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

For Pride, all queer people must stand up for Black lives

June 2, 2020

Black queer people exist. Stonewall was a riot against police. The fight for Gay Liberation was lead by queer and trans women of color....

Culture

Travel back in time, daily, with Emperor Norton

May 28, 2020

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...

Nightlife

The Stud closes its location—to save itself for the future

May 20, 2020

Tomorrow at a 2pm press conference, the official announcement goes out that the Stud, the oldest gay bar in San Francisco, operating since 1966,...

Arts + Culture

Good info, little relief at city’s Virtual Nightlife + Entertainment Summit

May 18, 2020

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,...

Culture

An online summit targets COVID’s racial disparity

May 15, 2020

Evidence continues to mount that Black and Latino communities are being disastrously and disproportionately affected by COVID and its economic fallout. As CNN, analyzing...

Culture

Saving Specs’: Beloved North Beach bar is ‘getting desperate’

May 14, 2020

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,...

Culture

What’s the future for bars and restaurants? A new podcast digs in

May 11, 2020

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...

Culture

Tom Ammiano’s feisty new memoir tells all, from Milk to mayoral run

May 7, 2020

In 'Kiss My Gay Ass,' the eminent politico, activist, comedian, teacher, and personality spills the tea.

Nightlife

Grassroots Queer Nightlife Fund raises $160K in aid for workers

May 1, 2020

In a major example of how the Bay Area is coming together in a vacuum of political leadership and billionaire donors to take care...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: How Weird (that everything is virtual now)

April 30, 2020

As we move farther toward festival season, it's really dawning that our hugest events will take place on our screens. It's not like we...