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Photo: Orin Zebest from San Francisco, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
An alley full of incredible murals. There are some really beautiful works here, and it's always changing.
Balmy Alley is a one-block-long secondary back alley that is home to a concentrated collection of murals in the city of San Francisco. It is located in the south central portion of the Inner Mission District in the Calle 24 Latino Cultural District between 24th Street, and 25th Street at Garfield Square. Since 1973, most fences and garage doors on the street have been decorated with a mural. Buildings whose primary entrance is on Balmy Alley are less decorated.
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Can be found all around the Mission neighborhood, especially on 24th Street, east of Mission Street.
Opened in 1970, the non-profit gallery specializes in Chicano/Latino art.
San Francisco's only cat café. Customers can play with cats while eating/drinking. Usually has 10-15 cats at a time, all of which are rescue cats.
A breeding ground for new performance, playwriting workshops, performances, a youth program, and classes. Some excellent one-person shows have been hatched out in the Marsh.
A theater with current popular movies, reserved seating and food and drink service.
A nonprofit educational group and screening venue for independent film and video. This center often shows genuinely strange art films and videos, particularly during their frequent "open screenings" (you bring it, they'll show it). Don't miss the intriguing window displays.