Arts + Scene

Reviews, interviews and upcoming highlights from the week in visual and performing arts around Humboldt County.
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Predators and Survival

by John J. Bennett

PRIMETIME.In the early 21st century, there was a weird man who created a weird show. He was/is Chris Hansen, and the show was To Catch a Predator, an ethically dubious hidden-camera entrapment program ostensibly designed to apprehend pedophiles but also, as we learn from this fictionalized account, to beat Lost in the Nielsens. The prickly […]

Posted inPoetry

Life Goes On …

by Poetry Writer

Life goes on.We move slower nowBut we are moving.Things are hardWe try to help.Our nation beckonsWe work the polls.The garden growsWe prepare for winter.We have familyAnd friendsWe support each other.We move slower nowBut we keep movingAnd life goes on. — Dottie Simons

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Events this Weekend: Culture Commons, honey tasting and a tribute to Dolly Parton

by NCJ Newsletters

We bring you the highlights here, but to see all of what’s going on visit northcoastjournal.com. Thanks for reading and have a great weekend. Humboldt Taiko performs at Madaket Plaza at 10 a.m., Sept. 26. Photo by Madison Acres  Eureka’s Culture Commons Festival, happening Sept. 25-27, is packing so many cool things into one weekend […]

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Local Lit

by Journal Staff

We hear a lot about the artists and musicians of Humboldt County, but it turns out the redwoods are teeming with writers, too. This week we’ve compiled reviews and recommendations for local reads across ages and genres that explore imagined realms and familiar North Coast landscapes. Grab a cozy spot and read along with us. […]

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Reckless Freaks

by John J. Bennett

I WANT YOUR SEX. The milieu of contemporary “fine” art, pinioned as it is to its own ironic self-importance, has always been ripe for satire, with cinema as appropriate a vehicle for it as any. Going back to the olden days of the mid-20th century, when movies were splintering into factions and movements, the outsider […]

Posted inFront Row

Not Cozy

Avatar photo by Linda Stansberry

Murder mysteries are an inherently weird concept. I say that as someone who reads them, writes them and loves them. I say that as someone whose family history includes homicide. It should feel perverse to get excited by the promise of a “good mystery.” Maybe this is why the genre has not proved to be […]

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Events This Weekend: 💃 Latin dancing, 🫖 Victorian tea and 🫶 Good Grief

by NCJ Newsletters

There’s lots going on this weekend. Check out the highlights here, and visit northcoastjournal.com for more of what’s going on. Thanks for reading and have a great weekend. Put some fire in your footwork at the Humboldt Latin Dance and Music Festival, happening Sept. 24-27 at Redwood Raks World Dance Studio ($195 full festival pass, […]

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Prey-Go-Neesh

by Poetry Writer

Thank you for bringing us back.Thank you, everyone,for all the hard work you’ve donepreparing for our returnafter so many years. Now we can see how you live.We’re watching you from above.We see what you’ve changed.  We see what you haven’t.And we know what needs to be done. But don’t worry.  Don’t panic.We love you still.If […]

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Explode, Don’t Tell

by John J. Bennett

FUZE. Given the death of concise action-oriented picture-stories currently on offer, the promise of such a thing, particularly with movie stars in the cast and a reliable director in charge, is even more compelling than it once was. Factoring in the presence of explosives and a daring heist in the middle of a major metropolitan […]

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