Oasis Archives - 48 hills

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: The Stud is finally reopening—come get a sneak peek!

Marke B. - April 4, 2024

Plus: RIP Rumi Missabu, The Blessed Madonna, Dalit Dreamlands, KPFA's 75th anniversary, Drunk Drag, Chocolate Festival, more

Movies

Screen Grabs: Pumping up the heat (and lycra) in ‘Love Lies Bleeding’

Dennis Harvey - March 14, 2024

Plus: Kitchen sink queer drama in 'Silver Haze,' friendship on the border in 'The Breaking Ice,' more movies

Lit

‘Advocate Educator’s Handbook’ a frontline guide to protecting trans, non-binary kids

Bruce Mirken - February 25, 2024

Rest in power, Nex Benedict. New book empowers adults so young people can thrive.

Arts + Culture

Arts Forecast: Edwardian Ball Returns, new Music Book Club launches, more

Marke B. - January 25, 2024

Stage Dive into Life, Kate Bush drag tribute, Floating Points, Icebreaker's Ball, 'Colonizing America'—get out there

Music

Musical brothers Buck and Dylan Meek on ‘hog songs,’ Smash Bros., and touring together

Zack Ruskin - January 17, 2024

We caught up with the Big Thief guitarist and his jazz keyboardist sibling before their Bay Area appearance.

Performance

The looks! The drama! The drag! The High Princx Pageant returns

Joshua Rotter - January 10, 2024

Mastermind Tito Soto of the fierce annual competition spills about the competitors, scene, and state of drag today

Performance

The best (and the rest) on local stages in 2023

Charles Lewis III - January 9, 2024

A wealth of productions highlighted the vitality of Bay Area theater in a year of protest and continued pandemic.

Nightlife

Party Radar: Pop your cork, sweetie—it’s NYE

Marke B. - December 28, 2023

Decadent affairs we demand you look into immediately, plus our annual Comedowns Are For Losers NYD party guide.

Onstage

Alaska Thunderfuck’s holiday cabaret delightfully promises ‘as little Christmas music as possible’

Joshua Rotter - December 5, 2023

SF-bound performer recalls the 'scary and hairy' queens of Heklina's Tr*nnyshack inspiring her own career.

Onstage

Coco Peru dons Heklina’s tunic (metaphorically) for ‘Golden Girls: Christmas Episodes’

Joshua Rotter - November 27, 2023

'I felt like Bea Arthur was pushing me on my shoulder and saying, 'Do it,'' says drag star of beloved show.

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