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archy & mehitibel – tonight
Gale McNeeley in archy & mehitibel, tonight at the Arcata Playhouse – showtime 8 p.m.
Fargas Family Bust
Above: Humboldt County’s beloved Fargas Family Band, doing one of their signature sets. Everyone — everyone — loves a Fargas Family show. Below: The Anderson Valley Advertiser reports that bandleader Angel Fargas was recently on trial in Mendocino County, after having been busted with 70 pounds of weed. FREE ANGEL FARGAS!
Great Pacific Garbage Patch Installation
The official announcment: On World Oceans Day thousands of plastic bottles, hundreds of kids, and many student-made life-sized marine animals will assemble into a simulation of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch on the Arcata Elementary School campus. The Arcata Community Recycling Center (ACRC) and Arcata Elementary School District (AES) are in the final stages of […]
Pot Radio: KMUD on NPR
The debate over KMUD community radio’s live coverage of marijuana raids went national this morning on National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition.” Law enforcement officials believe the broadcasts could put them in the line of fire by giving Mexican drug lords a heads up while KHUM Program Director Marianne Knorzer argues that the reports encourage government […]
North Coast Open Studios
North Coast Open Studios continues today, June 6, from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. and next weekend June 12 and 13, same time. You’ll find a complete guide inserted in this week’s Journal.
Humboldt Politics: Not So Bad, Comparatively Speaking
Tonight’s episode of The Best Show on WFMU turned me on to the eyeball-popping horror of Alabama politics. Little did I know — it seems that there’s a whole Internet subculture devoted to collecting election ads from America’s most troubled state. Let’s take a tour around Alabama’s 2010 political season. Here’s the ultimate attack ad […]
Humboldt Roller Derby — the Saplings Version!
Saplings! Photo courtesy Arcata Photo Studios Hardly an eye stayed dry at Redwood Acres last Thursday. There, in Francesci Hall, the legendary tough ladies of Humboldt Roller Derby‘s Redwood Rollers turned into mother hens as their young charges – aka Saplings – began their “Friends and Family” bout, complete with announcer Jason calling the action. The […]
Fifth District Roundtable Rewind
In case you missed some or all of last night’s roundtable discussion with three of the four candidates for Fifth District Supervisor on KHUM, here it is, courtesy of the station’s dollar-store Web cam:
Video from Tonight’s 4th District Debate
Technical mishaps, a hotchpotch of topics, plenty o’ calls/questions from the listeners and a few heated moments. That was tonight’s NCJ/KHUM Fourth District Supervisor debate. Check it out.