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Steve Wlodarczyk, Pros & Joes BBQ Winner, Shares Tips for Prize-Winning BBQ Chicken

On Memorial weekend, Results Radio sponsored its sixth annual Pros and Joes BBQ Grilldown in downtown Redding. There, professional cooks (Pros) and lay cooks (Joes) competed to see who could barbecue or smoke the best ribs, tri-tip and chicken. Over… Continue Reading

$716,197 in Grants Awarded by the Shasta Regional Community Foundation

Shasta Regional Community Foundation Board of Directors recently approved recommendations for funding from The McConnell Fund. $716,197 was awarded to 28 organizations in Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama and Trinity Counties. This brings the total grants awarded from the Shasta Regional… Continue Reading

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Menu Please: Kahuna’s Mongolian BBQ Livens Up Downtown Redding Dining

The term “Mongolian barbecue” was first used by Chinese actor Wu Jau-nan when he opened a restaurant in Taipei in 1951. In “Unmentionable Cuisine,” the late Calvin Schwabe described Mongolian barbecue as being Taiwanese and similar to certain cookery from… Continue Reading

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Have You Seen The Mushroom, Man?

When you think about it, we’re all just a bunch of molecules flowing through a bunch of other molecules that occasionally congeal in an ectoplasmic singularity we wistfully call reality. Which is why I try not to think about it,… Continue Reading

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North State Live Music and Open Mics: May 27–June 2

Wednesday, May 27 TBA at the Post Office Saloon in Redding at 6:30 p.m. 21 and over. (530) 246-2190. Maxwell’s Eatery in Redding has an open mic starting at 7 p.m. Hosted by Mark McAbee. All ages. (530) 247-7200. In Paradise, the “Open Mikefull” group hosts an open mic… Continue Reading

Much Ado Makes for Much ‘I Do’

From Shaw’s “Pygmalion” to “Fifty Shades of Grey,” we, as audiences, love to see confirmed bachelors or bachelorettes inveigled into marriage. The more louche or outré the singleton the better. It somehow ratifies the sweetness, rightness and inevitability of our… Continue Reading

Kids’ Turn 20th Anniversary: A Wine Tasting and Food Pairing Fundraiser, June 18

With featured chefs Cal DeMercurio, Doni Chamberlain, Sadie Roy, Janette Cull of Cake is the Best Part, and Wayne Harris of Chartwells. Live music by HONEYBEE Jazz Band. Silent auction. When: June 18, 6 – 8 p.m. Where: Moseley Family… Continue Reading

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For Anderson Woman, Guillain-Barre’ Awareness Month Never Ends

My life changed on Dec. 5, 2011. It was leading up to Christmas, my favorite time of the year. The house was decorated and the presents were wrapped. At KIXE, where I worked as the special events/volunteer coordinator, I managed… Continue Reading