On Sunday, April 29, some 15 chefs and amateurs battled for the Spamley Cup at Redwood Fields in Cutten, whipping up schmancy SPAM dishes for some 750 attendees. The event also raised $9,000 for Humboldt CASA. Over the phone, organizer Mike Vitiello retells the salty competition’s origin story: Nine years ago, a handful of chefs […]
Fun
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SpongeBob and Sara Bareilles at the Tonys
Is it us or is this year’s Tony Awards lineup more Humboldt than anticipated? For one thing, locally grown songstress/composer/Broadway star Sara Bareilles is slated to co-host Broadway’s biggest night on June 10 with Josh Groban (a man with a beard who is evidently also musically inclined but not from here so let’s stay focused). […]
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Don’t Start Your Engines
If you’re revving your engines for the start of racing at Redwood Acres Racetrack, you’ll have to wait. The predicted heavy rains are delaying tomorrow’s kick-off but not for long. April 28 ticket holders can use them on Saturday, May 5, when the track will be roaring with roadrunners, legends, bombers, mini stocks and bandoleros […]
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Catch Sara Bareilles in Jesus Christ Superstar Live Tonight
Maybe a flight to New York to see hometown girl Sara Bareilles’ Broadway run in the musical Waitress wasn’t practical. That’s no reason to put “When She Was Mine” on repeat and cry into a lemon meringue. (Oh, like I’m the only one.) Tonight at 8 p.m., you can catch her live performance as Mary […]
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Equinox Dinner Canceled Due to Five Eleven Fire
Untie your bibs, folks. The Equinox in Old Town benefit dinner for Humboldt County Office of Education’s Nutrition Programs and Services set for Monday, March 19 is called off, at least for now. The seven-course feast prepared by a team of local chefs — from Five Eleven, Mazzotti’s, Ramone’s, Vista Del Mar, Kyoto and Le […]
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Oscar-worthy
Way north of the Academy Awards ceremonies in Hollywood, Humboldt hosted its own glittery evening as the Humboldt-Del Norte Film Commission and the Eureka Theater rolled out the red carpet for an Oscar viewing party and celebration of local filming. The swells showed up in tuxes and tulle, furs and fedoras, to sip cocktails in […]
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Early Oyster Fest Lineup
Maybe you can still revel in the moment when it’s this chilly and rainy out, but we’re dreaming of sunshine and looking at the early lineup for the Arcata Bay Oyster Festival on June 16, when we’ll be ambling around in the sunshine with stainless steel beer cups and slurping the fruits of Humboldt’s waters […]
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Out in the Woods with Primal Rage’s Bigfoot
If you brave tomorrow night’s North Coast premier of Primal Rage at the Eureka Theater, you might see a familiar face. No, not the shadowy figure from the Patterson-Gimlin film — Edward Olson, a Eureka High School alum and co-producer of the new Bigfoot feature, which is set for release nationwide on some 500 screens […]
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All the Marbles
The Humboldt Marble Weekend attracted a large crowd of marble fans of all ages to Redwood Acres in Eureka over the weekend to watch 46 glass artists display their creative work (not just marbles) and also conduct glass-making demonstrations. See the photo slideshow below for highlights. “We started the fun Thursday night, raising $1,540 for […]
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Cool Ink, Hot Wings and Hot Dogs
The ninth annual Inked Hearts Tattoo Expo at the Blue Lake Casino & Hotel in Blue Lake last weekend wrapped the usual work of more than 30 talented tattoo artists around a few new features. Event organizers Ted and Amy Marks added the Hot Wings of Death Challenge and the all-bulldog Super Bully Bowl Pageant […]
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The Papaya Lounge is Ripe for Comedy
The funny, bawdy and sometimes naughty comedy and music show The Papaya Lounge met its goal of turning the Arcata Playhouse into a seedy cabaret nightclub on Saturday, Jan. 27. Velvet Q. Jones (Sarah McKinney) hosted the cabaret, billed as a music, comedy and variety show “with a fruity attitude.” The show was supported with excellent live […]
