Photos: Oyster Fest 2022

By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on June 26, 2022 at 6:37PM

It wasn't quite hot enough to cook an oyster, but the sun shone bright over the rebooted and relocated Arcata Bay Oyster Festival in the Creamery District on Saturday, June 25. The all-day event with vendors, food stalls and live music performances followed a kick-off event the night before and required a $15 ticket for entry.

Photos: Flying High at the Redwood Coast Kite Festival

By Mark Larson on May 25, 2022 at 4:10PM

For an event that members of Humboldt Kiters didn’t start planning until three months ago, the Redwood Coast Kite Festival in Eureka on Saturday, May 21 turned out to be an artistic display of kiting and kite creation. It was also a whole lot of fun for those who attended on the first day of the two-day festival.

Get Your Fruit On! Papaya Lounge Takes Over Septentrio Winery Tonight

By Kali Cozyris on April 22, 2022 at 10:49AM

Let’s get ready to ruuuummble! The saucy show you’ve been jonesing for is back.

The Plunge is On!

By Kali Cozyris on April 15, 2022 at 3:00PM

This year, the 21st annual Perilous Plunge, held Saturday, April 16 at noon at the foot of F St. in Eureka, might be more aptly named the Perilous Polar Bear Plunge, considering how motherlovin’ cold it’s gonna be. But the daredevils who leap for Redwood Discovery Museum's annual fundraiser are fortified against the chill by their superpowered determination to help local kids.

"Clown Sweethearts" Perform in Playhouse Family Fun Series

By Kali Cozyris on April 3, 2022 at 4:00AM

Coventry & Kaluza, the “clown school sweethearts” hailing from the Clown Conservatory at the San Francisco Circus Center, bring music, comedy, acrobatics and hula hooping fun to the Creamery District’s Big Top Circus Tent on Monday, April 4 at 6 p.m. as part of the Arcata Playhouse Family Fun Series (free). The duo won Best Comedy/Clown Act in the American Circus Festival two years in a row and best duo in the Picklewater Free Circus Festival two years in a row.

Arcata Playhouse’s Family Fun Series is Back

By Kali Cozyris on March 30, 2022 at 11:38AM

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day and the Logger Bar's New Ownership

By Kali Cozyris on March 16, 2022 at 3:17PM

What? Somebody bought The Logger Bar?

Locally Filmed 'The Sky is Everywhere' Trailer Drops

By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on January 20, 2022 at 3:20PM

The trailer for A24's film adaptation of Jandy Nelson's YA novel about a high school girl navigating grief over her sister's death and budding romance has just been released and is bursting with Humboldt scenery. Redwoods, Old Town shops and coastal views abound with dream-like high school-theater effects, young lovers floating into the sky and supersaturated shots of roses in bloom.

2021 in Pictures

By Mark Larson on December 31, 2021 at 8:00AM

It’s been a pandemic year of daily walking for my wife and me, and we never left Humboldt County. From January through April, we continued to explore our local trails and enjoyed the wildlife and emerging spring flowers without attending any events or gatherings.

We Have a Winner!

By North Coast Journal Staff on December 27, 2021 at 2:01PM

The votes are in and the winner of the Scared of Santa (Or Not) photo contest presented by the North Coast Journal and The Enterprise is Ngan Ho.   The moment captures a young Santa visiting with 6-month old Maximo.