Thursday, January 23, 2014
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner
Two lucky people, four free tickets.
Posted on Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 9:56 PM
Krystal Davis and Teri Ohlsson have each won two free tickets to the bout against the Tsunami Sirens this Saturday. Congrats! Your tickets will be waiting for you at the door!
To the rest of the people who entered, don't fret. This contest is the first of many. So, keep your eyes peeled for the next contest around the time of the next bout on Feb. 15.
Who Wants Free Humboldt Roller Derby Tickets?
You do!
Posted on Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 11:53 AM
The ladies of Humboldt Roller Derby are the epitome of "I am woman, hear me roar." They're fierce, formidable and downright foxy. Roller Derby isn't a sport for the weak or the timid; it's fast paced, hard hitting and adrenaline filled. If you've never had a chance to see The Humboldt Roller Derby in action or if you've been jonesing for some derby action since the close of last season, you'll have a chance to get your fix this Saturday, Jan. 25 at Redwood Acres Fairgrounds (3750 Harris St. Eureka) when Humboldt Roller Derby challenges the Tsunami Sirens. The doors open at 6 p.m. and the whistle blows at 7 p.m.
The awesomeness doesn't end there, though. The NCJ wants to give our readers a chance to win free tickets to this weekend's bout. That's right, free tickets. We can't just give them out to whoever we want, though; that wouldn't be fair, right? So, guess what? It's contest time!
The task is pretty simple. Only a couple of clicks stand between you and a golden ticket. All we need is a screenshot of the Cocktail Compass from your smartphone. It's a super easy process:
Step 1: If you don't already have the Cocktail Compass app on your smartphone, download it (for free) from the NCJ site.
Step 2: Open the app and click on the tab that says "map."
Step 3: Take a screenshot (directions vary based on the type of phone).
Step 4: Upload that screenshot onto the NCJ Facebook page by 8 p.m. on Jan. 22.
Once all entries are in, NCJ will randomly (there will probably be names on paper and a hat involved) choose 2 winners. Each winner will receive 2 tickets. Easy-peazy.
Get Ready to Run
Posted By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 11:36 AM
Lace up and warm up — Saturday the 25th is the Trinidad to Clam Beach Run. You have another 30 minutes or so to register online, or you can get it done in person between 6-9:15 a.m. just before the 10 a.m. race.
If you've run it before, you know about the hills, the sand and the mouth of the river. Pick your course (3-mile, 5 3/4-mile or 8 3/4-mile), register and start carbo-loading now!
Sunday, January 19, 2014
From the Hum
Surf's Up!
Posted By Jennifer Savage on Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 9:00 AM
All-girl Seattle surf band La Luz plays a free show at the Palm Lounge on tonight. When they last performed at The Works, I described them thus:
"... this is not your average Link-Wray-meets-The-Ronettes nostalgia. That's only the launching pad for a reverb-filled musical stratosphere heavy with sunshine and hooks you can't resist."
Still true. Locals Companion Animal open.
Show time is listed as 9 p.m. and the Palm Lounge is 21-and-over.
Saturday, January 18, 2014
From the Hum
Desperado Heartache
Posted By Jennifer Savage on Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 8:57 AM
Here's a disturbing video for the band's "Satan Taps My Head."
The show's $5, music starts around 11 p.m. and this show is for those 21-and-over.
Friday, January 17, 2014
From the Hum: Fabulous Folk
Posted By Jennifer Savage on Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 8:47 AM
Tracy Grammer brings her flawless alto back to Humboldt tonight. A legend in the folk music world, Grammer originally rose to acclaim in the late 1990s as one half of Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer. All three of the duo's albums topped folk charts and in 2002, Carter and Grammer toured with Joan Baez, both as featured artists and Baez's band members. Sadly, in 2002, Carter, 49, suffered a fatal heart attack. Grammer has since continued on solo, touring internationally, playing both her own songs and those from her time with Carter to greater and greater fame. It's not an exaggeration to say Grammer has become one of folk music's most beloved performers.
The songs alone are enough, ranging from melancholy to rollicking, but like all the best entertainers, the storytelling on stage doesn't stop and start with the songs —Grammer makes a point of sharing her own misadventures and anecdotes in between.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m. with music starting at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 general, $13 Playhouse and Humboldt Folklife Society members, and are available at Wildwood Music, Wildberries or 822-1575.
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Humboldt Style
Posted By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 5:17 PM
Musician, model, dancer, artist and fashion inventress Lilith, spotted in Old Town, says she "tries to do something different every day." And she's not afraid to be outrageous — open toe shoes in January!
Who All Dunnit?
Posted By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 2:00 PM
Feel like a little True Grit meets true crime? Mozy over to the Bayside Grange for the Clark Historical Museum's third annual Murder Mystery night at 5 p.m. on Saturday ($50). It's an Old-West-themed event, and a chance to get in full dude drag — you don't have to, but come on. You know you look good in that 10 gallon hat.
Besides, you don't want to be the only greenhorn in the posse when some poor, unfortunate cowpoke gets poisoned, shot or hit with a horseshoe and everyone has to try and identify the cowboy/cowgirl who did the killing. Was it the sheriff? The rancher? The saloon girl with a heart of gold?
Y'all won't have to do all that figuring on an empty stomach, either, with a chuck wagon's worth of pulled pork, cornbread and chili on the buffet. The press release says diners "are guaranteed to leave full as a tick," so maybe go up a size on those Wranglers. Of course, you can always work it off kicking up your spurs with a little line dancing. Proceeds from tickets and the silent auction go to the museum's good work preserving the history and artifacts of Humboldt County.
Short and Sweet
Posted By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 9:59 AM
Movies keep getting longer. Nobody blinks at a 3-hour tour of Middle Earth or Wall Street anymore. Even kids' movies are epic length, and yet theater seats aren't any comfier and the drinks at the concessions stands keep growing — a recipe for discomfort and/or disaster. What relief to see the art of short filmmaking is not lost.
The Future Shorts film festival lights up the screen at the Arcata Theater Lounge on Friday at 7:30 p.m. ($5). Get a look at how independent writers and directors around the globe see things. You can even stretch your legs now and then. This year's international tasting menu of movies includes the funny, the poignant and the downright strange.
The French film That I'm Falling follows a young man "on a long digestive journey" from the subway. Out of Reach, from Poland, is a portrait of family life with two motherless sisters in the iron grip of their father. Blind Spot is another short from France, this time about an old woman caught in the middle of a stick-up. Claymation weirdness takes over in the Serbian Rabbitland, a country of empty-headed pink bunnies in an endless cycle of daily voting. The Date, from Finland, is an awkward vignette about pimping out your stud cat. Last but not least, the Afghani film Buzkashi Boys is the story of two boys growing up in a war zone.
