Fodor's Expert Review Galería de la Raza

San Francisco's premier showcase for contemporary Latino art, the gallery exhibits the works of mostly local artists. Events include readings and spoken word by local writers and poets, screenings of Latin American and Spanish films, and performances by local minority theater troupes. Just across the street, murals and mosaics festoon the 24th Street/York Street Mini Park, a tiny urban playground. A mosaic-covered Quetzalcoatl serpent plunges into the ground and rises, creating hills for little ones to clamber over.