Emotions and identity are tricky. They’re even trickier when attempting to put them into words. It’s one reason why art exists — it allows people to describe the human experience in ways that words don’t, giving voice to the often conflicted, contradictory and complicated nature of living and being. For artists Thaddeus Zoellner and Michael […]
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Learning to (Pub) Crawl
Reviews THE WORLD’S END. I think I expected this long-awaited conclusion to the so-called Cornetto Trilogy to alter the cinematic landscape of the summer. While I wasn’t disappointed in it, the film didn’t blow my mind, either. Troubled, perpetual adolescent Gary King (Simon Pegg) cons his boyhood friends into some unfinished business back in their […]
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Love, Cell Phones and Facebook
Dear Jess, I fell in love with someone, and he’s now falling in love with someone else. It’s killing me. We dated for a couple years, casually at first, then by the second year pretty seriously. But we have different ideas of what we want for the future when it comes to kids and where […]
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Smoke Hazards Stay Mostly Inland
The lingering smoke that’s been creating some spectacular blood-orange sunsets isn’t posing health issues along the coast, but it has sometimes reached hazardous levels inland, where fires rage. The North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District has set up temporary air monitoring stations in Orleans, Somes Bar, Sawyers Bar, Willow Creek and Hoopa, and they’re […]
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Just the Ticket
One of the things I love most about Humboldt is how we grow talent. Case in point, Dave Fleschner, former Trinidad resident and Mack High grad. Fleschner lives in Portland, where he plays keys with the Curtis Salgado Band. He also routinely performs around the world, including with such luminaries as B.B. King, The Pointer […]
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Roman Holiday
Our version of a heat wave is around 75 degrees. Still, who wants to cook when there are lawn chairs to be filled and bocce balls to be rolled? If incoming waves of zucchini and tomatoes (it’s good to have friends in Willow Creek) are keeping you in the kitchen, here are a couple of […]
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Paddling with Island Flair
Outrigger paddlers take to Humboldt Bay, aboard a smaller canoe brought up from Shelter Cove (left) and the larger, Humboldt-based outrigger (foreground). It’s 7 p.m. on a cloudless Thursday, and Humboldt Bay shines like liquid silver under blue skies. Luke Besmer, a Hawaiian outrigger canoe enthusiast, has assembled a crew of six other paddlers eager […]
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Fish Out of Water
What’s at greater risk — today’s fish or next year’s farms? That’s the crux of a fight between Central Valley irrigators and the federal government that goes before a federal judge in Fresno this week. Three days of hearings are anticipated to wrap on Friday, with fish friendlies arguing for water to flow downstream and […]
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Fighting Words
In any decent Hollywood action movie, the pivotal scene is a bar fight. Chuck or Arnold or Jean-Claude walks into a bar, says something, and some joker takes offense for no good reason. A few words fly, followed by punches and bottles. Tables splinter in half and someone goes through a plate glass window. Who […]
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Archers, Take Your Mark!
That’s not your grandfather’s bow and arrow – it’s a compound bow, demonstrated by Chris Ghidinelli. Photo by Linda Stansberry Bow season opened Aug. 17, but unless you’ve been practicing since The Hunger Games came out, you would be better off leaving the bucks to more experienced marksmen. “Bow hunting requires so much practice and […]
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Beauty and Suffering
Here is something I learned recently: Using your blow dryer to heat up your eyelash curler makes it work better, but you risk searing your eyelids if you go too long. This reminded me that sometimes one must suffer to be beautiful, although I imagine the French mean that in a more profound way when […]
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Growing Pains
Reviews Kick-Ass 2. Matthew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass (2010) is that rare comic book movie that balances humor, violence and style with unique cinematic technique. This follow-up has some of the original’s essence, but so diluted that it feels more like a pale imitation than a proper sequel. The movie opens with Dave Lizewski (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) back […]