Station 40

Awesome energy, important events, beautifully alternative space in the middle of it all… 16^th and Mission! It’s a VERY hip co-​op/​educational/​party space.
You’re NOT welcome if you’re a law enforcement officer or any other type of narc… they take that really seriously.
Don’t plan to bring a recorder or camera with written, advance, express permission from the residents.

I don’t know what kind of hospitality the people above me are used to… maybe wherever they went people automatically threw down $ 20 bills to their feet and brought out the village virgins for them… I don’t know, but this place was one of the nicest places I’ve visited in the City. It does have the distant feel that San Francisco seems to infuse people with once they live there, but it was also very welcoming and I felt at home and was well fed and made good friends there…
So I think it’s all in your perspective — if you come with an attitude you’re probably gonna get it right back cause those people are not push-​overs. There are some serious people there and if you’re gonna rag on them I would love to hear what You are doing that’s better than them…

I went to an event I found through Laughing Squid at this place last night. The event itself was ridiculous (not sure if that’s good or bad yet) — a film installment of creative media activism. It was a few hours of incomplete media theory conclusions eventually leading to a very stoned audience watching Pee Wee Herman talk about crack…
Anyways, I think Station 40 is a lot like this event. It has the potential to be a really awesome, progressive, radical venue, but its attempts at pretension leave you amused/​annoyed. The people were not very welcoming either, and yes, the «donations» are tiresome. I do want to give it another chance though, I have some sort of confidence or hope for it…

tuesdays: circus nights skill sharing! 7pm on. need i say more? no, but i will anyways.
stepped into this lovely co-​op and juggled, hooped, handstood, acroyoga-​ed, had philosophical conversations, and ate fruit salad and chocolate. just about everyone was open to learning from and connecting with each other in several capacities.
if you want to learn to do anything you see others doing, all you really have to do is ask, and then– TRY! if you want to relax and watch for awhile, that’s cool too. definitely a must for people who like to play!
and it seems as though they have tons of events going on the rest of the week.

The dreads and pachoulli can be a little overwhelming, but the four square, rope swing, and absurd shannanigans make it a different type of night.