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.

Lit

Dare to be a ‘Brave Sis’? It’s all in the planner

July 8, 2020

Anyone who knows local arts leader Rozella Kennedy knows she's a force of nature. Definitely one of those hyper-achievers that spur you to ask,...

Culture

Laborfest 2020 highlights global struggle from Vietnam to George Floyd uprising

July 1, 2020

The George Floyd uprising, the massive Juneteenth Oakland port blockade, gig workers protesting outside CEO's houses: All of these in the past month have...

News + Politics

People’s March on Pride: Reclaiming the streets and looking fierce

June 30, 2020

A 2020 Pride faerytale: First Pride was cancelled and almost everyone was sad. The glowing Pink Triangle in the sky offered some gorgeous solace,...

Party Radar

ULTIMATE PRIDE GUIDE 2020: The protests, the parties (online), the poignant posters

June 25, 2020

I've stayed in all Pride Week so far—and I'm already exhausted! Well, I was, until putting together this list of recommendations. Most of them...

News + Politics

PHOTOS: Tenderloin streets filled with trans activists, allies for Courthouse 2 Compton’s march

June 21, 2020

Honoring the historic Compton's Cafeteria Riot, the trans and sex worker uprising against police which helped launch the contemporary LGBTQ rights movement—and in the...

Arts + Culture

A renowned shop says ‘no’ to reopening just yet

June 15, 2020

Despite a surge of cases in the Bay Area, San Francisco seems full steam ahead on reopening its businesses and services. This weekend bars...

Boy bands to bomba: Fresh Meat Fest shines with trans & queer performance

June 15, 2020

I'm writing this as I'm taking in the Supreme Court decision that people cannot be legally fired for being LGBTQ, a momentous act that...

Culture

Remembering the Pulse massacre, as Trump strips LGBTQ rights

June 14, 2020

The mass shooting at Orlando's Pulse nightclub four years ago took 49 lives and still leaves a deep scar on the LGBTQ and Latino...

Nightlife

SF bars push to reopen in July, alongside restaurants

June 10, 2020

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...

Culture

We’re Still Here: Queer orgs and icons put on online pre-Pride shebang

June 9, 2020

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...