The North Coast Journal
Weekly of Politics, People and Art
Humboldt County, California

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THIS WEEK
November 22, 2007
Volume XVIII No. 47

ON THE COVER:
Holiday Gift Guide

IN THE NEWS
Ferndale's Id — Cream City leaders rise up to deny gay therapist an office

The Town Dandy
Thanks and No Thanks

ART BEAT
From a Lump of Clay — Perfecting the potter's alchemy with Peggy Loudon

BOOKNOTES
Literary Gifts — Holiday suggestions for the bookish Humboldter

STAGE MATTERS
Fiddler delights at NCRT — Why the Broadway classic plays well in Humboldt

TABLE TALK
The Next Iron Chef — Chefs cross swords over swordfish — the Byrds watch

IN REVIEW
Book: Smells like Dead Elephants
CD: Diabolic Inventions

POEM
Three

GARLICK'S NOTEBOOK
Do Forests Protect Our Oxygen

FILMLAND
Beowulf — Medieval Bores
Plus: With Bardem, Cholera proves non-lethal

THE HUM
Thanks — Reggae at the Mateel, a touch of rock and a Hendrix reverie

CALENDAR
Workshops, Music & More!

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