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.
SF bars push to reopen in July, alongside restaurants
The Newsom administration continues to announce and refine guidelines for business re-openings in California. Much of it depends on on counties hitting certain thresholds for COVID infections and hospitalizations—we're...
We’re Still Here: Queer orgs and icons put on online pre-Pride shebang
Thanks to COVID, Pride has been scooped up online this year, boooo. But while that may mean you'll be proudly dancing alone in your rainbow tutu inside a wee...
From Angelou to Zinn: An anti-racism resource guide
Amid the latest protests against institutional racism, many are looking to sharpen their own knowledge and talk to their neighbors about how they can understand and change what's been...
For Pride, all queer people must stand up for Black lives
Black queer people exist. Stonewall was a riot against police. The fight for Gay Liberation was lead by queer and trans women of color. Why do we need to...
Travel back in time, daily, with Emperor Norton
Like all tourist functions, Emperor Norton's Fantastic San Francisco Time Machine Tour, a delightful peregrination amongst various sites of historical importance, has ceased temporarily. But you can still enjoy golden...
The Stud closes its location—to save itself for the future
Tomorrow at a 2pm press conference, the official announcement goes out that the Stud, the oldest gay bar in San Francisco, operating since 1966, will close its location of...
Good info, little relief at city’s Virtual Nightlife + Entertainment Summit
There are lots of big questions about COVID-gutted San Francisco nightlife that have yet to be directly addressed. How and why are live venues, nightclubs, and bars expected to...
An online summit targets COVID’s racial disparity
Evidence continues to mount that Black and Latino communities are being disastrously and disproportionately affected by COVID and its economic fallout. As CNN, analyzing the latest data available, reports:
African...
Saving Specs’: Beloved North Beach bar is ‘getting desperate’
It's unfathomable to imagine North Beach without certain institutions—City Lights, Vesuvio's, Gino & Carlo's, Caffe Trieste, and, of course, Specs' Twelve Adler Museum Cafe, the oddity-stuffed watering hole tucked...
What’s the future for bars and restaurants? A new podcast digs in
For 14 years, Marcia Gagliardi has taken both a bird's-eye and a fork's-tine view of the local dining and drinking scene. tablehopper, her invaluable site and newsletter, dashes around...
