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.

News + Politics

Scenes from the Día de los Muertos #CloseTheCamps procession

November 2, 2019

Día de los Muertos is a simultaneously a solemn and lively occasion—and a Saturday protest against Trump's border policy embodied both. At 10am on Saturday...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Day of the Dead in the City of Souls

October 30, 2019

Ready to shed the rotting pumpkin skin of Halloween and sniff the sweet spice of the afterlife? OK that question is a lot, but...

Party Radar

Party Radar: A monster mash of Halloween bashes

October 24, 2019

While hardly as wild as it used to be, Halloween is still a hoot in this devilish town. Let us never forget the year...

Culture

Join us for the Best of the Bay party this Thursday!

October 20, 2019

You're invited! Join 48 Hills editor Tim Redmond, publisher Marke B, and the winners of this year's Best of the Bay for a FREE...

Lit

‘Disasterama!’ chronicles SF’s wild, lost queer underground

October 15, 2019

A certain queer generation has come of memoir age—which is a bit bracing (read: terrifying) for those of us who survived the '80s and...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: El Rio saved, Litquake aquiver, Open Studios opens….

October 10, 2019

ARTS FORECAST File under: more of this please! According to the Bay Area Reporter, the buildings housing legendary Latinx queer bar El Rio have...

Onstage

A ‘Macbeth’ that’s equal parts murder and music

October 9, 2019

Among the many, many disasters of the Trump regime is its failure to give us a satisfying Lady Macbeth. Granted, Trump himself is no...

Culture

BEST OF THE BAY 2019 is here!

October 3, 2019

Thousands voted, 100+ winners are crowned in the 44th edition of the legendary Bay Guardian Best of the Bay, hosted by 48 Hills! Check out...

Nightlife

Quick ‘n Dirty Guide to Folsom Parties 2019

September 26, 2019

Let your fetish flag wave! On Sunday, September 22, a giant leather flag was raised in SoMa on the site of the new Eagle...

Culture

Enola Gay and the witchy origin of the first AIDS protest

September 19, 2019

Just around the crack of dawn on September 23, 1984, a handful of gay men gathered outside the gates of the Lawrence Livermore National...