Performing Arts Society of Redding… Cherie Gans, a longtime violinist with both the North State and Shasta symphonies, has enjoyed her fair share of classical music performed in large music …
On the Fly
Mike Mercer, fly guy… As the longest-serving employee of The Fly Shop and a fly-fishing travel agent for the Redding-based business whose ports of call include Alaska, Chile, Russia, New …
A Quest to Educate
Celebrating 75 Years of Shasta College… Shasta College is the little institution that could. Sometimes considered more of an afterthought with its main campus tucked away in northeast Redding, it …
In Good Company
Sons in Retirement in the North State… When members of the Three Shastas branch of Sons in Retirement (SIR) gather at a local course for a friendly game, they’re doing …
Something’s Fishy
Shasta Dam’s Livingston Stone National Fish Hatchery… Back in the day, as some are wont to say, winter-run Chinook salmon treated the Sacramento River like Interstate 5, cruising north through …
Pyrotechnics
Behind the Scenes at the Redding Freedom Festival… • a fireworks display.• a brilliant performance or display, especially of a specified skill. “ he thrilled his audience with vocal pyrotechnics”• …
How Does Your Garden Grow
Plantable Nursery & Cafe Plants Seeds of Transformation… In Scotland, Kirkwood and Donna Hale fell in love with the United Kingdom version of a garden center that combines a nursery …
A Time to Grow Back Stronger
Rebuilding Whiskeytown Environmental School… Between 1970 and 2018, some 134,000 fifth- and sixth-graders got to splash in Clear Creek, hike, camp overnight, marvel at star-filled skies and learn about the …
Where Water Flows
Tyler Faires’ Award-Winning ACID Canal Documentary… Like many others, Tyler Faires did not give much thought to the water that came from his kitchen faucet, much less the water that …
Living the Adventure
Hit the Trail for the Bigfoot Adventure Challenge… It’s gotta be the socks. How else to explain why nearly 400 people entered last year’s Bigfoot Adventure Challenge last year, completing …