COVID Archives - 48 hills

Nightlife

Dance floor to ‘First Floor’: Shawn Reynaldo grapples with electronic music’s slippery culture

Marke B. - September 27, 2023

The longtime journalist's popular newsletter—and now book—captures the fine-grain details of a mercurial scene

Music

James ‘Sticknasty’ Small brings beats, and heart, to fore on ‘A Universal Love Language’

Joshua Rotter - September 25, 2023

Berkeley drummer, a force behind major acts, levels up with album forged out of personal change and positivity

Culture

Live Shots: The agony and the ecstasy of Folsom Street Fair 2023

Jon Bauer - September 25, 2023

A more relaxed vibe this year, but freak flags still flew high. View our unbridled pics

Housing

Families in RVs near Lake Merced may have to go—but Mayor’s Office delays safe parking spot

Tim Redmond - September 22, 2023

Four-hour parking rules would mean eviction. Why isn't Breed pushing the obvious solution?

Stage Review

Taylor Mac’s audacious ‘Gary’ adds excess to a Shakespeare gore-fest

Charles Lewis III - September 20, 2023

A sequel to 'Titus Andronicus'? You better go big, and Oakland Theater Project makes a valiant effort with minimal means.

Music

The joy (and tech) of Old St. Mary’s free Noontime Concerts

Marke B. - September 18, 2023

35 years of Tuesday lunchtime tranquillity, expanding the definition of "classical" and juiced with state-of-the-art streaming

Dance

In ‘Nursing These Wounds,’ dancing a precarious Pilipinx immigrant experience

Mary Carbonara - September 17, 2023

Colonization and exploitation collide with caregiving and ancient ceremony in Alleluia Panis' latest at ODC.

Stage Review

Despite funky promise, ‘Hippest Trip’ plays like Black history written by ChatGPT

Charles Lewis III - September 13, 2023

'Soul Train' tribute at ACT jumps the rails when it comes to representation, power, and even music

Lit

Ann Patchett on new ‘Tom Lake’: ‘We experience love in different ways at different times in life’

Lou Fancher - September 13, 2023

The lauded author's 'pandemic novel' sequesters a family on a farm in Traverse City, MI—and was written on a treadmill

Music

Swans’ Michael Gira: ‘Successful music is a river of blood, urine, and semen. Swim!’

Joshua Rotter - September 9, 2023

41 years in, the legendary experimental band still finds beauty in nihilism on latest album 'The Beggar'

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Dance floor to ‘First Floor’: Shawn Reynaldo grapples with electronic music’s slippery culture

James ‘Sticknasty’ Small brings beats, and heart, to fore on ‘A Universal Love Language’

Live Shots: The agony and the ecstasy of Folsom Street Fair 2023

Families in RVs near Lake Merced may have to go—but Mayor’s Office delays safe parking spot

Taylor Mac’s audacious ‘Gary’ adds excess to a Shakespeare gore-fest

The joy (and tech) of Old St. Mary’s free Noontime Concerts

In ‘Nursing These Wounds,’ dancing a precarious Pilipinx immigrant experience

Despite funky promise, ‘Hippest Trip’ plays like Black history written by ChatGPT

Ann Patchett on new ‘Tom Lake’: ‘We experience love in different ways at different times in life’

Swans’ Michael Gira: ‘Successful music is a river of blood, urine, and semen. Swim!’

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