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Medicine for Nightmares

Bookstore and gallery in the heart of the Mission District, San Francisco.

08/15/2026

Join us for an afternoon of tatreez, Palestinian embroidery, as we come together in community to stitch. A tatreez circle is a gathering of tatreez artists who stitch together while sharing stories and learning from each other. All levels of experience are welcome but this is not meant to be a workshop. We will not be teaching tatreez but are happy to help guide you on what you need to get started before the event. **Bring your own projects and your own supplies.**

What is Tatreez? Tatreez is the art of Palestinian embroidery that has been practiced in Palestine for centuries. A practice passed down generationally from mother to daughter. Taking inspiration from the land and everyday life, Palestinian women hand stitched motifs and patterns directly onto their thobe that represented their social status, the villages/regions from which they hailed and their individuality.

Can I join if I’m not Palestinian? YES! This is a space for Palestinians and non-Palestinians who share a love of tatreez. Regardless of who practices tatreez, it is important to always remember the history of this beautiful art and the role it plays today in the Palestinian resistance movement, both in Palestine and within the diaspora. These circles are a safe space for Palestinians and our allies.

If you’re new to tatreez and have questions please reach out to [email protected]

2-5pm

08/14/2026

¡LIVE music TONIGHT!

Other Dimensions in Sound is our Friday music series curated and hosted by Boohaabian multi reed player extraordinare David Boyce. Each week David will be inviting different musical guests to join him in our galeria for a night of musical medicina.

Tonight’s sonic sustenance is being brough to you by Mutant Audio(Scott Foster-guitar, David Boyce-saxes and efx, Cairo McCockran-drums featuring Evelyn Ficarra-sound design and flute)

7pm

08/13/2026

!TONIGHT we have poets in our front window!

Come by tonight and listen to Bay Area poets reading their work in our front window to Calle 24, the most living loving street in all of San Francisco. Featured poets are andrea isabel 🪐
Andrew i
marvinflorespoesia
☿ marz

andrea isabel (she/her) is an MFA in Writing candidate at the University of San Francisco. Through both poetry and prose, she examines cycles of time; relationships; and le***anism. In addition to writing, andrea is the Founder of a Bay Area-based BIPOC le***an artist collective, “WOVEN, le***ans weaving worlds.” Usually, she is gazing at oil paintings in small galleries, sipping Syrahs in San Franciscan wine bars, or witnessing evening colors blend into the Pacific’s horizon.

Andrew Ignacio was born and raised in North Jersey, parents both from Pampanga, Philippines. He moved to San Francisco last August with his wife and 7 year old. He works at Bayanihan Equity Center in SoMa. Before SF, he lived in North Georgia for three years. Before that, he spent seven years teaching English in South Korea. Andrew writes about all that he has learned from his own culture and from everywhere he has lived.

marvin flores is a chicano poet and educator based in the south bay. currently in a fellowship with youthspeaks for their 2026 Public Poets fellowship. he is also enrolled in school of arts institute program for a BFA in writing.

Maya Raveneau-Bey is an Oakland born and raised fighter blessed with creative prowess. She treats her poetry like a graceful dagger, relentlessly conquering ignorance, inaction and chains. She has been honored in spaces such as the 2025 Brave New Voices festival winning first place, the Oakland Youth Poet Laureate as a two-time finalist, and performing as the sole poet for Barbara Lees Inaugural Celebration. She is an anticipated 2029 graduate currently attending CSU Northridge studying Film Production with a minor in Africana studies on track to becoming the next Ryan Coogler.

7pm

08/12/2026

TONIGHT join Adam Johnson, host of the Citations Needed podcast for a reading and discussion of his new book, How to Sell a Genocide: The Media’s Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza. Adam will be joined in discussion tonight by Oman Zahzah.

How to Sell a Genocide is an indictment of the US corporate media’s role in enabling—and, at times, directly inciting—one of the most devastating campaigns of mass killing in modern memory. Johnson unpacks how major news outlets like the New York Times, CNN, and MSNBC systematically sanitized Israel’s war crimes, hid the US’s central role, and dehumanized the Palestinian people.

Drawing from deep, original data-driven analysis, Johnson dissects the mechanics of propaganda, from the selective empathy, strategic omissions, overt racism, and repetition of state-sanctioned falsehoods, to the demonization of humanitarian workers and dishonest coverage of campus protests. With clarity and moral force, Johnson argues that the genocide could not have been sustained without the active, ongoing complicity of the US media.

Omar Zahzah is Assistant Professor of Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas (AMED) Studies in the Department of Race and Resistance Studies (RRS) at San Francisco State University. He is a frequent contributor to independent outlets such as The Electronic Intifada, Mondoweiss, and The Palestine Chronicle. Omar is the author of Terms of Servitude: Zionism, Silicon Valley, and Digital Settler Colonialism in the Palestinian Liberation Struggle, co-published by Seven Stories Press and The Censored Press in September 2025. Omar’s new book, A Question of Violence: Palestine in American Academia After October 7th, is forthcoming from Seven Stories Press and The Censored Press.

Adam Johnson is a media analyst and co-host of the podcast Citations Needed. His writing has been featured in the Nation, In These Times, the Intercept, Los Angeles Times, and San Francisco Chronicle.

All royalties from the book will be donated to the Middle East Children’s Alliance.

7pm

08/10/2026

Last week in the Portal looked exactly like this…
This week’s events include a talk with author Adam Johnson and his book How To Sell A Genocide on Wednesday 7pm

Poets in the Window on Thursday at 7pm featuring
LIVE music on Friday 7pm with Mutant Audio(Scott Foster-guitar, David Boyce-saxes and efx, Cairo McCockran-drums featuring Evelyn Ficarra-sound design and flute)
Sautrday afternoon from 2-4 Tatrees sewing circle hosted by SF Bay Area Tatreez Circle

All this and a selction of books that your ancestors have neen waiting for you to read.

Weeknights open until 10pm
Fridays and Saturdays until 11pm

08/08/2026

¡Today’s a busy day in the Portal with Poetry in the afternoon and an art show opening happening in the evening!

4-6pm
Reggie Edmonds Vasquez chapbook release “Ecology of the Hood”
Ecology of the Hood is a love letter to streets. It asks the question; What if the hood was not a collection of problems, but a complex ecosystem of living organisms, all mirroring the same survival against an inherently hostile world? The politics of environmentalism and Black Liberation collide with each other in cycles of extraction, survival, decay, and regeneration. This collection seeks to refute the idea that the rose growing from concrete is misplaced or forgotten. The gardens we grow belong here. They are proof of life in a world obsessed with our deaths.
Featuring poets Nia Pearl, Baruch Porras-Hernandez, Josiah Luis Alderete, and Kevin Madrigal Galindo, and of course Reggie Edmonds Vasquez.

7-10pm
El Filmero & TBI
presents Crate to Canvas
Crate to Canvas is coming to San Francisco!

The Big Leagues Rare Soul Collective (TBL) and El Filmero Productions present a unique art installation inspired by the rare soul record collecting scene, celebrating vinyl crate digging culture through a combination of art, music, and film. Experience original artwork and photography from TBL members, vinyl sets spun from their personal collections, and a screening of the award-winning short documentary, Souleros(2022).

Souleros explores Northern California’s rare soul collectors (known as Souleros) whose dedication to vinyl collecting keeps the legacy of overlooked soul artists alive. Featuring vinyl music sets and/or artwork by: Aveets · TUFF · Discos Olvidados · Space Cholo · Xaztecra · Joshua De Leon · Pisto · Jose Niño · Laughing Boy

Closing Night
Saturday, September 26, 2026 · 7–10 PM

FREE ALL AGES EVENT

08/07/2026

¡LIVE music TONIGHT!

Other Dimensions in Sound is our Friday music series curated and hosted by Boohaabian multi reed player extraordinare David Boyce. Each week David will be inviting different musical guests to join him in our galeria for a night of musical medicina.

Tonight we have the groovalicous vibes of Funkonya in the Portal(Kirk Peterson-bass, Sean Alford-drums and Vern-guitar)

7pm

08/06/2026

Kitchen Table is a series centered around poetry and literature, food and drink, and culture and politics. The core of the series is intimate poetry, performance, and conversation with the feel of a salon, with three or more writers sharing each month and a local pop-up sharing their food or drink with us. Tonight’s featured poets are Samantha Stevens, Adrienne Mitchel, James Siegel, Joe Wadlington and Esperanza Cabrales.

Samantha Stevens (she/they) is a q***r, Black, disabled writer and educator from the East Coast living in California on occupied Coast Miwok land.

Adrienne Mitchel is the Food Editor at Embarcadero Media and producer/editor at SavorNation.

James J. Siegel is the author of the poetry collections “The God of San Francisco” (Sibling Rivalry Press) and “How Ghosts Travel” (Spuyten Duyvil). He is the host and curator of the monthly Literary Speakeasy show at Martuni’s piano bar in San Francisco, which has been running for over a decade.

Joe Wadlington is a writer, artist, and drag queen. He grew up in the Appalachian Mountains near, but not near enough, to Dollywood. Now he lives in San Francisco.

Esperanza Cabrales (they/them) is a q***r Xicana slam poet, performer, jewelry maker, teaching artist, and educator based in Oakland. They lead poetry workshops through Bay Area Creative, working with TK through high school students.

To check out the poets full bios go to our website.

Tonight’s local food pop up is Treat Street Pizza

7pm

08/03/2026

Last week in the Portal looked exactly like this…
This week the Portal is poppin’ with poetry , food, music, art opening and a film screening

Thursday 7pm poetry/food pop up hosted by Kitchen Table

Friday night 7pm LIVE music with Funkonya

Saturday afternoon at 4pm Reggie Edmonds Vasquez chapbook release Ecology of the Hood

Saturday night 7-10pm
El Filmero & TBL
presents Crate to Canvas Art Opening & Film Screening

All this and a selection of books that gives Pi**he Donaldo nightmares.

Weeknights open until 10pm
Friday & Saturday until 11pm

¡Aqui Estamos!

08/02/2026

¡Chess happening TODAY in our galeria!

No Kings, No Queens Chess Club is the super-chill community chess club that gathers the 1st Sunday of every month in the galeria. Hosted by Danny Cao, all ages and skill levels are encouraged to come. Never played chess? We’ll teach you! Come hang out, talk chess and play a few games.

4-7pm

Address

3036 24th Street
San Francisco, CA
94110

Opening Hours

Monday	12pm - 8pm
Tuesday	12pm - 8pm
Wednesday	12pm - 8pm
Thursday	12pm - 10pm
Friday	12pm - 10pm
Saturday	12pm - 10pm
Sunday	12pm - 8pm

Telephone

+14158241761

Website

http://www.medicinefornightmares.com/

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