Marke B.

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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.

Comedy

How to tell a joke in Palestine: Arab American Comedy Fest brings essential connection

February 7, 2024

Co-founders Maysoon Zayid and Dean Obeidallah talk about 20 years of using laughs to transcend hatred.

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: ‘The Wiz’ whisks us right down that Yellow Brick Road

February 1, 2024

Plus: Danny Glover, Kafana Balkan, Valentine's Gay, Tongues Untied, parallax errors, Bob Dylan Center, more great things to do

Stage Review

Don’t mind the AI, ‘Mere Mortals’ is a human triumph

January 29, 2024

SF Ballet's techno take on the Pandora's box of Artificial Intelligence feels like something completely new

Arts + Culture

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

January 25, 2024

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

Music

Remembering The Soft Moon

January 24, 2024

Former Bay Area musician Luis Vasquez had a huge impact on the scene, and his gorgeously dark sensibility will live on.

Music

For composer Gabriel Kahane, PIVOT Festival comes as a gift

January 22, 2024

'More and more I'm just interested in making music with people I love and want to spend time with," says 2024 curator.

News + Politics

Our top stories of 2023, from Dianne Feinstein to Japanese sandos

December 29, 2023

Your support helped us produce 1100 stories this year, showing an unmatched breadth of news, arts, and cultural coverage

Nightlife

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

December 28, 2023

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

Lit

In ‘Portal,’ John King tells the strange and wondrous saga of the Ferry Building

December 13, 2023

Beloved landmark came with surprising amount of drama and alternate realities, vividly detailed in Chron critic's new book.

Onstage

All aboard ‘Schick Machine’ for a poetic percussive journey

December 12, 2023

Contemporary music champion Steven Schick performs as a mad-genius instrument inventor making sense of a disquieting world.