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Halloween
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Photos from Saturday’s Zombie Apocalypse
On Saturday ahead of Arts Alive, the annual Zombie Walk from Eureka’s courthouse through the streets of Old Town brought out the undead. The loose scrum of leg-dragging cannibals stopped to terrorize people in cars, wait for street lights to change and take selfies with the living. A few brave machete-wielding souls waded into the […]
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Photos from Old Town Trick-or-Treat
Eureka’s Old Town attracted a large costumed crowd of all ages at Saturday afternoon’s annual Halloween event sponsored by Eureka Main Street. Children age 12 or younger accompanied by adults wandered among more than 80 participating stores, collecting bags of sugary goodies — or, in one case, a polished rock that also proved popular. Enjoy […]
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Zombies Shake/Drag a Leg
A gray-faced, dead-eyed army of zombies from Sunny Brae Middle School sprang to after-life for some vintage choreography to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” on Friday, Oct. 26 at Murphy’s Market in Sunny Brae. Then, while Vincent Price’s cackle still echoed in the aisles, the undead dancers made their groaning way to the Arcata Plaza for an […]
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Here for the Candy
Trick or treat options ranged from candy to rocks (surprisingly popular!) in Old Town in Eureka on Saturday afternoon. A large crowd of costumed superheroes, Wonder Women, popular action and Pokémon characters, as well as costumed parents, wandered from participating stores on First, Second and Third streets to pick up the mostly sugary treats. Enjoy […]
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Trick or Treat Yourself
I don’t like Halloween. I have fallen asleep in a graveyard on two non-consecutive Halloweens. I once coated myself in homemade corn-syrup blood to the point where my own friends didn’t recognize me and I had to explain why my face was stained pink to my coworkers for a week. I have sat through the […]
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Arts Undead!
Once again, on Saturday evening during the October edition of Arts Alive! Eureka was overrun with gory zombies in search of human flesh and/or brains. Thankfully, they were classic slow zombies and photographer Mark McKenna was able to document their groaning progress through Old Town, where they gnashed their teeth at diners and took selfies […]
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Got Any Ghost Stories?
It’s October and we just saw a leaf blow across the street, so we are officially ready to scare the pumpkin spice out of ourselves with some spooky stories. If you’ve got a chilling local anecdote to share — like that time your uncle saw a ghost at Jacoby’s Storehouse or when your selfie at […]
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Little Monsters
Halloween isn’t over yet — aggressive candy-handlers will be fanning out across our county tonight to fill their plastic pumpkins, come whatever weather. For many, it’s round two, after chasing that high-fructose high from shop to shop along Main Streets and plazas on Saturday. Eureka’s Old Town was packed with ghouls and game characters galore, […]
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Eureka Costume Drive Aims to Help Local Kids
The city of Eureka is collecting costumes and accessories ranging from kooky to spooky to help ensure local children have a happy Halloween. The drive was started last year for children living at the Serenity Inn but when other parents who heard about the giveaway showed up, Parks and Recreation staff saw the larger community […]
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Cheer the Walking Dead
Last Saturday’s Zombie Walk jump started the Halloween season with its third annual lurch and drag through Eureka’s Old Town by a small army of the undead. Fake blood enthusiasts of all ages, from toddlers with barely enough teeth to gnaw the living to adults with serious makeup skills, groaned and dragged their decaying corpses […]
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Halloween Cuteness on the Plaza
The skies parted Friday afternoon, and trick-or-treaters on the Arcata Plaza found a pleasant surprise: sunshine. Local photographer Alexander Woodard was there to capture some of the Halloween cuteness.