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.

A spirited walk through incredible queer history in ‘OUT of Site’

March 7, 2018

Consider the case of Milton Matson. Arrested for check fraud in 1895 in Los Gatos, he was placed in the men's section of the...

Burger Boogaloo announces killer 2018 lineup

March 6, 2018

MUSIC I was just watching the iconic 1985 video of the Damned's performance of "Eloise" on Top of the Pops—how on earth did David...

Party Radar

Party Radar: Keep it together, tear it apart

March 1, 2018

PARTY RADAR Even the fish were saved! The saga of the city's oldest gay bar, the Gangway in the Tenderloin, began a new chapter on...

Nightlife

Making gay leather parties sleazy-fun again

February 28, 2018

NIGHTLIFE Two of the best parties of the last year pulled off a gay miracle: They combined classic, raw sexuality straight out of the '70s...

Party Radar

Party Radar: Mexican Jihad, Ben UFO, Galaxy Radio…

February 22, 2018

PARTY RADAR Hello from Detroit, where I'm currently warmer than y'all are in the Bay, because climate change is happening and weird! Here's a...

Rapping the ‘Housing Crisis’

February 15, 2018

ALL EARS "With the passing of Ed Lee, I think we’re at a crossroads in terms of the future of housing in this city,...

A new guerrilla folk opera immerses you in 2014’s Ukrainian revolution

February 9, 2018

ALL EARS Protests are a form of performance, of course—even the most spontaneous ones. The attempt is to seize the public stage to proclaim certain...

Arts + Culture

Can the city’s oldest gay bar be saved after all?

February 8, 2018

Things haven't been so great lately for gay-owned and -friendly businesses. Costumes on Haight just announced it would close. Castro clothing consignment institution Worn Out...

Party Radar

Party Radar: Mardi Gras, huzzah!

February 8, 2018

PARTY RADAR We're more Carnaval than Mardi Gras folks around these parts when it comes to celebrations of ... wait, what does Fat Tuesday celebrate...

What’s going on with the Armory?

February 6, 2018

10 years ago, an almost unbelievable, incredibly San Francisco thing was happening. A thriving online BDSM/fetish empire, Kink.com, was taking over the 200,000-square-foot San Francisco...

Marke B.

A spirited walk through incredible queer history in ‘OUT of Site’

Burger Boogaloo announces killer 2018 lineup

Party Radar: Keep it together, tear it apart

Making gay leather parties sleazy-fun again

Party Radar: Mexican Jihad, Ben UFO, Galaxy Radio…

Rapping the ‘Housing Crisis’

A new guerrilla folk opera immerses you in 2014’s Ukrainian revolution

Can the city’s oldest gay bar be saved after all?

Party Radar: Mardi Gras, huzzah!

What’s going on with the Armory?

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