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WEB5 days ago · Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Lou Fancher - September 25, 2024. This world-class treasure trove of film and other creative forms is the true work of art. Music.
What the Boudin recall does—and doesn’t—mean for SF politics
WEBJun 7, 2022 · It’s astonishing. It’s unprecedented. It’s inaccurate. And tonight it became clear that the strategy was entirely effective. So now Boudin has lost a recall election funded by right-wing billionaires, and the news media all over the country are going to say that it’s a sign that San Francisco isn’t as progressive a city anymore, that the movement toward electing progressive ...
Tom Molanphy, Author at 48 hills
WEBMar 2, 2024 · The tragic toxic legacy of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. March 1, 2023. Aided by a USC fellowship, reporter Tom Molanphy and 48hills dug into the overwhelming history of data concerning the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, which...
Raging Grannies and Radical Women on protecting reproductive …
WEBMay 11, 2022 · Norma Gallegos is the coordinator of National Mobilization for Reproductive Justice in San Francisco. In an interview, she says, “The most impacting thing we’re doing now is giving angry folk upset about things coming down the pike the space to say there are other issues that need to be addressed in addition to protecting women’s choice.”
Still obsessed with '80s sensation Animotion - 48 hills
WEBAug 27, 2019 · Singer Astrid Plane—she of the famous side-ponytail—talks the ups and downs of synthpop success, before the big Lost '80s Live show. The enduring obsession with ‘80s music isn’t difficult to explain, according to Astrid Plane. Animotion ’s founding frontwoman, who, along with her band, racked up three hit singles — “Obsession ...
Ann Patchett on new ‘Tom Lake’: ‘We experience love in ... - 48 hills
WEBSep 13, 2023 · Even if a person has never traveled to Traverse City in northern Michigan, attended summer theater, farmed cherries, fell in love with embroidered napkins, or harbored secret memories of hot sex with a budding film star when you both drank too much and slept too little: Read Ann Patchett’s Tom Lake (HarperCollins/Harper Books). It’s likely you will find yourself somewhere within Patchett ...
Call the ‘Please Force’: Wavy Gravy revisits Woodstock in new doc
WEBMay 28, 2019 · Wavy Gravy reminisces about the three historic days of peace and music at Max Yasgur’s Farm in award-winning director Barak Goodman’s new documentary “ Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation,” which features never-before-seen footage and interviews with organizers, performers, and attendees. I …
Remembering K-Maxx, the Bay Area producer who was 'positivity ...
WEBBy John-Paul Shiver. August 16, 2023. Editor’s Note: John-Paul wrote this remembrance just after the passing of K-Maxx in 2020, but I was too overwhelmed with tragedy and grief over all the people we were losing to publish it at the time. Now, as his beloved Sweater Funk family celebrates 15 years of parties, we thought it appropriate to post.
Growth machine wins big in Berkeley - 48 hills
WEBJanuary 14, 2021. On December 8, the Berkeley City Council made its most important land use decision of 2020: It approved the Adeline Corridor Plan, authorizing much greater density in a historically Black neighborhood that has undergone significant gentrification and displacement. Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin supported a developer-friendly plan.