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.

Culture

‘Women aren’t funny’? Tell that to Cirque clown Kelsey Custard

October 29, 2019

When Kelsey Custard was studying at San Francisco’s Clown Conservatory school a decade ago, she and some of her female colleagues were advised by...

Marc Almond speaks on Soft Cell, his new album, and life in Moscow

October 26, 2019

It’s 2019: do you know where your little art, fashion, and music freaks are? At Sex Cells, of course, a traveling genre- and gender-fluid...

Dance

Nature takes astounding flight in ‘Viva MOMIX!’

October 17, 2019

With its 40th birthday fast approaching in 2020, the MOMIX dance company is excited to bring a vibrant “compilation album” of its “greatest hits”...

Movies

Olympia Dukakis has a few words

October 10, 2019

'Do what you want. Treat people decently,' says the film legend, with a new doc and honors at the Greek Film Festival.

Techno legend Doc Martin drops in for 1015’s 30th anniversary

October 10, 2019

For decades now, legendary house DJ, remix master, and Sublevel label head Doc Martin (spinning Fri/11 at 1015 Folsom) has wielded his unique...

Red, red wine—and a still red-hot UB40

October 2, 2019

UB40 (playing Sun/5 at The Mountain Winery) is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. But that doesn't mean it's "happily ever after" for the...

Movies

There’s a ‘Mad God’ at the Drunken Film Fest

October 1, 2019

Clocking in at under an hour, Mad God, a highly experimental stop-motion film about an assassin who descends into a scary subterranean dystopia—full of...

Lit

Ben Folds illuminates the music biz with ‘Lightning Bugs’

September 10, 2019

Ben Folds is not your average rockstar, so it’s no surprise that the genre-bending alternative, pop, and classical artist’s autobiography, A Dream About Lightning...

It’s the time of the season for the Zombies

September 9, 2019

After receiving four nominations in five years, ‘60s rock pioneers The Zombies (at Fox Theater Fri/13) began to wonder if they'd ever get inducted into...

Onstage

Charo chooses life!

September 4, 2019

Charo has always prided herself in her innate ability to entertain audiences—whether performing her inimitable disco dance hits “Stay With Me,” “Dance A Little...