Back in 1984 — with a head full of the sounds of Frank Zappa and Pink Floyd — bassist Les Claypool started fooling around with a drum machine and a few different band mates. He was trying to make a baby out of the musical DNA of James Brown and Eddie Van Halen with a […]
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Photo Contest!
The North Coast Journal is looking for your best pictures of Humboldt at work. From now through May 15, use your phone, your tablet or even a real camera to capture images of Humboldt at work, whether it’s a rancher with his herd, a doctor in her scrubs or a grower tending his crop. Email […]
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Boeing, Boeing Bounced
The summer season for Ferndale Rep just shrunk by a little as noted in a press release sent out this morning. A plan to alternate between two shows in July and August was shelved. Lost in the shuffle is the French farce Boeing, Boeing, a story about a swinging bachelor with a flat in Paris […]
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The Yak Men and Their Yaks
The Yak Men emerge from the woods around Arcata on a semi-regular basis, leading a pair of yaks into town. They tell us they prefer living among live trees to life in “dead wood houses.” The yaks have no names, the Yak Men did not offer theirs.
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Loon
The Arcata Playhouse presents LOON, a peculiar, whimsical tale of love, loneliness and the moon performed by Wonderheads, a Portland-based mask/puppetry troupe formed by Dell’Arte graduates. The show runs Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m.
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Spring Wildflower Show
California Native Plant Society’s Spring Wildflower Show at the Manila Community Center starts Friday with an art and music night with an art workshop with Rick Tolley and Québécois music by Mon Petit Chou. The flower fest continues Saturday and Sunday with a native plant sale plus talks on topics including “Fire and Vegetation: the […]
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Books, Books and More Books
Pamela Foster, who isn’t based in Humboldt now but sure knows the place, has written a delightfully cheesy but very fun novel called Bigfoot Blues. She’ll be among the authors out in force this weekend scrawling their names, your names and probably anyone else’s name you’d like into your very own copy. Once you buy […]