Fantastic news from Blue Lake – Dell’Arte gave out 10 Blue Lake Rising grants last night following the inaugural Mad River Alliance Steelhead Days event. Blue Lake resident and musician Claire Reynolds shared an overview of the awards, including one bestowed on her band, Patronus. “The projects ranged from the Old Crows’ plan to put […]
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From the Hum: No excuses!
Wow, Saturday. Live music options as colorful and diverse as a box of Jelly Bellys. Here we go… Bang for your buck New wave darlings Space Biscuit headline at the Jambalaya with San Francisco’s solid alternative rock power trio The Institution. Opening the night is local electronica artist — are you ready for it? — […]
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Tattoo Hue
Ready yourselves Tuesday Jan. 28 at the Van Duzer, when the electrifying Grupo Corpo from Brazil takes the stage at 8 p.m. ($45, $25 kids). Building upon the rhythms of their Afro-Brazilian roots, these dancers are masterful technicians working with dance styles and influences layered one upon another: the expressive hips and staccato ribcages of […]
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From the Hum: Happy Birthday, P.C.!
Look who’s having a birthday! A-town all-star Pete Ciotti! You know Pete from Big Pete’s Pizza, the Jambalaya, Nucleus, Full Moon Fever and far too much more to list in this small space. Join him for P.C.’s Birthday Bash with funky Motherlode (he’s also in this band), hot jammin’ DJ Rickshaw and sexy Samba Da […]
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Go Fish
Stop talking about the one that got away and get one on record. Saturday Jan. 25 begins the Mad River Steelhead Days, two weeks of fishing-related competition and festivities that run through Feb. 8. Tickets ($35) get you into the whole kettle of fish and register you for the contests, and the proceeds go to […]
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From the Hum: Soul Night, Thursday edition
Photo courtesy Freak Photo Well, hey — it’s Soul Night at Humboldt Brews. On a Thursday. “We figured, what better way to start off a new year fresh than try out a Friday morning hangover?” say the purveyors of aforementioned soul. Hop aboard with Jaymorg, King Maxwell, Matt’n’Adam and more. You can never go wrong […]
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Winner Winner Chicken Dinner
Yesterday we held a contest on Facebook for four tickets to Humboldt Roller Derby’s opening bout on Jan. 25. We ran the numbers through our 1970s, room-sized computers, built a robot to execute our random number generation and did a bunch of advanced math on an oversized chalkboard. A few gallons of blood, sweat and […]
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Who Wants Free Humboldt Roller Derby Tickets?
The ladies of Humboldt Roller Derby are the epitome of “I am woman, hear me roar.” They’re fierce, formidable and downright foxy. Roller Derby isn’t a sport for the weak or the timid; it’s fast paced, hard hitting and adrenaline filled. If you’ve never had a chance to see The Humboldt Roller Derby in action […]
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Get Ready to Run
Lace up and warm up — Saturday the 25th is the Trinidad to Clam Beach Run. You have another 30 minutes or so to register online, or you can get it done in person between 6-9:15 a.m. just before the 10 a.m. race. If you’ve run it before, you know about the hills, the sand […]
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From the Hum
All-girl Seattle surf band La Luz plays a free show at the Palm Lounge on tonight. When they last performed at The Works, I described them thus: “… this is not your average Link-Wray-meets-The-Ronettes nostalgia. That’s only the launching pad for a reverb-filled musical stratosphere heavy with sunshine and hooks you can’t resist.” Still true. […]
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From the Hum
Introducing the outlaw country of The Abigails. I opened up Spotify for a listen and immediately fell under the dark honky-tonk spell of the band’s 2013 album Love and Despair. With a voice somewhere between Country Dick (RIP) and Mark Lanegan, singer Warren Thomas sings about hell and love — and sometimes both — in […]