If you are in the mood for some weird folk and off-beat rock with a mostly local flavor, Northtown Coffee is the place to be. Roll through at 6:30 p.m. for the musical stylings of Ethan Rubin’s Wounded Animal, Portland one-man band It & I, area acoustic doomsters Bleater and front-to-side man of many Humboldt […]
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, July 23
At 7 p.m., Northtown Coffee is hosting an all- ages punk show with area maniacs Image Pit joining up with Cheshire High to represent the local scene and welcome L.A. pop punk touring act Pelo Grande to the 95521. $5-$20 sliding scale covers a lot of financial wiggle room.
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Music Tonight: Tuesday, Dec. 6
Now is as good a time as ever to remind you of Word Humboldt’s excellent and ongoing open mic at Northtown Coffee at 6 p.m. You really do get the entire range of what’s possible out there, from the truly sublime to the edge of cringe, and the cost is nothing but your time, an […]
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Vaya con Dios
One aspect of this gig that I haven’t relished over the years is reporting when another member of the Humboldt music scene has passed away. I try to keep things light here (mostly) and there is generally nothing light about death, particularly the death of an artist. And despite my own especially mordant sense of […]
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NCJ Preview: Inside a Vaccination Clinic and a Cooperative Approach to Breakfast
This week we’re talking about the Journal‘s new owner, the mass vaccination clinics put on by Mad River Community Hospital and the push to reach herd immunity in Humboldt County. Plus, we discuss a cooperative new breakfast venture in Arcata. For weekly updates on Humboldt stories, hit subscribe.
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Under One Roof
The canopies over the patio at Northtown Coffee flutter above a half dozen people having a late Monday breakfast. Sunshine slants onto picnic tables where diners in beanies and sunglasses hunker over to-go cups, blueberry crumble bars and biscuit and egg sandwiches wrapped in checkered paper. Inside, a red and yellow menu board hangs emblazoned […]
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Fresh Meat
The Journal’s new Menu of Menus, our annual listing of places to nibble, nosh, taste wine and sample brews, is plated and served up on newsstands. (This edition also features Linda Stansberry’s inspiring egg, cheese and carb odyssey, “Morning, Noon and Night.”) And since last summer, the roster of restaurants in Humboldt has changed like […]