RampArt is generally known for putting on punk and metal gigs, but tonight at 8:30 p.m., the marsh-adjacent skate warehouse in Arcata offers another kind of gig. DJ and impresario Henry Fong and Arcane Artists presents the Circtus, which, as far as I can tell is a night of house and dubstep music with a […]
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Hootin’ and Hollerin’
At the end of the preface to Hegel’s difficult but rewarding work Elements of the Philosophy of Right, the philosopher evokes the image of Minerva (in Greece, Athena) the goddess of wisdom and justice. Minerva’s wise owl, we are told, only takes flight with the coming of the night. This means we can only grasp […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Dec. 16
The local yacht-rock/smooth jazz/hip funster band Conman Bolo has been entertaining the 707 since the kids were all still music majors at what is now called Cal Poly Humboldt. But much like the name of that institution, the only constant in life is change, and all good things must come to an end. It seems […]
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The Slough Man’s Song
This time of year, I like to savor the sun as much as possible, even if it’s perpetually hanging too low in the sky and blinding me as I zip around the landscape in its brief presence. I have a spot I go to, a favorite slough, where I watch the birds in the slow, […]