He won’t be moving into his new job until sometime in the new year, but we’re happy to let you know that Thadeus Greenson will be taking over as the North Coast Journal‘s news editor. There’s a lot work to do — he’ll have help from Arts and Features Editor Jennifer Fumiko Cahill (above). They’ll […]
Bob Doran
Freelance photographer and writer, Arts and Entertainment editor from 1997 to 2013.
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Silks and the Cold
Leslie Castellano had a big weekend with a couple of aerial performances, the beautiful silk art form she teaches at Synapsis. This photo is from a party in the Synapsis studio/workshop on West 3rd, not far from the Eureka Co-op. It’s not exactly what you might call a “good” part of town, and we ended up […]
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Unbound
Humboldt Unbound, a grand, fanciful, poetic, theatrical biography of the Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt, namesake of the county where we live, began a two weekend run last night at Humboldt State University. A gala champagne opening helped introduce the cast and crew. Dell’Arte Producing Artistic Director Michael Fields watched from the back […]
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What the Fup
The novelist/poet Jim Dodge launched a short Humboldt tour earlier this week at HSU, reading from his book Fup, to a crowded room. The readings continue with stops at College of the Redwoods Friday, Nov 15, at 10 a.m., at the CR Mendocino Coast Campus on Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 4 p.m. concluding on his […]
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Another Friday Night in Arcata
Another Friday, another rockin’ night on the town, beginning with horn player Karl Denson and his Tiny Universe throwing a Ray Charles Boogaloo Dance Party. The dancing at the Arcata Theatre Lounge started with Zach Deputy, one-man-band getting the crowd going with looped guitar, keyboards and bass. The Tiny Universe and the Cosmic Horns funked […]
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Psyche-out at the Shanty
Visionary psyche music pioneer Nik Turner, from the British bands Hawkwind and Space Gypsy, played for a tightly packed house Wednesday at the Shanty. His psychedelic krautrock backup band Hedersleben added layers of sonic madness. The crowd responded. Opening the show: the wild new noise band CV, and local neo-psyche masters White Manna, just returned from […]
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Claudia Swings
The complex music of the Claudia Quintet relies on somewhat unusual instrumentation – including accordion and vibes, at times bowed – providing a dense, beautiful setting for drummer/bandleader John Hollenbeck’s pieces. Innovative, improvised, at times carefully composed, sometimes not even written down, it’s what we call jazz these days, for lack of a better word. And […]
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On Fire at Arts Alive!
There’s always too much art and music at Arts Alive! And too many people to talk to. But always enough time for a tune by Rick Fugate. I’d planned catching Orr Marshall’s show at the Sewell, but I missed his opening. Instead I had a long talk with the Korean photographer Young Suh about his […]
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Pastels, Lumberjacks and more
The sun shown bright for a perfect Saturday for the 26th annual Pastels on the Plaza Northcoast Children’s Services ran the show… …with Executive Director Kathy Montagne in charge (on left) Arcata artist Alan Sanborn did a pastoral farming scene Joyce Jonte’s pastel for Los Bagels A Humboldt State artist works on a piece for […]
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What’s a Bobarazzi?
Just so you’re in on the lingo, Bobarazzi is a made-up word based on another made-up word, paparazzi. Fellini coined it in La Dolce Vita to describe pesky photographers chasing after celebrities. (There was even a character named Paparazzi in the movie.) The news cameramen used flash cameras that made a popping sound — there’s […]
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Black and White or in Color?
As the multi-talented saxophonist/electronica artist/clothing designer Chris Noonan put it, “It’s that time of year again.” It’s HSU’s graduation weekend for one thing, which sort of means the beginning of summer, signaling a definite shift in the local student population. Actually, Noonan meant it’s time for another Black and White Ball, Saturday night at the […]
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Sail Away
photo by Bob Doran Jason Hodel Driving into work the other morning I was in no mood for the news on all the public radio stations, too much war and trouble. I pushed the button for some “radio without the rules” and found commercials. The pirate station was off the air, too early for pirates […]