You're Gonna Cry

Phoenix Theatre San Francisco
414 Mason St. San Francisco

Spoken word artist Paul S. Flores has appeared on HBO's Def Poetry Jam and been dubbed SF Weekly's "Best Politically Active Hip-Hop Performance Artist." Now, he brings his solo show You're Gonna Cry to the Phoenix Theater, in which he travels back to the era of the 1990s, and examines the changes it wrought on his home, the Mission District. Tackling such topics as the dot-com boom and bust, the real estate bubble, immigration and forced eviction, Flores unveils a kaleidoscope of vibrant characters, giving life onstage to privileged techies, Latino bohemians and locals with a stake in the heart of San Francisco's oldest neighborhood. Peppered with plenty of humor, raw emotion and even a gangster puppet show, You're Gonna Cry illuminates a historic moment in local history.