Peter-Astrid Kane, Author at 48 hills

Onstage

With ‘Immortal Reckoning,’ Peaches Christ opens her portal to Hades

September 23, 2021

Start with cocktails at a goth club—then stumble into terror beneath the Old Mint, at Into the Dark's latest immersive screamfest.

Culture

A farewell to SF Weekly

September 14, 2021

Editing San Francisco's last alt-weekly paper was probably the most fun I will ever have in my life.

Art

The world’s drowning in plastic. Does ‘In Balance’ offer a liferaft?

August 26, 2021

Heron Arts group show beckons to a path beyond post-apocalyptic art.

Opinion

OPINION: Ending car-free Great Highway is a mistake, especially now

August 10, 2021

Curtailing a beloved open space as Delta rages on is terrible timing and a community detriment.

Opinion

I finally paid off my student loans at 40. No one should go through this

April 20, 2021

Not even winning on 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' helped me outrun Navient and condescending bootstrapper-types

Art

The curious case of the Gray Lady and the Museum of Sentimental Taxonomy

March 5, 2021

The New York Times denies awareness of Kija Lucas's ongoing project as it launches a very similar feature. The artist calls BS.

Movies

Swaggering legends, thrilling myths at Transgender Film Fest 2020

November 11, 2020

History, heroism, and even horror meet in an all-digital compendium of seven original programs that tell a community's stories.

Culture

‘Rogue’ party uproar shows tech, journalism’s COVID-19 limits

March 28, 2020

As unpleasant as it is to find out that swans are not in fact mating-for-life in Venetian canals next to frolicking dolphins, it’s doubly...

Culture

Bingeing on dystopia: The politico-cultural decade in review

December 30, 2019

Gore Vidal once remarked that the three saddest words in the English language were “Joyce Carol Oates,” but from the vantage point of late...

Culture

Chatting by cell: ‘Uncuffed’ is a prison podcast for our time

December 23, 2019

As setups to Thanksgiving jokes go, a manic wild turkey that burst into a California prison compound seems almost too on-the-nose, considering how two...

Peter-Astrid Kane

With ‘Immortal Reckoning,’ Peaches Christ opens her portal to Hades

A farewell to SF Weekly

The world’s drowning in plastic. Does ‘In Balance’ offer a liferaft?

OPINION: Ending car-free Great Highway is a mistake, especially now

I finally paid off my student loans at 40. No one should go through this

The curious case of the Gray Lady and the Museum of Sentimental Taxonomy

Swaggering legends, thrilling myths at Transgender Film Fest 2020

‘Rogue’ party uproar shows tech, journalism’s COVID-19 limits

Bingeing on dystopia: The politico-cultural decade in review

Chatting by cell: ‘Uncuffed’ is a prison podcast for our time

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