today
8 a.m. Greening Your Business Scotia Inn
read >9 a.m. H1N1 Vaccine Clinic Area 1 Agency on Aging
read >9 a.m. Historic Archaeology Lab Opportunity HSU Behavior and Social Sciences Building
read >11 a.m. Kathleen Bryson Meet and Greet Has Beans
read >noon Paul Hagen Press Conference Eureka Women's Club
read >6 p.m. The Tumbleweeds (cowboy songs) Chapala Cafe
read >6 p.m. Concert and Desserts Portuguese Hall
read >6 p.m. Arts! Arcata Northcoast Environmental Center (NEC)
read >6:30 p.m. Humboldt Helps Haiti Plaza View Room
read >7 p.m. DJ Ray Boiler Room
read >7 p.m. Dale Winget (folk) Oberon
read >7:30 p.m. Audubon Lecture Humboldt County Office of Education
read >7:30 p.m. A Midsummer Night's Dream Arcata High School
read >8 p.m. Antigone College of the Redwoods
read >8 p.m. Capitol Steps Van Duzer Theatre
read >9 p.m. St. John & the Sinners (blues/rock) Cher-Ae-Heights Casino
read >9 p.m. UKEsperience (folk rock) Six Rivers Brewery
read >9 p.m. Swingin' Country Blue Lake Casino
read >9 p.m. Beautiful People Boutique Fashion Show Mazzotti's Arcata
read >9 p.m. Gunshy (classic rock) Bear River Casino
read >9 p.m. Jah Sun and the We A Dem Band Humboldt Brews
read >9 p.m. Ash Reiter, Monster Women, Mister Moonbeam (rock) Lil' Red Lion
read >9 p.m. Jimi Jeff And The Gypsy Band (blues) The Playroom
read >10 p.m. Kraddy (hip-hop) Mazzotti's Arcata
read >10 p.m. Music by DJ Sidelines
read >10 p.m. DJ Ninja Retro Dance Party Aunty Mo's Lounge
read >10 p.m. DJ Jsun Pearl Lounge
read >11 p.m. The Big Lebowski Arcata Theater Lounge
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red berries
By Stephanie Silvia
red berries
red berries picked in the forest
red berries
for sweet tart
MeMe is going to bake for us
red berries
red berries
sticky sweet juice on our tongues
red berries we sing
as we frolic along like Red Riding Hood-
but not afraid of wolves
MeMe chanted for us
the song of the wolf brothers
howling beneath a bright moon sky
red berries
red berries we sing
hoping the wolves will come
"They are shy creatures,"
MeMe told
but we want to brush their rough fur soft
pick ticks from the scruff of the ruff of their necks
and rumple in tall golden meadow grasses
like puppies-
red berries
red berries
Sally gathers a nosegay
of wild primrose
sweet pea lupine autumn leaves
for MeMe
who sends us into the forest
to pick red berries
red berries
She's going to bake us a tart.
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