First Saturday Night Arts Alive! Opening receptions for artists, exhibits, and/or performances March. 2, 6-9 p.m. Call Eureka Main Street at 707-442-9054, for more information or go to www.eurekamainstreet.org. 1. EUREKA INN 518 Seventh St. Live music. 2. HUMBOLDT ARTS COUNCIL at the Morris Graves Museum of Art 636 F St. Performance Rotunda: Music by Julian Lang; […]
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Ferndale Gothic
A retired carnival owner spoke first, followed by the food booth guy, who operates Lighthouse Cone and Coral Reef Smoothies. After him came the horse guy and a member of the Western Fairs Association Hall of Fame. They all made impassioned pleas at the lectern. But none was as emotional as Ken Johnston, the […]
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Zen and Fine Art Photography
William S. “Bill” Pierson thinks big. The photography exhibition he’s hanging in Eureka’s Piante Gallery is a collection of large prints, each one 2 by 3 feet, all new work. The show’s title, “Visions of the Universe,” is as expansive as the print size. Pierson is marking 40 years in photography, most of that […]
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The Fireball
Cal Fire confirmed Sunday that the nearly 500-acre wildland fire located at the Spanish Flat in Kings Range is 100 percent contained. … The fire, which started Friday night, ended up covering 498 acres of grasslands with minimal effect on timberlands. No injuries were reported. — Times-Standard, July 4, 2011 Five seconds after I […]
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By the Breach
Even from the car, skimming fast south on Highway 101 in late December as the dusk sky streaked orange, you could tell something was different about Stone Lagoon, shimmering there behind a flickering screen of trees. It was breached! The smooth, silvery oval surface had grown a narrow, turbulent funnel that cut through the […]
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Cultural Transformation
It’s happened again. The Morris Graves Museum of Art has been transformed. In December, Peter Santino took over the space, filling all of the upstairs galleries with his conceptual installation, “The Exhibition at the End of Time, at the End of the World.” Now “River as Home” has poured in, filing the museum from top […]
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Arts! Arcata Febuary
1. ARCATA ARTISANS COOPERATIVE 883 H St. Prints and figurative assemblages by Elaine Benjamin; painting, watercolors, monotypes and ceramics by Linnea Tobias; polymer clay creations by Candace Miller. Wine served to benefit the Humboldt Community Breast Health Project. 2. ARCATA CITY HALL 736 F St. Photos by Angie Valetutto. 3. ARCATA EXCHANGE 813 H […]
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Unspoken Dangers
SAN FRANCISCO – When Dr. Darragh Flynn sits down with her pregnant patients, she preaches healthy habits: Don’t smoke or drink, eat nutritious foods and take vitamins. She also advises them to avoid gasoline fumes, pesticides, certain types of fish and some household cleaners and cosmetics. “It’s only for nine months,” she tells them. “Let someone else […]
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New Skin
Got an unsightly bare patch of skin the cool kids make fun of? Ink up that epidermis when the annual Inked Heart Tattoo Expo returns to the Blue Lake Casino, Wednesday, Jan. 30 through Sunday, Feb. 3. Now in its third year, the event features numerous tattoo artists, vendors and addicts, as well as other […]
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Making a Splash
Water. The planet is covered in it. Our bodies are made up of it. Here in Humboldt County, we get more than our fair share in the form of rain, rivers and the sea. When it comes to water, one thing’s certain. Whether it’s for drinking, cooking or bathing, whether it’s bottled, boiled or […]
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Arts Alive! February 2013
First Saturday Night Arts Alive! Opening receptions for artists, exhibits, and/or performances Feb. 2, 6-9 p.m. Call Eureka Main Street at 707-442-9054, for more information or go to www.eurekamainstreet.org. 1. EUREKA INN 518 Seventh St. Music by The Trouble, 9 p.m. 2. HUMBOLDT ARTS COUNCIL at the Morris Graves Museum of Art 636 F St. […]