today
8 a.m. Early Dementia Diagnosis and Treatment Conference Fortuna River Lodge
read >8:30 a.m. Power Up Your Writing Curriculum HSU
read >9 a.m. Electronic Waste Amnesty Event Redwood Acres Fairground
read >9:30 a.m. Women Entreprenuer 4th Annual Educational Summit Wharfinger Building
read >9:30 a.m. Friends of the Dunes Property Restoration Humboldt Coastal Nature Center
read >10 a.m. T-Ball Registration See Event Description
read >10 a.m. Humboldt Botanical Gardens Humboldt Botanical Garden
read >10 a.m. Youth Driving Safety Program Community Wellness Center
read >10 a.m. Healing Arts Fair See Event Description
read >10 a.m. Compost Class Rohner Park
read >11 a.m. Toddler Storytime: It's Spring Humboldt County Library
read >noon Planning Your Landscape Living Earth Landscapes
read >12:30 p.m. Nature Hike Discussion Redway Elementary
read >1 p.m. Sign Language Fun and Games Humboldt County Library
read >1 p.m. PG&E Blackout Party Six Rivers Brewery
read >2 p.m. Friends of the Marsh Tour Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary Interpretive Center
read >2 p.m. Second Saturday Family Arts Day Morris Graves Museum of Art
read >2 p.m. How to Write a Story Humboldt County Library
read >5 p.m. Merv George Dance Party Willow Creek VFW Hall
read >5 p.m. Kenetic Universe Benefit Oberon
read >6 p.m. The Tumbleweeds (cowboy songs) Chapala Cafe
read >6 p.m. Up Lift: A Benefit for Casterlin School Mateel Community Center
read >6 p.m. Rutabaga Royal Repast Oberon
read >6:30 p.m. Up Lift: A Benefit for Casterlin School Mateel Community Center
read >6:30 p.m. Brian Post (piano standards) Oberon
read >7 p.m. Surfrider Benefit and Membership Drive Arcata Theater Lounge
read >7 p.m. RepFest 2010 Ferndale Fireman's Pavillion
read >7 p.m. Dancers Delight Series Scotia Inn
read >7:30 p.m. A Midsummer Night's Dream Arcata High School
read >8 p.m. Karaoke w/ Chris Clay Boiler Room
read >8 p.m. Fortuna Concert Series: Barbara Davenport Quartet Fortuna Monday Club
read >8 p.m. Antigone College of the Redwoods
read >8 p.m. Jan Bramlett (singer/songwriter) Mosgo's
read >8:30 p.m. Surfrider Membership Drive w/ Robbie Allen and The Outer Edge Arcata Theater Lounge
read >9 p.m. St. John & the Sinners (blues/rock) Cher-Ae-Heights Casino
read >9 p.m. Jimi Jeff & The Gypsy Band Six Rivers Brewery
read >9 p.m. Gunshy (classic rock) Bear River Casino
read >9 p.m. Back In The Daze Central Station Cocktail Lounge
read >9 p.m. Hotter Than A Crotch, Fineslew (rock) Lil' Red Lion
read >9:30 p.m. Kaye Bohler (soul) Riverwood Inn
read >10 p.m. Music by DJ Sidelines
read >10 p.m. DJ Icy Hot Aunty Mo's Lounge
read >10 p.m. MuziqLement Pearl Lounge
read >10:30 p.m. Indian, Wah-Wah Exit Wound (hard rock) Alibi Lounge and Restaurant
read >previous columns
Aug. 20, 2009
Here's a proposition for you.
Cartoon by Joel Mielke
read >Aug. 13, 2009
Ex-Hacks on the T-S
Editor: As a retired reporter, I frequently find myself in ...
read >Aug. 6, 2009
Wabash Willie in Single Prayer
Cartoon by Joel Mielke
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Thanks for the Flashback
By North Coast Journal Readers
Editor:
Thanks to Hank Sims for the flashback column on the passing of an early back-to-the-lander ("Town Dandy," Aug. 20). I was moved to reminisce about the "good old days," and, maybe more importantly, to segue in to the passing of a certain Humboldt County vibe which is rapidly passing as well.
The early hippies fit in here because of a disdain for the rat race and a love for the land. It just so happened that most of the "straight" population shared those same values, albeit without the patchouli oil. In short, the Humboldt Nation was a refuge for loggers, fishermen, Indians and old souls who passed up on San Fran and the civlized points south and east to be here, on the land — deer, fishing, gardening, firewood and berries.
Now, the newcomers, like the clones that support them, have much shallower roots, and are basically a slightly hairier version of the monopoly players found all across the land. Straighten the roads, get the word out to the tourists, the illegals, the wannabes hoping to be a bigger fish in this smaller pond than they were wherever they fled. ReBrand Humboldt, my ass.
Death of the Humboldt Nation? That happened a few thousand watts ago, but something has definitely changed, and for those looking hard for an oasis, this one is certainly better than L.A. but not the place it once was, when the impecunious shared the place, and enjoyed their immunity from the monopoly game called America.
Thanks so much for the look back.
Joshua Kinch, Freshwater
Sweet Spot:* The sweeter, more nostalgic side of Joshua Kinch wins a Bon Boniere sundae for sending our favorite letter of the week.*
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