The 39th annual Dell’Arte 2019 Holiday Show: Return to Oz is now at one of the many traveling and free venues coming up before its return to Blue Lake in two weeks. The storyline of Dorothy as an angst-ridden, friendless, guitar-playing teenager (you likely know one or used to be one) begins with her unhappiness […]
Mark Larson
Trick or Treat: Photos from Arcata’s Halloween
Parking was a premium for Trick or Treat on the Plaza in Arcata in late afternoon as easily more than a thousand children and adults showed up for the Halloween fun. The event, sponsored by Arcata Main Street, started off with the HSU Marching Lumberjacks, giant puppets and a bubble machine circling the plaza, followed […]
Geeking Out: Photos from Ohana Comic Con
The second annual Ohana Comic Con in the Sapphire Palace at the Blue Lake Casino Hotel welcomed hundreds of attendees on Saturday, despite the power outages elsewhere. Lights were on thanks to the micro-grid electricity generating system in place. The family-friendly, two-day event surged with the superpowers of costumed adults and children as they shopped […]
Photos from Sunday at the North Country Fair
Sunday at the 46th annual North Country Fair featured another splash of the popular rhythms and dances of Samba da Alegria’s Samba Parade, along with the usual mix of live music on multiple stages, vendors of all types and — atypically for the season — occasional rain. See highlights of the parade in the slideshow […]
Photos from Saturday at the North Country Fair
The 46th annual North Country Fair on Saturday lived up to its reputation on Saturday for lovely fall weather, lots of food, art, clothing and craft vendors, and — in memory of the Northcoast Environmental Center’s Tim McKay — a fun, all-ages All Species Parade frolic around the Arcata Plaza. See highlights of the day […]
Photos from Ladies Hat Day at the Races
A large crowd of fans of horse-racing and ladies in hats showed up for Saturday’s free admission to the eighth annual Ladies Hat Day at the Races at the Humboldt County Fair in Ferndale. The hat wearers moved onto the racetrack for the Parade of Hats competition in “Hatagories” that included Most Glamorous, Best Racing […]
Photos from the 57th Klamath Salmon Festival
Given the last few years of wildfire smoke-filled skies, it was a relief for a large crowd of attendees to only smell smoke from the traditional salmon fire pit at the 57th annual Klamath Salmon Festival on Saturday, Aug. 17. This year’s theme was “Skue’n ‘Owook, Can’t Wait for Tomorrow,” which linked Yurok Tribe plans […]
Photos from the Lantern Floating Ceremony
A large crowd attended the 37th annual Lantern Floating Ceremony at the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary on Saturday evening under clear skies. A gentle breeze helped push a few hundred lanterns that had been created earlier that morning on the Arcata Plaza out across Klopp Lake. The original Japanese ceremony uses floating lanterns to […]
More Than 200 Protest Immigrant Detention Centers
The Lights for Liberty Eureka: Vigil to End Concentration Camps attracted more than 200 attendees to a candlelight vigil at the Humboldt County Courthouse at sunset Friday evening. This local vigil, intentionally using the term “concentration camps,” was one of two held countywide as part of Lights for Liberty: A Vigil to End Human Detention […]
