We’ll call it Arcata House Weekend. Back-to-back benefits Friday and Saturday support the local nonprofit that has been providing housing and other services for homeless families for just short of 20 years. On Friday, Nov. 12, Jeff DeMark begins a three-night run of his one-man-show about finding and fixing up a home, They Ate Everything […]
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Hemp Hemp Hooray
As pretty much everyone in Humboldt knows, the hemp plant and its semi-precious flowers are a pretty big deal locally, particularly in the southern part of the county — cause for some trepidation but also repeated celebration including a number of festivals. This weekend’s Humboldt Hemp Festival has a full slate of activities from Friday […]
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Uh… Zombie Wrestling
Screw brightly colored fall leaves. Did you notice those rotting smashed pumpkin shards in your street courtesy of the young neighborhood goblins? So adorable. How ’bout those destroyed flower beds currently framing the Arcata Plaza trampled by the drum circle that camped there last Sunday night? So awe-inspiring. And see those dirt marks up and […]
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Heart of Glass
A routine part of pitching on the KHSU pledge drive is thanking new and returning members for their donations. During the fall drive I was handed a pledge form to thank someone. “TAL” was written in the box indicating favorite shows. I had to admit I had no idea what that meant, but soon learned […]
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Improve Your Predicament
Let’s face facts: Humboldt County will never boast big city appeal. Shocking, I know. But if you’re looking to have your senses assaulted by limitless shopping, dining and/or cutting-edge American culture, you’re in the wrong redwood-isolated corner of the state, hombre. Pros? Shorter lines. Cons? No In-N-Out Burger. Be strong. It takes a unique resolve […]
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Madness at the Lab
A week and a day before they launch their sixth annual Haunted Kinetic Sculpture Lab of Horrors, there was much to do. While chaos seemingly reigned, the warehouse/workshop in Arcata’s industrial zone was starting to take shape. Sheets of plywood, most of it painted black, had turned the large room into a maze leading to […]
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The Sweetest Holiday
You can only ride the Halloween sexy train for so long, people. You have kids now. Time to put away the sexy nurse, sexy fireman, sexy lobster (etc.) costumes. It’s about them now. But after years of immersing your self in carnal lust — as opposed to cute, innocent candy lust — where can you […]
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Just ‘Cause
The benefit run/walk is a longstanding tradition, here and elsewhere — all sorts of causes and nonprofits put them on. Runners or walkers or moms with strollers gather pledges or simply pay a fee then take off from some designated location, circle around some specific distance and come back. Last time I visited San Francisco, […]
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Set Your Phasers to “Fun!”
Calling all nerds and geeks, dweebs and poindexters! Finally, the perfect opportunity has arrived to emerge from the to-scale replica of the Millennium Falcon that is your bedroom, free from fear of wedgies, swirlies and/or noogies. Remember, your parents have been begging you to get out more. It’s time. Believe me, your Battlestar Galactica boxsets […]
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Register.
In the June 8 statewide California primary election, 35,937 of Humboldt County’s 75,404 eligible voters took the time to fill out some bubbles. Super weak. I know, I know, we’re talking about a primary in a midterm election year. Not the most thrilling stuff. So, maybe we’ll let the 53 percent who flaked on democracy […]
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Arty Party
The annual Beaux Arts Black & White Masquerade Ball is a longstanding tradition for the Ink People Center for the Arts, a dress-up party in celebration of the arts in general, and of course a fundraiser, since all arts organizations need funds to do what they do. This Inkers tradition references a couple of other […]
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Getting All Medieval
“A true Renaissance person is always changing — ahead of the times, creative, inventive.” So says Mihael Kavanaugh, one of the inventive volunteers who’ll help run this weekend’s Medieval Festival of Courage. His kids have outgrown Coastal Grove Charter (folks from the school founded the festival eight years ago with parents from Big Lagoon Charter), […]