Attending Cannifest at Redwood Acres was clearly a high point of the weekend for a large crowd in attendance on Saturday. The “sustainable agriculture” event, billed as “Humboldt’s manifest cannabis festival and trade gathering,” was quite a contrast from the recent Logging Conference also held at Redwood Acres. It was a look into the rapidly […]
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Serious Stuff with Comedian W. Kamau Bell
W. Kamau Bell has a big laugh. It’s full and deep over the phone, inviting you to laugh with him — maybe at a joke he just made, maybe at him, maybe at an awkward moment, like hanging out at a white nationalist convention as an African American man. The laugh is part of what […]
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Rockabilly, Blues and Dancing Shoes
The music and dancing started early and went late on Saturday and Sunday this past weekend at the Redwood Coast Music Festival. The musicians and audience members again circled Eureka venues throughout both days. (You can see photos of Thursday and Friday’s festivities here.) My Saturday goals were to watch the dance contests, catch Gino […]
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Swingtime
Last weekend the streets of Eureka filled with musicians and audience members who love good music and who love to dance. A packed, repeating schedule of performances of New Orleans jazz, blues, rockabilly and Cajun music by award-winning performers kept them and audience members rotating around venues at the Adorni Center, Morris Graves, the Eureka […]
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Logging On
Redwood Acres Fairgrounds transformed into the 79th annual Redwood Region Logging Conference in Eureka this weekend. The sounds of saw mills and chainsaw carvers at work and the whistle of a vintage steam railroad engine keep a large crowd moving among the massive equipment and logging displays. Also available were historic displays, a wildlife show, […]
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Humboldt Style: Oscar Night
Not everybody got everything right at the Academy Awards on Sunday night, between the envelope mix-ups, eye-rolling name fumbles and a couple of awards that were both questionable and did not win us the office Oscar pool. But we did get to see Sara Bareilles perform, so we’re calling it a win. And over at […]
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Cry it Out with Sara Bareilles at the Oscars
Weird instinct of how to get cozy with him, but #Oscar didn't seem to mind. 😛me and my right hand man, @SmithTrey heading to work… pic.twitter.com/QnNz8CNHIT — Sara Bareilles (@SaraBareilles) February 26, 2017 Still hurting from all the stars we lost in 2016? Humboldt County lady Sara Bareilles is here to soothe your pain. Well, […]