UPDATE: Dusty Hughston, a Mateel Community Center board member, confirmed that the 2019 Reggae on the River show has been cancelled. “It’s real. They called me and the treasurer,” he told Redheaded Blackbelt. The Mateel Board will release a complete statement but at this time Hughston said that though the board won’t have the money […]
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‘Come into Compliance,’ Says State Water Board
On Oct. 5, 174 notices of violation from the State Water Resources Control Board were sent out by certified mail to residents of the Salmon Creek watershed in Southern Humboldt. Over the next week, the thick stacks of letters dwindled as worried neighbors signed and took home their notices. The letters stated that a property […]
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Halloween Haunts
It’s the last week of October and you know what that means, fellow Halloweenies. So I am going to keep this intro brief and instead stuff the page with a week of goodies for your social calendar. Get out, have fun and be evil within reason — reason being a rare thing in the spooky […]
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State Water Board Holding SoHum Cannabis Compliance Workshop
The State Water Board is holding an enrollment workshop at the Mateel Community Center in Redway until 3 p.m. today and there will be another held in the same place and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 30. Over the last month, hundreds of residents in Humboldt County (most of them in Southern […]
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No Pardon
Friends sometimes ask me what I actually listen to, as I seem to carry an annoying aloofness in this column when it comes to music. And it grates, I am told. Well, tonight there is a big ol’ harvest moon outside so I am listening to … anything but Neil Young. I hate to be […]
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Now Entering Babylon: Reggae on the River with High Times
“Every time I get high/ Babylon falls.” It was late Friday afternoon at Reggae on the River and the first live musical act on the lineup was just getting started. Hempress Sativa, born Kerida Johnson in Kingston, Jamaica, was performing with her band the Unconquerebels. At the mic, the self-crowned Hempress shone in a Rastafari […]
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Mateel, High Times Create Partnership to Save Reggae on the River
The Mateel Community Center’s board of directors voted last night to approve a partnership with High Times Productions to put on Reggae on the River. The deal was announced in a press release this morning with few details, other than that the production company, the event-management arm of High Times Media, will “assume responsibility for […]
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Full Steam Ahead
The transplanted location appeared to not be a problem for the eighth annual Fall Splendor Fashion Show Fundraiser for the Southern Humboldt Community Park as it attracted a packed house to the Inn at 2nd & C in Eureka on Saturday evening. In previous years, the event took place at the Mateel Community Center. Dressed in […]
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Less In, Less Out
Thursday Local musical man of mystery Chris Parreira tipped me off to an interesting show this evening in a rare venue — at M. Walker Guitars at 550 South G St., Unit #9 — with Anna Tivel. She’s a touring singer/songwriter and has recently been a winner at the Telluride Troubadour Contest and the Kerrville […]
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Hit the Lawn
Thursday Cruzin’ Eureka‘s Poker Run meets up this evening at Vista Del Mar in Eureka at 6 p.m. and there’s local music to welcome the cruisers. You’ll find well-dialed blues-rock band Cold Blue Water in the parking lot, jamming away along with Ghost Train in front of some pretty fine looking classic cars. Check it […]
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Poor Reggae on the River Attendance Leaves Mateel Community Center’s Future in Question
Redway’s Mateel Community Center is in a state of crisis after its biggest annual fundraiser, Reggae on the River, not only failed to meet revenue projections but left the center with a “significant” debt. “Very challenging times lie ahead, there are difficult decisions to make, and the future of both ROTR and the MCC is […]
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Rock Rock
Where did “Southern Rock” come from? The easiest answer is “The South” but you already knew that. Things get a bit more complicated after that. With a measure of the blues (from the South), early rock ‘n’ roll (built off the simplicity of the blues) and country music, Southern Rock has mutated and changed over […]