You never know exactly what you’ll find when you venture to a Dell’Arte show: It could be melodramatic, could be slapstick, possibly gory grand guignol, perhaps some impassioned dance routine or a twisted musical comedy. There’s usually some warning, so you can be somewhat prepared. But this weekend as the Dell’Arte Company presents something it’s […]
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Hunting Season
The second best Jesus-y holiday is just around the corner, kiddos! ‘Tis Easter time! Woot! This year there’s even more reason to be thankful! Like, for example, be thankful you don’t live in Europe! There, according to what was on NPR recently, egg producers are blaming new, stricter EU relations for an ill-timed egg shortage […]
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Take It Back
Most likely due to the charged political season we find ourselves mired in, 2012 has seen a rise in the discussion of women’s issues and reminded us that we as a society have a long way to go in attaining true gender equality. So, as is the case every year, we welcome the return of […]
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Upping Arcata’s Weird
Downtown Arcata is no stranger to strange. For better or worse, a trip to the Plaza is likely to include a cast of, uh, colorful figures. But even in A-town, we’re betting someone dubbed by TMZ as “The Freakiest Dude in America” will stand out. Sorry, Plazoids. You’re about to be out weirded. You’ve likely […]
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Erin Go Bragh!
St. Patrick’s Day is upon us once again come Saturday, a day when everyone’s Irish, wearing green is considered mandatory, shamrocks are bandied about recklessly and the bartenders add green food coloring to beer. All this ostensibly to commemorate the death of a saint who was not Irish, because he supposedly drove some snakes out […]
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McKinleyville Art Night
A celebration of local art and artists with music, food and fun. McKinleyville Art Night is held on the third Friday of each month is open for all McKinleyville businesses to display the work of local artists. Contact Taffy Stockton at (707. 834-6460. More information at www.mckinleyvilleartsnight.com. 1. Eureka-Arcata Airport Special Event, View artwork by Humboldt […]
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Think of the Children, Conquer Your Fears
All right, Wimpy Humboldtians, listen up! Do you suffer from any/all of the following?: • ac·ro·pho·bi·a [ak-ruh-foh-bee-uh] noun. A pathological fear of heights. • ag·o·ra·pho·bi·a [ag-er-uh-foh-bee-uh] noun. An abnormal fear of being in crowds, public places. • hy·dro·pho·bi·a [hahy-druh-foh-bee-uh] noun. An abnormal or unnatural dread of water. • chiem·a·to·pho·bi·a [kem-ah-to-foh-bee-uh] noun. A fear of coldness, being cold. […]
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All Kinds of Good
To shamelessly co-opt the sentiment of the latest Springsteen single, in HumCo, we take care of our own. So there. Now, it would be foolish to assume that there is some inherent region-specific generosity that souls of Humboldt dwellers are innately filled with — there’s probably other tight-knit, compassionate communities out there somewhere. But judging […]
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Eye Ballin’
A long, long time ago, way back in the 19th century (1886 to be more exact), the city of Arcata took a great leap forward with the establishment of a weekly newspaper, the Arcata Union. A temporary small step backward came toward the end of the 20th century when the paper’s later-day publisher downsized the […]
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Cowboys and Indians, Fiddlers and Tejanos
“Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above; don’t fence me in. Let me ride through the wide-open country that I love; don’t fence me in. Let me be by myself in the evenin’ breeze, and listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees, send me off forever but I ask you […]
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Puppets: Not Just For Kids
Anyone who caught last year’s Arcata Playhouse sideshow play, Crawdaddy’s Odditorium, will remember the wild-eyed puppet Professor L.V. (Little Varmit) Willikers. “He was part of a freak show family,” said Playhouse founder David Ferney, the man behind the professorial puppet. “He’s the indestructible man — he tries repeatedly to kill himself, but he can’t.” […]
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Dissent Remembered
In 1942, when the United States government ordered the relocation and internment of Japanese Americans, Fred Korematsu refused to go. The 23-year-old California native, whose parents had immigrated from Japan, tried instead to disappear. “With his Caucasian girlfriend, Mr. Korematsu planned to move inland to Nevada,” write Eric Yamamoto and May Lee in A […]