What: The Tony Armsdon Jazz Trio “We 3″ Performing at Turtle Bay Cafe When: Jul 30-31, 7 to 10 p.m. Where: Turtle Bay Cafe The Tony Armsdon Jazz Trio “We 3″ will be performing the Jazz Standards canon for your enjoyment.

We’ve got some attaboys to hand out. Attagirls? Maybe I should stick with “good job.” Anyway … Congratulations to Shasta College agriculture instructor Trena Kimier-Richards, who recently received a “Teacher of Excellence” award from the California Agriculture Teachers Association. Kimier-Rich

Greetings again from Iceland! The project (click here for previous installments of Brian’s Project Iceland photography book endeavor) has reache

Approaching age 40 has made me increasingly nostalgic, so it was normal to have a few early-eighties flashbacks when I passed through the golden bears into the California State Fair last weekend in Sacramento. Some of my

There is no question that summer in the North State is here! While we wilt in the heat, we can bask in the glory of our incredible summer growing season. Visit our local farmers markets and you will certainly feel inspired to build your meals to accommodate the local bounty. I love summer for the fresh vegetables

Arriving in Venice by train is an amazing experience.  After rolling through many beautiful towns and villages, you suddenly find yourself on a long causeway over the lagoon as you approach the city.  Once you’ve wrestled your 1,000-pound suitcase off the train and tumbled through the doors of the train station,

What: Megan Slankard & Jeff Campbell at Vintage Wine Bar and Restaurant When: Jul 31, 8 p.m. Where: Vintage Wine Bar and Restaurant Though just 25 years old, Megan Slankard has independently sold over 22,000 CDs while performing in 100s of cities across the United States and Europe. She s

Candidates for the November 2, 2010, Redding City Council and City Clerk elections have at least two more weeks to return final paperwork to secure a spot on the ballot. Forms are due by August 6. However, if any incumbent elects not to run, the filing deadline will be extended by law to August 11 for non-

“Whoa,” I shouted. “Hey, that was the real thing.” I don’t know who I was talking to. Nobody else was around while I trotted down the Upper Water Ditch Trail, about three m

Chuck McCabe The north state holds warm thoughts for Bay Area-based songwriter Chuck McCabe, who died of cancer at age 65 last Friday in Santa Clara. McCabe rec

Attendees of the artist reception for the STORYTELLING show Friday night voted Nikolas Allen’s “Rat Bastard,” pictured above, as the “Best of Show.” Nikolas, a local poet/artist/designer, says, “This piece tells a story of courage. We’ve all been in situations that

What: ShastaYama 6th Annual Taiko Festival When: Saturday, Jul 31, 6 p.m. Where: Shastice Park, Mount Shasta (Rockfellow & Adams) Tickets: $25 (18 & up), $20 (13-17), $15 (5-12), 4 & under free w/adult ticket Tickets available here

What: Jethro Jeremiah at Vintage Wine Bar and Restaurant When: Friday, Jul 30, 9 p.m. Where: Vintage Wine Bar and Restaurant Jethro Jeremiah is a veteran singer-songwriter who has played music throughout Northern California, including such festivals as Mountain Aire and New Orleans By the Bay

As noted before in this space, Redding seems to have more Mexican restaurants per square inch than any other town in the Sacramento Valley. If anyone can come up with a reasonable explanation, please speak up. This is not a complaint, you understand, just a query: we love Mexican food and eagerly seek out new, au

Watch your elected Redding City Council in action: Click here for video of the July 20 meeting’s lengthy discussion of

This piece was originally published in August of 2009, but beautiful plants are always worth revisiting, especially in high summer. Enjoy. Have you noticed how the concept of beauty evolves as y

Grocer A.F. Souza holds a sack of “Shasta’s Best” flour at a Shasta County display exhibit at the California State Fair, c . 1915. The Shasta Historical Society library is open to the public and

REDDING - KIXE’s CYBERCHASE Saturdays continues at Turtle Bay on July 24 and 31. During these Saturdays from 10:30am-3:30pm we will offer face painting, cool games, scavenger hunts and prizes, including a limited number of Cyberchase DVDS! Families are encouraged to play and rate unique math games created b

Do you have a “Pink” themed picture you would like published in our new calendar? Upload your pictures to our photo module beginning July 23, 2010 when a link to our Pink Photo Gallery Upload feature will be added. Winning Photographs will be published in this year’s 2011-2012 Cale

With the current economic downturn, many home owners are deciding to stay in their homes and remodel instead of trying to sell to purchase yet a larger home. Whether you’re trying to sell your home or staying put for a while, if you’ve been putting off a remodeling job, this just might be the right t

The weather has finally gotten hot enough for the annual Sunset Through the Trees running series. The collection of eight races in seven weeks kicks off Tuesday, July 27, at Lake Redding Park. The series of 4- to 6-mile races continues every Tuesday evening through September 7. It also includes the Saturd

Alan and Jana Leard, an effervescent couple with a passion for wine, wine making and wine traditions, relocated from Southern CA with plans to bring the Vintner’s Cellar Custom Winery franchise to the north state.

The cast of “Club Dead — The Last Resort.” Bill Collins has been involved in music, theater and film for five decades. Yet nothing has him more excited than the current performance of “Club Dead —

The “North State for Haiti” team should have known we were out of our element the minute we turned the corner into the waiting area at Miami International Airport to board our flight to Port-au-Prince. The boar

Girls Inc. of Northern Sacramento Valley is looking for program facilitators for the coming school year, and needs applications submitted by July 31. After that, an interview process will begin.  The job is paid,

Last week I sat down with Redding Police Chief Peter Hansen to discuss the June flare-up in gang-related crimes. In last Tuesday’s

My bathroom is full of all kinds of skincare products, but when I’m looking for more natural ways to make my face glow, I just open my fridge. Turns out, certain foods can make your complexion clearer, more radiant, and even more resilient to sun damage. Read on for foods that beauty gurus can’t live

Rich, minty, sagey and earthy pine fragrances waft around you as you walk through Nancy and David Schleiger’s 2 acre plus, close to 26 year old garden. Beneath the sheltering canopies of stately old oaks and black walnuts, native

State Route 36 spans 249 miles from the redwood trees of Humboldt County to Lassen County’s high desert. The extraordinarily scenic, mostly two-lane highway covers some of the most remote territory in all of California. It also serves figuratively and literally as Main Street in Red Bluff, Chester and Susanvil

Admantha Lizaire is a pretty typical twenty-something. She enjoys watching music videos and has plans to return to school soon to study cosmetology. But on January 12 at 9:53 p.m., she was descending the stairs from the third floor of her home in Port-au-Prince, when her world changed forever.

A few years ago, I tried to make beer-can chicken. The recipe called for balancing a whole chicken on a half-empty can of beer, then grilling it over indirect heat. The steam generated from the beer was su

Admit it. You want more on LeBron James, Messiah of the NBA. Don’t miss Jim Dyar’s piece, “LeBron-a-thon w

•I don’t get it…when I run on the treadmill, I feel like my hair is flying, then I look in the mirror and I’m frigging not moving…I guess the flying hair image should

Did you know that Monday, July 19, is Global Hug Your Kids Day? Yes, it’s true, I couldn’t make up that one. And folks in Red Bluff will mark the event for the third consecutive year with a high noon gathering at Cone & Kimball Plaza, at the corner of Main and Walnut streets in downtown. Organizer

After the January 12 earthquake struck the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, the population swelled in the sleepy town of Milot, the “North State for Haiti” team’s week-long home base. Victims of the qua

Consider it Christmas in July. The Shasta Food Group’s 10th annual summer food drive is scheduled for this Thursday, July 15, throughout Shasta County. The Christmas holidays are the biggest season for donations to virtually all charitable organizations, but, as Shasta Food Group’s Deborah Arias noted

Among the army of volunteers already in the trenches at Hopital Sacre Coeur when the “North State for Haiti” team arrived in Milot, was sixteen-year-old, Bay Area teenager, Rebekah Ryan. Rebekah, who begged her mom to send her alone to Haiti after th…