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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

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...

News + Politics

We want to hear from you! What should 48 Hills cover in 2019?

March 6, 2019

48 Hills is community-supported journalism, an experiment in how to save local coverage of the issues that mean the most to our readers. We'd...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Reptaliens, Spear of Destiny, V Vale….

March 5, 2019

ARTS FORECAST For decades, if you had a question about sex, any question at all, you would "Ask Isadora." The goddess of alternative weekly...

Onstage

Review: The gleaming, steaming ‘Hamilton’ machine

March 4, 2019

ONSTAGE OK, Thomas Jefferson as Slick Rick got me. Dazzlingly embodied by actor Simon Longnight in the latest touring production of Hamilton to hit SF (through...

Finding out why ‘All Your Favorite Music is (Probably) Black’

February 17, 2019

ALL EARS This is the first time I'll be making this presentation, but I've been preparing for it all through my career," composer and musician...