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.

Look! Up in the sky! It’s public art—with Premiere Jr.

February 6, 2020

I finally made it to Salesforce Park, a perfectly pleasant, perfectly sterile civic project atop the new Transbay Terminal. The downtown public space is...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Welcome to the ‘Manifesto’

February 3, 2020

If people asked me who I'd invite to my dream dinner party, I'm pretty sure James Baldwin, Nina Simone, and Fela Kuti would make...

Onstage

Review: Get up, go out, see ‘Wakey, Wakey’

January 30, 2020

What do you look for when you want to go see a show? Some recommendations, perhaps, but definitely a little information on what it's...

Arts + Culture

Sarah Patterson named executive director of Folsom Street Events

January 29, 2020

The annual Folsom Street Fair in September is the biggest kink and BDSM-centered event in the world (and one of the city's biggest festivals)....

Onstage

Reviews: Laurie Anderson and Gina LaDivina, two very different storytellers

January 28, 2020

With her shock of hair and electric violin, Laurie Anderson is an instantly recognized avatar of '80s cool, although of course her pioneering electronics-based...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: A whole weekend with Laurie Anderson and more

January 22, 2020

ARTS FORECAST The shock of hair seems to have been tamed into a tiny ponytail atop her head, but electro-poetic pioneer Laurie Anderson certainly...

News + Politics

Scenes from an anti-war protest: Here we go again

January 7, 2020

Code Pink, ANSWER, chants of "US Out of Iraq!"... For some of us it felt like a real (and depressing) timewarp back to the...

News + Politics

Where to protest US actions in Iraq

January 3, 2020

A rally/march is being organized Saturday, January 4, at noon, at Powell and Market Streets in downtown San Francisco. It's part of coordinated protest...

Party Radar

Comedowns are for losers! New Year’s Day parties

December 30, 2019

New Year's Eve 2020 is a very big deal. Yes, yes, it's the beginning of a decade (although that's controversial), and hopefully an end...

News + Politics

Our top stories of 2019

December 28, 2019

From the election of Chesa Boudin and Dean Preston to a renewed spirit of arts and culture in the face of displacement, the 48...