
today
8:30 a.m. Audubon Society Field Trip See Event Description
read >9 a.m. Arcata Farmers' Market Arcata Plaza
read >9:30 a.m. Discovery Walk: Unknown Waterfront See Event Description
read >9:30 a.m. Manila Dunes Restoration Manila Community Center
read >10 a.m. Manila Dunes Guided Walk Manila Community Center
read >10 a.m. Library Book Sale Humboldt County Library
read >10 a.m. Dia de los Muertos and Mexican Folk Art Sale Private Eureka home
read >10 a.m. Final Arcata Farmer's Market Arcata Farmers' Market (off the plaza)
read >11 a.m. Donlin Foreman Dance Workshop Dell'Arte
read >2 p.m. Humboldt Coastal Nature Center Draft Trails Plan Walk Stamps House
read >5 p.m. Bati Zado and Show Redwood Raks World Dance Studio
read >6 p.m. The Tumbleweeds Chapala Cafe
read >6 p.m. Ali Chaudhary (jazz duo) Libation
read >6:30 p.m. Not Evil, Just Wrong Humboldt Area Foundation
read >7 p.m. Guitar Stan (country) Old Town Coffee & Chocolates
read >8 p.m. Guitar Orchestra of Barcelona Arkley Center for the Performing Arts
read >8 p.m. Stones in His Pockets Arcata Playhouse
read >8 p.m. A Christmas Carol North Coast Repertory Theater
read >8 p.m. Donna Landry Swing Dance Moose Lodge
read >8 p.m. North Coast Wind Ensemble Fulkerson Recital Hall at HSU
read >8:30 p.m. The Last Minute Men (international) Cafe Mokka
read >9 p.m. Ian McFeron Band (folk rock) Six Rivers Brewery
read >9 p.m. The Michael Paul Band WAVE @ blue lake casino
read >9 p.m. The Generatorz (classic rock) Central Station Cocktail Lounge
read >9 p.m. Taxi Bear River Casino
read >9 p.m. VJ Itchie Fingaz Pearl Lounge
read >9 p.m. Jack Ruby Presents + Blue Street + Acufunkture (DIY rock) Jambalaya
read >9 p.m. 2nd Annual Scorpio Bash The Red Fox Tavern
read >10 p.m. Music by DJ Sidelines
read >10 p.m. DJ Icy Hot Aunty Mo's Lounge
read >10 p.m. Jemimah Puddleduck (rock) Humboldt Brews
read >10 p.m. White Manna + Midday Veil + The King Salmon Duo (rock) Jambalaya
read >11 p.m. Radio Moscow (psychadelic blues) + Mosquito Bandito (one-man surf/garage) The Alibi Lounge and Restaurant
read >previous columns
Sept. 4, 2008
Forest For The Trees
Editor: Many thanks to the Journal and to writer Heidi ...
read >Aug. 28, 2008
Smart Folks Don’t Vote
Editor: Upon seeing the cover of the Aug. 21 Journal ...
read >Aug. 21, 2008
Celluloid Reveries
Editor: I couldn’t help it but the cover of your ...
read >Yesssssssss!
By North Coast Journal Readers
Editor:
At first glance I was excited to see an article about the nude figure and its relationship to the artist, as I use the nude in my own work, but then realized it was just a superficial jab at what the figure represents in art (“Art Beat,” Sept. 4). The subtitle -- “Nude portraiture really isn’t about sex” -- struck me as strange, because all of my favorite figurative artists use the figure to represent human emotion, the most dominant being sex.
To say that nude portraiture is not about sex is to not look back in art history or at current figurative artists. Ummm ... Courbet’s “The Origin of the World!” A majority of the artists from the impressionist era used prostitutes as their models, even using the brothel as a popular subject matter. Most of Degas’ nudes take place in brothels or other intimate sexual settings.
When there is a nude figure in front of me in my studio, although I might not want to jump on them for sex, there is still sexual tension. Here lays a naked person vulnerable and subservient to the needs of the artist. It is not simply just rendering the proportions of the figure, like the article alluded. There is a deeper psyche that takes place and the dialog between the artist and model can be ... sexual.
Sara Long, Trinidad
Sweet Spot:*Sara Long wins a Bon Boniere sundae for sending our favorite letter of the week, despite missing the tongue in the writer’s cheek. Good news! New Bon Boniere sundae coupons are in! We’ll be filling the backlog this week. Thanks for your patience, past winners.*


















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