Mission Mission

Night Fog Reader (written by Kitsch Gallery insiders) has the scoop:

Kitsch Gallery (at 17th and Capp Street) will shut down at the end of May. The skinny is that the owner won’t renew the collective’s lease. Negotiations were held regarding the timing of the lease, but an agreeable situation was out of the question. We are all saddened by this outcome, but the good news is that Kitsch will not quietly disappear. The month of May will be very special. Planned are four final events to share with our friends and community.

Well, that’s somewhat heartening I suppose, but where are we all gonna hang out come the end of May? Read on.

This week master-class Karaoke MC DJ Purple lit up the stage at the Make-Out Room with a pulse-pounding rendition of ‘Careless Whisper’ that could have sent Sexy Sax Man packing. He’ll be kicking off another edition of Ultimate Karaoke Dance Party tonight at 10pm at Jack’s Club, so if you’ve been perfecting your George Michael croon head on down and he’ll kick it up to 11.

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[via Bay Area Artists for Japan]

Does anybody in this neighborhood even remember Matt Gonzalez anymore? He was all we talked about for one three-month period most of a decade ago.

In any case, he’s a lawyer and political figure and stuff, but he also makes collages with found scraps. We saw some of it a couple years back. Good stuff!

Tonight at 6:30 is the opening of a new show at a.Muse called Scissors vs. Brush: Collage by Matt Gonzalez/Paintings by Tom Schultz. Full press release after the jump:

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In honor of today being dubbed “Super Duper Day” by Mayor Ed Lee, Super Duper Burgers is giving away FREE BURGERS from 2-3pm at their spot on 16th and Market.

Eater SF has more details here.

GO. RUN. QUICKLY. EAT.

[Photo by Lydia Chow]

And Cranky Old Mission Guy is seriously thinking about calling the cops.

What gives?

I was hoping for a bacon sarnie.

[via Humphry Slocombe on Twitter]

If only their coach was as comfortable with his sexuality as their fans.

[Photo by Ann, recently transplanted to SF from Atlanta]

UPDATE: I’ve been duped. Apparently this was a meme last year. Great pic in any case.

Our buddy Zoë Banks just got back from Africa. This was apparently one of the highlights of her trip.

“DON’T DRINK AND WALK ON THE ROAD, YOU MAY BE KILLED.” It’s poetry. (I mean it must be, since it’s a comma splice, right?)

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If you’ve never experienced the magic that is Hard French, the wildly irreverent courtyard party thrown at El Rio on Saturdays, then you clearly aren’t doing this whole “livin’ in the Mission” thing right.  Luckily, this Saturday is your big chance to ameliorate that transgression, as Hard French is teaming up with Stay Gold and Mango to throw the most hella gay dance party afternoon of the year (so far) from 3-8pm.  Not only will there be rad jams and most likely a glitter kiddie pool, but your admission ($7-500 sliding scale) will help save the Dyke March which is in danger of being cancelled this year (and possibly forever) due to serious financial difficulties.  Check out all the deets here.

You’ve been warned, so don’t screw it up this time.

[Photo by Primo]