This week in print, June 11-18, 2009

Previous Issues

music

the hum

Music for the People

Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, plus Third World, The Nightcats and some transcendental electronica

in review

The Eternal

By Sonic Youth. Matador.

outdoors

dirt

Garden Tour Time!

Plus: 20 years in the making, the Botanical Garden is about to open

arts

filmland

Land of the Dudes

Last week’s openers aimed squarely at bros seeking yucks

booknotes

Requiem for a Paper Bag: A Found Anthology

Edited by Davy Rothbart. Simon and Schuster.

food

table talk

Don’t Call It Chili!

A surprisingly good vegetarian bean dish

Today

Blues By the Bay 2010

STAFF PICK / music / 10:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Halvorsen Park, Waterfront Dr., Eureka. Annual Festival returns! Seating is first come first serve. Bring your blanket or low-back beach chair. Food and beverage, art and craft vendors, and micro-brew beers from many local breweries available. $85/$80 adv.. 445-3378.

Waterfeatures on a Shoestring

events, garden, free / Noon-1 p.m. Living Earth Landscapes, 5307 Boyd Rd,, Arcata. Different options for creating a custom waterfeature for around $100. www.822POND.com. 822-7663.

First Sunday Tea

wellness / 5:15 p.m. Humboldt Herbals, 300 2nd St., Eureka. Learn which brewing methods work best for different types of teas, how to make a proper medicinal infusion or decoction, and which tea accessories work best to make brewing simple and easy. 442-3541.

Legend (1985)

movies / 6 p.m. Arcata Theater Lounge, 1036 G St. This is such stuff as dreams are made of. This is Legend. $5. 822-1220.

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