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Fresh Air in Freshwater
Missing the sun already? On Sunday, the grand opening of the Freshwater Farms Reserve nature trail, hosted by the Northcoast Regional Land Trust, drew crowds looking to bask in the sunshine along the newly minted paths. Along the 3/4-mile jaunt, with its interpretive signs and kayak and canoe launch, local artists posted up for plein […]
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Curtis Otto Retrospective and Sale
If you’re in Grant’s Pass, Oregon before March 25, you can stop into the Grants Pass Museum of Art for a jam-packed retrospective of the late Curtis Otto‘s paintings. Otto, a fixture in Humboldt County’s art scene, died in his Eureka home on Nov. 7 at the age of 92, leaving behind a community of […]
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TL;DR: Five Things We Want to See at the Minor Theater
Busy week? We get it. Here are some highlights from this week’s cover story to get you caught up. Earlier this month, the 101-year-old Minor Theater quietly closed, its operator, Ashland-based Coming Attractions, unable to renew a contract with the building’s owner. But quickly thereafter, owner Josh Neff, who bought the Minor and most of […]
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Hot Bird: Public Sculpture Theft in Eureka
Somewhere between the night of Thursday, Dec. 3 and the following morning, someone pried one of the enormous metal birds off Jack Sewell’s “Following Current Events,” the kinetic sculpture at the C Street Market Square. The birds, made of 1/4-inch-thick aluminum, are positioned between 11 and 15 feet up, with wingspans of 5 1/2 feet. […]
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Gathering of Tribes
A large crowd gathered at Redwood Acres in Eureka on Saturday to attend the 35th annual Northwest Intertribal Gathering and Elders Dinner. Elders were served a free traditional dinner of salmon or turkey and later were honored with a gifting ceremony. Native and non-native veterans were invited to the front of the performance arena and […]
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Curtis Otto, 1923-2015
Painter and local icon Curtis Otto passed away in his Eureka home yesterday at the age of 92. Since September, his condition had weakened and he was receiving in-home care, according to his wishes. Otto’s paintings spread out in front of his house on E Street were a landmark and curiosity to passersby. He painted […]
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Creamery Rises to the Big Top
A sold-out crowd headed for a big-top circus tent that sprouted on an open lot on the south edge of the Arcata Creamery district on the evening of Friday, Aug. 21. The “human only” Flynn Creek Circus from Mendocino led off the evening’s Creamery Festival lineup with a strong mix of entertaining, original and skilled […]
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Humboldt Arts Council Gets a Little Walkin’ Around Money
The Humboldt Arts Council is working with a little less red these days. On June 11 the council, which operates the Morris Graves Museum of Art and maintains Morris Graves’ collection, sold six ink on paper drawings by V.S. Gaitonde to an anonymous bidder through Bonhams Fine Art Auctioneers in London. The drawings, purchased by […]