If you’re familiar with Cory McAbee, it’s probably because of The Billy Nayer Show, a 20-year collaboration between songwriter/autoharpist/filmmaker McAbee and drummer Bobby Lurie. By mutual agreement, Billy is currently on hold; both musicians have moved on to new adventures. For McAbee, it’s a semi-solo project he calls Captain Ahab’s Motorcycle Club. McAbee says the […]
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Should public funds be used to study an East-West rail line?
Some years back, when I called the North-South railroad and its backers Idealistic Dreamers Involved in Our Transportation System (IDIOTS for brevity), you might have thought that I was anti-railroad. Such is not the case. A railroad would do wonders for our local economy. What I am against is using public funds on an endeavor […]
Posted inArt Walks + Festivals
First Saturday Night Arts Alive!
First Saturday Night Arts Alive! Opening receptions, art exhibits, music and more, 6-9 p.m. For more information contact Eureka Main Street at 707-442-9054 or www.eurekamainstreet.org. 1. EUREKA INN 518 Seventh St. Lauren Cogan Jones, mixed media. 2. AREA 1 AGENCY ON AGING 434 Seventh St. “Being Here Now — Celebrating Older Americans Month,” works by […]
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Fortuna’s First Friday
Find art, music and fun in downtown Fortuna on the first Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m. BARTOW’S JEWELERS, 651 12th St. Artist Susan Schuessler demonstrates silverpoint. CUDDLY BEAR THRIFT STORE, 751 10th St. Open jam night! All are welcome to bring instruments! DOWNTOWN STORE FRONT GALLERY, Main Street Between 11th and 12th streets. Works […]
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Garberville Arts Alive, Friday
Celebrating local art and music in Garberville and beyond. CAFÉ MINOU, 436 Church St. Art by Heather Parker and music by the FNR band. MATEEL ARTS CO-OP, 773 Redwood Drive. Paintings by Mendocino artist Jessie Clark, along with works by Mary Odisio and many other local artists. FLAVORS, 767 Redwood Drive. Paintings by Jessie Clark. GARDEN […]
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Trinidad Art Nights
Trinidad’s first Friday art nights begin this month and continue through October. More information available from TrinidadArtNights.com. SALTY’S, 322 Main St. Vocals and bass by the Hann-Hemingway Duo from 6-7 p.m., art by Big Lagoon School students, jewelry by Midori Angelica Designs. SAUNDER’S PARK, at start of Patrick’s Point Drive, a spin jam from 6 […]
Posted inArts + Scene
Michael Bay, Reconsidered
Reviews PAIN & GAIN. It’s all too easy to hate on Michael Bay. I know because I used to do it all the time. When Armageddon was storming the box office I reacted like it was a hate crime. For would-be cineastes his name is low-hanging fruit, shorthand for everything that’s “wrong” with contemporary cinema. […]
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Sorry! Chubby Checker Will Not Be Measuring Your Penis
Holy wow. It’s not every week that a bonafide cultural icon just twists his way into Humboldt. But, by golly, on Saturday, March 23, musical legend Chubby Checker will take the stage at Cher-Ae Heights Casino and, we’re guessing, perform “The Twist.” Geez, if he’s savvy, he’ll perform it three or four times. Why? […]
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Picketing for Help
More than a hundred protesting nurses, their families and friends filled up two blocks of sidewalk in front of St. Joseph Hospital last Wednesday evening as rush-hour traffic raced by on Harrison Avenue. Most of them wore red — the color of the California Nurses Association — and hoisted red-and-white signs: “RNs picketing for patient […]
Posted inMusic
Crazy
LoCura is a crazy cool multiculti band based in San Francisco’s Mission District whose Spanish name has a dual meaning. “One way it means ‘madness,’ but ‘lo cura‘ also means ‘the cure,’” explains vocalist Kata Miletich (who is also Spanish). The band got its start when Kata and her guitarist partner Bob Sanders moved to […]
Posted inLetters + Opinion
Not Just Beach Issue
Editor: I was so thankful for the article calling attention to the age-old problem of dogs being allowed to roam free, and the nuisance that is to the rest of us. I have noticed that many pet-owners are in denial about the troublesome behaviors of their pets. They don’t notice when their dogs are disturbing […]
Posted inEat + Drink
Which Came First?
I once owned a T-shirt that read, “Stock up on eggs for Passover and Easter.” I bought it overseas, along with some other bits of shirt-bound poetry like “On the Road With Feeling” and “Head For These Seafood Values.” But “Stock up on eggs for Passover and Easter” was always different. It seemed both completely […]