Meet the red rabbit. This 56-foot-long aluminum sculpture by Denver artist Lawrence Argent is a centerpiece of the Sacramento airport’s new $1 billion terminal, which opened Oct. 6. According to the Associated Press, its looming presence has already inspired the… Continue Reading
This is a beautiful time of year to explore our spectacular neighbor to the east, Lassen Volcanic National Park. Saturday (Sept. 24) is a fee free day at national parks — a good time to pack a picnic, camera and… Continue Reading
Before Whiskeytown National Recreation Area gave official names to all its trails, local mountain bikers coined descriptions for their favorite park rides. These homegrown names – monikers such as the Gas Can, Couch, Recliner, Ice Box, and Satan’s Crack —… Continue Reading
The relative newness of mountain biking as a sport might come as a surprise to some. Thirty-plus years ago, the concept of taking a knobby-tired bicycle on dirt trails was just starting to gain ground. A lot of that ground… Continue Reading
At 81 years of age, Earl Bydalek hasn’t really grasped the concept of slowing down. Well, maybe just a little. “I just had a hip replacement at Christmas,” he said. “I’m still riding, but more conservatively.” Bydalek, who moved to… Continue Reading
Wanted: Actors. No theatrical experience necessary.
Required: Incarceration experience. Don’t bother applying if you haven’t done time behind bars.
Welcome to the bravely innovative Poetic Justice Project, a 2-year-old nonprofit organization dedicated to helping parolees reintegrate into society through the arts … Continue Reading
For an artist, a blank wall represents myriad possibilities. And for a Jewish artist, preparing for her bat mitzvah at age 62, such a wall cries out for a rich tapestry that marries history and culture. During today’s Friday Shabbat… Continue Reading
The hundreds of bankers boxes piled nearly to the ceiling on the stage of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s “The Language Archive” represent the enormity and uniqueness of human communication.
Inside the boxes, we’re led to assume, are the results of painstaking efforts to record and chronicle disappearing languages. We learn early of … Continue Reading
As a young college graduate, Jonathan Sebat pursued music, playing drums in a Portland-based indie rock band. Today, the 38-year-old Shasta High School graduate is on the cutting-edge of genetic research, called “one of, if not the most promising molecular… Continue Reading
If you like glitzy entertainment that pushes the boundaries of silly, you’ll feel right at home in the Parisian apartment of hypochondriac Argan.
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s production of “The Imaginary Invalid” – which opened in late February and runs through Nov. 6 — is an over-the-top adaptation of 17th century French … Continue Reading
Recent Comments