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.

Arts + Culture

We’ll be honoring the Anchor Brewing union organizers at our Spring Gala, May 2!

April 10, 2019

One of the bright spots of the last few years has been the terrific energy of young people and other workers poured into organizing....

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Stern Grove and Yerba Buena Festivals head into bloom

April 9, 2019

ARTS FORECAST Spring is here, and all's a-bloom and sneezing. So what better time to plan your outdoor sunshine festivities? After our official festival season...

Onstage

Reviews: News of the real world in ‘The Jungle’ and ‘N—aroo’

April 8, 2019

ONSTAGE "Theater brings news," an old saw goes. That can be interpreted any number of ways, but The Jungle (through May 19 at the Curran) brings...

Onstage

Review: Wild highs and lows in ‘Falsettos’

March 30, 2019

ONSTAGE The first act of revered musical Falsettos—the touring 2016 Broadway revival stops at Golden Gate Theatre through April 14—is a fascinating study in nostalgia....

News + Politics

Rival GoFundMe launched to counter anti-homeless Embarcadero group’s

March 29, 2019

After a contentious meeting earlier this month about a homeless navigation center coming to the Embarcadero, a group of residents from the wealthy area...

Dance

David Herrera Performance Company explores the power of empathy—and loss

March 27, 2019

DANCE The mission of David Herrera's acclaimed dance-performance company is "to promote the diversity of the Latinx experience in the United States, in an effort...

Culture

Join us for the Sixth Annual 48 Hills Spring Gala!

March 24, 2019

Celebrate six years of independent, progressive journalism with 48 Hills, May 2 at the lovely Oasis nightclub in SoMa! We'll be announcing some very...

‘Recycle’ artist Romanowski looks back ‘Every Now & Then’

March 22, 2019

ART LOOKS "My house is a museum," Romanowski tells me over the phone. "My whole life is art." I haven't been to his house, but anyone...

Dance

Reviews: Gender under the microscope in ‘Queent’ and ‘Boys in Trouble’

March 18, 2019

DANCE What happens when drag gestures are codified as dance? What happens if drag struggles are brought to the dance arena? And how can...

Dance

Sean Dorsey Dance continues to shatter boundaries, 15 years on

March 9, 2019

DANCE "I'm still pinching myself at this 15th anniversary milestone!" says Sean Dorsey, whose groundbreaking dance company celebrates a decade and a half this...