This week in print, Sept. 25-Oct. 2, 2008

Previous Issues

news

on the cover

Pistol Packing People

Hundreds of Humboldt County residents have a permit to carry a concealed firearm. Who are they, and what are they thinking?

alt prez

Alt Prez

The Other Candidates For President: Last in a six-part series

music

the hum

Natural

Taj Mahal on food and music, plus clean-cut folk and a couple of new CDs

in review

Carried To Dust

Calexico. Quarterstick/Touch&Go

outdoors

dirt

The Straw Bale Affair

A status report on the next new thing in fog-bound gardening

arts

stage matters

Elizabethan Sitcom

No More Than Merry at NCRT

filmland

Return to Allentown

Plus: Why so angry, Sam L. Jackson? Wait, I don’t want to know.

booknotes

Twilight of the Machines

By John Zerzan. Feral House.

booknotes

The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative

By Thomas King. University of Minnesota Press.

food

table talk

Farmers’ Market Turns 30

How did it all start? A bit of history.

Today

Ba-Dum-Chh Comedy Night

Comedy / 8:30 p.m. Cher-ae Heights Casino, Trinidad. Local blue comedy troupe makes with the funny. If you get offended, don't go! cheraeheightscasino.com. 800-684-2464.

Petunia and the Vipers (hillbilly swing)

music / 9 p.m. Riverwood Inn, 2828 Avenue of the Giants, Phillipsville.

Les Craig

music / 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. All Dogs Biscuit Bakery and Olivia's Beastro, 2910 E St., Eureka. Singer/songwriter performs. alldogsbakery.com. 497-6273.

Whomp Whomp Wednesdays

music / 9 p.m. Nocturnum, 206 W. 6th St., Eureka. 498-7388.

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