Panic Attack
College of the Redwoods’ plummeting enrollment, looming deficit and other aggravations have the whole campus on edge
Cover Stories
Making Wood Sing (test)
They’re tucked away in workshops large and small, in converted garages and industrial parks all over the county. They’re Humboldt’s luthiers, skilled craftsmen turning slabs of wood into exquisite acoustic and electric guitars, banjos, mandolins and less familiar stringed instruments. Their market is international, ranging from world famous musicians to casual pickers. A few of…
Panic Attack
It was Halloween, and almost everyone was having a fine, silly time inside the big old house in Eureka. Never mind whose house. All that matters, really, is that despite the general merriment, the party had its scary moments. Take, for instance, the sudden conversation that sprang up in the kitchen among a number of…
Telling Tales
Once again, dear reader, that vast gulf that separates today from tomorrow intrudes upon our weekly communion. What we want to talk about is what happened (what will happen) Tuesday night, when the Eureka City Council meets to consider Mayor Virginia Bass’ appointment to fill the vacant, tie-breaking Second Ward seat. But you already know…
Natural Ball
For some guitar players it’s BB King, Eric Clapton or maybe Jimi Hendrix who provides inspiration to rip out a stinging lead run. For a young Bobby Radcliff, growing up in suburban Chevy Chase, Md., it was "Magic" Sam Maghett, a funky bluesman from Chicago. While still a teenager Radcliff ran away from home and…
Lost Coast Trilogy, Part One: Mattole to Spanish Flat
I feel serendipity each time I go to the Lost Coast. It doesn’t matter that I discovered it long ago and have explored it many times. Or that an incredibly diverse cast of historical and contemporary figures have wandered through or made their home or livelihoods there. It always retains that aura of mystique for…
Ema Gyaru
The exhibition filling the Thonson Gallery at the Morris Graves Museum of Art titled "A Bridge to Japan: Orr Marshall Retrospective" is a tribute to the breadth and scope of work by the Eureka-based artist. Marshall says his path to Japan began in the mid-’60s at Oakland’s College of Arts and Crafts where he was…
Popeye and Provence
Provenance: It’s not a word you usually associate with food, but this last year, and I’ll guess in the years to come, it’s become something increasingly important to know. You hear it a lot on shows like Antiques Roadshow . It might be the tale someone tells of how an old sword was passed down…
A Questionable Enterprise
Mention the words "focus group" to most reporters and they’ll groan. That’s because for years, the focus groups whose opinions publishers sought wanted articles short and sweet; happy stories about dogs and babies that would fit easily on one page. That was before the Internet siphoned off readers with more timely and customized news. Fearing…
Test
At Jacoby Creek School in Arcata, billows of steam cloud the plastic food guards that protect the tables of hot food, duplicating the winter fog that mists the cafeteria windows. The smells of ketchup, vegetable soup and yesterday’s lasagna mingle with the odors of rubber balls and kid sweat from the game of kickball that…
Humboldt Movie Times/Openings
Humboldt Movie Times/Openings 2/24-3/1 -CLICK FOR THIS WEEK’S MOVIE TIMES- PREVIEWS: WANDERLUST. Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston play a Manhattan couple who join a free-love commune in this comedy from director David Wain (Wet Hot American Summer). R. 98m. At the Broadway, Mill Creek and Fortuna. GONE. Bug-eyed beauty Amanda Seyfried sets out to save…
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