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 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...

Culture

Folsom Street Fair 2020 moves online due to COVID concerns

April 27, 2020

This September, Folsom Street Fair's jingle-jangle of nipple rings and crack-crack-crack of the whip will be floating out of your laptop speakers—rather than above...

Culture

Storied: San Francisco interviews 48 Hills publisher Marke B. (that’s me)

April 26, 2020

Storied: San Francisco has been recording terrific podcasts of local characters and everyday neighbors, and I'm honored to now be counted among them. If...

Culture

A 420 treat from ‘Sheesh & Schlong’

April 20, 2020

Some parks may have been crowded in San Francisco this weekend—but it wasn't with festive stoners celebrating 420. They're finding other ways to celebrate on...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: We can do this!

April 17, 2020

We may be going through tough times, but we're still producing the art, music, culture, deep inquiry, and joy that continue to sustain us....

Culture

SF Pride Parade and Celebration cancelled on 50th anniversary

April 14, 2020

San Francisco Pride announced today that it is cancelling this year's June Parade and Celebration—the largest in the Western United States—as COVID continues to...

Onstage

Hunky Jesus rises again! (Blessedly online)

April 10, 2020

UPDATE: It looks like they are going to be releasing the photos and videos starting at 1pm at www.twitch.tv/sfqueernightlifefund and you can vote at www.instagram.com/sfsisters then. One...

News + Politics

Phyllis Lyon, lesbian rights icon, passes at 95

April 9, 2020

It's impossible to imagine the queer rights movement without Phyllis Lyon, who passed away today at the age of 95 of natural causes. Along...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Help save bookstores, drag queens, Frameline, more

April 3, 2020

Let's start with something positive! And then some more things positive! We deserve it. Except those of you joggers still cutting me off on...

Culture

With Black community hard-hit by COVID, Bayview groups demand aid

April 2, 2020

As tragic stories about COVID cluster deaths in Black communities begin to emerge from New York and Detroit to Georgia and beyond, many are...