4 August 2008
We're Featured on MissionMission!
by Amber Bouman
We just got a great mention on MissionMission! Check out picture's of M.G. Martin on their blog!
23 July 2008
Interviews & Performances on "Gender Neutral Kings of SF"
by J. Brandon Loberg
Was poking around online, and stumbled upon some recordings, featuring our own Charlie Getter and Rachel from The Loin's Mouth on Pirate Cat Radio's "Gender Neutral Kings of SF." Listen »
20 July 2008
Bay Voices article
by J. Brandon Loberg
A great article by our friend, Theresa Seiger, about 16th & Mission premiers in Bay Voices, an ethnic community magazine published online by the SF State Journalism Dept. Thanks Theresa!
16 July 2008
Radio Check Check
by Amber Bouman
Listen to our very own Charlie Getter every Friday from 4pm to 6pm on PirateCat Radio! Bringing you poetry and charm at 87.9fm or piratecatradio.com Listen to Charlie dammit!
12 July 2008
Thank Yous
by Amber Bouman
Last night was, by far, the most fun I have had in a long time. I just wanted to give a quick shout out to Joe Lewis, who let us take over BlueSix for the evening.Thanks again Joe! I also want to say congrats to all the performers - we all managed to pull it off and have fun squashed together in the back room smoking and laughing and drinking all of M.G. Martin's Jim Beam and peeking from behind the curtain. I have video of the performance, and I'm sure you'll all get to see it soon! Also - thank so much to everyone who attended and donated. Not only was it great to perform seeing so many friendly faces in the crowd , but we're also halfway to our goal of getting the dammed printer fixed! It looks like there will be another show in early August - we'll keep you posted as we get closer. Until then, you know where to find us. Thanks again all.
2 July 2008
9 Days Until
by Amber Bouman
Our show at BlueSix!


This is your rare chance to see some of your favorite performers from 16th & Mission perform brand new never before heard pieces!
And it's inside!

Clear your calendar for Friday night, July 11th!

We'll be at BlueSix -24th and Treat

Show starts at 8pm

This is a benefit for your favorite lit zine and mine, the 16th & Mission Review.

Come and join us! Bring your friends! Bring your mom! Support our poetry habit! Bring us cupcakes!
22 June 2008
Hot Damn!
by Amber Bouman
Prom Photos are up! Lookie!
18 June 2008
Prom's A-Comin'
by Charlie Getter
It's tomorrow the 19th of June... most people don't realize that when we were best of the bay two years ago, we weren't in the performance or literary sections, no, we were best in the Sex and Romance section as "Best place to Pick up a Poet." We realized... we should clean up some.
So that was the Genesis of Prom, which is now in its third iteration.
Ya know... we clean up real good! We'll have balloons and streamers and I was told by Miguel yesterday that we'll have a spot for taking prom pictures. We have a prom song and a prom dance with our Prom King and Queen, who are usually determined by acclamation 		at some point in the night.
(hint: if you have the "prommiest looking dress" you might win like Rena, last year's queen, the first year Chad X won cuz he had a top hat)
So pretty up! and we'll see you out there, anyone who wants to help, hey come by on time at nine and we could use your streamer hanging ability!
8 June 2008
Friends
by Amber Bouman
Check out   BAClog—the little Bushwick-based zine that could—produced by our dearly-departed-to-the-east-coast Mark Gurarie who used to hold down our very own street corner. I pestered him until he gave me four back issues and each one is like a prize in the bottom of your cereal—my favorite being the Letters issue which is actually unbound like a sheaf of letters and comes packaged in a spraypainted envelope. You can find submission info and a sample at their website.
7 June 2008
WikiTravel
by Amber Bouman
Hey, we're mentioned on Wikipedia's Travel site, on the Mission/Bernal Heights page. We're posted under "Do"
Check it:
http://wikitravel.org/en/San_Francisco/Mission-Bernal_Heights#Do
5 June 2008
Books Out Tonight!
by Amber Bouman
Tonight (in addition to our usual words, wit, brown-bagged beers and debauchery) is the release of the 7th 16th & Mission Review - title TK. I'm told by our fearless publisher, Mr. BLo, that we're just waiting to paste the covers to the content and then, wa-la! Books. I'm also told that our resident artist, Mr. Moustache himself Chad X, has outdone himself on drawing the cover. If you're in the book, come out and grab one and read your piece! If you're not in the book, come out and grab a book! (As always, they're free the first night and $$$ after that). I also still have buttons to pass out. Yay buttons, way to go buttons! I'd better see you there. Yeah, you. I'm talking to you. You better freakin' be there...
2 June 2008
TURNING 5 PHOTOS
by Jonathan Siegel
Pictures from the 5th Anniversary:
16th & Mission - Turning 5
31 May 2008
Submission Due by Tomorrow!
by Amber Bouman
If you're planning on submitting for the seventh 16th & Mission review, get 'em in quickly! They're due to the email link on this page by tomorrow, which means I got work to do and so do you. Jonathan was nice enough to link us to the pictures that he took at the 5th anniversary: photos thanks jonathan!
26 May 2008
Photos from the 5th Anniversary are up!
by Amber Bouman
Here: and Here:
21 May 2008
The Next Review...
by Charlie Getter
Hope ya'll saw what they wrote about the "Review" in the SF Weekly ... they called it "unexpectantly great" and "some of the best bus reading we've come across in a long time: philosophical, unpretentious, observant and funny." That said... if you want in, it's time to turn in your unexpectantly great work... we're about halfway there and I'd say we're only a third philosophical, three-quarters unpretentious, somewhat funny and no where near observant enough to keep anyone from squirming on the bus so, for our next issue... tap us on the email or hand us your stuff over this Thursday, then we all can be as charming as some people think we are!!!
16 May 2008
Oh. My. God.
by Amber Bouman
Last night was incredible. I want to tip my hat to the folks who set up and helped make it happen - Miguel, Charlie, Chad X, Brandon, Carson, the Ferocious Few for playing plugged in, James, Potholder, Michael, Patrick and other people that i'm not remembering right now because i haven't had coffee yet. There were so many people there. I hope that some of them keep coming back, because well, they should. I couldn't believe that people were playing rock, paper, scissors to decide who would get to perform first. Anyhow, I'll get pictures up soon and anyone who wants to get us pictures or video - use the email link on this page. Thanks once again to everyone who performed, helped, spread the word, or kept us company.
14 May 2008
How you like us now?
by Amber Bouman
So, we're famous. For this week anyway. Check us out in this week's SF Weekly (pg.23) and Bay Guardian (pg.51)! We made The Onion, too!

Also, thanks to my good friend Danny, we're now Digg-able...so Digg the hell outta us...
13 May 2008
5th Anniversary is THIS THURSDAY!
by J. Brandon Loberg
It's hard to imagine it's been 5 years on the streetcorner.

For an 'open mic' event in San Francisco—or any performing arts event, for that matter—that's a long time. And, it's outdoors. From the CAI days to present, we've been here every Thursday, rain or shine, and we've no intention to quit anytime 		soon.

The last five years have seen a lot of changes. People moved on, and others joined in. Some moved on and then came back. Others stop by now and again to remind us we miss them.

Anyhow, if you've performed at 16th & Mission before, consider this a big mushy reunion where we all sound like old people saying "Remember when..." and we'd love to see you 		again. Or, if you haven't been out here before, and were waiting for an excuse to show up, let this Thursday, May 15th at 9pm be it. We want to make this one count, so you better show up!

We'll also have copies of all six volumes of The 16th & Mission Review available, in case you missed one...

Hope to see you there!
29 April 2008
Poems Under the Dome
by Amber Bouman
Is tomorrow! quit your job and join us at City Hall! Freak out City Employees! Read Poetry!
11 April 2008
Thanks for a great night!
by J. Brandon Loberg
Just wanted to thank everyone who came out last night and participated. We had a great turnout, and there were some awesome performances. The collaborative efforts, especially, were a great step in the right direction. Variety really makes a difference, and the more diverse the performances, the more fun each night is. If you are interested in collaborating with someone, go ahead and ask. Most of us are open to musical accompaniment, or an impromptu jam. For my part, i'd be more than happy to have someone just randomly begin playing something while i'm reading. Anyway...something to think about.

Also, i hope everyone who wanted a copy of Review No. VI, Sodden...No More, got one. We will have more issues, including back issues of all 6 books available on May 		15th, our 5th Anniversary, in case you didn't.

Also, as a reminder, we're shooting to begin at 9:00pm, starting this coming Thursday, so that everyone who wants to perform is able to do so. We feel bad when midnight comes around, and people are still waiting to do something...

Thanks again, everybody, and we'll see you next week. Bring a friend...or several.
7 April 2008
Living Poets film
by Amber Bouman
I can't for the life of me remember when this was shot—2005 is probably a fair guess. Anyhow, here's a link to Erica Filanc's documentary about 16th & Mission: Living Poets

View Movie »

Also, here are links to articles on 16th & Mission from SF Weekly and SF Bay Guardian, including a link to our Best Place to Pick Up a Poet award from 2006!
6 April 2008
More Photos! And Other Stuff!
by Amber Bouman
We also have a Picasa site with photos scattered over the past two years—including prom, Halloween and our third year anniversary! I'll see what I can do about posting some of the 4 year anniversary video up soon! I'll also try to have the press release for the 5 year anniversary up here soon, so if you want to steal it and forward it, please do! In the meantime, if you want to hear audio, there's always myspace.
5 April 2008
Photos
by J. Brandon Loberg
J. Evert Winburn of SF Word Art Salon has some superb photos from 16th & Mission, Guinevere Q's open mic at Brainwash, Poetry Mission at Dalva, and more. Check it out »
4 April 2008
New Website!
by J. Brandon Loberg
It's been 5 years (as of May 15th) since a handful of people, having lost their more traditional venue, made the decision to take their voices to the street...and 16th & Mission became our favourite corner.

When i first stumbled (no joke—i think i nearly knocked over Joe Lewis' bass...) onto this charming ragtag of artists and performers one warm Mission evening, i remember thinking to myself, "This is what i moved to San Francisco for..." The raw, beautiful simplicity of this event is what continues to make it attractive 5 years hence. It's a momentous shift from the open-mic scene in coffeehouses, bars, and libraries; that quasi-formality that unfortunately turns many people away, despite their having something to say. Here there's no mic, no sign-up. Just the street, and the 		people gathered here...and, forgive my audacity, but that's something damn special.

While many things about 16th & Mission remain the same, as well they ought to, a lot of people are putting in a lot of work for the sake of advancing both this space itself, and the performing arts in all their various incarnations. We're gearing up for the third annual Poems Under the Dome, an open-mic celebration of National Poetry Month at City Hall. Next week, we're releasing Sodden...No More, volume No. VI of our monthly publication, The 16th & Mission Review. And those are just a few of the things on our plate.

But i'll quit waxing rhapsodic. The purpose of this website is to serve as a guide to what's happening both specifically at 16th & Mission, and in the arts community that 		has sprung up around it. The idea is to let everyone know when events are taking place (hence the calendar to the right), and give people involved the ability to write about everything from a particularly moving performance you saw, advice for other performers, and to comment on what's happening in general. In addition, we're hoping to have audio and video soon.

If you'd like to contribute to 16thmission.com, or you have an event you'd like to plug, go ahead and email me about setting up an account. Accounts currently aren't available automatically (as we're trying to get living, breathing...and hopefully performing people involved with this).

Thanks for visiting, and most importantly, we hope to see you at 16th & Mission one Thursday night...
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