“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies, in a final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, from those who are cold and are not clothed.” – President Dwight Eisenhower
Doni Chamberlain
Oh baby, let’s go to the hop
By Doni Greenberg
About a year ago, when Troy Hawkins and Adam Mankoski moved from Sacramento to Redding – Hawkin’s childhood hometown – they immediately acquainted themselves with the north state’s art scene. The partners, who own and operate HawkMan Studios in Redding, specialize in art and creativity classes, original art, artist representations and after-school art for kids.
Fortunately for Redding, these energetic, entrepreneurial-minded guys are optimistic idea machines.
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“The secret of life is in art.” Oscar Wilde
Part II:
The Downtown Eatery
Monday you heard (it here first) that Nathan Peterson and William York will soon open The Downtown Eatery on Market Street in Redding. Since 1991, that location was Cheesecakes Unlimited’s spot until it closed last month. York and Peterson are friends and business partners who’ve… Continue Reading
“Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.” P.J. O’Rourke
Tofu and tattoos: Possible downtown Redding neighbors?
By Doni Greenberg
Hopeful news for downtown Redding appeared on the window of the vacant building that once held Cheesecakes Unlimited on Market Street.
As you might recall, the Market Street Cheesecakes (not to be confused with the East Cypress Avenue Continue Reading
Windy Monday
How fitting yesterday was the 73rd anniversary of Black Sunday, the environmental disaster that marked the beginning of the Dust Bowl. Granted, our north state winds weren’t in the same league. But here in Igo the forceful gales and rollings gusts showed an impressive strength and speed I’d never seen in… Continue Reading
“The beginning is the most important part of the work.” Plato
For everything there is a season, And a time for every matter under heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; A time to… Continue Reading
“I know a little garden close / Set thick with lily and red rose / Where I would wander if I might / From dewy dawn to dewy night. And have one with me wandering.” William Morris, British craftsman
