Here are some local treats to stuff your stockings with. First up, Moss Oak Commons,where it’s Freq Night again, with music from the crossroads of experimental electronicsounds, tap loops, treated guitar amp worship, holy synths and modulators, and lo-figrooves. Check out Hudson Glover, Luker, Samantha and Aermac 8 at 7 p.m. for asuggested $5-$10. When […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Dec. 30
The Arcata Playhouse is presenting a New Year’s Eve Eve Party tonight at 7:30 p.m. The evening starts off with a variety show featuring some of the regular Playhouse players, including but not limited to: Jackie Dandeneau, Julie Fulkerson, David Ferney, Peggy Martinez, James Zeller and others. After that, it’s a dance party amid the […]
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Father and Child Reunion
As a fan of editorial cartoons from years long gone, I can assure you that few themes survive the incomprehensible gulf of time’s effect on human culture and meaning other than a small handful of personifications. These caricatures — the fat cat business tycoon, the resolute but downtrodden worker, the clumsy, vicious and stupid warmongering […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Nov. 19
The rest of the week is a wee bit barren (as so often happens this time of year), so I’m going to stack today as a means of balance. Here are three shows to brighten your time. First up, as alluded to before, local world-traveling folkster Oryan Peterson-Jones is playing a free matinee birthday gig […]
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All Cats Are Gray
I’d like to think that I have my cats fairly well trained. They are scared of birds and the road, two fears I have worked hard to instill in them since they were little kittens because a) I won’t be allowing bird murder in my home and b) they are asphalt-colored and if one of […]
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A Wee Touch of the Lurgy
I have what I am telling myself is a slight cold. Maybe it has something to do with my multi-generational associates: My friend’s absurdly cute baby seemed a little snottier than usual when I picked her up the other day and I will tell you that nothing is more likely to Trojan Horse disease into […]