The Chamber Players of the Redwoods presents a 2 p.m. matinee trio of programs for the public. The Zug Consort will be playing music from the Renaissance, followed by Humboldt Harmoniemusik performing a piece by mid-20th century English composer Ruth Gibbs, and capping the show will be pieces by former Cal Poly music professor John […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Jan. 25
Trumpeter Nicholas Talvola and company return with a redux of their popular appreciation of the music of jazz and world genre bender and multi instrumentalist Yusef Lateef at the Arcata Playhouse tonight at 8 p.m. ($15). Tonight’s ensemble includes Gary Lewis on flute and sax, Brian White on trombone, and the lads in RLAD will […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Jan. 24
Wednesday’s queer dance party at the Miniplex, Big Mood, is back, and has now moved to the fourth Friday of every month. Tonight’s return will be celebrated by regular DJ Pandemonium Jones, along with guest spinner DJ Satanica and hosted by local diva of drag Val De Flores. The fun starts at 9 p.m. and […]
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2025 NCJ Pet Photo Contest
[IMAGE-1] Voting has closed and winners will be announced in the Feb. 20, 2025 edition of the North Coast Journal in print and online. You can see all the cuteness here petphotos.northcoastjournal.com. Don’t forget to thank our fabulous sponsors, Fin-n-Feather Pet Shop, the City of Arcata and McCrea Nissan for helping to make this happen.
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Jan. 23
Swing by the Basement tonight at 8 p.m. for a free celebration of the music — and birthdays — of Stéphane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt, the pioneering jazz violinist and guitarist, respectively, who changed the world of music forever beginning in the 1930s with their group the Quintette du Hot Club de France, ground zero […]
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, Jan. 22
Tonight is the first of a two-night residency at the Arcata Playhouse for the Jamie Baum Quartet. Headed by the namesake flautist, this is modern jazz played about as good as it gets, as the CVs of each member is a who’s who of the big players out there making and defining the genre in […]
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Music Tonight: Tuesday, Jan. 21
Asbury Park, New Jersey, is considered a working class, garage rock mecca, despite over a half a century of time passing since The E Street Band and all of its satellite musicians and bands formed into concrete reality and moved on up into the land of rock ‘n’ roll mythology. However, the town still seems […]
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Music Today: Sunday, Jan. 19
If you missed yesterday’s performance at the Calvary Lutheran Church in Eureka, fear not, you need only head over to the Arcata Lutheran Church to enjoy a 3 p.m. matinee performance of chamber music courtesy of the Borromeo String Quartet. Expect a casual atmosphere for this gig, as the music of Finland’s national composer Jean […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Jan. 18
The Arcata vintage shop Redwood Retro is an interesting up and coming venue, filling a much-needed spot on the scene with an emphasis on the DIY, casual nature of a town whose offbeat charm and mushy beauty seems on the verge of evaporating in the face of high rents, poor management and lowering imaginations. The […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Jan. 17
The Basement is the place to be tonight for a sultry ride on the jazz train from downtown to the up-tempo neighborhood with stops all along Funk Street. Swizlo’s Mystery Lounge is the name of this joint, which will be helmed by the eponymous key-master from Object Heavy and beyond. Also on tap will be […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Jan. 16
Greensky Bluegrass is a quintet from Kalamazoo, Michigan who have, for the last quarter century, been building a large following through constant touring and high-profile appearances on the festival and jam band circuit. As the name suggests, the group uses a bluegrass format from which it deviates into the light show theatrics and noodling passages […]
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, Jan. 15
Not much going on tonight, so I’ll take a brief moment to point out two changes to your regular Wednesday night options. Big Mood, the weekly queer dance party at the Miniplex, is no longer happening on hump day but will return on Jan. 24, where it will take up residency on the fourth Friday […]