Shaping San Francisco's 25th B-Day Bash!

OC is overjoyed to host the 25th Birthday celebration of our stalwart Mission District cohort Shaping SF! We’ve been privileged to witness the birth and continued growth of this enlightened Psycho-Geographic org, and tonight were collaborating on a program that is in fact ON our shared neighborhood! Amidst the cake, snacks ad drinks, the much-beloved Vero Majano steps forward with a slate of of films and videos that serve as compelling testimonies to the wrenching changes in the hood over the past half century, starting with Ray Balberan’s little-seen Blame It on the Reds. PLUS Vero’s own I Reminisce, Al Hernandez' That Mission Rising, a chapter from the film based on Michelle Tea's Valencia, Larrylandia by Karim Scarlata, ¡Viva 16! by Tina Valentin Aguirre and Augie Robles, and A Young Girl’s Poem. We round out the evening with Sabrina Alonso’s Mischief at 16th and Florida, which summons up a resonant corner in our collective memory. Chris Carlsson and LisaRuth Elliott are also on the house to reflect on a quarter-century of their indispensable research, writings, and guided tours. $10