Yes, the smell of Kinetics is in the air. Ah, sweat! Ah, grease! Ah, bribery! But that is not all the fair city of Arcata offers you this weekend. The fourth annual Bob Dylan’s Birthday Bash channels the iconic songwriter’s elegant and oft-obscure lyrics through a dozen-ish of your favorite local folk-flavored bands for not […]
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We Are the Champions
All over the county and beyond, men and women are wired with caffeine, hunched in backyards and garages, frantically welding and painting the finishing touches on their human-powered sculptures for the Kinetic Grand Championship race this weekend. View the strange fruit of their labor on Saturday, May 24 at around 10 a.m., when the parade […]
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Mad Funny
This weekend is all about wacky people in a madcap race around the county. Set the mood on Friday, May 23 at the Eureka Theater with a big-screen showing of It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World at 7 p.m. ($5). Hard to fathom how the same director who chiseled out Judgment at Nuremberg rediscovered […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Thursday is For Rocking
Let’s address the heavy riffs preparing to unleash themselves via Humboldt’s Lord Ellis and Austin’s Adrian (& The Sickness) tonight at the Jambalaya. Frontwoman Adrian Connor also handles the Angus Young duties in AC/DC tribute band Hell’s Belles, so she’s no stranger to delivering seriously charismatic performances. With (& The Sickness), the dread-locked Adrian expands […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Alt-Pop Power and Some Reggae
Flagstaff’s Greco sounds like something from 1980s Britain, delivering a sound somewhere between old new wave and retro Euro pop. Joining Greco at the Jambalaya are A-town’s mega-poppers The Wild Lungs, plus Arcata grinders Gout. Doors at 9 p.m., music at 10 p.m., cover is $5 and this good time is limited to those aged […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Celebrate Good Times, Come On
First, please note the return of the Humboldt Arts Festival! The fest brings even more art and cool to the Creamery District all weekend long. Oh, yes. Let’s get our party on with Soul Night XXXI: The Vibe Doctor is Out. The purveyors of Humboldt’s most successful dance event characterize graduation weekend as “the time where […]
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“Turn up” at the Rutabaga Ball
Get ready to trip the light kinetic. Memorial Day weekend is just around the corner and Humboldtians know what that means: The Kinetic Grand Championship! Before the peddling and paddling starts, though, Humboldt needs a new Rutabaga Queen. Someone has to reign over the wacky proceedings and it can’t just be anybody. The Rutabaga Ball is Saturday, May […]
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Paddle Up
Up a creek lately? Humboldt State University’s Center Activities has got your paddle. Sundays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Humboldt Bay Aquatic Center, grab a few of your nearest and dearest for Family Fun Day Paddles ($20, free for kids under 18, 50 pound minimum). Choose a kayak and let folks at […]
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Open Lighthouse
Head out to Trinidad Head today for a rare public glimpse of the Trinidad Lighthouse — a treat for people who love lighthouses and/or hate crashing into rocks. The lighthouse is changing hands — the Coast Guard is transferring the property to the Bureau of Land Management — with a ceremony today featuring docent-guided tours […]
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Sit Crisscross Applesauce! It’s Storytime!
Remember that book that always ignited your imagination when you were a child? Remember the fascinating illustrations? You know, that book that made bedtime something to look forward to. Maybe it was the beginning of your love for books, or maybe it sparked the storyteller inside of you. It’s time to celebrate that book and […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Friday I’m In Love
Life is glorious. With a little help from friends Let’s start off with “Waiting For A Miracle: A Benefit for Steve Watts,” which takes place at Humboldt Brews starting at 6 p.m. Watts, a local musician and cofounder of the music production company Passion Presents, was badly injured in an MMA fight last month. His […]