Lit Archives - 48 hills

Stage Review

In peppy ‘Legally Blonde,’ institutional sexism in pink and white

Charles Lewis III - September 10, 2024

Ray of Light Theatre casting a Black lead in beloved story adds much-needed diversity, but also some confusion.

Best of the Bay

Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Arion Press

Emily Wilson - September 3, 2024

Literary time travelers reach back to classics—and into roster of contemporary Bay lit stars—to make ever-more-popular pages.

Best of the Bay

Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Starter Bakery

Lou Fancher - September 2, 2024

Kouign amann aside, it's community care that has us hooked on these inventive East Bay ovens.

Dance

A spirited dash through Black music history in ‘Following the Road to Ose Tura’

Charles Lewis III - August 23, 2024

Last weekend at Dance Mission, Adia Tamar Whitaker and Àṣẹ Dance Theater connected African villages to US streets.

Music Review

Pulsing with percussive grooves, Brijean swayed the Independent

John-Paul Shiver - August 6, 2024

The vibes undulated hypnotically when the once-Oakland duo took the stage, in the wake of new LP 'Macro.'

Puff

Puff: Hash Week kicks off on 710? Light it up, folks

Dan Karkoska - July 8, 2024

Slip into seven full days of demos, drag, dabs, hash holes, karaoke, Japanese eats, and so much more.

Onstage

Juneteenth reading of ‘3rd & Palou’ humanized 1966 Hunters Point Uprising

Tom Molanphy - June 23, 2024

Biko Eisen-Martin's thrilling work-in-progress play is 'based on the world immediately outside the exit doors.'

Puff

Puff: Pride’s about to get hella lit

Dan Karkoska - June 21, 2024

The first Hottboxx area at Pride will feature cannabis demos, drag, dancing, and Laganja Estranja.

Stage Review

Never mind the capitalism… Here’s ‘The Lehman Trilogy’

Marke B. - June 16, 2024

Humanizing a rapacious clan of slavery profiteers... in this economy?

Culture

At 70, North Beach Festival celebrates groundbreaking artisan origins

Dorothy Odonnell - June 11, 2024

Originally organized by makers seeing more exposure, the fair claims first in closing off an entire street for art.

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