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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Know Your 2011 Kinetic Sculptures! (UPDATING!) (NOW WITH SOUND!)
Morning drizzle gave way to glorious sunshine as the 2011 Kinetic Klass gathered on the Arcata Plaza Saturday. Does that signal a glorious weekend is upon us? Time will tell. The following is an almost komplete (we’ll keep adding to it) and helpful guide to this years kompetitors and their exploits. (For a preview of […]
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DeMark Your Calendar
On May 29, storyteller Jeff DeMark turns — get ready, Humboldt — 60 years old! Gasp! Uh oh. I know what you’re thinking. Reaching this soul-crushing milestone means the jovial, freewheelin’ raconteur will be forced to, like, grow up? Hardly. He’s still having too much fun working through the events of his childhood, onstage and […]
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Gloriousity
Just so we’re klear: The Kinetic Grand Championship is happening, people! While some less-than-glorious kancellation kontroversy threatened to dampen this year’s proceedings (see “Rutabaga Scramble,” NCJ 5/19), a K-Universal truce was forged, papers were signed, krises averted and the Kinetic Sculpture Race, now in its 43rd year, will take place in all its Glory as […]
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Budget Cuts?
The NCJ would like to thank the City of Eureka for our new, freshly painted “4-way sto” located at the corner of 3rd and F sts. We agree that “p”s are ointless and assé and are glad to see savings assed on to Eureka taxayers. Yes, all four ways.
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Flippant Flippers
I don’t care how extraordinary you think your troupe’s moves are. Claiming in your press material that your act is the equivalent of a “rock and roll-circus-ninja-dance-comedy-action-movie,” as the braggadocious boys in Nanda do, is just begging to be called out. But check out an easily YouTube-able Nanda clip online and you’ll see that that […]
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Seven-O-Heaven Contest Ends in “Controversy” (Updated)
First off, thanks to the dozens of readers who took half a second to submit captions for our NCJ Book Issue-inspired Seven-O-Heaven Caption Contest. Your pithy entries made the Journal editorial posse, at various times, laugh, cry, scratch our heads and/or fear for the future of our species. Way to go! But one entry stood […]
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May Humboldt Happenings
43rd Annual Kinetic Grand Championship How beloved is the Kinetic Grand Championship? Last September, as part of our annual “Best of Humboldt” issue, the Journal asked its readers to sort through the many annual local gatherings they look forward to and pick one to reign as “Best Event.” It really wasn’t much of a contest. […]