It’s shaping up to be quite a weekend of live music around these parts. Now, I’m not your social planner, but my advice is to get outside during these beautiful days and then experience some performances once the sun begins… Continue Reading
I realize I’m not breaking news here, but it’s certainly nice to see Shasta Lake filling up as a result of a fairly robust winter. As of this morning, the lake was 30.5 feet from the top. Yesterday’s depth at… Continue Reading
There will be a Celebration of Life event for former Shasta County Supervisor Molly Wilson at 10 a.m. Saturday at Redding Christian Fellowship (2157 Victor Ave.). Then, at 2 p.m., an additional service will take place at the Northern California… Continue Reading
Twenty years ago after tripping from one side of the San Juan Mountains (Durango) to the other (Telluride), I found myself watching an outdoor movie about a downtrodden family in Romania. Later in the day, I saw Oliver Stone hanging… Continue Reading
Don’t get freaked out about a weird name. Hang with us here for a moment. We’ll get to what Pecha Kucha means in just a moment. One reason it sounds interesting to me is it’s being hosted by Larry and… Continue Reading
Anderson High School teacher Jeff Carr boiled it down to a simple resonating sentiment: “The cuts must stop!” Carr described the fiscal storm brewing in Sacramento that threatens to further damage public education across the state and certainly impact the… Continue Reading
Newlyweds Esther Crance and Art Messina. It must have been a divinely inspired connection because Riverside’s Esther Crance only posted her profile information for one day on Catholic Singles.com. After that, she got scared and took it off. Meanwhile, following… Continue Reading
Back when I slugged away in the Record Searchlight newsroom, the argument surfaced again and again between my neighboring colleagues Rob Rogers and Dave Benda. They’d battle the case of who’s better: Jay Farrar or Jeff Tweedy. Jay Farrar Jeff… Continue Reading
It’s fairly unconventional for a cast of actors to reunite for a play they performed three years earlier. As Redding’s Elizabeth Johnson puts it: “Usually when an actor is done with a play, it gets put behind them and they… Continue Reading
I went to see one of my favorite artists, James McMurtry, perform at the Palms Playhouse in Winters this week. More on that excellent show in a minute. First, I want to highlight what looks like a stellar weekend of… Continue Reading
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