something to say. Here there's no mic, no sign-up. Just the street, and the 		people gathered here...and, forgive my audacity, but that's something damn special.

While many things about 16th & Mission remain the same, as well they ought to, a lot of people are putting in a lot of work for the sake of advancing both this space itself, and the performing arts in all their various incarnations. We're gearing up for the third annual Poems Under the Dome, an open-mic celebration of National Poetry Month at City Hall. Next week, we're releasing Sodden...No More, volume No. VI of our monthly publication, The 16th & Mission Review. And those are just a few of the things on our plate.

But i'll quit waxing rhapsodic. The purpose of this website is to serve as a guide to what's happening both specifically at 16th & Mission, and in the arts community that 		has sprung up around it. The idea is to let everyone know when events are taking place (hence the calendar to the right), and give people involved the ability to write about everything from a particularly moving performance you saw, advice for other performers, and to comment on what's happening in general. In addition, we're hoping to have audio and video soon.

If you'd like to contribute to 16thmission.com, or you have an event you'd like to plug, go ahead and email me about setting up an account. Accounts currently aren't available automatically (as we're trying to get living, breathing...and hopefully performing people involved with this).

Thanks for visiting, and most importantly, we hope to see you at 16th & Mission one Thursday night...
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