There’s another birthday celebration at the Arcata Playhouse tonight at 7 p.m. This time it’s honoring the 70th run around the sun of Latin musician David Peñalosa with music from Palante, Tropiqueño and Timbata. Latin dance and food in the cold of winter sounds just about right. Go to the Playhouse’s website for more information […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, May 17
If you feel like learning something before grooving out, go to keet.org to register for a seat at the Arcata Playhouse for a free screening of the new documentary We Want the Funk! about the history of that groovy, butt-rattling genre of music. Afterward, you can enjoy a set of some of that good stuff […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Sept. 23
Timbata is a local septet that specializes in Afro-Cuban music, as well as the many rhythmic derivations from the Caribbean and beyond. Tonight, this group, which has put in the time playing to many happy people under sun and stars, will be hitting it up at the Arcata Playhouse at 7 p.m. Just thinking about […]
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Music Today: Monday, Sept. 4
It’s Labor Day again, which means that the I Street Block Party around the vicinity of Los Bagels and Wildwood Music is back at it again. And thank heavens for that because in these uncertain times, we could all use a little tradition to lean on. The tunes are free and kick off around noon. […]
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36th Annual I Block Party Happening Monday
This Labor Day, join the festivities at the 36th annual I Block Party taking place Monday, Sept. 4 from noon to 6 p.m. in front of Los Bagels in Arcata. This fun-for-the-whole-family event is a benefit for Arcata’s sister city Camoapa, Nicaragua, where monies raised support education, clean water and humanitarian projects. The party includes […]
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Solidarity Forever
I’m not going to waste too much of your time here, as we all have a long weekend ahead, one we can enjoy collectively only because of the efforts of the greatest collective struggle of all time, and the one least reported on in our country because the struggle isn’t over yet. I am talking […]
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Preach, Manic Street Preachers
As I write this, I am watching the snow melt on my porch in the early afternoon of a bank holiday Monday. What could be more wholesome and Peanuts-esque than snow on President’s Day? Well, how about living in a country where children don’t get slaughtered at school on Valentine’s Day? All because a group […]