Lynn Carlin continues her exploration of movement and pattern in watery worlds with a show of original acrylics on paper at Old Town Antique Lighting. Lynn’s impromptu spirit is well suited to her subject matter. “I try to work fast, intuitively choosing colors and creating an overall look that feels right in the moment,” she […]
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Even More Beer!
“This is grain, which any fool can eat, but for which the Lord intended a more divine means of consumption … Beer.” — From that one Robin Hood movie that I really like but most people don’t. In case you missed the brew-ha-ha of a blind beer tasting the Journal did a few weeks back […]
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Halloween Fix
Halloween, for the most part, is an across-the-board great holiday. It caters to the kids with sugar and the grownups with spice. One quibble though. As is the case with a handful of holidays, the date is problematic. “October 31” is really catchy and memorable and all, but let’s be real: since Halloween falls on […]
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‘Cuz They’re Adorable, OK?
They brighten your day with their adorable enthusiasm. They snuggle you when no one else will. They unknowingly star in billions of YouTube clips that you’ve wasted billions of hours watching, forwarding and wall-posting on Facebook. They are pets. You love them. Don’t fight it. And since they’ve given you so much, couldn’t you give […]
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McKinleyville Arts Night
Third Friday McKinleyville Arts Night Friday, Oct. 21, 6-8 p.m. is presented by members of the McKinleyville business community. Receptions for artists, exhibits and/or performances are from 6-8 p.m. on the third Friday of each month. Phone 268-1800, for more information. 1) McKinleyville High School 1300 Murray Road In the Multipurpose Room. Robin Weburg, Nature’s Scattered […]
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A Better Race
Reminder: You love living in Humboldt. It’s not always easy, but you know it’s the right thing to do. Sure, you’ve fantasized about what it might be like to migrate to Portland or Seattle or whatever city first wowed you with functioning, convenient public transportation. Perks? If you lived there you would never again have […]
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One Last Summer Beer
We’re getting down to the wire here, HumCo. Suck up these next couple weeks of Indianish summer, because we’re about to plunge into months of soaked gray bummer. The end is nigh. Sure, there are those jerks who will throw out jerky statements to the effect of, “You know, I actually love the rain,” or […]
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A Saturday for Kids
It’s somewhat indirect, but the first Saturday in October is always a great day for children in Humboldt County. At Redwood Acres every year, a group of women called Humboldt Sponsors runs what may be the mother of all local rummage sales raising money to support recreation programs for kids. Bargains are guaranteed as is […]
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Humboldt Grown
Take a whiff, HumCo. You smell that? (sniff) Ahh, yes. Harvest is upon us. And as everyone knows, the place to hang with your buds during the Humboldt harvest season — the center of the universe, as it were — is sunny Fortuna. Take another hearty inhale. Oh, yeah. You can already taste the burn-the-roof-of-your-mouth-off-hot […]
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Shine Thine Armor!
Knights, wizards, wannabe dragon slayers, wee lads and lasses, hear ye, hear ye! In ye olde Humboldt, thar be one thing thou can beest sureth of. On the occasion wheneth the days be becoming evermore curt, thine should knoweth that the season of yore hath returneth. Lo these countless fortnights … uh … Sorry. You […]
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Well, If You’re Travelin’…
The Autumnal Equinox is coming up. It’s not until next Friday, but this being the weekend before, it’s time for another North Country Fair, Saturday and Sunday on the Arcata Plaza. The roots of the very Arcatan harvest festival celebrating the changing of the seasons go back to 1974. As usual it’s put on by […]
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Get on Your Bikes and Ride!
Bikes + babes + bands + bucks. If you do your math right — be sure to carry the “fun” — your answer should come out as the Blue Lake Ride, taking place again this year at the Blue Lake Casino from Sept. 8-11. Need me to break down those four “b”s further? Check it: […]