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Starry 'Kiss of the Spider Woman' sinks fangs into deep subjects - 48 hills

48 Hills @48hills.bsky.social · 4h

Will non-binary actor Tonatiuh rise to stardom on the power of their star turn in Bill Condon's 'Kiss of the Spider Woman'? @cinepam.bsky.social checks in with the California ingenue

Director Bill Condon and star Toniatiuh on the onscreen musical's entanglement with gender and incarceration.

Task Force moving to eliminate community oversight of many departments - 48 hills

48 Hills @48hills.bsky.social · 5h

Activists are lining up to oppose changes that would give the mayor even more power than the city’s chief executive already has.

The situation has been called “DOGE comes to San Francisco."

Why make a very strong mayor even stronger? It's all part of the oligarch agenda

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Quarantegan @quarantegan.bsky.social · 1d

𝑪𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅-𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒂𝒚 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂
𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 + 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 & 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦
10/12-18

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sound qualities @padlife.bsky.social · 1d

Dancefloors rejoice — Melbourne’s Harvey Sutherland shares his TOP FIVE HOUSE RECORDS with @48hills.bsky.social alongside the release of Debt.

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Best of the Bay 2025 Editors' Pick: Enterprise Brewery - 48 hills

48 Hills @48hills.bsky.social · 1d

"It’s the camaraderie that oozes from behind the bar and the people on the other side that make this one of the best places in the Bay to grab a beer," writes @agspinelli.bsky.social — a #BOB25 for Enterprise Brewery!

Local beer vets Jesse Hayter and Cameron MacDonald's SoMa taproom is a welcome neighborhood watering hole.

News media coverage about Lurie's upzoning plan misses the most important player - 48 hills

48 Hills @48hills.bsky.social · 1d

The reason the city has to allow market-rate developers avoid local zoning laws?

Scott Wiener has pushed a series of bills through the state legislature that screw San Francisco.

The ugly choices the city faces are largely the result of one person: Scott Wiener

Trans trailblazer Miss Major has passed: Read our 2023 interview with the Stonewall veteran - 48 hills

48 Hills @48hills.bsky.social · 1d

Iconic Black trans revolutionary Miss Major Griffin-Gracy passed away yesterday at age 78, but she will always be remembered. In our 2023 interview, she spoke about her relationships with San Francisco—and what makes a good organizer.

'The best trait an organizer can have is to listen, and to listen closely to what the people want,' she told us.

Inside SF's private surveillance state - 48 hills

48 Hills @48hills.bsky.social · 1d

Our right to privacy has progressively eroded, thanks to public-private partnerships like Flock Safety’s extensive network of surveillance cameras and SFPD’s Real Time Investigation Center 📹📹📹

The privatization of public safety (and spy cameras) is a costly threat to all of us

Win tickets to Buckethead, Beta Band, Erika De Casier - 48 hills

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48 Hills @48hills.bsky.social · 2d

We have one pair of tickets for Buckethead, Beta Band and Erika De Casier, act fast!

TO ENTER: Email [email protected] by midnight Tue/14 w/ the name of the show you want to see in the subject line + your favorite local Chinese restaurant in the body. [GIVEAWAY]

Go see a banging live show at one of SF's top venues, on us.

Under the Stars: For Cahl Sel, electronic experimentation is a family affair - 48 hills

48 Hills @48hills.bsky.social · 2d

You voted, now the 51st annual Best of the Bay winners are here! Stars from the City Living category:

Best Animal Rescue Rocket Dog Rescue ~ Best Tattoo Parlor, Idle Hand ~ Best Night Market, Bhangra & Beats Night Market

See all City Living winners here:
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sound qualities @padlife.bsky.social · 6d

Under The Stars ✨💫
Music & Culture @48hills.bsky.social

CAHL SEL “all hardware recordings” on #SF imprint started by Jonah Sharp aka Spacetime Continuum
Akiko Yano reissue on WEWANTSOUNDS
Crushed on @ghostlyint.bsky.social
Harvey Sutherland's top 5 house records

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Plus: Akiko Yano's 1970s live love, Harvey Sutherland's top five house records, a new Ghostly Crushed, more music.

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erossf.bsky.social @erossf.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you again for voting and listing EROS as the Best Sex Club!

48 Hills @48hills.bsky.social · 6d

SHE HAS ARRIVED. Complete list of winners for the 51st annual Best of the Bay awards just dropped! Thanks to all who voted for their community favorites.

48hills.org/2025/10/best...

50 years of Jimi Hendrix's radical, redefining 'Band of Gypsys' - 48 hills

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Tenderloin Museum @tenderloinmuseum.bsky.social · 4d

It’s been an unforgettable year—more than 60 performances, 3,700 audience members from near and far, and over 5,000 pancakes served with pride. And to top it off, The Compton’s Cafeteria Riot was named a Best of the Bay 2025 Editors’ Pick by @48hills.bsky.social.

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sound qualities @padlife.bsky.social · 4d

#rewind #repost

Who Knows,” a mega jam with accelerating swing, call and response between Jimi and Buddy, and then #Hendrix playing all types of loose, slipsliding virtuosic guitar licks.
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Revisiting a classic album that proved to be a turning point in rock's political expressionism.

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48 Hills @48hills.bsky.social · 5d

Your 51st Best of the Bay winners were just announced! Some of your Shopping faves:

Best Bike Shop ~ Scenic Routes
Best Kids Store ~ Tantrum
Best Comic Book Store ~ Comix Experience

Thanks to all who voted! Come party with us October 22 to celebrate🌉

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Berkeley's city planning 'cancel culture' - 48 hills

48 Hills @48hills.bsky.social · 5d

Under the mystifying label “Corridors Zoning Update,” the City of Berkeley is proposing to upzone three low-rise, low-density neighborhood shopping streets—College (the Elmwood), North Shattuck, and Solano Avenues—for mostly market-rate housing.

Small shops and the public cut out of the process of upzoning three neighborhoods

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48 Hills @48hills.bsky.social · 6d

SHE HAS ARRIVED. Complete list of winners for the 51st annual Best of the Bay awards just dropped! Thanks to all who voted for their community favorites.

48hills.org/2025/10/best...

COVID-safe Bay Area Art, Performances, Livestreams, and Protests (Week of October 5th - 11th) | CSL3

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Quarantegan @quarantegan.bsky.social · 7d

𝑪𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅-𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒂𝒚 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂
𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 + 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 & 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦

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sound qualities @padlife.bsky.social · 7d

#rewind #repost

Talking Heads Remain in Light turns 45 today. Its influence, that residue is evergreen.

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Big suit antics aside, it's Talking Heads that shine in 'Stop Making Sense' - 48 hills

40th anniversary re-release of Jonathan Demme's concert film reminds that the band never got a proper farewell.

Catch a new film about the brutality of sweeps and attacks on the unhoused - 48 hills

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48 Hills @48hills.bsky.social · 6d

"Nothing, and no-one, is spared," writes @poormagazine.bsky.social on the crushing sweeps of unhoused people's communities that led her to make 'Crushing Wheelchairs'

Catch the new film November 9 at the Roxie Theater and December 6 at The New Parkway

With no love from Hollywood, 'Crushing Wheelchairs' gets two Bay Area screenings

Screen Grabs: 3rd i Fest reaches 'Beyond Bollywood' for thrills - 48 hills

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48 Hills @48hills.bsky.social · 6d

Several countries the US at least used to be friends with friends with are well-represented in the latest edition of 3rd i’s San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival, Fri/10-Sun/12 at the Roxie Theater #ScreenGrabs

Plus: Mexican terror in 'Noche Oscura,' bittersweet SF nostalgia in 'Fairyland,' dark fantasy 'Ice Tower,' Orwell on the line, more movies

Win tickets to TV on the Radio, Ty Segall, Shoreline Mafia - 48 hills

48 Hills @48hills.bsky.social · 7d

We have one pair of tickets to each of these shows—act fast!

TO ENTER: Email [email protected] by midnight on Thu/9 with the name of the show you wanna see in the subject line + the name of your favorite local Chinese restaurant in the body. [GIVEAWAY]

Go see a banging live show at one of SF's top venues, on us.

Julio César Morales' tender work renders the pain of migration - 48 hills

48 Hills @48hills.bsky.social · 7d

Across mediums—and in his current show at Gallery Wendi Norris—there is one constant in the work of Julio César Morales: sharing the immigrant experience.

The artist's latest show 'My America' utilizes painting, sculpture, immersive sound installation, and neon to tell 'the story.'

Good Taste: Honey & Pearl sweetens up Emeryville - 48 hills

48 Hills @48hills.bsky.social · 7d

“What kept me alive during those times was that hope of when I get out of the situation, I am going to have a business," says Tamara Esparza, whose family has found a permanent home for their sweet—and accessibly priced—Honey & Pearl baking business #GoodTaste ✏️ @tamarapalmer.bsky.social

Former South Bay pop-up bakery finds a permanent home—and the banana pudding is a must.