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‘A Living Celebration’ of Cinco de Mayo
The third consecutive year of the Cinco de Mayo cultural celebration at the Old Town Gazebo in Eureka on Saturday, May 2, offered the large crowd in attendance an opportunity to experience Mexican culture and…
Movie Tonight: Monday, May 4
May the Fourth Be With You, happy Star Wars Day, yada, yada, Yoda, who cares, really? Well more than a few people, apparently, so the Arcata Theatre Lounge has you covered if you are among…
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Music Tonight: Tuesday, May 5
Scottish and Cape Breton-style fiddle master Hanneke Cassel is back in town to saw away at the good stuff for the lucky folks in the audience at the Arcata Playhouse tonight at 7:30 p.m. This…
ICE Readiness and Philly Eats
This week we’re looking at how Centro del Pueblo is getting Humboldt County ready to face ICE with workshops on rights and building allyship. We’re also sampling the goods at a rotating Italian spot with…
Music Today: Sunday, May 3
Speaking of double-headers, here are two classy matinees for fans of instrumental music from the “classic” end of the instrumental repertoire. Garrick Woods is a CPH instructor and fantastic cellist whose chops I recently enjoyed…
Music Tonight: Saturday, May 2
Two bitchin’ rock shows tonight, on either side of the bay for those of you forced to take sides. First up at the Shanty at 8 p.m. you will find the mighty Black Plate at…
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Know Your Rights
Around 75 people crowded into a presentation room at Centro del Pueblo’s new office in Eureka on a recent Friday night for one in a series of Know Your Rights trainings hosted by the community…
‘To Meet the Moment’
Another Global Sumud Flotilla — the largest to date — is setting out across the Mediterranean Sea in a multinational civilian effort to open a humanitarian aid corridor to the war-torn Gaza Strip. Longtime Eureka…
First Saturday Night Arts Alive
Enjoy a lively evening in Downtown and Old Town Eureka as galleries, museums, theaters, bars and restaurants stay open late. 4TH STREET MERCANTILE 215 Fourth St. Various artists. ART CENTER FRAME SHOP 616 Second…
Greghini’s Brings Philly to the Wild Hare
In the Wild Hare Tavern’s windowfront kitchen, the flat-top grill hisses against a layered rectangle of mortadella, Genoa salami and capicola (or “gabagool,” as the cured pork neck and shoulder is known among Sopranos fans…
‘Michael’ is Bad
MICHAEL struggles to be genuine amid the soaring vocals and thrilling moves of a rising Jackson. Action director Antoine Fuqua, best known for the critically acclaimed crime thriller Training Day, turns a new leaf into…
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Wincel Ann Nicholas
Wincel Ann Nicholas, 87, of Biggs, California, passed away peacefully at her home on March 7, 2026 surrounded by her family. She was born on September 6, 1938, in Paris, Arkansas, to Eddie “Red” and…
Stephen J. Wilson, DDS
Dr. Stephen “Steve” Wilson lived 84 years at full throttle before peacefully heading to the great dugout in the sky on April 1, 2026. Born in Dayton Ohio on November 13, 1941; he was blessed…
Carolyn Chaffee Otis
We sadly announce that Carolyn Otis passed away suddenly on March 25, 2026 at her home in Arcata. Carolyn Chaffee, on August 28, 1940, blessed the world with her birth. Eldest daughter of Pep and…
‘Money Well Spent’
Editor: California pays over $100,000 per kid to keep Orick School open (“One School, Nine Students,” April 23). Well … as of the 2025-26 budget, California’s average annual cost to incarcerate a person was $127,800.…
Baker’s Dozen
Editor: Interesting stuff (“Why Isn’t ‘Eleven’ ‘One-teen?,” April 23) but with all due respect to Barry Evans, it’s evident he didn’t grow up where I did. In NE New Jersey, buying a dozen bagels netted…
‘Pick It Up’
Editor: Fortuna has a great dog park. The county provides bags to dispose of the dogs’ feces; people don’t pick it up; and they don’t train their dogs. Very sad to see untrained dogs and…
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Voting for Mary Burke
Editor: I am voting for Mary Burke for 5th District Supervisor. I have seen her…
Woke NASA is Neat
If you are like me, you think space is neat. As a child, I devoured…
Mary Burke for Fifth District Supervisor
Throughout various professional and civic roles, Mary Burke has shown that she knows how to…
More Cahill
Editor: OK, JFC’s take on AI (“AI for the Planet,” April 16) is not only…
‘Brava, Zia!’
Editor: Kudos to Zia Gabriel Coburn, the sixth grader whose poem, “Beginning,” is in this…
‘Mark Your Calendars’
Editor: Re: “Just Asking” (Mailbox, April 2), in which Dick Bruce wonders if there are…
April Showers
The clouds are leaden with raincoming down in streams over thesea green tree tops of redwoods feedingancient roots, which scientists have discoveredcommunicate with one another, linking themas a family.Leah and I head into the forest…
Orick’s School and Moon (and Local) Joy
This week we’re sharing a CalMatters story looking at the nine-student school the town of Orick could lose and what it would mean for the community. We’re also talking about the much-needed lift from Artemis…
Music Tonight: Saturday, April 25
Yes, there are two big dance funk and electro gigs going down for those inclined that way — Fantastic Negrito at Humbrews at 8:30, and Mark Farina at Arcata Theatre Lounge around the same time…
Music Tonight: Friday, April 24
The more horrible the loss, the greater the celebration. Or at least that’s how it goes when your friends and loved ones are musicians imbued with the sacred and profane ability to move people, from…
Music Tonight: Thursday, April 23
The Basement is hosting a fresh version of an old favorite from the live scene tonight at 8 p.m. Canary and the Vamp has been revamped into Canary, featuring Bev Twist from the previous lineup,…
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