Yes, Eureka is going to the dogs, at least on Sunday. And for a good cause. The 16th annual Woofstock helps support the Sequoia Humane Society, a no-kill shelter saving lost and abandoned critters and promoting spay/neuter programs so we don’t have so many lost and abandoned critters. As you might guess from the “woof” […]
Bob Doran
Freelance photographer and writer, Arts and Entertainment editor from 1997 to 2013.
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A Grand Time
Gena was having trouble posting an event on our website so she sent a note. It seems her band The Bret Harte Breakers has a gig on Friday at Blondie’s. “We are a folk/rock/bluegrass outfit with some smokin’ original tunes as well as some tricked out covers,” she wrote. I’ve always loved the band’s name, […]
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Winning
It’s that winning time of year again. August, when the Humboldt County Fair brings the usual county fair goodness to the Ferndale Fairgrounds for 11 days. You’ll find the usual carnie games, Ferris wheel, cotton candy, corndogs and other meats on sticks, along with 4-H kids in white outfits with green hats and scarves and […]
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Americali
Considering her melodious name, it’s not surprising that Melody Walker became a musician. After living for years in Humboldt and earning a music degree from HSU, Melody now lives in the East Bay with her musician boyfriend Jacob Groopman of The Real Nasty. When I caught up with Melody Tuesday morning via cell, she and […]
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For the Earth Goddess
This weekend marks the first ever Gaia Festival at Black Oak Ranch, a music and sustainable-living fair drawing performers and attendees from all over the world. The Hog Farm commune organizers describe it numerically: “five stages, four directions, three days, too much fun, one love.” The Hog Farmers trace the history back to “24 years […]
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August Awesomeness
It may seem like it’s barely begun, but summer is already winding down and before you know it, the college students will be back in town ready for a new school year. We still have a few festivals left before that season ends, the biggest being the nascent Gaia Festival Aug. 5-7, down at Black […]
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Afrotrance
You might call it North African trance music. Leaders in the movement include bands with a looping hypnotic electric guitar sound driven by an insistent beat like Tinariwen and Group Doueh. With Portland’s Dusu Mali Band, led by Malian guitarist/percussionist Ibrahim Kelly, a touch of American jamfunk is added to the mix creating an Oregonian […]
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Apocalypse Party
This summer’s political musical comedy by the San Francisco Mime Troupe is fairly self-referential. 2012: The Musical! finds the members of the left-leaning theater company playing members of Theater BAM!, a left-leaning theater company struggling to get by while putting on none-too-commercial shows like the Shakespearean political comedy, The Revolution Will Not Be Downloaded. While […]
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Smokin’ Cubans
Unless you were up on the Humboldt State campus this week and heard the drumming, or perhaps stopped by the Jambalaya on Saturday for Ponche’s set, you were probably unaware that some of the world’s top AfroCuban folkloric dancers and drummers are in town. Since 1996 local music teacher/musician Howie Kaufman has led Explorations in […]
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Not Quite Traditional
The year may be 2011, but you wouldn’t necessarily know it fashion-wise. Retro is in, particularly styles from the ’30s and ’40s. Pokey LaFarge, a neo-trad artist on the rise who headlines Saturday’s Jefferson State Old Time Review at the Arcata Playhouse, has a fine-tuned retro sartorial sense (also imposed on his band The South […]
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July Twenty-Third
Saturday is one of those rare summer Humboldt days when there’s just too much entertainment to take in. We have several conflicting music festivals and shows north and south county that probably should not have been scheduled on the same day, all vying for your time and attention. We’ll start with the Humboldt Folklife Society […]
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Reggae on the River: The New Incarnation
It’s time. The Mateel crew is putting the finishing touches on Benbow Recreation Area, getting everything ready for this weekend’s 27th annual Reggae On The River. The Reggae War is finally over and no matter how you slice it, the Mateel came out on top. And as that chapter closes and a new one opens, […]