Sponsored link
Thursday, April 30, 2026

Sponsored link

Arts + Culture

BIG WEEK: Selena de Mayo, Phenomenal Ball, Stardella, Gilman Jazz Fest, Bliss Abyss…

Coco & Breezy, Catchlight Live, 20 years of 'Donuts, Chotto Matte x Festus Feasts, 'Bloodline,' more to do!
Big Week Marke B. -
Read more

Screen Grabs: Everyone is lying to you for money and no one cares about crazy people

Searing docs by the truckload, from DocLands fest to two Barbara Kopple classics. Plus: Charlie XCX goes Polish, more movies
Movie Reviews Dennis Harvey -
Read more

See a show for free at Lost Church in North Beach in May

Flamenco, comedy, folk-punk, Latin jazz, Americana—score a pair of tickets, but act fast!
Promotion Marke B. -
Read more

Win tickets to Snail Mail, Chet Faker, Enno Cheng

See a killer show at a great local venue on us.
Contest Marke B. -
Read more
Music

Under the Stars: Juju Rogers drops some psyche-funk ‘Voodoo’

John-Paul Shiver -
Plus: Very catchy Otoliths, Bel Cobain's Brownswood reign, Georgie Sweet swears again. And what's up with the Hall of Fame?
Read more
Stage Review

Drama Masks: ‘Hamnet’ is gorgeous, but how was Shakespeare’s sausage made?

Charles Lewis III -
Plus: 'Bloodlines' promises resistance, and SF Ballet's techno AI blockbuster 'Mere Mortals' returns, trailing cultural import.
Read more
Promotion

Save 20% on SF International Arts Festival tickets!

Marke B. -
Here's the code to get you into the boundary-crossing blast, Wed/29-May 10, at a discount.
Read more
Movies

Michael Jackson and Prince deserve better

John-Paul Shiver -
Sanitized blockbuster 'Michael' and estate-quashed Prince doc rob us of nuanced, imaginative, and true portraits of the pop giants.
Read more
Dance

Beyond Butoh: inkBoat’s ‘Clouds from a Crumbling Giant’ reaches past genres

Aimée Ts'ao -
At SF International Arts Fest, storied local dance company takes collaborative approach to crossing borders of life.
Read more

Sponsored link

Onstage

The world is large! 8 must-sees at SF International Arts Fest

Lou Fancher -
Korean tango, Canadian food prep cirque, improv hip-hop, deconstructed drag, a 'Lesbitarian Church,' more from border-erasing event.
Read more
Music

RIP, MTT: Read our 2012 review of the Maestro making a fruit smoothie onstage

Marke B. -
SF Symphony conductor Michael Tilson Thomas passed last week, but left a legacy of avant-garde 'American Maverick' treasures.
Read more
Stage Review

Joffrey Ballet plunged into bizarre and wondrous ‘Midsummer’s Night Dream’

Lou Fancher -
Gags, puns, allusions, and bodies flew as storied company literally made hay with beloved fantasia.
Read more
Music Review

At ‘Passing the Torch,’ KCSM literally schooled the crowd in jazz

Tom Molanphy -
Storied station's Jazz Appreciation Month tribute showcased refreshingly human high school, college, and pro talent.
Read more
Music

Under the Stars: OM Records announces 30-year Embarcadero blast

John-Paul Shiver -
Plus: Shabazz Palaces hit the parsecs, Hollie Cook wows in dub, Jeff Parker bounces back, Altın Gün pays tribute, more music
Read more

Sponsored link

Movies

Screen Grabs: SFFILM Fest hits 69. Nice.

Dennis Harvey -
11 days of global visions, including Boots Riley's latest, a Kid Koala cartoon, and 'The Empire Strikes Back.' Plus: 'I Swear,' 'The Blue Trail,' more
Read more
Big Week

BIG WEEK: Dahlia Sale, Shipyard Open Studios, Foglifter, GUSH fest, ‘Broadway Baby’…

Marke B. -
'Mere Mortals,' Black Gold Sun, SFFILM Fest, 'The Celluloid Closet,' Paranoid London, more to do this week!
Read more
Dance

Alleluia Panis traces a notoriously racist miscarriage of justice through dance

Marke B. -
In 1975, two Pilipina nurses were wrongly jailed for murder; choreographer's immersive 'Burden of Proof' imagines their story.
Read more
Stage Review

Drama Masks: From another time of terror, ‘Burden of Proof’ urges to fight and fear not

Charles Lewis III -
Alleluia Panis' latest dance follows a Pilipina nurse snatched off the streets and wrongly incarcerated.
Read more
Dance

Trans trailblazer Sean Dorsey: ‘When shit gets hard, we choose to show up for each other’

Joshua Rotter -
His legendary dance company's 22nd annual home season offers 'a balm for this moment in America.'
Read more

Sponsored link

Be a 48 Hills Hero!

We are community supported journalism

Become a member
Sponsored link

Sponsored link
48 Hills logo

48hills.org is the official publication of the non-profit San Francisco Progressive Media Center.

We are community supported journalism. Become a member.

News

Business + TechCampaign TrailCOVIDEducationForeign CorrespondentHomelessnessHousing

Politics

Campaign TrailCity HallElectionsOpinionThe Agenda

Arts

ArtArts ForecastDanceLitMoviesMusicPerformanceScreen Grabs

Culture

CultureExamined LifeNightlifeParty RadarPuff

Special Sections

Best of the Bay
Bay Guardian Archives
Cart

Connect

Become a Member
Newsletter
Advertise
Privacy Policy
Contact