This week in print, Feb. 4-11, 2010

Previous Issues

news

on the cover

Thrift Store Angels

Inside the Arcata second-hand shop that lifts up at-risk youth

news story

Fiber Dreams

After years of false starts and evaporated deals, broadband redundancy might finally happen

news story

Code Cops, Not Real Cops

Critics are happy code enforcers won’t carry guns anymore, but they still want those reports

music

the hum

Out in Front

Gillian Welch sideman Dave Rawlings takes center stage

in review

Moving Chairs

By Efterklang - 4AD/Leaf

arts

stage matters

Fatal Attraction

Romeo Hearts Juliet at NCRT, Jeff DeMark’s North Coast Home Companion

filmland

Thrills! Spills! Apocalypse!

Plus: Almodovar returns with the masterful Broken Embraces

booknotes

Trinidad

By Dione F. Armand - Acadia Publishing

arts alive!

Arts Alive!

First Saturday Night Arts Alive! Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010, 6-9 p.m.

food

table talk

Z is for Zucca

A savory galette from Deborah Madison

Today

Open Celtic Music Session

music / 3 p.m. Cafe Veritas/Mosgo's, 180 Westwood Center, Arcata. Informal monthly gathering of musicians playing Irish and other Celtic music. Hosted by Seabury Gould. seaburygould.com. 845-8167.

Nonviolence Action Camp

etc. / 10 a.m. Chinmaya Mission near Piercy. Weekend-long direct action orientation features workshops, role playing, seminars, ceremonies and field trips. Bring food, bedding, warm clothes, signs, banners, bikes, drums, acoustic instruments. Pre-register. saverichardsongrove.org. 932-5898.

Audubon Society Field Trip

outdoors / 9 a.m. Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge, 1020 Ranch Road, Loleta. Meet at Refuge Visitor Center off Hookton Road. Leisurely, two- to three-hour trip intended for people wanting to learn birds of Humboldt Bay area. 822-3613.

Look Back in Anger Matinee

theater / 2 p.m. Ferndale Repertory Theatre, 447 Main Street. John Osborne’s sharply funny, fiercely honest exploration of political disillusionment and basic human yearning. Directed by John Heckel. $15/$13 students and seniors. ferndale-rep.org. 800-838-3006.

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