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Last chance to vote for Best of the Bay!

Voting ends Sunday! Tell your friends and favorites—and join us October 22 for a LIVE announcement of the Best of the Bay winners!

Voting ends Sun/11 at midnight. Tell us your favorites in our 45th annual poll—even if they are closed—we want to celebrate the strength and creativity of the Bay Area, including its legends. Vote here now!

We’re also asking for readers to submit stories of community resilience. Who stood up and amplified Black voices this year? Who fed the community or helped shelter others? Who came up with innovative ways to survive and thrive during the pandemic? Let us know and we will publish the best stories with our Best of the Bay results!

JOIN US LIVE ONLINE OCTOBER 22 at 7PM at www.twitch.tv/dragalive for the results of our Best of the Bay poll! We’ll be reading the winners names LIVE at our Variety Gala, celebrating seven years of 48 Hills! More details here.

Finally: Join us as a 48 Hills member and support our mission to keep the independent spirit of the Bay alive!

Marke B.
Marke B.
Marke Bieschke is the publisher and arts and culture editor of 48 Hills. He co-owns the Stud bar in SoMa. Reach him at marke (at) 48hills.org, follow @supermarke on Twitter.

48 Hills welcomes comments in the form of letters to the editor, which you can submit here. We also invite you to join the conversation on our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram

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