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Posted inArts + Scene
Show and Tell
In Show People, the contemporary comedy now on stage at Redwood Curtain in Eureka, the middle-aged acting couple of Marnie and Jerry (played by Bonnie Halverson and Ron Halverson) begin their latest performance. But it’s not on stage, where they haven’t worked in a decade: it’s at a posh vacation home with an ocean view. […]
Posted inNews
Committee to Study Something
At the end of six hours of testimony with nary a break for lunch Wednesday, the North Coast Railroad Authority board voted 6-0 to form a committee to study — something — just not what the Humboldt County Supervisors and State Assemblyman Wes Chesbro had requested. The “ask” from Humboldt leaders was to form a […]
Posted inLetters + Opinion
On Leadership
There’s a big difference between running for office and actually governing. Or being confirmed as a Supreme Court justice and crafting a thoughtful, independent decision. The latter takes leadership. We witnessed two examples last week, one in Washington, D.C., and one here in Humboldt. In 2010 I wrote in this column what the Health Care […]
Posted inMusic
Shine Like Silver
They call KMUD-FM “Redwood Community Radio” for a reason. All public radio stations are community stations in some sense, but KMUD is different — it’s grassroots, independent public radio in its purest “people-powered” form, with well over 100 volunteers ranging from teenaged deejays to silver-haired hipsters in their 70s who have been on the […]