From a recent First Friday gathering at Macchiarini Creative Design on Grant Avenue in San Francisco’s legendary North Beach neighborhood, Dan Macchiarini introducing Air Plant Nina whose living jewelry pieces are on display and for sale at the gallery until September.

For more information or to shop, visit:
https://airplantnina.com

Macchiarini Creative Design Jewelry and Sculpture offers classes for metal work sharing over sixty years of metal work experience brought into intimate class settings for beginners and experienced jewelry makers alike.

For more information:
http://www.metalworkssf.com
https://www.macreativedesign.com

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Recently, Facebook announced it would be deleting ‘Live’ videos from its platform and invited downloading them before deletion.

This is one of those video – originally streamed ‘live’ in portrait mode.
* one of our first live streams and we had no idea what we were doing

With a fixed aspect ratio and orientation – the ‘The Rubadub & Friends’ LIVE – from once upon a time and a thing of beauty.

Located at 470 Green Street in San Francisco, Maykadeh restaurant has been a staple in the Persian community since it opened in 1983 – providing delicious appetizers, kebabs, steaks and seafood.

https://maykadehrestaurant.com/

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First Friday ‘Jessica Loos Poetry Series’ – June 2025 edition – hosted by ‘Macchiarini Creative Design Jewelry and Sculpture’ on Grant Avenue in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood – with introduction by Dan Macchiarini and Jessica Loos – alongside poets Jerry Ferraz, Sarah Kruze, Phil Lumsden, and music with Lucy In The Sky, Mario Grillo and Mark Holzinger.

First Friday has been a tradition in North Beach since 2007.
Macchiarini Creative Design Jewelry and Sculpture offers classes for metal work sharing over sixty years of metal work experience brought into intimate class settings for beginners and experienced jewelry makers alike.
For more information:
http://www.metalworkssf.com
https://www.macreativedesign.com

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Recently heard at San Francisco’s Cannery on Fisherman’s Wharf, ‘Blues Per Square Inch’ delivering this stellar rendition of Andy González’s ‘Bomba Para Vieques’ – a traditional Puerto Rican art form, showing of support for the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, alongside an unruly camera lense.

The ‘Blues Per Square Inch’ performs every Monday at the Cannery from 12 to 3 pm.

https://bluespersquareinch.com

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Recently heard in San Francisco, Angus Martin delivering this rendition of Francis Hime’s ‘Sem Mais Adeus’ (no more goodbyes), a song about love.

https://soundcloud.com/angusmartin

#sanfrancisco #angusmartin #cover #SemMaisAdeus #FrancisHimes #alcatrazradio

From a recent fundraiser at Senegalese venue Bissap Baobab in San Francisco’s Mission District, musicians and poets unite for this heartwarming performance. Please note these performances were condensed and shortened for more comprehensive viewing.

Located at 2243 Mission Street, Bissap Baobab offers delicious Senegalese food, exotic cocktails & world music. See their upcoming events here:
https://www.bissapbaobab.com/

“SUMUD: Celebrating Resistance in Arab Arts and Culture In one of the world’s oldest cultures, Arab arts have flourished throughout the ages, embodied in rich language, elegant arabesques, and unique rhythms. Unfortunately, various powers seek to control the region, leaving much of the population hungry and cold, without shelter or medical care.
You can help.
Celebrate Arab art. Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC Action) AROC Action envisions powerful and liberated Arab communities living with freedom and self-determination from the Bay Area to their homelands. They are abolitionists, feminists, and internationalists who believe that the liberation of SWANA (South West Asian and North African) people is inextricably tied to the liberation of all oppressed people.
( Link: https://www.araborganizing.org)

Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) MECA works to protect the rights and improve the lives of children in the Middle East through aid, empowerment and education. In the Middle East, MECA provides humanitarian aid, partners with community organizations to run projects for children, and supports income-generation projects. In the US and internationally, MECA raises awareness about the lives of children in the region and encourages meaningful action.
( Link: https://www.mecaforpeace.org)

Artist Biographies:
The Shadow Band The Shadow Band is a Funky Arabic Jazz quartet that formed in the wake of the Gaza genocide to perform at various events and fundraisers. The four members have been playing together in different iterations for over a decade. They are fueled by the spirit of improvisation as an ode to liberation and resistance. Additional Information Palestinian crafts and solidarity items for sale
https://www.shoppalestine.org/ ”

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