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.

Movies

Drive-in Dragsploitation! ‘Sh*t & Champagne’ to make splashy debut

September 14, 2020

D'Arcy Drollinger's sparkling paean to '70s action flicks, fabulous looks will pop your cork.

Culture

Polls are open for Best of the Bay 2020. Vote now!

September 12, 2020

Tell us your favorites in our 45th annual celebration of the Best.

Nightlife

How did the Ocean Beach party happen—and can we prevent another incident?

September 11, 2020

Why didn't the police shut things down earlier? Sup. Stefani wants criminal investigation; Sup. Mandelman worries about Halloween

Nightlife

[UPDATED] A Burning Man sound camp responds about Ocean Beach party that drew 100s

September 7, 2020

BAAAHS says masks were distributed and social distancing enforced—but why didn't someone just turn off the music?

Music

SF Symphony dives into diverse local sounds with online ‘Currents’

September 3, 2020

"Music isn't just about an end result. It's about what people do and how people come into things," conductor Michael Morgan told me over...

Nightlife

Grab that virtual wig, it’s all aboard for Oaklash!

September 2, 2020

Weekend-long Oakland drag festival Oaklash (Fri/4-Sun/6 at www.twitch.tv/oaklash2020) has become such an integral part of the Bay Area queer performance scene that I was taken...

Party Radar

Party Radar: Necessary conversations in a time of nightlife consternation

August 18, 2020

Imagine a city that cared enough about a $6 billion dollar industry—and the creative people who've built it—that it figured out a way to...

Culture

Searing, prescient, hilarious: ‘Laughter Against the Machine’ returns onscreen

August 13, 2020

Travel back with me to a distant time when the economy had collapsed, the country was visibly divided, protesters took over the streets, a...

Dance

Review: Two random ballroom dancers in the Chinese Pavilion at Stow Lake

July 28, 2020

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...

Party Radar

Party Radar: Change finally comes to dance music

July 23, 2020

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...

Marke B.

Drive-in Dragsploitation! ‘Sh*t & Champagne’ to make splashy debut

Polls are open for Best of the Bay 2020. Vote now!

How did the Ocean Beach party happen—and can we prevent another incident?

[UPDATED] A Burning Man sound camp responds about Ocean Beach party that drew 100s

SF Symphony dives into diverse local sounds with online ‘Currents’

Grab that virtual wig, it’s all aboard for Oaklash!

Party Radar: Necessary conversations in a time of nightlife consternation

Searing, prescient, hilarious: ‘Laughter Against the Machine’ returns onscreen

Review: Two random ballroom dancers in the Chinese Pavilion at Stow Lake

Party Radar: Change finally comes to dance music

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