Well, lunch anyway. As if you needed another reason to show up for the Back on Their Feet benefit to assist with medical bills for Bob Doran and Jessica McGuinty (8 p.m. on Thursday, July 25 at HumBrews!), now this supes n’ sandwich lunch is on the auction block. Make your bid and you could […]
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Fuel for the Fire: Kickstarting El Pulpo Mecanico
If you were out for Arts Alive! last October, you probably stood in the orange, propane-powered glow of El Pulpo Mecanico, Duane Flatmo’s 25-foot tall, truck-mounted, scrap-metal octopus that shoots flames from its head and moving tentacles. It’s hard to miss. El Pulpo is hitting the road for Burning Man again this year, and Flatmo […]
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Reggae on the River Videos: Vote Now
Here they are, reggae fans: the official entries in the Journal‘s Reggae on the River contest, in which we award four four-day passes to the creator of the most original and creative video of 29 seconds or less. We have 10 entries posted below. Don’t forget: We are including reader response in our deliberations, so […]
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Update: Au Revoir, Avalon
Avalon Back Open … Sort of. In a phone conversation earlier today, owner Beverly Wolfe stated that “Avalon is not open, but it’s not closed.” That is, it’s not open with its regular hours, at least for now. Due to issues with the restaurant’s liquor license, Wolfe says Avalon cannot be closed to the public […]
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Fish Story
When a great white shark bit Scott Stephens in the waters near the North Jetty last October, he punched the beastie to get away (“Details Emerge about Gruesome Shark Attack,” Oct. 30, 2012). Maybe you heard about it? It was like a movie. And now it is a movie. Local Filmmakers Night presents Great White […]
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Your Guide to Winning Free Reggae on the River Tickets
As we announced earlier this week, the Journal is giving away four (4) four-day passes to this year’s Reggae on the River festival. Yup, straight givin’ ’em away. Like, for free. All you have to do to enter is record a video of no longer than 29 seconds, upload it to the Internet and send […]
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Get Your Folk On
To paraphrase Tupac, I didn’t choose the folk life, the folk life chose me. If you’re in the life, this is your week. The Folklife Festival is on, starting with the kickoff show on Saturday, July 13, at Mad River Brewery, featuring Pilot Rock Ramblers and Chris Parriera from 5-9 p.m. On Sunday, Annie and […]
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Anyone Want These Tickets to Reggae on the River?
Hear me now: The Journal has four passes to this year’s Reggae on the River festival. And these aren’t just any passes; these are four-day passes, meaning they grant early access to the festival grounds (back at French’s Camp, yo!), plus dibs on camping and an extra night of music, access to magic brownies and […]
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Movies Night at the Library
“Have you seen the movie?” “The book was better.” Book lovers and film buffs: Let’s not fight. Lay down your arms, climb out of the trenches and hail one another as equals. On July 9, the Eureka branch of the Humboldt County Library kicks off its free Blu Tuesdays film series with a month of […]
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NCJ Flash Fiction Contest
Send us a story, 99 words (or fewer). Make us weep, laugh, scratch our heads. And we will judge your brilliance. There will be fancy judges. And prizes. E-mail your entries, along with your name and a phone number (the number won’t be printed), to fiction@northcoastjournal.com Or (if you must) snail-mail them to: North Coast JournalFiction […]
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Patriotic Party Circuit
If we hadn’t thrown off the shackles of British tyranny, there’d be butter on all our sandwiches, sweaters would be jumpers, The Office would have ended ages ago and we’d have nothing to do on the Fourth of July. Lucky for us, we get to commemorate breaking up with the monarchy (we did it in […]
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Hit the Sand, Man
You know what they say: Your home is your castle. Nevertheless, this Saturday, June 29, you need to ditch those snug moat-surrounds and get yourself down to Manila Beach Dunes Recreation Area to build yourself a new one — a new castle, that is. Out of sand. Consider it a character-building exercise — because there’s […]