Go see a legend
This week on PBS's American Masters, there's an episode on Pete Seeger, our nation's finest, hardest working and purest songwriting activist who has dedicated his life to the notion that music can bring people together to do extraordinarty things. The part of the show about Seeger's early years with the folk-singing quartet The Weavers includes interviews and footage of Ronnie Gilbert, the sole female of the group who, with The Weavers was blacklisted in the 1950s. Gilbert - who turns out to be an area resident - will be the featured speaker this Sunday at the Women's History Day celebration in Ukiah. Here's your chance to see and hear someone who was working for justice in our land before many of us were even born. Because of the expected crowd this year the event is being held at the fairgrounds (not the Civic Center as has been traditional) at the Fine Arts buildings. It starts at noon and costs $10 - a bargain.