From the moment you get your passbook for Taste of Main Street ($25) on Thursday, March 27 — which you should do sooner rather than later — you are planning your assault on Old Town in your head. Some of us on paper. Some of us like Churchill in the bunker moving model ships and […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Songwriter Circle of Death
You can depend on the Alibi for many things. Excellent Bloody Marys. Fantastic fat French fries. (Fat fries > skinny fries.) A steady stream of serious rock and what would once have been referred to as “underground” bands. On Saturday night, the dim atmosphere of the Alibi delves even deeper into the dark with Songwriter […]
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Last Dance
Theater and dance fans won’t want to miss the Trey McIntyre Project’s final tour as a full-time dance troupe, performing at the Van Duzer Theatre at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 25 ($45, $25 children, $15 students). The Project has been in action for 10 years, earning critical and popular acclaim across the nation for […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: A Very Special Friday
As the Allman Brothers Band signs off with a final set of live performances across the country — New York City, to be precise — fans can comfort themselves knowing that Poor Man’s Whiskey will fill Humboldt Brews with “A Special Tribute to the Allman Brothers Band.” The old-timey-bluegrass-southern-rock-jam band has sold out the Fillmore, […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Three for Thursday
#1 Tonight brims with opportunity, beginning with the Chris Parreira-booked gig at Humboldt Machine Works — aka Robert Goodman Wines’ new music room — starring Seattle indie folk band Autumn Electric, plus Canary and the Vamp, a local band styled in the “Roaring ’20s Tin Pan Alley, wild-banshee-flapper music” mode, along with the great John […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Tuesday, the intrigue continues
“Our new cassingle, Chillality, will be along for the ride on this brief March tour, which features two new tracks from our debut full-length, Wavelength Sovereignty, out later this year.” So says Future Twin‘s press release about this midweek gig at the Jambalaya. You had me at “cassingle.” The added bonus of describing the music […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: A wee bit of madness
(Scene above not of the Logger Bar) Personally, I have mixed feelings about St. Patrick’s Day. I’m of Irish descent and love a good party, but I also like snakes. We’ll set the cultural/historical discussion aside for now, however, because you’ve got yourself what is sure to be an excellent time happening at the Logger Bar. […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: St. Paddy’s, a Happy Birthday, a benefit and beyond
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day — oh yeah, that — early with a Wild Irish Barn Dance at the Arcata Veterans’ Hall starting at 7:30 p.m. Sue Moon will call to the enthusiastic tunes of Blake Ritter and Sam McNeill. All dances will be taught with no partner or experience necessary. Admission $7 general, $6 Humboldt […]
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Tonight’s Setlist: Freeing and Fantastical
Photo by Chuck Johnson/Freak Photo You can dance if you want to — and you will want to because it’s Soul Night! But wait! That’s not all! You also get all vinyl. Humboldt Brews, 9 p.m., $5 (get your tickets early), 21-and-over. You can dance if you want to — and you’ll want to because […]
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The Corned Beef Circuit
Booze always steals the limelight on St. Patrick’s Day. Green beer and Jameson put that festive sparkle in your eye, but without food in your gut, that sparkle will quickly fade. On St. Patty’s Day proper, The Shanty in Old Town Eureka and The Logger Bar in Blue Lake are both offering up Irish dishes […]
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Look, I’m on a Boat
You know what’s better than boats in the water? Boats on land! Humboldt County has a rich maritime history and the Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum wants to tell you all about it at Historic Boat Day. On Saturday, March 15 from 3 to 7 p.m., the museum is hauling the Madaket and the Stephanie onto […]