Emily Wilson, Author at 48 hills

Culture

From ranchos to Disneyland: Four centuries of California cartography

February 4, 2023

California Historical Society displays remarkable maps that trace colonization, ecological impact, tourism

Art

‘What is the portal for them?’ Group show at Minnesota Street Project opens doors

December 20, 2022

"as you summon other worlds" exhibition evokes artistic connection in more ways than one.

Art

Family, posted: Photographer Michael Jang made the streets his gallery

December 18, 2022

The images head indoors for Lee Gallery's 'Post No Jangs.'

Art

Royal threads: Indigo Project honors color of ‘Africa’s first stolen industry’

December 8, 2022

'I want African Americans wearing jeans to look down and say, This is my lineage,' says co-curator of SOMArts show

Onstage

Fashioning a new ‘Wuthering Heights,’ from hand-me-downs and reclaimed fabrics

December 7, 2022

Costumer Vicki Mortimer talks about the importance of sustainable and vintage outfits in adaptation at Berkeley Rep

Music

Seeing ‘La Traviata’ anew, through the lens of a feminist reckoning

November 14, 2022

Shawna Lucey's production at SF Opera focuses on courtesan Violetta's agency to control her own life and decisions.

Lit

Building an architect: Novelist imagines the Bay Area youth of Julia Morgan

November 8, 2022

In 'Drawing Outside the Lines,' Susan J. Austin sketches a foundation for the mind behind Hearst Castle.

Onstage

“I’ll make it even wilder”: Bill Irwin takes ‘On Beckett’

October 16, 2022

The accomplished physical comedian brings his ever-changing relationship with the Irish playwright's work to the A.C.T.

Art

Feminist faith founders, community archivists: APAture highlights remarkable creators

October 4, 2022

Asian Pacific American arts organization Kearny Street Workshop celebrates 50 years with festival themed 'autonomy'

Art

‘What might the world look like?’: Displaying the breadth of Faith Ringgold’s art and life

October 3, 2022

Curator Janna Keegan speaks about the 91-year-old artist-activist's breathtaking retrospective at the de Young.

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