Mid Riff is our latest microhood party. It's happening Thursday, February 9th from 6 to 8 p.m. and will focus on Market Street between 6th and 7th. The area is home to impressive art spaces, one of the most beloved music venues on the West Coast, and great restaurants, bars, and shops. Co-presented by The Luggage Store, Hospitality House Community Arts Program, Camerawork, and the San...
[read more] Mid Riff is our latest microhood party. It's happening Thursday, February 9th from 6 to 8 p.m. and will focus on Market Street between 6th and 7th. The area is home to impressive art spaces, one of the most beloved music venues on the West Coast, and great restaurants, bars, and shops. Co-presented by The Luggage Store, Hospitality House Community Arts Program, Camerawork, and the San Francisco Arts Commission, Mid Riff is an evening of discounted eats, complimentary libations, special deals, art openings, and live performances.
We hope you'll come out to for our first microhood of the new year and enjoy special elements courtesy of Satellite 66 Gallery, Show Dogs, Small Potatoes Catering, Huckleberry Bicycles and other great Mid Riff merchants. In addition, the IIDA and the San Francisco Arts Commission will reveal The Windows that night, "a collection of over-the-top, creative, retail window displays" created by local designers. You'll be able to see the displays along Market Street starting at 5:30 p.m.
Blick Art Materials will be offering 20% off all regularly priced merchandise and the chance to win great items from their prize wheel!
Stop by for a beer at Huckleberry Bicycles and peruse their excellent hand-picked selection of bikes, apparel, and accessories for all types of cyclists. Huckleberry will be raffling a cycling jersey and other great accessories during Mid Riff. Get a chance to win just by coming through the doors and another raffle ticket when you make a purchase.
Visit SF Camerawork's new location, 1011 Market Street and explore their show, Allan deSouza's The World Series. DeSouza's photos invokes history to track contemporary pathways through the signage of metaphorical, transcultural, political, and psychogeographic encounters. The World Series was inspired by Jacob Lawrence’s iconic The Migration Series (1941), which portrays the 20th-century migration of African Americans from the Deep South to Northern cities.
Show Dogs will be offering a special discounted "microhood combo" - any of one of their housemade sausage sandwiches, a side order of fries, and an 8 oz draft beer for only $10.
Satellite66 Gallery will be offering complimentary libations and an early preview of their latest show, the 200 Yards Photo Project. 200 Yards is a photography experiment, wherein the participants explore and capture the 200-yard radius directly surrounding the exhibition venue. The exhibition thus becomes a portrait of the neighborhood. This is an especially poignant iteration of the project, as the 200 Yards surrounding Satellite66 is part of a larger effort by many in the city of San Francisco to revive the Central Market and 6th Street corridors through art. 6th Street between Mission and Market has a long-standing reputation as a troubled block, and as various new businesses and arts organizations move in, its future is looking brighter.
Archetype Boutique is the working studio and shop of designer Jarred Garza of Ric Rac Clothing, offering local, handmade clothing, jewelry and accessories. Archetype will be showcasing new handmade jewelry by local designer Venus Superstar. Join them for music, mimosa's and sales from 10 to 50% off selected merchandise.
Starting at 5 pm, Hospitality House Community Arts Program will be hosting the opening reception for Selections: Works from Hospitality House’s Permanent Collection, featuring works created by Tenderloin community artists utilizing the free-of-charge fine arts studio and gallery (temporarily housed at the Luggage Store Gallery). This special retrospective spans more than 43 years, featuring works by notable artists throughout the history of the program.
During Mid Riff, the sidewalk in front of The Luggage Store, Hospitality House and Camerawork will also be transformed into an impromptu stage for a special music performance from Jordan B. Wilson, the street performer, songwriter, inventor, and multi-instrumentalist.
Club 6 will be hosting their free art event, So You Think You Can Paint. Enjoy cheap drinks and free food courtesy of Ike's Place, paint your masterpiece, check out works from other artists, and dig live music courtesy of local bands Capkins, NorthFolk, and Blackout Makeout.
Scoutmob San Francisco and Eventbrite are hosting the Mid Riff after-party at Monarch from 8 to 10 p.m. Enjoy drinks, acrobatics, mustaches, music and more.
At 8 pm, as our microhood party is ending, the Luggage Store is hosting their weekly New Music Night event - a wonderful avant-garde night featuring the electronics of Zachary Watkins and the drone sounds of the bajo sexto by Ernesto Diaz-Infante, celebrating the CD release of "Emilio" on Pax Recordings. Diaz-Infante creates musical compositions that span a broad perspective: transcendental piano, noise, avant-garde guitar, field recordings, lo-fi four-track manipulations, and experimental song. Zachary Watkins received an MFA in Electronic Music and Recording Media from Mills College where he studied with Chris Brown, Fred Frith, Alvin Curran and Pauline Oliveros. Watkins has presented works in numerous festivals across the United States and in Berlin Germany.
THE EVENT IS FREE but PLEASE RSVP so we can get a count of how many are coming. Supplies are limited but the fun is not.
All ages are welcome, but most activities are 21+.
Sponsored by Zipcar and Scoutmob
