This week in print, July 8-15, 2010

Previous Issues

news

on the cover

The Hornet Whisperers

The Weidert family has removed Humboldt stingers for decades, and probably saved lives

news story

Culling Bluffs

Trinidad planning commissioner investigated in illegal clearcut above Tsurai Village

news story

Lords and Ladies

For a few hours, I was a chauffeuse for a touring group of redwood-loving nobility

music

the hum

Summer on the River

Mad River Summerfest, plus the Berel Alexander, Lightnin’ Woodcock, Dgiin and Cannabis College

in review

At Echo Lake

By Woods - Woodsist

arts

art beat

Fresh Meat

Art education rocks

filmland

Shyamalan: A Ding-Dong

M. Night makes the most boring movie of the year. Plus: Twilight!

booknotes

Hitch-22: A Memoir

By Christopher Hitchens - Twelve

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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