Once again, Friday means Fuego at the Arcata Theatre Lounge, a dance party celebration of modern Latin club music. Join DJs D’Vinity, Pressure and Statik as they curate an evening of reggaeton-plus for all the assembled crowd, including crews of in-house go-go and pole dancers, at 9 p.m. ($15, $10 advance).
DJ Pressure
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Dr. Strangelove 2.0
Sunday marks the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Anybody want to guess why I’ve been thinking about that lately? With no sign of de-escalation in sight on the European front, we’re all back under the umbrella of the dumbest human action imaginable: the specter of nuclear war. Back in 1962, […]
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Boom Times
This week’s headline might be a little sarcastic and only half-referencing what will undoubtedly be a spectacular fireworks display on Monday evening. Many people are really hurting and upset right now. It’s hard to look at the disorder in our world and find much hope. As someone who could be referred to as a “geriatric […]
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Dr. Woo
I’m writing this at the beginning of the week, the day after the eclipse of the Super Flower Blood Moon. I’m probably more immune to the effects of magical thinking and “woo” than most of my fellow Redwood Curtain citizens, but I’m still a little touched by the outré aspects of the natural world. And […]
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To the Future
As Robert Burns wrote, “And there’s a hand, my trusty fere!/ And gie’s a hand o’thine!/ And we’ll tak a gude-willie waught/ For auld lang syne.” Cheers. Thursday (Boxing Day) It’s Boxing Day today in the former British Empire. When anglophiles commemorate the glorious day that Sir William Box successfully routed the advance guard of […]