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Redding-Based Comedian Dan McGowan… Stand-up comedy has a well-established tradition of shock, transgression and language that would make your grandmother quietly excuse herself. Dan McGowan is not that guy. McGowan,Read More

Beneficial Insects Raised in Shasta County… With its translucent wings and diminutive mint-tinted body, the dainty green lacewing looks like it just fluttered off the set of a Pixar movie.Read More

Where Nostalgia Meets Play at Bonus Round… Step through the doors of Bonus Round Arcade Bar in Downtown Redding, and it doesn’t take long to feel it: The hum ofRead More

Cleveland Bonéy Builds Local Jazz Community… Redding’s cultural life is expanding in quiet, deliberate ways. New experiences are taking shape through consistent effort—artists, organizers and educators creating space for somethingRead More

Laws and Wade Connect Students with Nature… John Muir Laws (aka Jack) has been studying the natural world in the Sierra Nevada for decades, authoring books including “How to TeachRead More

RSA Students Share Stories That Make a Difference… Film students at Redding School of the Arts High School are learning that small movies can have big impacts—on viewers and filmmakersRead More

William Wong Foey Shares Red Bluff Stories… For William Wong Foey, most days start with a seven-mile walk around his hometown of Red Bluff. “I don’t feel 75,” he says.Read More

The Dip Keeps Local Music Thriving… The energy in the room was palpable when Redding punk bands The Melodramatics and JimmiRig played a sold-out show at The Dip last November. Read More

Three North State Artists Share Why They Create… Whether it’s painting, music, film, dance, the culinary arts, or any of a number of other mediums, the North State has an abundanceRead More

Reading Pals Lifts Literacy Across the North State… The people of Reading Pals have uncovered a great truth in education: pair young people on the cusp of being proficient readersRead More

Amber Shouse Brings Joyful Chaos to Redding’s Rage Room and Paint Space… This month sees the first anniversary of an entertainment destination like nothing Redding had ever seen before. ForRead More

Karate Instructor Bernie Kelly Trains Mind and Body… Just off Gas Point Road in Cottonwood, there’s a dojo where conflict is not feared but embraced – a space where kindergartners,Read More

ENJOY Q&A, with Board Chairman Ben Hughes, Recreation Assistant Gabriela Gil-Lopez and Interim Executive Director Debbie King of Sacramento River Discovery Center… What is the mission of the Sacramento RiverRead More

Hands-on Learning Comes to Life at Chico Children’s Museum… he doors to imagination are wide open at the Chico Children’s Museum, where children can engage in a wide variety ofRead More

‘Tohidu’ brings Western flair to Riverfront Playhouse… With the Redding Rodeo and all its related goings-on getting into gear this month, Riverfront Playhouse board members were looking to join inRead More

Jocelyn Olson’s Hands On Experience for Clinical Medical Careers… When she fractured her back while studying at Southern Oregon State University in Ashland, Jocelyn Olson spent her senior year inRead More

The Beauty, Benefits, and Joy of Dancing… February is the season of love, and in the North State, love is often found on the dance floor. Picture it: the softRead More

Carillon Handbell Choir… Handbells ringing rhythmically together, reverberating recognizable music is a sound that’s pleasing to anyone’s ears. It is likely the reason handbell choirs are so sought after duringRead More

Wells Fargo Stage Bandit Black Bart… Charles Boles was many things. A veteran. A prospector. A teacher. A poet. He was also the most successful Wells Fargo stage bandit inRead More

Siskiyou County Museum’s Exhibit of the Hull Brothers… If you like history, cemeteries are really interesting places,” explains Bruce Stiny, who retired as a museum curator for California State ParksRead More

Fall into Jazz Festival… It’s been nearly a quarter-century since Redding last hosted a jazz festival, and a pair of jazz-loving musicians think that’s more than long enough. Cleveland Boney,Read More

Enjoying the Arts in Redding, California… The hallmark of a strong, well-rounded community doesn’t rest solely on its infrastructure, buildings, businesses and school system. It can’t be accounted for merelyRead More

Local Guitarist Sage Mitchell… When Sage Mitchell picked up his first guitar as a child, he realized something beyond a cool factor of being able to play Nirvana songs. “ItRead More

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 musicRead More

Hanging Around with the Quilter’s Sew-ciety of Redding… One of my earliest memories is snuggling up in bed under a quilt my grandmother made by hand. The love my grandmaRead More

College of the Siskiyous Fire Technology Program in Weed… Throughout the summer season, firefighters have become an increasingly common sight in Northern California, bravely defending our communities against new andRead More

Whiskeytown Lake Harvest Festival Celebrates NorCal Heritage and Historic Fall Foods… Whiskeytown Lake is once again hosting its biggest event of the year, the Harvest Festival, on September 21. FromRead More

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, itRead More

The Historic Avery Memorial Theatre in Etna… The pandemic had a far-reaching impact on numerous industries, and theatres in particular. And for a moment, it seemed as if the historicRead More

Woodlab Designs Wood Stickers in Humboldt County… One thing that Northern California is known for is its massive number of trees, and in Humboldt County they are massively sized. WhileRead More