Frivolity

The dead rose and walked the streets of Old Town on Saturday.

Photos from Saturday's Zombie Apocalypse

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on October 8, 2019 at 9:33PM

On Saturday ahead of Arts Alive, the annual Zombie Walk from Eureka's courthouse through the streets of Old Town brought out the undead. The loose scrum of leg-dragging cannibals stopped to terrorize people in cars, wait for street lights to change and take selfies with the living.

The flower blossom-strewn east side of the Arcata Plaza made a good dance platform for the Samba da Alegria dancers.

Photos from Sunday at the North Country Fair

by Mark Larson on September 26, 2019 at 5:40PM

Sunday at the 46th annual North Country Fair featured another splash of the popular rhythms and dances of Samba da Alegria's Samba Parade, along with the usual mix of live music on multiple stages, vendors of all types and — atypically for the season — occasional rain. See highlights of the parade in the slideshow below.

Laura Ayllon, of Loleta, put her sun hat to good use on the sunny afternoon. She placed second in the Most Glamorous category.

Photos from Ladies Hat Day at the Races

by Mark Larson on August 26, 2019 at 5:26PM

A large crowd of fans of horse-racing and ladies in hats showed up for Saturday's free admission to the eighth annual Ladies Hat Day at the Races at the Humboldt County Fair in Ferndale.

Andrew Endsley enjoys some haggis at the Highland Games on Sunday.

Piping Up: Photos from the Highland Games

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on August 16, 2019 at 11:33AM

Blue Lake's Perigot Park was awash in tartan and the music of bagpipes on Sunday during the Highland Games. Competitors brought the hammer down — or rather up — throwing 12-pound hammers and cabers (basically logs, folks) for distance.

A sweet classic ride rolls down Fortuna's Main Street on Saturday, July 27.

Hot Wheels: Photos from Fortuna's AutoXpo

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on July 30, 2019 at 6:58PM

Violet Ray-Kaneko, supported by Brian Kaneko (left) carrying the supply bucket, became the Pied Piper of huge bubbles in the Bubble Promenade around the plaza.

Bubbling Over: Photos from the Fourth in Arcata

by Mark Larson on July 6, 2019 at 5:50PM

A slow shutter speed allowed the colorful costumes of the belly dancing group Ya Habibi in front the Enchantment Stage to blur in the photo.

Photos of the Fairy Frolic

by Mark Larson on July 4, 2019 at 3:15PM

Thousands gathered on the Arcata Plaza to stand in line to buy oysters, listen to music or have a picnic on the grass.

Photos from Oyster Fest 2019

by Mark Larson on June 17, 2019 at 6:23PM

A flying saucer festooned with rhododendrons for the parade.

Photos from the Rhody Parade and Salt & Fog Fish Fest

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on April 30, 2019 at 10:22AM

Dan McCauley’s shining metal crab awakens from its post-Burning Man slumber and raises its pincers in the lot of Spaulding Construction off U.S. Highway 101 in Eureka.

This Crab is Metal

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on April 24, 2019 at 12:46PM

The crab, which is 26 feet long and around 15 feet tall, made its debut at Burning Man last summer before returning to Humboldt and resting in pieces at Spaulding Construction. “It all disassembles," says McCauley. "The main shell breaks apart in four sections … the legs individually pull off.” Those legs articulate, too, and the pincers snap.

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