Plans for the Arcata Rising fundraising shows this weekend began coming together the night of the Jan. 2 fire. Sitting at Dead Reckoning Tavern, just a few blocks away from the devastation, and reeling from the conflagration they had just watched devour a block of shops, homes and studios, Humbrews owner Shelley Ruhl says she […]
Arcata Chamber of Commerce
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Music Tonight: Thursday, May 2
The Arcata Chamber of Commerce presents its First-Thursday mixer at 5:30 p.m., a free event open to the public at rotating venues. This month’s edition is happening at Herb & Market Humboldt, with live music provided by Oryan Peterson-Jones. Two hours later it’s pop-punk night at the Outer Space, with Crooked Teeth, Marble Jar and […]
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The Arcata Bubble
A Pied Piper of bubbles led off the red, white and blue Fourth of July Bubbles Parade around the Arcata Plaza in the morning, followed by live music, a family-friendly Kids Zone, aerial silk dancers, a nonprofit fundraiser dunk tank and lots of food and drink options. Vicky Joyce, owner of the store Bubbles, donated […]
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Arcata’s ‘Nonprofit of the Year’
The Arcata Chamber of Commerce recently named Arcata House Partnership its 2015 nonprofit of the year. Arcata House Partnership — which was nominated for the award by the chamber board and then given the top honor by a chamber-member vote — was recently featured in the Journal’s Feb. 25 cover story “Homing the Houseless,” which […]