The Arcata Ridge Trail got a large shove forward Saturday at the Arcata Community Center, where a host of folks turned out for Cirque Disco-Leil, a steamy, disco-themed event aimed at funding a trail bridge over Janes Creek. Between Caravan of Glam, Va Va Voom Burlesque Vixens, Samba Quente and the hot moves of one […]
Frivolity
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UPDATED: Musical Venues
UPDATED: Pure Entertainment announced on its Facebook page that tonight’s show has been canceled after the headliner apparently pulled out for unknown reasons. “Unfortunately Kid Ink will not be able to make it tonight,” the site states. “Since the headliner won’t be able to make it, I feel rescheduling the show to a later date […]
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Celebrating the Dead
The spirits of the dead were alive and celebrating in Old Town on Saturday night, with the 12th annual Dia de los Muertos Celebration in full swing. Put on by the Ink People Center for the Arts and Humboldt Communidad in collaboration with Danza Xalxiutlikue, the event featured a parade and dance performances in celebration […]
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We Want Short Shorts
Writers of ridiculously tiny prose, your time is running out. Friday — aka Oct. 31, aka Hallowe’en, aka (over there yonder) Nevada Day — is the last day to enter our flash fiction contest. It’s too late to snail mail those suckers to us, so e-mail them to fiction@northcoastjournal.com. Or, if you have to, drop them […]
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Free Derby Tickets!
It went dormant in June, but Humboldt Roller Derby is back on the scene with a BANG! And a POW! It’s a night of super heroes and mega villians at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 18 at the Redwood Acres Fairgrounds, with the Widow Makers versus the North Jetty Betty’s; that’s right, two Humboldt Roller […]
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A Star is Born and El Pulpo be thy Name
Humboldt County’s most famous flaming octopus has fully arrived on the national stage. El Pulpo Mecanico, the brainchild of Kinetic hall-of-famer Duane Flatmo, has for years been appearing at Burning Man, an arts festival in the Nevada desert, and has become a favorite of its cult-like following. But now, the fire spewing machine is going […]
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Primary Collision Factor = Booger Flicking
Forget about text messaging, there’s a new vehicular menace on the streets of Eureka: booger flicking. Shortly before 9 a.m. on Sept. 21, a Eureka police officer was dispatched to Fairfield Street, where a vehicle had crashed into a parked car. From EPD’s collision report (which, may be the best ever written): “(Driver-1) stated that […]
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Zombie Invasion!
A group of walking dead gathered at the Humboldt County Courthouse Saturday evening and lurched its way to Old Town, where zombies mingled with the living in general peace and art-loving harmony. It was a sight to behold. If you missed it, local photographer Mark McKenna was there to capture some of the sights. No […]
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Flash Fiction Contest!
Inside your brain is a very tiny story (but it’s BIG, baby, real big). We want to read it. Our judges want to judge it. Fame, publication, a prize — these could be yours. So get the thing out of your head, make it 99 words or fewer, and send it to the North Coast […]
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There’s Retro, and Then There’s Retro
They say if you hold onto an outfit long enough, it’ll come back in style. Here’s some of the antique chic people were working at the Excalibur Medieval Festival and Market Faire this past weekend. Two Ren fair runways are on for this Saturday, Oct. 4 and Sunday, Oct. 5 with the Excalibur festival at […]
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Huffman on Colbert!
UPDATE: The Huff’s Colbert segment indeed aired. Check it out right below. There’s a lot of talk about sharks. The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,The Colbert Report on Facebook,Video Archive Huffman shared a bit about what ended up on the cutting room floor on his Facebook page: Now that the Colbert show […]
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All Species on Parade
Sign wielding apes, sharks, bivalves and a live theater protest… North Country Fair had it all on Sunday. Local photographer Alexander Woodard was there to capture the festivities, and passed along the following images. Check out his shots from Saturday here.