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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.
Onstage

Kung Pao! Jackie Hoffman shoots from the hip before Kosher Comedy

Movies, Chinese food, and volunteering are the three most common go-tos for Jews on Christmas. Twenty-seven years ago, San Francisco comic Lisa Geduldig added a...
Arts + Culture

For San Francisco, the Gay Men’s Chorus brings the ‘Holigays’ home

The holidays can be particularly challenging for members of the LGBTQ community — especially those who’ve lost loved ones to AIDS or who’ve felt...
Lit

Loving Whitney Houston: Robyn Crawford on their relationship, loyalty, and faith

Right after signing her first record deal with Arista Records in 1983, singer Whitney Houston swung by her best friend Robyn Crawford’s home with...
Movies

Christopher Coppola finally finishes his ‘Macbeth’

Filmmaker and educator Christopher Coppola believes in completing every project that he undertakes. The Associate Professor of Film and Film Department Chair at San...
Movies

Michael Apted’s monumental, 55-year chronicle of class inequality

The central question in 63 UP— award-winning auteur Michael Apted’s ongoing documentary anthology, following the changing lives of 14 British subjects over the course...
Onstage

Drag star Miz Cracker on ‘Femlins,’ feminism, and overall fabulousness

An idyllic Christmastime setting, a loving family, and the gift that keeps on giving grief. Gremlins, which celebrates its 35th anniversary this year, has...
Onstage

Ana Gasteyer adds ‘Sugar & Booze’ to Symphony’s ‘Holiday Gaiety’

Sugar, booze, and music — these are the things that Ana Gasteyer’s holidays are made of. Top on the comedian, actress, and singer’s list of...
Onstage

Theatre of Yugen stages ‘A Christmas Carol’ with an ancient Japanese spin

There are plenty of ways to experience yūgen or “beauty, with a tinge of sadness,” according to the great 14th- and 15th- century Japanese...

From Lagos with love—and the god of fire

Bisi is more than a stage name for the 29-year-old Nigerian singer-songwriter who’s called San Francisco home for the last decade. It’s also a...
Movies

Martin Scorsese on ‘The Irishman,’ old friends, and loving Castro Theatre

Martin Scorsese loves San Francisco’s Castro Theatre. So much so that the legendary Mean Streets, Goodfellas, and Casino director opened his latest gangster epic,...
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