If jazz is your jam, clear your calendar for Tantalizing Torch Songs with Claire Bent and RLAD, happening Friday, May 16, at 7:30 p.m. at Trinidad Town Hall ($10-$20 sliding scale). Westhaven Center for the Arts presents this evening of soulful jazz featuring versatile vocalist Claire Bent with the polished backing of veterans RLAD: Tim […]
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Dance to the Bayou Swamis this Friday
Let the good times roll with the Bayou Swamis on Friday, April 18, at 7 p.m. at Trinidad Town Hall ($5–$20 sliding). This lively Louisiana-inspired band serves up swampy originals and Cajun-spiced tunes with Jeff Landen on guitar, Randle Lundberg on button accordion and fiddle, Kate Koemel on rubboard and T-fer, Marla Joy on bass […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Feb. 28
The Westhaven Center for the Arts presents a birthday bash for local singer/songwriter Linda Faye Carson. The show will feature two groups she is associated with, LodeStar and 7th Generation Rise, both chock full of talented musicians and on that vibe that spans the expressway from the deep roots of the earth and out into […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Feb. 16
The Westhaven Center for the Arts is hosting a to-do called “Let’s Dance,” with the Bayou Swamis providing the tunes for the action. I’ve only ever seen sit-down chamber music performances here, so I am curious to see how expansive the dance floor can get. If you are similarly inclined, you can find out for […]
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Music Today: Sunday, Sept. 17
Let’s assume I don’t have to sway anyone regarding their desire to attend or avoid the last day of the North Country Fair, and instead focus on a fun Sunday workshop a few miles north at the Trinidad Town Hall. Musician and Westhaven Center for the Arts affiliate Rob Diggins is putting on a “play-in” […]
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WCA Jazz Series this Friday at Trinidad Town Hall
Westhaven Center for the Arts presents its monthly Jazz Series on Friday, Sept. 15, at 7 p.m. at Trinidad Town Hall featuring music by RLA Jazz Trio with Matt McClimon on vibes and Doug Marcum on guitar ($10-$20 sliding). McClimon is director of the concert and jazz bands at Fortuna Middle School and Toddy Thomas […]
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Weekend Jazz Shows
Couple of great local jazz shows this weekend that you won’t want to miss. Westhaven Center for the Arts presents its Third Friday bi-monthly jazz series, featuring RLA jazz trio and various guests. This Friday, Jan. 20, catch RLA w/Claire Bent at 7 p.m. at Trinidad Town Hall ($10-20 sliding scale). Bent’s powerhouse energy and the […]
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NCJ Preview: Celebrating Brian Tripp, Reopening and Westhaven Arts
This week, we’re looking at the ceremony held at Sumeg Village honoring artist, Karuk elder and singer. It was a chance for friends, community members and family to express their gratitude for their friend and teacher, and an opportunity to look back on Tripp’s cultural, artistic and personal contributions. We’re also running down what the […]
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Shut Down but Maybe Not Out
The Westhaven Center for the Arts — an art gallery, concert hall, classroom and community center — has closed its doors, one more indirect victim of the COVID-19 pandemic. The closure is due to financial hits due to canceled performances, classes and fundraising events. When or if it will ever re-open is still unknown. “This […]
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RLL and Francis Vanek at WCA
Bring your chairs and blankets and get comfy on the grass for live music with RLL and Francis Vanek on Sunday, June 6 at 2 p.m. at Westhaven Center for the Arts ($10-$20 sliding). Tim Randles, Mike LaBolle and Kenneth Lawrence are joined by saxophonist Francis Vanek for this afternoon concert of feel good jazz standards, […]
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Band Together
I have been struggling to translate my horror at current political events through a popular culture lens because that’s what, for better or worse, Americans do. The best I’ve landed on is, oddly enough, John Carpenter’s 2001 underrated flop Ghosts of Mars, a film in which mining colonists unleash a well of ancient and violent […]
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All Guts and Glory: An Interview with Sylvestris Quartet
The Sylvestris Quartet are an all gut-string Bay Area group whose repertoire spans from the Baroque era to the 20th century. I interviewed violinist Anna Washburn and violist Aaron Westman via email to discuss their upcoming performance in Westhaven and what eschewing modern strings can entail for modern players. What is the history of the […]