You wouldn’t think a slick, black truck edged with flames and emblazoned with a majestic rooster in profile would be hard to find. And yet, there I was, circling the Broadway Cinema parking lot, cursing the person who’d recommended the Tacos El Gallo truck (a film reviewer who shall remain nameless and who, it turns […]
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Micki Dyson Flatmo’s Resistance Couture
Micki Dyson-Flatmo was never a political artist. But now her backyard studio in Eureka is crowded with dressmaker’s dummies swathed in tulle, metal and plastic — wearable expressions of life in the Trump era. Her show Dating Chaos: What to Wear opens at the Morris Graves Museum of Art this weekend, combining costuming and abstract […]
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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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Full Steam Ahead
The transplanted location appeared to not be a problem for the eighth annual Fall Splendor Fashion Show Fundraiser for the Southern Humboldt Community Park as it attracted a packed house to the Inn at 2nd & C in Eureka on Saturday evening. In previous years, the event took place at the Mateel Community Center. Dressed in […]
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Fancy Toast and Bacon
Depending on the day you’ve had, a cocktail may or may not cover it — even if it comes with “intention,” like those on the bar menu full of essential oil-spiked concoctions at the Griffin (937 10th St., Arcata). Might they be where the room’s pleasantly herbal fragrance is coming from? In any case, despite the […]
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All Aboard: Vintage Train Video
Everybody loves trains. OK, maybe not packed commuter trains. But if you aren’t charmed by the cow catchers on black locomotives or Orient Express-style dining cars from the turn of the century, we can’t hang out. The volunteers of the Timber Heritage Association are out at the Roundhouse in Samoa most weekends restoring regal and […]
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Boardroom Decisions
Somewhere in Los Angeles, a restaurant owner is poring over reclaimed barn wood samples and polishing the hell out of a concrete floor to achieve a rustic farm vibe to go with his or her artisanal meats. Godspeed. No such staging required at The Boardroom (3750 Harris St., Eureka), though the redwood slab counters don’t […]
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Pretty in Pastels
Sidewalk art is necessarily fleeting and, like Tibetan sand mandalas and bright fall foliage, its ephemeral nature is part of its beauty. If you still find yourself clinging to the temporary pleasures of the world, as we do, you’ll be glad Mark McKenna was out on the Arcata Plaza on Saturday, Oct. 7, photo-documenting the […]
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Alien Noise in Outer Space
The Outer Space is something of a unique venue for Arcata. The only DIY, all-ages, sober/safe space in town, it sits in a building in the southwest section of the Nilsen Feed lot, on the corner of 11th and M streets. Drugs and alcohol are strictly forbidden, and children run through the floor plan past […]
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La Vie en Duck Fat
When the erstwhile bistro Zoe’s newly installed wood fire oven went cold, it seemed that once again you could find anything in Henderson Center (coffee, bike repairs, mole, a haircut, a drink, Japanese kitchen gadgets, Lao rice cakes) except a starched white tablecloth. Then Le Monde (2850 F St., Eureka), a French venture by chef Alex Begovic […]
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Pride on the Plaza
Pride Week 2017 ended on Sunday with the Pride Parade around the Arcata Plaza, followed by a program of remembrance, music, drag lip-sync, scheduled speakers and open mic opportunities for anyone in attendance. Several vendors provided a wide mix of information, food and activities. See the slideshow below for highlights. While the number of participants […]
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Synapsis Studio’s Future up in the Air
A couple of weeks ago, Synapsis Performance Collective, a group of artists, dancers and performers that has been renting a space at 47 W. Third St. in Eureka for the past 13 years, learned that in six weeks, its rent would be doubling from $1,065 to $2,200 per month as of Oct. 1. It’s a […]