Travel Archives - 48 hills

Music

62nd Cabrillo Fest spurs musical questions of movement and migration

Marke B. - July 24, 2024

At the annual celebration of contemporary music, director-conductor Cristian Măcelaru takes on red-hot topics.

Food & Drink

Good Taste: Food fun and free rides at the Ferry Building

Tamara Palmer - July 18, 2024

New restaurants and a hydrogen-powered ferry propel the beloved portal onto the city's culinary hotspots list.

Onstage

A Route 66 trip to Steinbeck country spurred Octavio Solis’ ‘Mother Road’

Emily Wilson - July 10, 2024

'Things still felt like, yeah, this is America during the Depression,' says playwright, whose latest is at Berkeley Rep.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Migrants snagged in a deadly web of politics at ‘Green Border’

Dennis Harvey - July 10, 2024

Plus: 'Longlegs' offers solid thrills, 'The Convert' tackles New Zealand colonization, Frozen Film Fest crackles, more movies

Media

Media Week: Why is Haney’s dubious campaign spending not a bigger story?

Tim Redmond - June 24, 2024

Plus: If SF is the worst-run city in the country, the data doesn't show it.

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.'

Art

The kid from Plainfield: Irving Penn retrospective captures him capturing us

Lou Fancher - June 20, 2024

De Young retrospective shows how the photographer built a time capsule of humanity in San Francisco and far beyond.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Frameline LGBTQ+ Film Fest pops out of the box for Pride

Dennis Harvey - June 15, 2024

A Juneteenth Block Party, new venues, films from around the world, and even a couple of gay lions this year.

Nightlife

Dissecting SF’s big surprise rave

Tamara Palmer - June 3, 2024

Fred Again.. and Skrillex brought 25,000 smiling revelers to Civic Center Plaza on little notice. Was it good for the city?

Art

Greg Rick engages with global power dynamics to rectify myths of the past

Mary Corbin - May 22, 2024

The Oakland painter emphasizes 'moments of corrective alteration towards a more just and honest story.'

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