"I wanted to be such a dare-devil, but because thinking about heights was an antidote to my own overwhelming fear of heights," writes Aimée Ts'ao. "That’s why I’m going to the seventh biennial San Francisco Aerial Arts Festival Fri/7-Sun/9."

Aerial Arts Fest flies high on a shoestring and a dream - 48 hills

Losing NEA funding and artists' reluctance to visit the US can't keep Zaccho's annual vertical dance celebration down.

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The mayor's measure to increase x4 the signatures required to put a measure on the ballot already has organized opposition. It would guarantee that only well-funded operations would be able to do ballot-measure campaigns.

How the fall election is shaping up - 48 hills

Chan and Wiener are essentially tied; how will the Marina Safeway project impact that race? That's The Agenda for Aug. 2-9

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“At the time of contact, there were approximately 20,000 of us in Northern Marin County,” said author Greg Sarris. “There were more Indigenous people in Central California than anywhere else in the New World outside of the present site of Mexico City.”

'The Last Human Bear' came to Jack Kerouac Alley - 48 hills

Author and Native American tribal chairman Greg Sarris discussed his first novel in 30 years, immersed in 1930s Pomo history.

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People across the country are pushing back against Flock’s predatory and pervasive technologies—even as San Francisco continues to receive millions of dollars from a billionaire Chris Larsen to beef up its Flock-dependent Real Time Investigation Center.

Fighting back against the growing surveillance state - 48 hills

Protests large and small are disabling Flock cameras and resisting repeated violations of privacy by police and corporations.

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Few make it from community college to the NBA. But 23-year-old Dominican American Yaxel Lendeborg did just that—and now he has the potential to win over Warrior Nation.

An uncommon Warrior: Yaxel Lendeborg comes to the Bay - 48 hills

An ode to the Puerto Rico-born Dominican American player who bounced up from community college.

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Multi-talent Olivia Bratko's new solo show is "a wild, hourlong mix of torch song crooning, recycled audio clips, ponderings on Catholic guilt and gender identity, and a lot of raunchy improv." #DramaMasks

Drama Masks: Olivia Bratko is here to let you know that you're not crazy - 48 hills

Performer's latest solo show at the Rhino throws everything you can imagine into a wild and funny hour of catharsis.

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Move over, matcha. Reach for hojicha, her charcoal-roasted sibling #GoodTaste @tamarapalmer.bsky.social

Good Taste: Pouring out love for Hojicha - 48 hills

Move over, matcha. Can it, coffee. We’re all-in on roasted green tea drinks and treats this summer.

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"You know that feeling when you get a déjà vu jolt running through your body? I got a good shot of that pristine chi listening to the outer-rock high-propulsion single from the soon-to-be-released album 'Vol. 3' by The Odyssey Cult." #UnderTheStars

Under the Stars: SF supergroup The Odyssey Cult lets it rip - 48 hills

Plus: Hardly Strictly lineup, Womack Sisters and Dark Star Orchestra at the Greek, summer stoner flick 'The Wrong Girls,' more.

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Alternating between bright colors and simple black and white, what initially appears as comic whimsy in M. Mark Bauer's work is actually a device that offers entry into deeply pondered issues.

Enjoy your trip inside M. Mark Bauer's labyrinthine paintings - 48 hills

HIs works are eye-popping, but contain deep 'flow of consciousness' messages about the environment and society.

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Parodists of racial and cultural stereotypes are getting overdue appreciation onscreen and off over the next week: David Alvarado the "Shakespeare of Chicano theater” and CinemaSFbay’s inaugural artist-in-residence Robert Townsend #ScreenGrabs

Screen Grabs: From farmworker to 'the Shakespeare of Chicano theater' - 48 hills

Luis Valdez gets his due. Plus: Robert Townsend tribute, 'Glitter' revival, 'Sheep in a Box,' and Fantasy Studios fest.

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"It is rare for something so abstract and open to interpretation to feel so emotionally clear." An immersive review of choreographer Sophia Stoller's piece at @somarts.bsky.social offers a frontrow seat for a liminal space performance.

Moving through a nine-year dream in Iris Company's 'The Still Point' - 48 hills

Choreographer Sophia Stoller inventively immersed watchers in liminal moods and dramatic gestures at SOMArts.

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One of our favorite intimate venues in North Beach, @thelostchurchsf.bsky.social SF is offering a pair of tickets to each the below August shows for lucky 48 Hills readers. But they are going soon! [GIVEAWAY]

See a free show at The Lost Church in August - 48 hills

Folk, Flamenco, Latin, Balkan, indie and more are going down in North Beach. Act fast to claim a pair of tickets!

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To describe her world premiere 'The Grain House' (which runs through August 9 at Santa Cruz music festival), composer Sarah Hennies sends over a cross-section illustration of an ant colony.

E pluribus ants: At Cabrillo Music Fest, Sarah Hennies' work buzzes with communal activity - 48 hills

Under expansive theme of US's 250th, composer's 'Grain House' considers the lowly but mighty insect.

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"I was interested in exploring this idea of being othered, and how difficult it is to find outlets to release or express that," says ODC co-artistic director Mia J. Chong. ODC/DANCE's Summer Sampler runs July 30-August 2.f-disquiet-fueled-by-invisible-burdens-armenian-poetry/

ODC Summer Sampler's 'Notes of Disquiet' fueled by invisible burdens, Armenian poetry - 48 hills

Mia J. Chong's latest work explores 'that feeling of having to hold in your response to someone else's insensitivity.'

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Living the life of Riley as a bot in SF sure does pay the bills #parody

I was a fake chatbot in San Francisco - 48 hills

Confessions of an A.I. impersonator

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The filmmaker best known for his Teenage Apocalypse trilogy is back, delivering a shot of pure, scabrously comic adrenaline with 'I Want Your Sex.'

Gregg Araki: 'Why doesn't Gen Z have sex anymore?' - 48 hills

Iconoclastic queer director's hot new 'I Want Your Sex' was transformed by #MeToo, and wants to spark spicy conversations.

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"The only joy for labor on June 2 was that Sup. Connie Chan made the runoff," writes Tim Paulson.

Labor, Gordon Mar, and Connie Chan - 48 hills

OPINION: Labor and community coalitions have won in the past. Will that happen in November?

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SF icon Bambi Lake’s posthumous poetry collection hit bookstore shelves a week after Trans March organizers demanded accountability from the city over Pride Weekend police violence. “It’s a compilation of everything that we know about,” says its editor.

Devouring the indomitable spirit of Bambi Lake - 48 hills

Posthumous poetry collection from often abrasive, endlessly creative trans punk icon celebrates a life led 'too soon.'

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“It was a big moment for us when we started feeling the whole bipping wave, rapper and cannabis mogul @berner415.bsky.social says of his new crime drama 'Splash City.' “I felt like, let me just go ahead and tell this story.”

To the bipper go the spoils? Cannabis impresario Berner on his debut crime thriller - 48 hills

'Splash City' filmmaker and rapper aims to bring a side of San Francisco the world rarely sees to life.

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It’s taken Board President Rafael Mandelman a while to make his nominations to fill Supe slots after terms of three appointed members ended. Now we know the three names, and two of them will come before the full board today.

What's up with our new Planning Commission members? - 48 hills

Plus: Another developer giveaway. That's The Agenda for July 27-Aug 2

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Impossible to separate the Grateful Dead from San Francisco. Another chapter in that relationship is being written with 'Forever Grateful,' the Haight Street Art Center‘s ambitious exhibition celebrating the Grateful Dead’s music, art, and cultural legacy.

'Jerry farts and burps': Grateful Dead live on in spirited retrospectives - 48 hills

Haight Street Art Center puts on two huge shows that keep the band's colorful legacy and community ticking.

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Restaurants responded incredulously to the founders of "pay what you can" Global Hospitality Day—but it's become clear that accessibility can actually be a way for new customers to discover their new favorite spot. It comes to the Bay August 26!

Good Taste: Mark your calendar for 'pay what you can' restaurant day - 48 hills

Mexico City-rooted initiative gets local participation from Al pastor Papi, Reem's, Merkado, Understory, more

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It seems that according to American Songwriter, Whitesnake's mid-tempo slow burner “Is This Love” was originally written for Tina Turner... #UnderTheStars @padlife.bsky.social

Under the Stars: A harmonious system of influences (Whitesnake included) - 48 hills

Plus: Brandee Younger, 'The Ecstatic,' Diagonal Lines, atmos bloom, The Chutes 'Widow's Bay'—we're slipping it all in

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Climbing the mountainous body of work created by Bay Area-based artist Mildred Howard in her 81 years exercises body, mind, and soul. You can take a significant first step at her Oakland Museum retrospective.

Mildred Howard writes her own history book - 48 hills

At Oakland Museum of California, 81-year-old artist's first major retrospective attacks Black erasure.

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The SF Jewish Film Festival is your chance to discover daring cinema that pushes the envelope: politically, culturally, and artistically. Discounts for 48hills readers! [SPONSORED]

Join us this weekend for wild, weird, and wonderful SFJFF films (with a discount!) - 48 hills

See the other side of the Jewish Film Fest—immersive music, webs of seduction, violent betrayal—with 48 Hills.

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You won't catch @aewontv.bsky.social on the White House lawn. From the league's epic "Forbidden Door" event in San Jose last month, photojournalist Danny Acosta explores how respect for global talent is leading to unforgettable fights.

At San Jose's 'Forbidden Door,' international AEW stars knocked out xenophobia - 48 hills

Looking for earthshaking pro fights far from the White House lawn? This league's got you.

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"Go to this free amazing thing!" — #BIGWEEK SF Book Fair | Ballet22 🏳️‍⚧️🧑‍🩰 | Marcos Valle | Roxie Theater ADA Celebration

BIG WEEK: SF Art Book Fair, Up Your Alley, Ballet22, Alameda Rock & Roll Flea Market - 48 hills

... Marcos Valle, Jandii scones, 'Sketch on Speed,' naughty Dore parties, disability rights film celebration, more to do!

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In 'Remake,' the film following the overdose death of his son, documentarian Ross McElwee's raffish style shifted — now, we as an audience are aware that some topics are too painful to do more than dance around #ScreenGrabs

Screen Grabs: A revered documentarian faces the ultimate loss in 'Remake' - 48 hills

Plus: Celebrating disability rights, 'First Looks' at Oscar's shorts candidates, Nicolas Winding Refn's hell, the Dardennes' mothers.

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What would you do if you found out Charles Manson was your grandfather? If you're Sophia Maddox, you make a film.

$5, a genealogy test, The Beach Boys, and 'My Grandfather Charles Manson' - 48 hills

Sophia Maddox's documentary asks, How do you reconcile your identity with a just-discovered legacy of unimaginable violence?

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Hard to quibble with the enthusiasm a little guy showed at Circus Bella's North Beach gig, hoisting a cone onto his head in Big Top bliss. See 'AH HA!' through Sun/26!

Live Shots: Circus Bella's free park romp stokes 'AH HA!' moments - 48 hills

Wee ones enraptured by local troupe mused whether their futures lie under the Big Top.

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