Here’s the story in 99 words: NCJ’s 99-word Flash Fiction Contest is on. Send up to three entries in the body of an email (no attachments or links) to fiction@northcoastjournal.com with your name and contact information (no pen names) by midnight Oct. 31. Dainty dramas, bite-sized adventures, flits of fantasy, micro-mysteries, half-pint hauntings, brief romances […]
Arts + Scene
Reviews, interviews and upcoming highlights from the week in visual and performing arts around Humboldt County.
Posted inArts + Scene, Food & Drink
Eastern European & Greek Festival this Saturday
Opa! The annual Taste of Orthodoxy Festival returns to Saint Innocent OrthodoxChurch — the oldest in Eureka — on Saturday, Oct. 11, from noon to 4 p.m. (freeadmission). Chubritza will be on hand with live Balkan and Eastern European folk music and dance, along with a Byzantine choir. Tour the architecture and treat yourself to […]
Posted inScreens
The Smashing Machine Lands its Punches
THE SMASHING MACHINE. In this millennia-bridging era, combat sports are such a ubiquitous element of culture that it almost requires a more active effort to ignore them than to engage. Like garish wallpaper in an over-stuffed room, professional fighting can be fascinating, distracting and off-putting (often all at once) and remains part of all our […]
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40th Annual Fortuna Apple Harvest Festival
Come one, come all to Fortuna in the fall. The Friendly City is rolling out the barrels for its 40th annual Fortuna Apple Harvest Festival on Saturday, Oct. 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (free admission). Hop on the free shuttle and make your rounds: Sip cider and tour the orchards at Clendenen’s Cider […]
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Halloween Fun in Ferndale
Ferndale rolls out the orange carpet for a full month of spine-tingling, family friendly festivities with its Frightfully Fun town-wide Halloween celebration. Things kick off Friday, Oct. 3, with free Artisan Pumpkin Carving on Main Street from 3 to 6 p.m. with carving stations along the street before the jack o’ lanterns light up in […]
Posted inPoetry
Fire Season
Fire season, Harvest season, So much here to do. Preparing dinner from Our abundant harvest, With corn, summer squash, And tomatoes, too. I’m deep in the middle When I hear a sound I know. Aircraft, helicopter, Flying close and flying low. Not just any aircraft The heavy roar is quite unique. It’s CalFire up above, […]
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The Revolutionaries
One Battle After Another ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. For geeks of a certain age and inclination, a new Paul Thomas Anderson movie has been — and hopefully always will be — an occasion for tremendous excitement. We’ve been down since Hard Eight (1996) — which should rightfully be titled Sydney but that’s a diatribe for […]
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Fisherman’s Feast Serves Up Seafood, Sweets & Sounds
Trinidad’s fourth annual Fisherman’s Feast reels in the community with fresh-off-the-boat seafood, live music and sweet tooth temptations on Saturday, Sept. 27, from noon to 5 p.m. at Trinidad Union School ($25, vegetarian options available, $20 advance). Enjoy a local-catch lunch and live music by Kingfoot and Blue Lotus Jazz in the school parking lot. […]
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A Taste of Ireland in Eureka
Thunderous footwork, soaring music and that unmistakable Celtic fire take center stage in A Taste of Ireland – The Irish Music & Dance Sensation, happening Saturday, Sept. 27, at 7:30 p.m. at the Arkley Center for the Performing Arts ($42.14-$76.85 all-in pricing).This internationally acclaimed show features a roster of world-champion dancers performing high-energy choreography set […]
Posted inArts + Scene, Dance
Humboldt Latin Dance and Music Festival Sept. 26-28
Celebrate Latin rhythm and culture at the sixth annual Humboldt Latin Dance and Music Festival, taking place at Redwood Raks and other local venues Sept. 26-28. The festival features more than 20 workshops in salsa, bachata, Cuban styles and more led by internationally recognized, award-winning dance professionals. Each night closes with a high-energy party, complete […]
Posted inMusic
Music Tonight: Thursday, Sept. 25
The Creative Sanctuary presents the latest in an ongoing series honoring the musical alumni of the rotating, midcentury supergroup the Jazz Messengers. Tonight’s star attraction is the recently late Wayne Shorter, whose saxophonic splendor lit up the world in a career that spanned from bebop to hip hop and beyond. Join hosts James Zeller, Ramsey […]
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A Big Bold Beautiful Journey Pays Off
A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY. Coming so soon after Splitsville and my rapturous reception thereof, this one might seem like something of a non-starter. It is, after all, high romantic fantasy in a decidedly old-fashioned vein. A meet-cute expanded into a could-be/never-was trip down the varyingly painful lanes of memory, it plays a little like […]