(November 30, 2023)
I wish more than a handful of people could have seen Jessie Gelormino as one of the best Cosettes I've had the pleasure to witness in Les Misérables. Her performance was...
(November 30, 2023)
OBITUARY. There should be something like a Scoville scale for dark humor, gradations of blackness that range from, say, a No. 2 pencil to the underwing of a raven to...
(November 23, 2023)
THANKSGIVING. The scream and spatter of slasher movies hasn't spoken to me for most of my horror-viewing life. It's not the violence or the blood alone that turns me off...
(November 23, 2023)
I barely remember seeing the night, Like an old, dry Autumn Not going away. Help me turn this knob, Sliding back, To the waiting moon, Eating at sunset's table. Let...
(November 21, 2023)
Not to beat the theme into the dust, but since we are nearing Thanksgiving, I’m going to continue this “jam roll” we are on and suggest one more free...
(November 20, 2023)
Speaking of jams, Seabury Gould is hosting his popular Irish Jam at the Logger Bar at 7 p.m. Although the man comes prepared with material and heartfelt instrumental and vocal...
(November 19, 2023)
Another interesting pairing, this time doable as a double bill, as the first performance is a matinee. I am talking about the Arkley Center for the Performing Arts-staged production of...
(November 18, 2023)
Two very different doings tonight, both in Arcata at 9 p.m. One of them subdued and subterranean, one a dancehall treat. Starting with the former, Young & Lovely, the...
(November 17, 2023)
This week, the eastern part of our county offers its holiday gift shopping treasures at the Willow Creek China-Flat Museum’s Holiday Bazaar, happening Saturday, Nov. 18, and Sunday, Nov....
(November 17, 2023)
As we wind up to next Thursday’s holiday, the gigs get sparse. To correct for this rocky landing, I’m going to double up on shows, starting today and through...
(November 16, 2023)
Indulge in local flavors at Rotary Club of Arcata Sunrise’s annual Taste of The Holidays, happening Thursday, Nov. 16, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Arcata Community Center ($40). Savor...
(November 16, 2023)
Unwrap the magic of the season as Eureka’s downtown, Old Town and Henderson Center areas transform into festive wonderlands, encouraging small business shopping at their respective holiday open houses....
(November 16, 2023)
Some things, like university names, come and go, while others seem resistant to the forces of change. One of those things in the latter category is the university circus community,...
(November 16, 2023)
THE KILLER. Given what we know — or think we know — about David Fincher, it is almost too tempting to see his latest as a smirking work of...
(November 16, 2023)
In the midst of tragedy and suffering there is the earth's insistent beauty. A Syrian boy sits Alone on a plastic chair Covered in soot His child hand wiping his...
(November 15, 2023)
Singer and songwriter Dave Alvin specializes in a hybrid-genre style of distinctly California music with noirish lyrical qualities. The results are songs that create scenes, steeped in speedway country,...
(November 14, 2023)
I saw one of its members the other day, which reminded me to remind you about the Opera Alley Cats, a jazz group that plays to fill its surroundings,...
(November 13, 2023)
Bella Union Records was founded in the U.K. 25 years ago by the bassist and guitar player for the highly influential band Cocteau Twins, whose dreamy pop sounds trickle...
(November 12, 2023)
Baltimore’s Pigeons Playing Ping Pong is a funk-centered jam band whose musical palette is defined by the genre-skipping qualities of the group’s chosen jam genre. If that sounds reductive...
(November 11, 2023)
A jazz night tonight sounds just about right, especially considering the dramatic weather we’ve had pouring down on our hat brims and pooling around our gumshoes recently. Let’s start with...
(November 30, 2023)
Eureka Main Street presents First Saturday Night Arts Alive Dec. 2 from 6 to 9 p.m. Galleries, museums, theaters, bars and restaurants are open late for your enjoyment. 4TH STREET...
(December 1, 2023)
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office today stated that it will allow the family of an inmate who suffered “non-survivable” injuries in an apparent suicide attempt at the jail on...
(December 1, 2023)
The Eureka Police Department has identified the man killed by officers in a shooting Sunday as Matthew Robert Williams, 31, of Cutten. EPD issued a press release this afternoon,...
(November 30, 2023)
Sequoia Park Zoo’s bears — Noni and Tule — are branching out into a larger area of their habitat at the facility, which is designed to mimic the natural...
