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.

Party Radar

Party Radar: A Too-Cute New Year’s Eve 2017 Party Guide

December 20, 2017

PARTY RADAR Halleloo, halleloo! This dumb-ass year is 'bout to get kicked in the dumpster. I'm off to Palm prings to hide from the...

Last-Minute Holiday Gift Cheat Sheet

December 18, 2017

Help! You've got a party to attend but you've been too busy arguing with Twitter trolls/finishing up endless hours of work so you can...

Best of the Bay

Scenes from the Best of the Bay 2017 winners party

December 14, 2017

The crowd was buzzing, the vibe was warm, and the feelings were fuzzy at Best Gay Bar 2017 The Stud on Tuesday, December 5, as this...

Party Radar

Party Radar: The best club ever?

December 14, 2017

PARTY RADAR I just flew in from New York City, and, boi, are my nasal passages tired. From a muddy-sounding multi-warehouse Brooklyn rave with The...

News + Politics

Mayor Ed Lee dies; Breed becomes acting mayor

December 12, 2017

UPDATE: Read Tim Redmond's live coverage of reactions at City Hall, and what will happen next. Mayor Ed Lee has died at 65. The mayor's death...

Party Radar

Party Radar: Wild nights — wild nights!

December 7, 2017

PARTY RADAR This has been a huge and heavy week for Bay Area nightlife: So much love going out all who didn't let Ghost Ship...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Coolest holiday events for everyone

December 5, 2017

ARTS FORECAST Holidays can be a drag -- and that's a good thing! Two big drag holiday traditions lead our list of fun events...

The Ghost Ship fire, one year later

November 29, 2017

It's been a rough year of "firsts" for Andy Kershaw, a DJ and record label owner who lost his wife, Amanda Allen, last December in...

Arts + Culture

Forget the chains: Shop local with our Best of Bay Shopping winners!

November 24, 2017

Black Friday, #smallbusinesssaturday, exhaustion Sunday ... and then Cyber Monday? That's a lot! Keep it local this year with the winners of our 2017...

Music

‘Girls of the Golden West’: a new opera’s fresh take on the Gold Rush

November 20, 2017

ALL EARS After two decades of well-worn Gold Rush metaphors about Silicon Valley, we're long overdue for a fresh take on a time period calcified...