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Fieri Bomb
A Guy Fieri sighting ranks right up there with a blurry Bigfoot photo up in these parts, and it looks like we’re due for another one in November. A Guy Fieri sighting, that is. The Humboldt Beacon reports that the Food Network host is bringing his sunny smile and dark roots up to his hometown […]
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North Country Therapy
Right now, a small, grumpy and unpleasantly practical cluster of synapses in your brain is thinking about skipping the North Country Fair this year. It’s too crowded, parking is crazy and we have errands to do, it whines. Don’t listen. Your brain is not in possession of all the facts. For one thing, Saturday kicks […]
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Come on Down!
Cleveland will be in the house when game show host and improve impresario Drew Carey stands up at the Van Duzer Friday night at 8 p.m. ($45 or $15 for HSU students). In the years since Whose Line is it Anyway? and The Drew Carey Show, he’s trimmed down and lost the high-and-tight, but he’s […]
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From the Hum: Seriously, Tuesday?
Well, look at Tuesday with its not one, not two, but three interesting options. 1. At the Arcata Playhouse, Buenos Aires guitarist Gonzalo Bergara celebrates his new release, Walking Home. Bergara mixes “a cascade of arpeggios” with the sounds of Django Reinhart’s Paris and Bergara’s own native Argentina to forge his own style of progressive […]
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From the Hum: Oh, and Then There’s Monday
If you thought fun ended with the weekend, wrong! Make an afternoon pot of coffee because Monday night invites you to the Siren Song, where local bad boys Drifter Killer play with San Francisco’s appealingly gloomy Owl Paws (owlpaws.bandcamp.com). The gig is free – bring some dollars for the tip jar – and starts around […]
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From the Hum: Your Weekly Sweat-inducing Punk Gig
San Diego’s Dead on the Wire hits the Alibi tonight, bringing shades of the Ramones, The Lazy Cowgirls and Rancid. If you appreciate 1970s punk rock – and judging from the fact that Iggy Pop & the Stooges are currently touring America, lots of people do – you will enjoy the hell out of this […]
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From the Hum: Helping out Doug Green
Another benefit takes place tonight, this one for Doug Green, who is currently suffering from cancer and the avalanche of medical bills associated with treatment of the disease. Green originally conceived of and spearheaded the construction of a concert venue at French’s Camp, producing the Garberville Music Festival in 1980 and 1982, was a founding […]
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From the Hum: Due for some Good Luck
The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit Just in time to cheer a person up with some sweet, sweet Americana comes The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit. Give a listen to the “The Very Best” off the band’s No Excuses album and be transported to a sunny back porch, homemade wine and good friends singing a […]
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From the Hum: ‘Not so gospel’ Friday the 13th
Jenni & David On the theme of faith, community and hope, we have the Arcata Interfaith Gospel Choir, a veritable Humboldt County institution not necessarily all about gospel. Like most musical organizations, the choir has to pay for practice space, event space and many other obligations, so the group is holding a “Not So Gospel […]
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Pie in the Sky
Sure, Walk the Line was nominated for five Oscars, but wouldn’t it be even better with pie? Ever hear Johnny Cash’s “Pie in the Sky?” A nice, big piece of pie (with black coffee) is the perfect accompaniment to the music of the Man in Black. Get it one piece at a time at the […]
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Old School Art
If you’re looking for some art but can’t wait for Arts! Arcata tomorrow night, you could head over to Humboldt State University for the opening of “HSU Art Department: Then.” The exhibit, over in the Reese Bullen Gallery, features work from faculty who go back all the way to 1914 and taught up to 1966. […]