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Glorified!
The gears ground, the flames shot and teams of Kinetic Grand Championship racers tumbled down the dunes of Dead Man’s Drop and into Humboldt Bay for the water crossing. When the clever contraptions finally passed the finish line on Ferndale’s Main Street after their 50-mile journeys, there were winners and ACE-ers, but all were Glorious.…
Music Tonight: Wednesday, June 5
Ana Egge is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, and guitar builder based out of Brooklyn, New York. Her tunes are well-written, and walk on those lovely, gilded splinters set between the converging pathways of modern folk, country and bluesy jazz. I dig it. Check her out at the Old Steeple tonight at 7:30 p.m., a place that…
Eureka Schools Amends Property Exchange Agreement, Sets Escrow Deadline
Eureka City Schools has entered into an amended property exchange agreement with a mystery developer looking to acquire its old Jacobs Middle School site that stipulates the parties should close escrow on the deal on or before July 11. Meanwhile, the California Highway Patrol seems to be back at the negotiating table for the old…
Music Tonight: Tuesday, June 4
The Arcata Veterans Hall is always a fun venue for catching shows and the only one in the county (I’m aware of) that has a nice big cannon parked out front. Tonight’s headliners are a rockabilly band from SoCal called the Crown City Bombers, a name I am certain looks really great embossed on the…
Music Tonight: Monday, June 3
It sure ain’t Valentine’s Day, but that’s not stopping the good folks at Savage Henry Comedy Club from putting on a Broken Heart Care-Eoke — that last word sounds better in the head than it looks on paper — at 9 p.m. For $1, you can step up to the mic and croon a heartbroken…
Marcy Foster: 1948-2024
Our fun-loving, creative, and heart-felt friend Marcy Foster passed on May 13, 2024, surrounded by loved ones in her home after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Marcy moved to Humboldt County in 1980 and as a single-mother put herself through Humboldt State College for her BA in Social Work and received her Masters of…
Herman William Bouler: 1943-2024
Herman William Bouler, aged 80, passed away on April 27 in McKinleyville, California. Born on Aug. 30, 1943, in Chicago Heights, Illinois, Herman lived a life rich in passion, creativity and generosity. Herman graduated from Monrovia High School in 1961 and shortly thereafter joined the U.S. Air Force, serving his country from 1961 to 1967.…
Kinetic Chaos, Kreiss and Soup Scoops
We’re looking back on a wild and wacky Kinetic Grand Championship weekend with all its attending sand, splashing, cycling and costumes. We’ve also got an update on the allegations against Judge Greg Kreis. Finally, we bid farewell to a pair of iconic Arcata restaurants and preview the upcoming Empty Bowls fundraiser for St. Vincent de…
Music Tonight: Friday, May 31
Local roots rock, boogie and blues-infused, country-side, all-star act The New Pelicans is joining up with another, albeit more established, act of stellar local players when they share the Humbrews stage with Rooster McClintock at 8 p.m. ($10). This is a great pairing, as the rambling string band picking fun of the renewed iteration of…
Music Tonight: Thursday, May 30
It’s the last Thursday of the last month before the summertime, which means our options are usually some mix of scant and quaint, so let’s spin the wheel and see what pops up. OK, how about the Open Mic Jam at the Logger Bar, hosted by Soul Trip, starting, I’m guessing, after 7 p.m. and…
Clem’s Old Shed
My sledge hammer Reigns down, Slowly dismembering What once was Well built. Hard as I swing Each joint resists My elder efforts To move forward, With new plans. Shingles fly, Glass breaks, Joints hold, Until they don’t … Kirk Gothier
The Parting Glass
I’m going to keep this one brief because I’m on the backend of the long weekend and reeling from some bad business that went down on Kinetic Saturday. I’m talking about the last call at one of my longtime favorite watering holes, the Alibi. I had a farewell cocktail there after work the day before…
What’s Good: Stirring the Pot
Soup’s on at St. Vincent de Paul Veteran restaurant cook and ceramicist Mark Campbell has found his niche in the annual Empty Bowls fundraiser for St. Vincent de Paul’s free dining facility (“Filling Empty Bowls,” May 25, 2023). His ceramics training at Humboldt State University and his years working, then volunteering for the nonprofit kitchen…
First Saturday Night Arts Alive
Experience the vibrant atmosphere as galleries, museums, theaters, bars and restaurants extend their hours for your enjoyment. SPECIAL EVENT: Forest Moon Festival – Invading Arts Alive with businesses, organizations and pop-ups that are theming out, offering special deals and spreading the festival spirit all across the Forest Moon Universe. SPECIAL EVENT: Black Humboldt Exhibition Opening…
Raised Stakes at The Prom
As giggling teens heckled, “You’re GAY. We’re all GAY,” from an open second-story window, echoing off the buildings of downtown Ferndale, and an unfortunate side street detour led us to a church marquee reading, “Ferndale Reps The Prom is Anti Christ and Pro LGBTQ,” the importance of playing stakes in theater productions was solidified. Stakes…
Apocalypse at the Movie-plex
FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA. A friend — and greater cineaste than I — having very recently watched and enjoyed Furiosa, conveyed to me his abiding concerns for the future of cinema. And, if we are to trust the recent, ubiquitous reports of box office “failure,” his fears could be justified. But, as likewise pertains…
Re: Gaza, CPH and Zionism
Editor: Nan Abrams’ letter to the editor in last week’s Journal (Mailbox, May 23) allows that «the campus protesters are likely not antisemitic,» but dismisses that as «irrelevant» because, Nan claims, «they are enabling an antisemitic moment.» That›s some really twisted logic. What she is saying, in effect, is exactly what the Israeli government has been espousing…
‘An Unfounded Bias’
Editor: Richard Engel’s criticisms of Greg King’s call for a Manhattan project for Solar rooftop (Mailbox, May 16) reflects an unfounded bias for centralized electricity generation, shared by his Schatz colleagues and Redwood Coast Energy Authority (RCEA), that explains why RCEA has no widespread distributed solar program (WDS). Engel offers other renewables but they all…
‘The Most Cogent Explanation’
Editor: Many thanks to Barry Evans for his article on the mRNA vaccine and its discoverers (“mRNA Vaccines vs. the Pandemic,” May 23). It is the most cogent explanation I know of (after all this time!) on how the vaccine came to be and how it works, plus a wonderful human-interest story. I had doubts…
The Death of Participatory Democracy
Editor: An assumption at the base of the concept of participatory democracy is the basic goodness of its participants — fairness, rational thought, the understanding that “community” means living together in peace and with fairness. That idea of communal and mutually beneficial democracy has been thrown under the bus with the rise of the Hate…
The Parchment Worm Turns
Flydentifier: “What’s going on guys? It’s your pal Flydentifier with another livestream during which I’ll fly around helping perplexed beachgoers identify washed-up things. I’m now hovering in front of our first customer.” Surfperch Angler: “What the hell …?” Flydentifier: “Ahoy, honorable surfperch angler! You have found a cluster of still-living parchment worms, which is a…
