Juilliard-trained guitarist Adam Moezinia brings his Folk Element Trio to the ArcataPlayhouse on Thursday, Jan. 29, at 7 p.m. as part of a five-week West Coast tour ($20). Based in New York, Moezinia has played alongside jazz greats like Cécile McLorin Salvant, Freddy Cole and George Coleman at venues including Jazz at Lincoln Center and […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Jan. 24
Speaking of Humbrews and tributes to and OG members of large post-hippie musical movements, at 9 p.m., the 14-member Frank Zappa songbook ensemble StinkfootOrchestra takes the stage, once again joined by Napoleon Murphy Brock, who sangand played horns on some of Zappa’s ’70s output. I am not the biggest fan of Frank butI had a […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Jan. 23
Elderberry Rust Stringband is playing a free gig at the Kaptain’s Quarters tonight at 8 p.m. for those of you looking for some Friday fun in Eureka without a high price tag.Meanwhile, half an hour later across the bay at Humbrews you will find GratefulGetdown jamming to all comers with $15 for the door. This […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Jan. 22
Tim O’Brien and Jan Fabricius are a husband and wife duo who have spent the lastdecade picking their way around the country and beyond, bringing their talented take on bluegrass to the people. Her mandolin and voice merge with his guitar and multi-instrumental prowess like salt and pepper from some lovely little ornamental shakers.It’s a […]
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Apocalypse Now
The day before a masked ICE agent shot a woman in the face in Minneapolis, the Eureka City Council voted to allow the Eureka Police Department to look into using drones as part of its arsenal. A week later, that same council voted to condemn the illegal occupation of Venezuela by the Trump-controlled military. These […]
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Music Tonight: Monday, Jan. 19
There’s a heavy punk presence at Savage Henry Comedy Club tonight at 7 p.m., where some concerned locals are throwing a “Safety Meeting” to address the best way to keep bigotry out of our local music scene as the rest of the country is being filled with the putrid stench of weaponized institutional racism in […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, Jan. 18
Day four of the festivities wrap everything up in a pretty little package tonight at theMiniplex at 6 p.m., where The Ian Fays and The Lowlights team up to take the stagesurrounded by the celluloid dreams brought to screen in the form of short films byJensen Rufe ($10). Two decades down, hopefully more to come […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Jan. 17
Back over to the Eureka Theater for a showing of Rural Rock & Roll along with sets bylocal OG titans The Hitch and The Smashed Glass. Get there at 8 p.m. with $10 inhand for all the fun.
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Music Tonight: Friday, Jan. 16
The Rural Rock & Roll fun continues at Savage Henry Comedy Club tonight at 8 p.m.with sets by Humboldt rockers Buffy Swayze and Clean Girl and the Dirty Dishes.The show will be all watched over by the loving grace of MC JPG. Get in the door with$10.
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Music Tonight: Thursday, Jan. 15
There’s a mini-fest of sorts happening through Sunday and starting at the EurekaTheater tonight at 7 p.m. It’s the 18th anniversary of filmmaker Jon Olson’s Zombies ofEureka, including a behind the scenes piece with Olson. Some of the bands in this filmare in Jensen Rufe’s Rural Rock & Roll flick, whose 20th anniversary will be […]
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Wipeout
Despite observing my habit of (relative) temperance during New Year’s Eve at home, I managed to catch that nasty flu going around, the forces of which I am still reeling from. This has been my most stricken-with-disease experience in years and the reason I was absent from last week’s issue and still writing sparingly. This […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, Jan. 4
Speaking of Humbrews and New Orleans, the mighty Mike Dillon Band brings some fine talent to town. You might remember Bay Area saxophonist Chris Boa from his previous jams in these parts with Pink Floyd tribute act Money, and anyone who knows about the good bespoke modern jam iterations of another important “J” word (jazz) […]