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.
Review: Two random ballroom dancers in the Chinese Pavilion at Stow Lake
How long has it been? 135 Days. Nineteen weeks. Five months! You've had another heavy but predictable meltdown with your lockdown partner, or you realized you've been staring at...
Party Radar: Change finally comes to dance music
Superstar DJ The Black Madonna has changed her name to The Blessed Madonna. Beloved disco-house DJ Joey Negro has dropped his stage name and is now simply Dave Lee....
Dare to be a ‘Brave Sis’? It’s all in the planner
Anyone who knows local arts leader Rozella Kennedy knows she's a force of nature. Definitely one of those hyper-achievers that spur you to ask, "How on earth does she...
Laborfest 2020 highlights global struggle from Vietnam to George Floyd uprising
The George Floyd uprising, the massive Juneteenth Oakland port blockade, gig workers protesting outside CEO's houses: All of these in the past month have shown that the power of...
People’s March on Pride: Reclaiming the streets and looking fierce
A 2020 Pride faerytale: First Pride was cancelled and almost everyone was sad. The glowing Pink Triangle in the sky offered some gorgeous solace, but it seemed to all...
ULTIMATE PRIDE GUIDE 2020: The protests, the parties (online), the poignant posters
I've stayed in all Pride Week so far—and I'm already exhausted! Well, I was, until putting together this list of recommendations. Most of them can be done at home...
PHOTOS: Tenderloin streets filled with trans activists, allies for Courthouse 2 Compton’s march
Honoring the historic Compton's Cafeteria Riot, the trans and sex worker uprising against police which helped launch the contemporary LGBTQ rights movement—and in the wake of both a momentous...
A renowned shop says ‘no’ to reopening just yet
Despite a surge of cases in the Bay Area, San Francisco seems full steam ahead on reopening its businesses and services. This weekend bars and restaurants opened for outdoor...
Boy bands to bomba: Fresh Meat Fest shines with trans & queer performance
I'm writing this as I'm taking in the Supreme Court decision that people cannot be legally fired for being LGBTQ, a momentous act that was made possible by the...
Remembering the Pulse massacre, as Trump strips LGBTQ rights
The mass shooting at Orlando's Pulse nightclub four years ago took 49 lives and still leaves a deep scar on the LGBTQ and Latino communities. Injury was added to...
