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Joshua Rotter

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Joshua Rotter is a contributing writer for 48 Hills. He’s also written for the San Francisco Bay Guardian, SF Weekly, SF Examiner, SF Chronicle, and CNET.
Lit

She touched roses: From Book of Love to ‘Plants That Heal’ with Susan Ottaviano

As synth-pop queen prepares band debut's 40th anniversary tour, she pops into Omnivore Books with some natural wisdom.
Onstage

Monét X Change: retired party girl, current comedy queen

'Drag Race' and 'Traitors' star brings two nights of coming-of-age cracks to Cobb's.
Music

Sheila E. grew a career that the Bay—not the music industry—taught her was possible

On the eve of her gig at Blue Note Napa, the Norcal icon talks Berkeley drum circles.
Movies

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

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

‘Jerry farts and burps’: Grateful Dead live on in spirited retrospectives

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

$5, a genealogy test, The Beach Boys, and ‘My Grandfather Charles Manson’

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

The ‘AbFab Movie’ at 10: ‘It celebrated the crazy times of loads of money and little sense’

Cast member Helen Lederer, aka Catriona, remembers the uproarious movie and TV show—and a comedy family.
Movies

Jewish Film Fest takes on AIDS, abortion, experimental music

As 46th installment launches, speaking to the folks behind 'Tell Me Everything,' 'Hollywood Does Abortion,' 'mdbr mdbr.'
Music

Dirty queens done dirt cheap: GayC/DC hits with queer ‘refresh’ of classic rockers

'We're just getting up there and blowing it out,' says renowned Pride Fest act, who count Rob Halford and Sebastian Bach as fans.
Movies

Lilly Wachowski on 30 years of ‘Bound,’ trans revolution, and Nazis snatching ‘The Matrix’

'We had reservations back then about speaking about our art because we were both closeted trans women,' says filmmaker, appearing at Frameline.
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