Oil spills forth in Mexico’s Gulf — Happy Earth Day! — less than a month after President Obama pitched more offshore oil drilling (Sarah Palin says, “Don’t give up on drilling! It’s akin to man’s race to the moon!”). Oklahoma’s new anti-abortion laws make Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale seem like a lark. In related […]
Jennifer Savage
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Tips for Bosses
When the kids were young, I slung cocktails for a living. I wanted to be a stay-at-home mom, but couldn’t actually afford to stay at home, so the hours allowed me to spend the days with the kids and the tips beat minimum wage. Like most service industry jobs, the work itself didn’t vary that […]
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Modernist Missionary
Humboldt State University’s First Street gallery typically hosts exhibitions worthy of discovery, but this month’s holds particular significance. Works by HSU professor, Arcata Artisan member and 30-year-veteran of the Humboldt County art scene Mimi LaPlant fill the entire gallery space. First Street Director Jack Bentley explained the show’s magnitude: "Mimi is important in that she was […]
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Now that I got mine
You might as well know… Grocery Outlet ‘s wine selection is 20 percent off through April 3 . I opted for the Barking Sheep Malbec – review here – love those Argentina reds. And they have the ” pure and elegant ” Sirius vodka, too – $36.99 elsewhere, but only $11.99 at GO. Pair it […]
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Out in the Street
It’s just a butt on a door. Most of Beachcomber Café’s patrons either display amusement or remain oblivious — more concerned with acquiring coffee and a Trinidad Special to notice. Sometimes, co-owner Alice says, folks walking by will do a double-take, stop, point, laugh and "then the camera comes out." But joy and acceptance of […]
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A-town Anti-Prom
Fun flash! (Emphasis ours): The Arcata Costume Prom is a high school age dance put on by local Arcata teenagers who found the proms instituted by their schools to be lacking in style and not serving the whole student population. The Costume Prom was created to fulfill many dance styles and musical taste from Jazz […]
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Pay Dirt!
Stop! Wait! I hope I’m not too late — although if you, like me, eagerly await the end of January, I probably am. You’ve already filed online and seen the direct deposit refund swell your checking account. Yay, tax time! But as gamblers and lucky lotto players know, that sudden wealth can evaporate, leaving the […]
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The Dancer
Dance is the only art in which we ourselves are the stuff of which it is made. – Ted Shawn The performance of a fine dancer triggers admiration. Beholding an entire company dance with all the grace, elegance, power and strength necessary offers art’s most desired effect: transcendence. One’s self is absorbed by the alchemy […]
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Convenient. Flexible. And, oh yeah, a total rip-off.
We warned you. And by now, you may have received the first sign of the banking industry’s compulsion to treat you like you’re: a.) stupid; b.) disposable; c.) stupid and disposable. Now look, we like the tellers at the local Chase branches. They’re friendly, helpful, everything you could want when you’re making a deposit or […]
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AQ kickstarted toward success
A while back, we suggested you try a bit of Absynth. Apparently some of you liked it: The Absynth Quintet reached their Feb. 1 goal of $2,000 ($2,056 to be precise), which means album#3 is officially fully funded! What did the talented fivesome have to say about this monumental outpour of love and support? “Thank […]
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Devil Makes Three
So much was right about Thursday night’s Devil Makes Three show at the Eureka Theater. The fact that the show sold out — 850 tickets! That it was all ages. The appropriateness of the venue — restoration underway, but not complete — for a band that delivers a new twist on old-timey. Most of all, the […]
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Budget Disaster Prep
Whenever disaster strikes, talk of preparedness is sure to follow. Were we ready? Did we have what we needed? What should we have done differently? Experts exhort community members to stockpile rations, batteries, extra clothes and medical supplies. But what about those folks scraping by, the ones struggling to put the regular food on the […]