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Lou Fancher's advice for navigating 'Manet & Morisot' at the
@deyoungmuseum.bsky.social ? Ignore all text — let the images be your first impression.
@deyoungmuseum.bsky.social ? Ignore all text — let the images be your first impression.
Manet, Morisot, and the language of the eyes - 48 hills
Two French masters living gender-differentiated realities are hung side-by-side at the Legion of Honor.
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February 18, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Lou Fancher's advice for navigating 'Manet & Morisot' at the
@deyoungmuseum.bsky.social ? Ignore all text — let the images be your first impression.
@deyoungmuseum.bsky.social ? Ignore all text — let the images be your first impression.
Trump revoked the EPA’s “endangerment finding” that climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions to be a threat to public health and welfare.
Even if the worst effects of climate on food production are elsewhere, other impacts are coming our way.
Even if the worst effects of climate on food production are elsewhere, other impacts are coming our way.
Trump maxes human endangerment with greenhouse gas ruling rollback - 48 hills
Climate change has already killed people. And death is generally agreed to be bad for one’s health.
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February 17, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Trump revoked the EPA’s “endangerment finding” that climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions to be a threat to public health and welfare.
Even if the worst effects of climate on food production are elsewhere, other impacts are coming our way.
Even if the worst effects of climate on food production are elsewhere, other impacts are coming our way.
Music, Phil Manzanera insists, remains his answer to power.
“I know I make a rubbish politician,” he says, “but I can make music—and that’s my way of contributing.”
“I know I make a rubbish politician,” he says, “but I can make music—and that’s my way of contributing.”
Phil Manzanera shares his life's sounds, from a Cuban Revolution childhood to Roxy Music - 48 hills
Guitarist sits down for night of reflection, archival imagery, and live performance at Great American Music Hall.
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February 17, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Music, Phil Manzanera insists, remains his answer to power.
“I know I make a rubbish politician,” he says, “but I can make music—and that’s my way of contributing.”
“I know I make a rubbish politician,” he says, “but I can make music—and that’s my way of contributing.”
"Just as this country removed monuments to slave owners and confederate leaders, and changed the names of streets and buildings, we will remove Trump’s name from everything he sullied," writes Tim Redmond.
For Trump and his toadies, the reckoning will come - 48 hills
Some day, maybe fairly soon, the majority of this country will realize how horrible this time has been—and Bezos. Zuckerberg, Musk and the rest will be held accountable
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February 17, 2026 at 5:04 PM
"Just as this country removed monuments to slave owners and confederate leaders, and changed the names of streets and buildings, we will remove Trump’s name from everything he sullied," writes Tim Redmond.
Ring the alarm! Noise Pop — San Francisco’s vanguard celebration of independent music and art festival, one of America’s oldest in operation — is returning for its 33rd year. Here's your guide, by @padlife.bsky.social
Happy hours, hometown heroes: Our essential guide to the 33rd annual Noise Pop - 48 hills
An especially tender year, with adieus to iconic venues, avant-rock supergroups, and after-hours local legends.
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February 17, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Ring the alarm! Noise Pop — San Francisco’s vanguard celebration of independent music and art festival, one of America’s oldest in operation — is returning for its 33rd year. Here's your guide, by @padlife.bsky.social
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Here's @48hills.bsky.social Essential Guide to Noise Pop 2026
"This year, festival organizers have stressed that half of the 150-plus acts performing at 20 venues throughout San Francisco and the East Bay are local"
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"This year, festival organizers have stressed that half of the 150-plus acts performing at 20 venues throughout San Francisco and the East Bay are local"
48hills.org/2026/02/happ...
Happy hours, hometown heroes: Our essential guide to the 33rd annual Noise Pop - 48 hills
An especially tender year, with adieus to iconic venues, avant-rock supergroups, and after-hours local legends.
48hills.org
February 16, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Here's @48hills.bsky.social Essential Guide to Noise Pop 2026
"This year, festival organizers have stressed that half of the 150-plus acts performing at 20 venues throughout San Francisco and the East Bay are local"
48hills.org/2026/02/happ...
"This year, festival organizers have stressed that half of the 150-plus acts performing at 20 venues throughout San Francisco and the East Bay are local"
48hills.org/2026/02/happ...
The yearly celebration of affordable ink coincided with V-Day eve this year—leading to a lot of thrifty, love-inspired tats in Bay Area parlors. Emma Garcia captured some of the Friday 13th flash.
Love, luck, ink: Friday the 13th met Valentine's Day in SF tattoo parlors - 48 hills
Lovers and seekers rushed to 'flip the script' on bad luck—and get discount rates—on the rare confluence of holidays.
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February 16, 2026 at 5:33 PM
The yearly celebration of affordable ink coincided with V-Day eve this year—leading to a lot of thrifty, love-inspired tats in Bay Area parlors. Emma Garcia captured some of the Friday 13th flash.
We’ve got passes to give away to a preview screening of 'Midwinter Break' with acting legends Lesley Manville and Ciarán Hinds—on Thursday, February 1, 7pm at AMC Metreon 16, SF—but act fast! They are first come, first served [GIVEAWAY]
Grab a free pass to see new movie 'Midwinter Break' - 48 hills
Lesley Manville and Ciarán Hinds take a trip to Amsterdam and discover a hidden truth.
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February 16, 2026 at 5:28 PM
We’ve got passes to give away to a preview screening of 'Midwinter Break' with acting legends Lesley Manville and Ciarán Hinds—on Thursday, February 1, 7pm at AMC Metreon 16, SF—but act fast! They are first come, first served [GIVEAWAY]
We're teaming up with some of SF’s best music venues to get you to some shows throughout the season. This week: some EDM revival and metalcore legends. Act fast! We'll need to hear from you by by midnight on Tue/17 [GIVEAWAY]
Win tickets to Sudan Archives, Hanumankind, and a Heated Rivalry party - 48 hills
Go see a sweet show on us. Here's how to enter.
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February 16, 2026 at 5:26 PM
We're teaming up with some of SF’s best music venues to get you to some shows throughout the season. This week: some EDM revival and metalcore legends. Act fast! We'll need to hear from you by by midnight on Tue/17 [GIVEAWAY]
Studio456 summons disco miracles Sat/21 ~ Join us at @qbarsf.bsky.social in the Castro for big smiles, lovely tunes, legendary local DJs, and fabulous drink specials [SPONSORED] 🪩🪩🪩
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February 16, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Studio456 summons disco miracles Sat/21 ~ Join us at @qbarsf.bsky.social in the Castro for big smiles, lovely tunes, legendary local DJs, and fabulous drink specials [SPONSORED] 🪩🪩🪩
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'Pillon' director elaborates on the casting decisions that made his BDSM dom-com pop in an interview with @cinepam.bsky.social
"Harry’s version of Colin would be a contradiction in a way, because he would dominate the screen, but he would be playing a submissive.”
"Harry’s version of Colin would be a contradiction in a way, because he would dominate the screen, but he would be playing a submissive.”
'Pillion' director Harry Lighton on kinky dom-com's delicious chemistry - 48 hills
Interplay of stars Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård lend BDSM discovery tale emotional authenticity.
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February 16, 2026 at 5:14 PM
'Pillon' director elaborates on the casting decisions that made his BDSM dom-com pop in an interview with @cinepam.bsky.social
"Harry’s version of Colin would be a contradiction in a way, because he would dominate the screen, but he would be playing a submissive.”
"Harry’s version of Colin would be a contradiction in a way, because he would dominate the screen, but he would be playing a submissive.”
Lurie demonstrated early on that he had no experience with labor, and nobody on his team has any credible connections to most of organizer labor in this city. He knew this strike was coming months ago; he did nothing until it was too late.
How Lurie bungled the teachers strike - 48 hills
Plus: Why is an administration obsessed with public safety cutting crime-prevention programs that are way cheaper than cops? That's The Agenda for feb. 15-22
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February 16, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Lurie demonstrated early on that he had no experience with labor, and nobody on his team has any credible connections to most of organizer labor in this city. He knew this strike was coming months ago; he did nothing until it was too late.
Trump’s hostile takeover of the Kennedy Center has led some of the country’s biggest artists—many of whom normally mute their politics—to publicly take a stand.
And yet, SF Ballet is scheduled to perform there May 27-31.
And yet, SF Ballet is scheduled to perform there May 27-31.
Drama Masks: Why is SF Ballet still performing at the Kennedy Center? - 48 hills
Some of the country's most prominent artists have dropped out after Trump's takeover. Why not our Ballet?
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February 13, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Trump’s hostile takeover of the Kennedy Center has led some of the country’s biggest artists—many of whom normally mute their politics—to publicly take a stand.
And yet, SF Ballet is scheduled to perform there May 27-31.
And yet, SF Ballet is scheduled to perform there May 27-31.
Federal Reserve researchers have added to the clear evidence that “constraints” on the supply of private-market housing have little to do with the lack of affordability in cities like San Francisco.
Is the tide finally turning on the 'abundance agenda?' - 48 hills
Two new studies show that the free market won't solve the housing crisis—and that Newsom, Lurie, and Wiener are wrong
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February 13, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Federal Reserve researchers have added to the clear evidence that “constraints” on the supply of private-market housing have little to do with the lack of affordability in cities like San Francisco.
“There’s no shame in celebrating our culture, because it’s beautiful."
Benitos took over the Mission last weekend. The gathering went deeper than fandom.
Benitos took over the Mission last weekend. The gathering went deeper than fandom.
Pavas, sapos, and perreo at Mission Lotería's Bad Bunny look-alike contest - 48 hills
Joyous attendees didn't need to be told to tirar más fotos at pre-Súper Tazón event.
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February 13, 2026 at 8:04 PM
“There’s no shame in celebrating our culture, because it’s beautiful."
Benitos took over the Mission last weekend. The gathering went deeper than fandom.
Benitos took over the Mission last weekend. The gathering went deeper than fandom.
The chief executive officer of PG&E Sumeet Singh showed up to answer questions about the December blackout at a Board of Supes committee meeting.
It didn't go well.
It didn't go well.
PG&E CEO grilled at supes hearing—and says Lurie wanted Opera House opened in blackout - 48 hills
We also got a preview of the lies the company will tell to oppose public power
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February 13, 2026 at 3:40 PM
The chief executive officer of PG&E Sumeet Singh showed up to answer questions about the December blackout at a Board of Supes committee meeting.
It didn't go well.
It didn't go well.
“It’s been used as this kind of case study of a play, versus us doing it now,” the star of SF Playhouse's innovative 'M. Butterfly' Edrick Young says. “We have a story to actually tell, not just analyze, and it’s a very different experience.”
SF Playhouse's 'M. Butterfly' turns from gender tropes to exploration of weaponized identity - 48 hills
Seeking new fullness, production envelopes characters in movement.
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February 12, 2026 at 5:29 PM
“It’s been used as this kind of case study of a play, versus us doing it now,” the star of SF Playhouse's innovative 'M. Butterfly' Edrick Young says. “We have a story to actually tell, not just analyze, and it’s a very different experience.”
Come for Berkeley's delicious—and deliciously educational—new ‘ammatka cafe, stay for the native plants and young Ohlone scientists #GoodTaste
Good Taste: Summoning abundance at Lawrence Hall of Science's new Ohlone eatery - 48 hills
Vincent Medina and Louis Trevino’s ‘ammatka cafe brings smoked duck, gorgeous salads—and educational tater tots?
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February 12, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Come for Berkeley's delicious—and deliciously educational—new ‘ammatka cafe, stay for the native plants and young Ohlone scientists #GoodTaste
Dance all night to @horsemeatdisco.bsky.social Fri/13! UK DJ legends return to the Great Northern for a night of unbridled love on the dance floor. Use code STARLUV at checkout for $10 off! [SPONSORED]
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STARDELLA - HORSE MEAT DISCO | CARRIEONDISCO & DJ M3 | Loft: EMPRESS SF
STARDELLA presents: HORSE MEAT DISCO, CARRIEONDISCO, and DJ M3 at The Great Northern's Loft EMPRES SF!
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February 12, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Dance all night to @horsemeatdisco.bsky.social Fri/13! UK DJ legends return to the Great Northern for a night of unbridled love on the dance floor. Use code STARLUV at checkout for $10 off! [SPONSORED]
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At a time when the art form is exploding in popularity via anime and Marvel movies, CCA's pioneering Comics program may be on its final strip. On Sun/15, its queer heritage is being honored at @sfpubliclibrary.bsky.social.
'Pride in Panels' fest inks in queer cartoon brilliance - 48 hills
Biennial showcase highlights fierce DIY spirit in time of attacks—but may be unofficial requiem for CCA's pioneering Comics program.
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February 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
At a time when the art form is exploding in popularity via anime and Marvel movies, CCA's pioneering Comics program may be on its final strip. On Sun/15, its queer heritage is being honored at @sfpubliclibrary.bsky.social.
After nearly a year of stalled negotiations, San Francisco teachers said enough is enough.
Representing United Educators of San Francisco, organizers rejected Mayor Daniel Lurie’s last-minute request for a 72-hour delay and walked out on Monday.
Representing United Educators of San Francisco, organizers rejected Mayor Daniel Lurie’s last-minute request for a 72-hour delay and walked out on Monday.
Watch: Teachers rally outside City Hall as strike launches - 48 hills
Union organizers rejected Mayor Lurie’s last-minute request for a 72-hour delay and walked out on Monday.
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February 11, 2026 at 6:42 PM
After nearly a year of stalled negotiations, San Francisco teachers said enough is enough.
Representing United Educators of San Francisco, organizers rejected Mayor Daniel Lurie’s last-minute request for a 72-hour delay and walked out on Monday.
Representing United Educators of San Francisco, organizers rejected Mayor Daniel Lurie’s last-minute request for a 72-hour delay and walked out on Monday.
The Board of Supes today sided with AT&T and rejected a neighborhood appeal of a plan that would install a 100-foot cell-phone tower on the edge of Glen Canyon Park.
Supes side with AT&T on massive cell phone tower in Diamond Heights - 48 hills
Mandelman says the city has no choice and AT&T could sue; neighbors say that's no way to make policy decisions
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February 11, 2026 at 6:34 PM
The Board of Supes today sided with AT&T and rejected a neighborhood appeal of a plan that would install a 100-foot cell-phone tower on the edge of Glen Canyon Park.
Lovers Lane in Balmy Alley? "Sexplorations" at @exploratorium.bsky.social ? A venerable celebration of Indigenous two-spirit tradition? Any kind of V-day season you desire is covered by our expert arts and culture writers via #BIGWEEK
BIG WEEK: Lover's Lane, Exploratorium sexytime, Problematic Bae, and 'Always Be My Maybe' - 48 hills
Plus: 15th annual Plus: 15th annual BAAITS Two-Spirit Pow-Wow, Rhondavous, Belmont eats, Martha Graham's 100th, more.
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February 11, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Lovers Lane in Balmy Alley? "Sexplorations" at @exploratorium.bsky.social ? A venerable celebration of Indigenous two-spirit tradition? Any kind of V-day season you desire is covered by our expert arts and culture writers via #BIGWEEK
Congressional candidate said he thinks “Lurie has been okay” and reinforced his support for Bilal Mahmood, who voted in favor of every housing deregulation measure, and opposed Sup. Connie Chan’s attempts to protect tenants and small businesses.
Chakrabarti doubles down on support for Mahmood, Lurie - 48 hills
Congressional candidate, at odds with most of the local left, says Mahmood is a 'progressive' and says Lurie 'has been okay.'
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February 11, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Congressional candidate said he thinks “Lurie has been okay” and reinforced his support for Bilal Mahmood, who voted in favor of every housing deregulation measure, and opposed Sup. Connie Chan’s attempts to protect tenants and small businesses.
Soft landscapes that capture a momentary flash of light is the name of this painter's game. Mary Corbin delves deep into how she got here.
A soft touch: Victoria Veedell looks to capture 'the feeling of it' - 48 hills
Pac Heights painter explores 'fleeting shifts of light that transform a landscape for just a breath of time.'
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February 10, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Soft landscapes that capture a momentary flash of light is the name of this painter's game. Mary Corbin delves deep into how she got here.