Arts Alive! is presented by the Humboldt Arts Council and Eureka Main Street. Opening receptions for artists, exhibits and/or performances are held the first Saturday of each month. Phone (707) 442-9054 or go to www.eurekamainstreet.org for more information or to have an exhibit or performance included. 1. EUREKA INN 518 Seventh St. Holly Garbutt will […]
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Ready For Our Close-Up
If you’re looking for an unparalleled thrill at the movies, you can forget summer’s special effects bonanzas. Superman stunts and Star Trek warps can’t match the exhilaration of recognizing someone or something from your own life up there on the silver screen. Case-in-point: In 2008, a sizable crowd turned out at the Eureka Theater for […]
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Breathless
On June 8, 2009, Stéphane Mifsud set a new “static apnea” world record: 11 minutes 35 seconds. The 37-year-old Frenchman beat the previous record by a full 1 minute and 23 seconds, setting a very high bar for future competitors. Static apnea is what most of us would call “holding our breath,” the sort of […]
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Help ProPublica Investigate Internships
As part of its investigation into the use of interns around the U.S., ProPublica is hoping to raise funds to hire an intern of its own. The organization is asking for donations through Kickstarter — an online, crowdsourced fundraising company — to send an intern to college campuses around the country to gather stories from […]
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Get Torqued!
Reviews FAST & FURIOUS 6. Since director Justin Lin took over this then-dying series with The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), it has become one of the biggest, silliest and most satisfying franchises in movies. This time out, L.A. motorhead-turned-international super-criminal Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his crew have comfortably situated themselves in […]
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On Bob
First off, hi. Secondly, it would be disingenuous in a community this size to act as though a huge piece of this paper weren’t missing. Last week’s North Coast Journal was the first in seemingly forever to not include a page with “The Hum” emblazoned across the top. Obviously, business is not per usual. For […]
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Not Normal
In the musical Next to Normal, now onstage at North Coast Repertory Theatre in Eureka, Diana is a wife and mother who is being treated for mental illness. The story follows her treatment and how it affects her husband Dan and her teenage daughter Natalie, as well as Natalie’s relationship with her boyfriend Henry. Then […]
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More Rail Reactions
Editor: Found Mr. Burns’ article enjoyable and informative. But one minor nit to pick. The map graphic appears to misidentify the Van Duzen River as the North Fork of the Eel. Though the headwaters of each are very close, the North Fork proceeds south and joins the main branch of the Eel near Spyrock in […]
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Plainsong
Words that chant from the dust of the past tickle today’s heart like trout whispering to the water with veined and subtle fins. A single person, a single voice, gives a plaintive curl of smoke. Many voices run like fire through the soul. Words are clear and solitary in plainsong. There is no melody to […]
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The Joy of Handmade Pasta
In the beginning there is flour and water. Make the flour be semolina flour (ground durum wheat) and make the water warm. The pale yellow semolina flour may look as if it just stepped out of an impressionist painting, bathed in early morning sunlight. In the first act of the performance, you make the dough. […]