This week in print, Aug. 13-20, 2009

Previous Issues

news

on the cover

Eight Days at the Races

With horse racing in decline, how does a small track like Ferndale survive?

news story

A Deadly Scum

Killer blue-green algae blooms have returned to our rivers

news story

Notes from Underground

Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn on North Coast living

music

the hum

Wailing

J Wail on the power of 2, plus stand-up, funk and festival madness

in review

Life on Earth

Tiny Vipers - Sub Pop

in review

Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bible!

Jonathan Goldstein - Riverhead Books

arts

stage matters

Story Power

Cornerstone’s Eureka myth and Redwood Curtain’s fiction

filmland

Three Thumbs Up

From biopic to comedy to thriller, you can’t go wrong with last week’s openings

outdoors

dirt

Trees Are People Too

Horticulture prof reminds us tree lovers not to be tree killers

Today

2012 Redwood Art Association New Year Exhibition

art / Noon-5 p.m. Redwood Art Association Gallery, 527 Fourth St., Eureka. View 175 works produced by 119 Redwood Art Association members. Open Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. www.redwoodart.org. 268-0755.

Figure Drawing Group

art / 7-9 p.m. Cheri Blackerby Gallery, 272 C St., Eureka. In the courtyard. Weekly group. Live model. An Ink People DreamMaker project. 362-9392.

Ocean Night Film Screening

STAFF PICK / movies / 7 p.m. Arcata Theater Lounge, 1036 G St. Screening wet films Ancient Sea Turtles Stranded in the Modern World and Lost In The Ether. Sponsored by Ocean Conservancy, Humboldt Surfrider and Humboldt Baykeeper. $3. 822-1220.

Euforquestra (funk)

STAFF PICK / music / 9 p.m. Humboldt Brews, 856 10th St., Arcata. Progressive, genre-crossing funk fusions. Peace of Mind Orchestra open. $10. humbrews.com. 826-2739.

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