History Archives - 48 hills

Onstage

After ‘painful’ preparation, ‘Blue Door’ opens onto Black men’s complex life in US

Lou Fancher - April 24, 2024

Director Darryl V. Jones on creating the soundtrack of generational haunting at Aurora Theatre Company.

Art

Tehran-born artist Sameh Khalatbari strings resistance into every work

Mary Corbin - April 23, 2024

Deeply felt homages to Iran's Women, Life, Freedom protest movement emanate from her San Ramon studio.

Lit

‘Portrait of a Woman’ tells of unlikely champ for 18th century art equality

Lou Fancher - April 23, 2024

Bay Area-based author Bridget Quinn explains why she visited one of her subject's paintings 'every day for years.'

Culture

‘Never too late’: Grannies of Grant Avenue Follies dance onto the airwaves

Dorothy Odonnell - April 20, 2024

PBS highlights the Chinatown-based cabaret troupe of 11 spirited grandmothers keeping local history alive.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Berlin & Beyond &… Milli Vanilli?

Dennis Harvey - April 16, 2024

The German-language film fest keeps broadening its borders. Plus: Ken Loach's finale 'Old Oak' and 'Dig! XX'

Music Book Club

Watch: Legendary DJ Paulette gives us juicy nightlife history on Music Book Club

Tamara Palmer - April 15, 2024

'Welcome to the Club' details more than 30 years of UK house music history and her own fascinating story.

Development

Big Treasure Island developers seek $115 million city bailout

Steve Stallone - April 14, 2024

Deal would tie up all of SF's borrowing authority for three years—and could cost the taxpayers millions.

Campaign Trail

Wiener tries to fundraise—for himself—from Peskin mayoral campaign announcement

Tim Redmond - April 11, 2024

Plus: Will the right-wing candidates really do an anti-Peskin RCV strategy?

Movies

Screen Grabs: Strap yourself in for a harrowing ‘Civil War’

Dennis Harvey - April 10, 2024

Plus: 'The Beast,' 'The People's Joker,' 'Arcadian,' 'Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World,' more new movies

Art

The Great Migration travels beyond South to North in ‘Movement in Every Direction’

Lou Fancher - April 10, 2024

A BAMPFA show expands how we think about one of the biggest mass movements in US history.

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