This week in print, March 18-25, 2010

Previous Issues

news

on the cover

The Biocrat

Some say Phil Detrich was a sellout. Others, a savior. He says he was just doing his job.

news story

Cutters

How much can HSU subtract from its curriculum and remain HSU?

news story

Where is Dr. Fran Day?

With legal charges pending, Eureka doc skips town and leaves patients in the lurch

music

the hum

Humboldt Culture

UKEsperience’s Lost Coast Sessions, pledge drives, Zoe Boekbinder, Skerdio

in review

Blank Generation

Directed by Ulli Lommel - MVD Visual (reissue)

arts

art beat

Aftershocks

This year’s Artware Affair is more important than ever

filmland

Greengrass in Iraq

Plus: The unattractive, Sub-Apatovian She’s Out of My League

booknotes

Threshold: The Crisis of Western Culture

By Thom Hartmann - Viking Penguin

food

table talk

It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over

Crab season continues, recipes from a crabber’s wife

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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