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Arts + Scene
Reviews, interviews and upcoming highlights from the week in visual and performing arts around Humboldt County.
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Song Sisters
In 1868, Louisa May Alcott created a classic American story that enthralled and inspired generations of (mostly) girls, by writing about aspects of her own life and family — and also by ignoring other aspects. In Little Women, a mother and four sisters are isolated in a small New England town, dreaming their dreams despite […]
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It’s Spock O’Clock!
Previews Once again we have but one opening in Humboldt County this weekend — Angels and Demons, yet another film based on a Dan Brown book. (Brown wrote The Da Vinci Code.) Tom Hanks and Ewan McGregor star in this film, which is directed by Ron Howard, who also directed the film version of The […]
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Chick Flick Wins!
Previews Beam me up, Scotty! That’s right … It’s time to contort your hands into those funny shaped "Vs" of salute, to don your Jordy LaForge glasses and to tell your closest pals, "Hey man, live long and prosper. All right?" Yes folks, Star Trek is back to the big screen as of this Friday. […]
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Elemental
At first glance, Monica Schill’s boulders appear to be of the earth, something one might view along the highway as a "rock slide area" warning sign flashes by the car window. But something more cunning than nature’s whims lurks here. Multicolored mosaic tiles adorn a quarter of the 88 boulders splayed across the Morris Graves […]
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How the Rich Are Destroying the Earth
Lately it seems almost too easy to be optimistic about the future of our country’s role in national and international affairs. With a new progressive president in the White House and a recession that exemplifies the egregious hubris with which the former administration conducted its business, it seems the gods have vindicated liberal America in […]
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Educating Badger
The mascot of the University of Wisconsin’s Big Ten football team is (like the state of Wisconsin’s) the badger. There’s a costumed Bucky Badger on the sideline, and thousands of screaming fans identifying themselves as badgers. But Professor Harold Burroughs of that university takes this badger thing even further. As portrayed by David Ferney in […]
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Are You a Moron?
Previews Hugh Jackman is back as Wolverine in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a tell-all lead up to the events of X-Men. The Wolverine-centric flick schools you on the mutant’s violent yet romantic past and his dynamic relationship with his bro, Victor Creed, plus you get to see all you favorite mutant pals. Rated PG-13 for intense […]
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Actor! Actor!
Previews This weekend, the must-see opening for animal lovers is Earth, the feature length film version of the popular Emmy Award-winning TV series Planet Earth. James Earl Jones provides the narration as you follow the migration paths of four animal families. You know how it goes with animal-centric cinema … Are tissues needed? My guess […]