Kali Cozyris

If you’re a fantasy nerd, you may have heard about the 10-episode The Dark Crystal prequel coming to Netflix. No? It’s happening. To tide us over until its release date (no word yet, but production starts sometime this fall), or if you haven’t seen Jim Henson’s 1982 classic children’s fantasy film, your chance — like […]

Got a preferred mode of transport? Are you a wing man/woman or a gear head? Whatever floats your boat, you’ve got opportunities this week to see some pretty fly planes, tricked-out trucks and super stocks. Things get a little over the top when the TRAXXAS Monster Truck Destruction Tour bounces into Ferndale for shows on […]

Marimba One, the Arcata-based producer of world-class marimbas, vibraphones and mallets, is joining Humboldt State University in sponsoring the International Katarzyna Mycka Marimba Festival, happening June 2-11. Hosted by artistic director and Polish marimba virtuoso Katarzyna Mycka, it’s the first time the IKMMA is being held outside of Europe. And lucky for us! Humboldt is […]

Has it been a year since we kicked the mud off our boots and polished our belt buckles for the parade down Central? Reckon so. McKinleyville, the town “where horses have the right of way,” is rearing up to deliver five days of fun during Pony Express Days, happening May 31-June 4. The small-town celebration […]

“For the Glory!” Ready yourself for the rallying cry ringing out across the county this weekend as dozens of Kinetinauts (nuts?) and their human-powered contraptions roll, rumble and race across sea, sand, mud and land during the Kinetic Grand Championship happening May 27-29 (free). The Humboldt County Memorial Day Weekend tradition celebrating the wacky and […]

They’re here! Those sweet summer days that stretch out late leaving lots of time for outdoor activities. And when those activities cross over from dusk to darkness, sunset to stars, well, that’s even better. Watching movies under the night sky against a backdrop of redwoods is a sublime way to spend a summer evening with […]

Want to make a Texas-sized difference in a youngster’s life? Do you enjoy barbecue, beer and country music? Then saddle up for the Silver Spurs Gala taking place Saturday, May 20 from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Fortuna River Lodge ($50, $40 advance). This evening of dinner and dancing benefits Wild Souls Ranch, a […]

It’s the middle of May and in Humboldt, that means one thing: Kinetic madness is right around the corner. Priming the pump (we came up with that) for Memorial Day weekend’s Kinetic Grand Championship is the annual Rutabaga Ball, happening this Saturday, May 20 from 7 p.m. to midnight at the Bayside Grange Hall ($12, […]

The folks at the Sequoia Park Zoo know a thing or two about the wild life. They’ve been inviting the community to unleash its animal side with them for the last 11 years at the zoo’s frothiest fundraiser, Brew at the Zoo, happening this year Saturday, May 6 from 4 to 8 p.m. ($45, $20 […]

If you like the nightlife, baby, but feel Humboldt lacks a little in evening options, there are a couple of new venues to check out. First up is The Fuzion, located in the revamped Carson Block Building at Third and F streets in Eureka. The Fuzion hosts a variety of events, many of them all […]

It’s springtime in Humboldt and everything’s coming up rhodies. This year, there’s a big hoopla happening in the world of the brightly colored flora as Eureka hosts the International Convention of the American Rhododendron Society, “Rhododendrons in the Redwoods,” April 27-30 with activities centered at The Red Lion Hotel and the Sequoia Conference Center (prices […]

There’s something big afoot in Willow Creek. On Saturday, April 29, the Finding Bigfoot Festival at Veteran’s Park from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (free) celebrates the 50th anniversary of the world-famous Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film (that grainy footage shot in Orleans of a lumbering dark creature looking over its shoulder as it hurries across a […]