Arts! Arcata is Arcata Main Street’s monthly celebration of visual and performing arts, held at more than 30 participating locations in Arcata. Visit www.artsarcata.com for even more information about the event or call 822-4500. 6. Bubbles 1031 H St. Bluegrass music by Clean Livin’. 9. Meridian Fine Art Gallery 833 9th St. Wine served as […]
North Coast Journal Staff
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Happy Days, Here Again
PREVIEWS In Gran Torino, Clint Eastwood plays a cranky old codger in Detroit who finds a purpose — staring down street gangs, Dirty Harry-style. This after working through some personal issues and befriending the Hmong families who have moved into his neighborhood. Rated R for language and some violence. 116 m. At the Broadway, Mill […]
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Holiday Downers
Previews The only film opening this week is The Reader, a post-WWII dramatic love story starring Ralph Fiennes and Kate Winslet. A young Berg (Fiennes) engages in a brief and passionate love affair with Hannah (Winslet), a woman twice his age, until Hannah disappears mysteriously. After years apart, Berg is stunned to learn that Hannah […]
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1st Saturday Night Arts Alive!
Proudly presented by USBank, with Eureka Main Street and the Humboldt Arts Council. Opening receptions for artists, exhibits and/or performances are held the first Saturday of each month. Phone 707-442-9054 for more information or to have an exhibit/performance included. http://aweurekatoday.blogspot.com 1. WORLD CUP 1626 F St. Lauren Sarabia, photographs of Asia. 1a. F STREET […]
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Yes Yes Yes
Previews The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, has generated Oscar buzz. Benjamin is born looking 80 years old; aspiring ballerina Daisy meets him in a nursing home. They fall in love, but he’s getting younger and she older. Seems very promising. Rated PG-13 for brief war violence, sexual content, […]
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Third Friday McKinleyville Arts Night
Presented by members of the McKinleyville business community. Receptions for artists, exhibits and/or performances are from 6-8 p.m. on the third Friday of each month. Phone 268-1800, for more information. 1. NorCal Tattoo 1179 Central Ave. Ted Marks, tattoo art. 2. The Front Gallery and Gifts 1181 Central Ave. Jon Marx, photographs; music by Ricky […]
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Top 10 Stories of 2008
1. CRASH Ugh, the economy … woe is us. It’s “the worst economic meltdown since the Great Depression,” we’re told every few minutes, and Humboldt County can no longer huddle behind the Redwood Curtain. To wit, Samoa’s Evergreen Pulp Mill, which withered in a sluggish global pulp market. The mill somehow changed hands in October […]