He’s best known as the guitar player for the seminal San Francisco hippie rock band Jefferson Airplane, and as one of the founders of the acoustic blues combo Hot Tuna. But when he was in high school in the 1950s in Chevy Chase, near D.C., guitarist Jorma Kaukonen played the rock ‘n’ roll music of […]
Bob Doran
Freelance photographer and writer, Arts and Entertainment editor from 1997 to 2013.
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Downtown Fortuna’s First Friday
Downtown Fortuna’s First Friday, Feb. 1, 5-8 p.m. features local artists and musicians. Further information at fortunadowntown@sbcglobal.net. BARTOW’S JEWELERS 651 12TH St. Photography by Adam Foster. CUDDLY BEAR 751 10TH St. Fernbridge Band acoustic jam night – anyone welcome to join (7p.m.) EEL RIVER BREWING COMPANY 1777 Alamar Way. Jewelry by Stephanie Hahner. FORTUNA ART […]
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Sheriff Against Gun Control?
With the debate surrounding gun control heating up and President Obama calling for action on a national level, Humboldt County Sheriff Mike Downey said today that he stands with a group of sheriffs resisting federal control. Downey is among the law enforcement officers on a “growing list of sheriffs saying ‘no’ to Obama gun control,” […]
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Crossing Cultural Boundaries
Saxophonist Joe Lovano was raised on jazz. Growing up in Cleveland, he learned music from his dad, Tony “Big T” Lovano, who led a jazz combo. Joe picked up the sax at the age of 6; when he finished high school he headed for Boston to attend the prestigious Berklee College of Music. He […]
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On Top
Start with a surfer dude’s devil-may-care attitude, add a touch of ganja-fueled reggae, a little taste of punk rock and hip hop and you have Slightly Stoopid. The band got its start in the mid-’90s in Ocean Beach when best buds Miles Doughty and Kyle McDonald were in high school. Bradley Nowell from the […]
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Going Mongolian
The first Friday in January marked the grand opening of Masaki’s Mongolian Grill and Sake Bar in Arcata, a Pan-Asian spin-off from Masaki’s Kyoto Japanese Restaurant in Eureka. Even though I’d been hearing about the place for months, all I really knew was the name, which seemed exotic and intriguing — I had no […]
Posted inArt Walks + Festivals
McKinleyville Art Night
McKinleyville Art Night Friday, Jan. 18, 6-8 p.m. a community celebration of art, music, food and fun on the third Friday of each month. For more information, contact coordinator Taffy Stockton at 707-834-6460 www.mckinleyvilleartsnight.com. 1. EUREKA-ARCATA AIRPORT 3561 Boeing Avenue. Long term exhibit with work by Humboldt County artists, sponsored by the Headwaters Fund, coordinated by […]
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Two Duos
Singer/songwriter fiddler/guitarist Laurie Lewis is a shining light in the Bay Area neo-bluegrass world. She’s a dynamic performer, almost always joined by her longtime musical partner Tom Rozum on mandolin. She also serves as a mentor for younger musicians. That’s how Lewis met the musical duo Melody Walker and Jacob Groopman, familiar in Humboldt […]
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Sandpiper Still in Limbo
A chain link fence surrounds most of Sandpiper Park, the unfinished mobile home park on South G Street in Arcata. The exception is a row of five houses facing the street where work is complete. Only the corner home is occupied. Two more have “sold” signs in their windows, but one of the low income […]
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Dan O’Gara RIP
Storyteller Dan O’Gara died Monday at the age of 76 at UC San Francisco Hospital surrounded by his family. O’Gara was flown to the hospital following a massive stroke that came on unexpectedly while he was cutting wood near his home in Trinidad. In recent years O’Gara was best known as founder of the North […]
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Humboldt Crows
When Chicago-based singer/songwriter JT Nero, leader of the rock/soul/country band JT and the Clouds, started thinking about making a solo acoustic album, he ended up collaborating with his friend Allison Russell, a banjo/ukulele picker and vocalist from the Canadian urban folk outfit, Po’ Girl. Their respective bands had played together over the years, forming […]