Compiled by the El Reportero’s staff
Excelsior Action Group and Sunday Streets bring the vision to Persia Triangle on October 20
San Francisco – Excelsior residents have dreamed of creating a permanent town square and public mini park at the Persia Triangle, a site formed by the intersection of Mission Street, Ocean and Persia Avenues in the heart of the neighborhood, for years. As local efforts ramp up to make the community space a reality, the Excelsior Action Group (EAG) and Sunday Streets are transforming the space – currently an auto repair shop – into a pop-up park at Sunday Streets Excelsior.
“It is important for our neighborhood to have a dedicated public space and Persia Triangle has been on our hearts and minds for a long time,” said Supervisor Ahsha Safai. “I am fully committed to working with the community and various City agencies to make the acquisition of Persia Triangle a reality.”
To take place on Oct. 20 from 11a.m.-4 p.m..
Eristavi Winery showcasing the best of the Bay Area’s Latin jazz scene
An intimate local music experience, featuring the multi-percussionist Silvestre Martinez and his Quartet from Oaxaca, Mex.
Silverter grew up in a large family of musicians, who played chilena, merequetengue and charanga music (Afro-Mexican music from the coast). His music stays true to his Afro-Mexican roots, while also pushing forward by fusing modern jazz language with traditional Mexican music and inventive and explosive percussive grooves.
The music you will experience, rooted in Africa, Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Mexico and more, will showcase local Bay Area artists active in the Latin jazz scene locally and internationally. This experience is not just musical, but cultural in nature. We encourage you to interact with the artists during intermission and after the performance to learn more about where their music comes from and what it means to them!
On Thursday Oct. 24 at 6:30 p.m. – 9 p.m., at Eristavi Winery, 1300 Potrero Ave, San Francisco.
‘Making Movies’ and ‘Rakas’ groups on ‘Panameri’kana Tour’ on the West Coast of the USA
Two bilingual groups with Panamanian roots will arrive on the west coast in November: the ‘combat’ rockers of Making Movies and the Grammy-nominated hip-hop duo Los Rakas will perform in cities in Arizona, California, to the state of Washington as part of the Panameri’kana Tour.
The Rakas propose a fresh combination of hip-hop, full, reggae and dancehall that has influences from both the bay of California and the Panamanian neighborhood and represent the vanguard of the “Pan American Flow.”
Making Movies is known because it brings influences from North and South America that challenge the categories, mixing the Latin roots of jazz, blues and rock’n’roll with a rumba percussion, psychedelic organs and distorted guitars; redefining the ‘Latin’ genre because they say “rock’n’roll is Latin music.”
They will be performing in San Francisco on Nov. 8 at the Neck of the Woods, 406 Clement St. SF.
