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The San Francisco Mime Troupe is a theatre of political satire which performs free shows in various parks in the San Francisco Bay Area and around California, founded in 1959. Despite its name, the group does not perform silent mime, but each year creates an original musical comedy that combines aspects of commedia dell'arte, melodrama, and ...
Nathan Oliveira (1928–2010), painter, lived in San Francisco for many years, part of the Bay Area Figurative Movement [94] Frederick E. Olmsted (1911–1990), painter, born and raised in San Francisco, former student of Ralph Stackpole and he has a mural is at CCSF. [95] Jules Eugene Pages (1867–1946), painter [96]
The Castro Theatre is a historic movie palace in the Castro District of San Francisco, California. The venue became San Francisco Historic Landmark #100 in September 1976. [ 2] Located at 429 Castro Street, it was built in 1922 with a California Churrigueresque façade that pays homage—in its great arched central window surmounted by a ...
Center for Sex & Culture, 1349 Mission Street; hosted live theater and other events in South of Market [40] The Dark Room Theatre (2008–2015), 2263 Mission Street [41] El Capitan Theatre and Hotel, 2353 Mission Street; Mission District [42] EXIT Theatre, 156 Eddy Street [43] Grand Opera House (San Francisco)
The Compton's Cafeteria riot occurred in August 1966 in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco. The riot was a response to the violent and constant police harassment of trans people, particularly trans women, and drag queens. The incident was one of the first LGBT -related riots in United States history, preceding the more famous 1969 ...
The neighborhood known as the Castro, in the district of Eureka Valley, was created in 1887 when the Market Street Railway Company built a line linking Eureka Valley to downtown. Castro Street pedestrian crossing with rainbow flag color. Corner of 20th and Castro Streets.
The Mission District is located in east-central San Francisco. It is bordered to the east by U.S. Route 101, which forms the boundary between the eastern portion of the district, known as "Inner Mission", and its eastern neighbor, Potrero Hill. Sanchez Street separates the neighborhood from Eureka Valley (containing the sub-district known as ...
El Capitan Theatre and Hotel, or The Cap, is a historic 1928 building containing a hotel, shops, and a former luxury vaudeville and movie theater in the Mission District of San Francisco, California. [2] [3] It has been listed by the city as a San Francisco Designated Landmark (no. 214), since March 3, 1996.