Perhaps the biggest breakdown in the recent power shutoff was communication. As I write this, the California Public Utilities Commission has convened an emergency meeting with Pacific Gas & Electric Co. about the blackout. High among the commissioners’ concerns are PG&E’s communication failures to local governments, state agencies and customers during this event. As important […]
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Physical Reality and Mad Curiosities
Crazy is popular in dance these days, as HSU’s 40-person, 10-dance spring show, choreographed and performed by both students and instructors, demonstrates. Kelsey Brennan’s “The War Within” tackles post-traumatic stress disorder among vets, set to overlapping recitations from All Quiet on the Western Front by sound artist Tim Gray. The dancing here is percussive and […]
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Last Dance
Theater and dance fans won’t want to miss the Trey McIntyre Project’s final tour as a full-time dance troupe, performing at the Van Duzer Theatre at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 25 ($45, $25 children, $15 students). The Project has been in action for 10 years, earning critical and popular acclaim across the nation for […]
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Jingle Toes
Winter comforts lean toward familiarity: eggnog, dreidels and twinkling lights. Likewise, dance companies try to find that one show that will bring audiences back to the theater year after year. The Nutcracker is perhaps America’s most famous ballet for just this reason — Tchaikovsky’s stirring themes lend equally to theatrical plot and artistic grandeur. Through […]
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LINES Ballet
Alonzo King LINES Ballet brings two new pieces to the HSU Van Duzer Theater on Thursday, Sept. 12, at 8 p.m. Humboldt dance aficionados regularly travel to San Francisco to see the latest LINES programs. If you enjoy classical or contemporary ballet, or the fusion of different art forms, don’t miss this opportunity to see […]
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On the Edge of Your Feet
This year’s choreography concert by HSU dance majors neatly balances technical ensemble work with emotionally immersive solo and duet pieces. The evening is a given for modern dance lovers, but the inclusion of work by theatre-based choreographers Keili Marble and Lizzie Chapman should also make this an appealing event for those who enjoy “The Vagina […]
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Painting a Mystery
In her new book Seabird in the Forest: The Mystery of the Marbled Murrelet, Humboldt author and painter Joan Dunning’s appealing text and intimate paintings explain how this peculiar member of the murre family nests in the ancient woods. Unlike their closest relatives, who raise chicks in offshore rocky habitats, murrelets cradle their young on […]
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30th Humboldt Folklife Festival
In its 30th year, the Humboldt Folklife Society’s annual summer music festival has grown to eight days — four evening concerts, two dances and two admission-free daytime events. That many shows usually brings to mind touring artists (and high ticket prices) but it is Humboldt’s own musicians who fuel the labor of love that began […]