In case there is any confusion about why something called the “Humboldt Made Fair” is being advertised as taking place during the week historically — dating back to World War II, anyway — reserved for your beloved “Redwood Acres Fair,” fear not. If you read the fine print, they’re — kinda — the same thing. […]
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Birth of a Carson Nation
Eureka is finally Oprah-ready. As you may recall, Carson Kressley — ex-queer peepers for straight peeps — worked Humboldt into a frenzy last December while filming scenes for his new Oprah Winfrey Network show Carson Nation. Now, six months later the show is finally debuting next Saturday, June 25 at 10/9c. Here is the episode […]
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Do You Believe in Slimy Miracles?
Do you live in Humboldt County whilst simultaneously boasting a pulse? Yes? In that case, my informing you that this Saturday, June 18 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., the Arcata Plaza is the site of the 21st Annual Arcata Main Street Oyster Festival would likely just insult you. At this juncture in history, it is the […]
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Smoke Weed with Willie in September
Crazy! CenterArts and KHUM just announced that the used-to-be-Red Headed Stranger — no stranger to heartland-y farmers — is on the road again and will serenade the Cow Town on Sept. 9! Note, Humboldt: Tickets go on sale on Monday, June 20 — one week from today! Here’s the deets: http://www.humboldt.edu/centerarts/
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(Most Of) Our Best Stuff
Being from a sparsely populated and isolated region, you can understand why Humboldtians get excited whenever we’re noticed by outsiders. “OMG! Did you hear Humboldt got name-dropped in the (insert name of reputable media)?!” C’mon, you know you get excited. It happens fairly regularly. In the last several years, HumCo has been significantly highlighted for […]
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Zen and the Art of Summer Crabbing
Got crabs? Journal interns and Venatore Media upstarts Travis Turner and Preston Drake do. They attended the Humboldt Crabs season opener on Saturday, snapped some photos, mined the depths of their souls and filed the following report: “Baseball is one of the most beautiful games. It is. It is a very Zen-like game.” – […]
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Kinetic Transfer of Power
In a sort of epilogue to last week’s 2011 Kinetic Grand Championship, the Kinetic Universe announced late last night via their Facebook page that President Monica Topping is stepping down after five races and handing the job over to fellow Rutabaga Queen Kati Texas. While she’ll no longer be the point person for future races, […]
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Humboldt Is Not Cold, Jerks
If you had friends from out-of-town stay with you over Memorial Day weekend, you no doubt felt some righteous, defensive indignation rise up into your chest when you, once again, heard some version of the whiny conclusion “it’s sooooo cold” emanate from their ungrateful, non-local lips for the umpteenth time. Pfff. To be fair, we’ll […]
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June Humboldt Happenings
Arcata Oyster Festival Get shucked, Humboldt! In willful defiance of Levitical law, the Oyster Fest has become arguably the biggest single-day annual social event on Humboldt’s calendar, and definitely the most delicious. Thousands will descend on the Arcata Plaza on Saturday, June 18 to see how many slimy bivalves they can consume whilst still downing […]
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Hung Over — Again
Reviews: THE HANGOVER 2. As regular readers of the the Journal’s Filmland section are well aware, reviewer-in-chief Charlie Myers does not, can not and will never appreciate The Hangover. Period! While looking back, you’d hardly call his initial review “scathing,” (see “Land of the Dudes,” June 11, 2009) the film uniquely tweaked Charlie in such […]