About a month ago Georgia-born songwriter/guitar picker Caroline Aiken loaded a few of her guitars and her dogs, Chula and Ita, into her truck and headed out from her home in Athens, Ga. She made her way to the Southwest and played a couple of shows there with another Georgia peach, Arcata-based songstress Joanne Rand, […]
Bob Doran
Freelance photographer and writer, Arts and Entertainment editor from 1997 to 2013.
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Wild Grandmother
My Grandmother is not your usual silent film. The somewhat obscure 1929 Soviet political comedy mixes live action on wildly exaggerated expressionistic sets with puppetry, animation and stop motion photography to offer a scathing critique of bureaucratic excess. And the 21st century soundtrack, to be performed live Saturday night at the Arcata Playhouse by composer […]
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Back to the Landscape
Ask longtime Humboldt residents why they live here, and chances are they’ll mention the beauty of this place, the forests, farmlands and beaches, the streams and rivers running from the mountains to the sea. That love of nature is reflected in our vibrant art scene. You’ll see it full force this weekend if you take […]
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Beat Geeks
The name Lazer Sword might make you think of Star Wars light sabers, but that’s not what the electronica duo Antaeus Roy and Bryant Rutledge had in mind when they formed their musical partnership back in 2006. “It is a geeky thing, but it has nothing to do with Star Wars,” said Roy, skyping in […]
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Kinetic Coup?
In what seems to be a stunning, unprecedented coup d’état, 2007 Rutabaga Queen Emma Breacain, who also serves as Treasurer on the board of directors for Kinetic Universe, will now serve as “this year’s Rutabaga Queen,” according to a report in this morning’s Times-Standard. This last minute shift in the Kinetic power structure comes just […]
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Gloriously Kinetic
The last Monday in May is coming up, which means it’s time to celebrate Memorial Day, an American holiday honoring our military veterans. There will be flags and parades all over and, in Indianapolis, a 500-mile auto race that’s been held for more than 100 years. Here in Humboldt we have another, quite different race […]
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Release Me
As we shift into the digital age, where music is exchanged via computers and played on phones and iPods, some say the CD is dead. Not so fast, say independent artists who still see the disc as a viable art form. For example, the reggae-meets-Latin bilingual vocal duo Vidagua is celebrating the release of a […]
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“I Can’t Go For That”
What makes something “go viral” and bounce exponentially around the Net garnering countless tweet pointers, Facebook shares and millions of hits? It’s hard to say. One thing’s for certain, that word, “hit,” has taken on a new meaning. Marketing departments everywhere are trying to figure out the formula, since going viral has become a mark […]
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New in Town
There’s one thing constant in the restaurant world: change. Menus change; restaurants come and go. It can be hard to keep track. That’s why we put out a new Menu of Menus every year. There’s a new one out, which you can find on select newsstands and other locations throughout Humboldt County. So, what’s new? […]
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Summer Music Festival Guide 2012
Summer’s just around the corner, which makes it time for another round of music festivals, big, small and in between. Some are tailored to your specific music taste, some more eclectic. Among the options here in Humboldt or not-too-far away: The 36th Annual Summer Arts and Music Festival. Despite troubles with the state park system, […]
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The Cornerstone
It was a grand occasion commemorating the start of a grand project. On Saturday, Nov. 26, 1904, a cornerstone was laid near the southwest corner of Third and G streets for a new Eureka City Hall. The two-story Italian Renaissance-style building, to be built on the site of the old Pioneer School after a vote […]
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Going Viral
What makes something “go viral” and bounce exponentially around the Net garnering countless tweet pointers, Facebook shares and millions of hits? It’s hard to say. One thing’s for certain, that word, “hit,” has taken on a new meaning. Marketing departments everywhere are trying to figure out the formula, since going viral has become a mark […]