The year was 1968. The place was Eureka, Calif. Down near the waterfront on C Street, the finest fish cuisine and the most popular joint in town sat on the right on the pier, overlooking the bay full of sailboats and the skeleton of the nearly built Samoa Bridge. At the renowned Lazio’s Seafood Restaurant, […]
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Save the Trees!
Engineering consultants to the City of Fortuna have recommended that a new, 2-million-gallon water tank be built in the city’s Rohner Park Forest. It would mean cutting at least 69 trees — many of them towering, 100-year-old second-growth redwoods and firs — and 18 gigantic old-growth stumps that have become raised islands of hoary forest […]
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Keeping the Faith
I first became aware of Brian Tripp when my College of the Redwoods art class met at his apartment in downtown Eureka. It was a trip. He lived in a second floor loft apartment, one big room, and every inch of the floor (less a narrow pathway) was covered with boulders and hunks of wood. […]
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Fire Without End
Five firefighters from different parts of the country climbed out of a gray truck on Sunday morning. Dense smoke pressed against their red helmets, hot and heavy like a clothes iron. They all wore yellow shirts tucked into green fire-resistant cargo pants as they pulled supplies from the back of the truck. They didn’t get […]
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30th Humboldt Folklife Festival
In its 30th year, the Humboldt Folklife Society’s annual summer music festival has grown to eight days — four evening concerts, two dances and two admission-free daytime events. That many shows usually brings to mind touring artists (and high ticket prices) but it is Humboldt’s own musicians who fuel the labor of love that began […]
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Third Friday McKinleyville Arts Night
Third Friday McKinleyville Arts Night is presented by members of the McKinleyville business community. Receptions for artists, exhibits and/or performances are from 6-8 p.m. on the third Friday of each month. Phone 834-6460, for more information. 1 Mirador GlassMiller Business Park on Nursery Way. Jamie Vallaire, Photochroma,photographs. 2 Community Art WorkshopMiller Business Park on Nursery […]
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Return to Black Bear
We had celebrated the seasonal holidays, the equinoxes and the solstices, from the time we started the Black Bear Ranch Commune in 1968. I thought about those early days as we navigated the tangle of log roads leading into Black Bear for what would be the 40th summer solstice this June. A couple hundred people […]
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Second Friday Arts! Arcata
Arts! Arcata is Arcata Main Street’s monthly celebration of visual and performing arts, held at more than 30 participating locations in Arcata. Visit www.artsarcata.com for even more information about the event or call 822-4500. 1: East Side Deli and Market 420 California St. Russell Bashaw, natural patterns using blends of organic materials, watercolors and wood. […]
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Lagoons and Beaches
Lagoons Shelter Cove Much of our coastal topography is generated by repeated slips on thrust faults like the one along the east shore of Big Lagoon. However, wave activity tends to straighten the coastline by eroding headlands and depositing sediments in bays. Wave energy is focused onto the headlands by the refraction of waves as […]
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Rekindling Magic
The Feet First Dancers of Southern Humboldt present the world premier of the original musical Beyond the Paille: Further Adventures in Clowntown, July 3-6 at the Mateel Community Center in Redway. Performances begin at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday; Sunday’s final show is a matinee beginning at 2 p.m. Bleacher and balcony seats are […]
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First Saturday Night Arts Alive!
First Saturday Night Arts Alive! is presented by Eureka Main Street and US Bank. Opening receptions for artists, exhibits and/or performances are held the first Saturday of each month. Phone 707-442-9054, for more information or to have an exhibit/performance included. 1: ST. INNOCENT ORTHODOX CHURCH 939 F St. Mystic of Fire and Snow, art of […]
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More Than Driftwood, Rocks
You know you’re getting close to Philip Burgess’s place when you start to see bicycles hanging from the trees. Old rusty ones. A road sign informs you that you are approaching the “brain check area.” You slow down to take in all of these unusual road signs and see more and more sculpture, rocks that […]