Best Night Club and Best Place to Shake Your Booty
The Basement
Lots of night clubs are cool. But walking into The Basement and taking a seat with a swanky cocktail or mocktail, surrounded by polished wood and good lighting, makes you feel a little cooler, too. Which might contribute to one’s confidence at booty shaking. The always fun bands definitely contribute, as does the sunken dancefloor. Get down there and get down.
Best Tattoo Artist
Shayna Behrens
A flip through Shayna Behrens’ flash pieces reveals clever takes on old school and black and gray designs, as well as popping color pieces, from knights, swords and unicorns to pinups, rockets and animal skulls. But it’s the cheeky, sweetly macabre ones like the meditating Xenomorph, Mindflayer pinup and Midsommar boyfriend-in-a-bear-suit that really stuck us.
Best Local Celebrity
Olivia Gambino
It takes a lot of flash to unseat Guy Fieri. But Olivia Gambino — filmmaker, burlesque performer, Rutabaga Queen, Journal contributor, woman about town — has not only cut a sequined and feathered swath through the county from the Kinetic Grand Championship to the Humboldt County Fair, but she mounted the most unhinged and visually jarring Photoshop campaign for Best Local Celebrity ever seen. We yield, take your prize, madam!
Art Gallery
Morris Graves Museum of Art
636 F St., Eureka
(707) 442-0278 humboldtarts.org
Band: Cover Band
The Undercovers
theundercovershumboldt.com
Band: Original Band
Object Heavy
objectheavymusic.com
Casino
Blue Lake Casino Hotel
777 Casino Way, Blue Lake
(707) 668-9770 bluelakecasino.com
Club DJ
DJ Goldylocks
facebook.com/humboldtgoldylocks
Craft Artist
Monica Topping-Adams
@rockchickdesigns
Drag Artist
Gliterous Cliterous
@gliterous_cliterous
Filmmaker
Justin Grimaldo
justingrimaldo.com
Golf Course
Baywood Golf & Country Club
3600 Buttermilk Ln., Arcata
(707) 822-3686 baywoodgcc.com
Humboldt Clothing Line
Homeboldt
homeboldt.com
Karaoke
Richards’ Goat Tavern & Tea Room
401 I St., Arcata
(707) 630-5000 richardsgoat.com
Live Music Venue
Humbrews
856 10th St., Arcata
(707) 826-2739 humbrews.com
Local Actor
Caroline Needham
@mrscarolineneedham
Local Artist
Bella Bestia
@thebellabestia
Local Celebrity
Olivia Gambino
@og247x
Local Tour
Madaket Harbor Cruise
1 C St., Eureka
(707) 445-1910 humboldtbaymaritimemuseum.com/madaket-cruises.html
Museum
Clarke Historical Museum
240 E St., Eureka
(707) 443-1947 clarkemuseum.org
Music Festival
Reggae on the River
240 Cooks Valley Road, Piercy reggaeontheriver.com
Musician
Dustin Thompkins
theundercovershumboldt.com
Night Club
The Basement
791 Eighth St., Arcata
(707) 230-6451 basementarcata.com
Place to Shake Your Booty
The Basement
791 Eighth St., Arcata
(707) 230-6451 basementarcata.com
Place to Shoot Pool
The Logger Bar
510 Railroad Ave., Blue Lake loggerbar.com
Places to Play Games
Game On Laser Tag and More
411 First St., Eureka
(707) 798-1077 gameonlaser.com
Pumpkin Patch/Farm
Organic Matters Ranch
6821 Myrtle Ave., Eureka
@organicmattersranch
Stand-Up Comedian
Michele Simms
@chelesimms
Tattoo Artist
Shayna Behrens
650 11th St., Fortuna @shaynamaetattoo
Theater Company
Ferndale Repertory Theatre
447 Main St., Ferndale
(707) 786-5483 ferndalerep.org
Vocalist
Matthew Cox
theundercovershumboldt.com
Weekend Getaway within 150 miles
The Historic Requa Inn
451 Requa Road, Klamath
(707) 482-1425 requainn.com
This article appears in BESTO! Best of Humboldt.
