Tonight's Setlist: Strings sublime

by Jennifer Savage on April 20, 2014 at 10:43AM

That genre of music popularized by the great Django Reinhart has been the subject of some debate over how it's commonly referenced. Is "gypsy jazz" a racial pejorative?

Tonight's Setlist: Beautiful and stoned

by Jennifer Savage on April 19, 2014 at 8:20AM

Get yer rock on Tonight, the Alibi hosts Seattle stoner rockers Ancient Warlocks. Do you like seductive, powerful riffs?

Tonight's Setlist: Drop everything!

by Jennifer Savage on April 18, 2014 at 8:26AM

Search and Enjoy

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on April 17, 2014 at 5:00PM

All year long, we try frantically and in vain to keep our kids from eating things they find in the bushes, then we release them like packs of dogs to hunt colored eggs and goodies. We're weird, but we're fun.

Tonight's Setlist: Roots & Reality Reggae, R&B

by Jennifer Savage on April 17, 2014 at 9:34AM

More live show advice here.

Clean Up to Hoe Down

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on April 17, 2014 at 9:00AM

If you don't play it right, Earth Day will be about guilt — your carbon footprint can seem a little Sasquatch in the light of everyone else's energy-efficient bulbs. Don't let it get that far.

Around Humboldt County

by Bob Doran on April 16, 2014 at 3:54PM

Tonight's Setlist

by Jennifer Savage on April 15, 2014 at 8:35AM

The Redwood Jazz Alliance welcomes the Michael Moore Quartet on Tuesday, April 15 at 8 p.m. at the Morris Graves Museum of Art. Known for his virtuosity, his expressiveness and his beautiful tone on clarinet, the multi-reedist is also a prolific composer with more than two dozen albums to his name.

Rom-com 101

Movies at the Humboldt County Library

by Henry Ellis on April 13, 2014 at 4:00AM

With options like Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu (the buffering capital of the internet), it can be hard to convince yourself to leave the house for a movie. They're so incredibly convenient and they don't require pants, but they do come with monthly service fees, not to mention the hassle of finding a decent unsecured Wi-fi line from one of your neighbors.

Tonight's Setlist: The Magnificence that is Saturday, April 12.

by Jennifer Savage on April 12, 2014 at 9:04AM

Skate, chili and a Minor Threat cover band No one will accuse the folks at RampArt of being slackers.