June 4th STOOP: Mission Stoop Fest

Mission Stoop Fest – “A neighborhood festival initiative to transform resident stoops into sites of oral history and performance”

Yes, we changed the name! Formally called PORCH, we discovered there was another Porchfest happening in the Mission, so as to avoid confusion, we are now Mission Stoop Fest (or STOOP for short).

STOOP is a civil society arts experiment that transpires on the front stoops of local residences where traditional and contemporary artists perform and where local residents share stories and histories. The front stoop represents a literal threshold between the public and private spheres and is a historic site of spontaneous community interaction and exchange. Before arriving to urban centers, it was traditionally the porches of smaller communities where neighbor interaction took place. Moving from the rural to the urban, the porch was transformed into the stoop. This unique public-private space has become increasingly significant and symbolic in our neighborhoods that are undergoing the rapid processes of gentrification, such that results in a breakdown of social fabric and the loss of communal/neighborhood memory. STOOP represents our heart-set invitation into a space of encounter – where past meets present, where the public meets the private, and where different communities intersect to discover the threads that link us together.

To initiate this project, the Red Poppy Art House, with support from the California Arts Council, is playing the role of catalyst, to help organize five sites to launch STOOP this June. Our goal is for STOOP to occur during the day on the same bi-monthly dates as a sister-project, the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP). Similar to the MAPP festival, STOOP will provide a program and a map of multiple neighborhood stoops where performance and storytelling will unfold simultaneously. We hope that this initiative will inspire more residents to take part and choose to make their stoop a site for cultural and community exchange in months to come.

*Join us at 6PM for a Mission Stoop Fest after party with Afro-Cuban rumba by Los Rumberos de Cali. Stick around for more performances throughout the evening for the Mission Arts & Performance Project!

LOCATIONS

STOOP 1: Pigeon Palace – 2840-2848 Folsom @ 24th/25th St
Curators: Adriana Camarena, Keith Hennessy, Chris Carlsson
STOOP 2: Red Poppy Art House – 2698 Folsom @ 23rd St (*Program pick-up)
Curators: Susana Aragon, Indira Urrutia
STOOP 3: Casa de los Sentidos – 2649 Folsom @ 23rd St
Curators: La Bohemia/Carlos Disdier, Manuel Trujillo
STOOP 4: Fingersnaps Street Salon – 2416 Folsom Street @ 20th
Curators: Lamont Bransford-Young & Co
STOOP 5: The Moving Stoop
Performance procession by Mission youth dance ensemble Moving Beyond Productions
6PM STOOP AFTER PARTY: Red Poppy Art House – 2698 Folsom @ 23rd St
Mission Stoop Fest After Party with Afro-Cuban rumba by Los Rumberos de Cali

PROGRAMS

STOOP # 1: “The Pigeon Palace Post-Up!”
2840-2848 Folsom St between 24th & 25th
Curators: Keith Hennessey, Chris Carlsson, and Adriana Camarena
Printmaking by The Poster Syndicate (Jos Sances and others)
Breadmaking by Lisa Ruth Elliot
Merchandising by Carlos Palencia “Posted”

2:00PM: Social Gathering at the Stoop
2:20PM: The Welcome
2:30PM: Chris Carlsson – 150 years ago on Folsom Street (History-telling)
2:35PM: Ivy McClelland & Morgan (Acoustic Songs)
2:45PM: Oscar Salinas- Varrio Precita Park (Neighborhood Story)
3:00PM: Keith Hennessy (Spoken Word)
3:10PM: Yayne Abeba (Comedy)
3:20PM: Chris Carlsson (History-telling)
3:30PM: Nancy Pili – Thugz Mansion (Neighborhood Story)
3:45PM: Porch interlude
3:55PM: Pearl Ubungen (Dance)
4:05PM: Rebecca Solnit (Reading)
4:20PM: Anthony Theodore (Songs)
4:30PM: Adriana Camarena
4:45PM: Chris Carlsson – 50 years ago (History-telling)
4:50PM: Closing
 
STOOP #2: “Memory and Peace”
Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St @ 23rd
Curators: Susana Aragón & Indira Urrutia

2:00PM Opening the stoop with Rebecca Cervantes group
Ongoing projects 2-5
Ella Noe (painter – live drawing)
Embroidery for peace and justice
Poetry memories of a neighborhood
2:30PM: Maria José Montijo (Vocals & Harp)
2:55PM: Bianca Catalán (Stories)
3:15PM: Anais Azul (Poetry & Music Improvisation)
3:30PM: San Francisco Youth Theater – Hamlet
Bianca Catalán, Homero Rosas
3:50PM: Rennea Couttenye (Singer)
4:10PM: Ximena Sosa (Artist/Poet)
4:30PM: Diana Gameros & Luis Fernando Gameros (Folk, Pop, Bossa Nova, and Stories from North and South of the Border)
 
STOOP #3: “La Casa de los Sentidos”
2649 Folsom St @ 23rd
Curators: Carlos Disdier & Manuel Trujillo

2:00PM: Intro
2:15PM: Dueto Arte- Cancionero Campirano
2:40PM: Francisco Hereera (Singer/Songwriter)
3:00PM: Carlos Baron (Storytelling)
3:20PM: Community Sharing
3:30PM: Son Jarocho
3:45PM: Fandango
4:00PM: Hena “Rodomira” Moreno (Los Cuentos de la Abuela)
4:15PM: Community Sharing
4:30PM: María José Montijo (Singer/Songwriter)
4:50PM: Closing
 
STOOP #4: Fingersnaps Street Salon
2416 Folsom St @ 20th
Curators: Lamont Bransford-Young & Co

2:00pm-2:20PM: Lamont DJ Set/Intro
2:30pm-2:50PM: Aimee Amparo
3:00pm-3:10PM: Rebecca Weisser Cervantes
3:15pm-3:35PM: Claudio Lantome
3:45pm-4:05PM: Colin O’Leary
4:15pm-4:35PM: Victor Mendoza
4:40pm-5:00PM: Erika Oba

Fingersnaps Mission Stoop Fest celebrates the culture and family legacy of the Mendoza family. Victor Mendoza, former resident of 2406 Folsom Street, shares his family story about being a part of the Mission District for the past 60 years.
 
STOOP #5: The Moving Stoop
Moving Around Folsom St between 20th and 26th
Performance Procession by Mission youth dance ensemble Moving Beyond Productions
Curators: Rebecca Cervantes & Moving Beyond Productions

2:00-2:20PM: Red Poppy Art House
2:30-2:50PM: Casa de los Sentidos
3:00-3:20PM: DJ Lamont’s Place
3:30-3:50PM: Red Poppy Art House
4:00-4:20PM: Philz mural (3101 24th St)
4:30-5:00PM: Pigeon Palace

Artists: Alex Flores, America Ramirez, Ashley Diaz, Caroline Edmundson, Denise Mukul, Dylan Cordero, Fernanda Ramirez, Khalia Williams, Mariah Delgado, Melanie Udave, Samantha Espinoza, Yahayra Udave, Yatziry Montiel.
 
STOOP After Party
Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St @ 23rd

6:00-9:00PM: Los Rumberos de Cali

Project Director: Todd Thomas Brown
Project Assistant: Sara Salari

Special thanks for the support from the California Arts Council and our local restaurants.