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Holly Sepulveda's ceramic "Face Planters."

Last Look at Outer Space's BIPOC Art Show

By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on March 31, 2021 at 11:03AM

If you're in Old Town today, swing by Studio 424 and peer through the windows for a last look at the Outer Space Arcata' Phantom Gallery Exhibit "All Colors Are Beautiful," an assemblage of work by 18 local BIPOC artists curated by Taylor Snowberger and Julio Cesar Torres. The window gallery space was donated for the show by photographer and Journal contributor Mark McKenna.

Gary Sommers and Susan Abbey as Robert and Cait.

RCT's Bloomsday Back for One Night Only

By Kali Cozyris on March 26, 2021 at 12:00PM

Jaunt back to the Emerald Isle with Redwood Curtain Theatre to revisit a sweet, heartwarming love story whose telling was cut short by unforseen circumstances. In March of 2020, the pandemic shut down the final performances of RCT’s Bloomsday when there was so much more love (and brilliant perfomances) to give. ’Twas a cryin’ shame.

Garden-y Things Happening This Week

By Kali Cozyris on March 26, 2021 at 6:30AM

Spring is here and there are glorious garden-y things happening this week — good for your yard and good for your soul. Stop by the Benefit for the Fortuna Garden Club on Saturday, March 27 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Fortuna River Lodge and pick up bright and delightful daffodils to color your yard.

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Drive Thru Dinner Fundraisers

By Kali Cozyris on March 24, 2021 at 1:10PM

Dinner conundrum? Problem solved.

Humboldt County Library’s Author Visit with Tamar Burris

By Kali Cozyris on March 24, 2021 at 6:30AM

Hey, parents and kids! Meet local author Tamar Burris and listen to a reading of her new children’s picture book A New Special Friend at the Humboldt County Library’s Author Visit with Tamar Burris on Thursday, March 25 from 11 a.m. to noon via Zoom (free).

Word Humboldt Offers Online Poetry Workshops

By Kali Cozyris on March 23, 2021 at 6:30AM

Word Humboldt, KEET-TV and the Humboldt County Library have teamed up to offer a series of online poetry workshops in support of the new documentary Hemingway premiering on KEET on April 5. The workshop series, Taking the Hemingway Out of Hemingway: Poetry, Social Justice and the ‘Great American Novelist,’ kicks off Thursday, March 25 at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom with Writing Poetry: Prompts and Inspiration.

'Scotia Lodge' Estate Sale on This Weekend and Next

By Kali Cozyris on March 19, 2021 at 6:30AM

The Scotia Inn is under new ownership and reinventing itself courtesy of the folks who brought us the Humboldt Bay Social Club. Changes are afoot with the reopening of the planned 'Scotia Lodge' set for June.

Jene McCovey Memorial Included in Zero to Fierce Festival

By Kali Cozyris on March 13, 2021 at 6:00AM

Longtime activist and Yurok elder Jene McCovey died in February, leaving behind an impressive legacy of environmental, Indigenous, disability and women’s activism and accomplishments. A memorial for her will be held Sunday, March 14 from 3 to 4 p.m. online as part of the Zero to Fierce Festival.

Chocolate cupcakes with plain buttercream or mint buttercream frosting

St. Patrick's Day Drive-By Dinner & Irish Music at the Clarke Museum

By Kali Cozyris on March 12, 2021 at 10:53AM

Feelin' green because you're not celebrating your favorite holiday at the bar this year? Have a hankering for homemade shepherd's pie and a fat shamrock cupcake from Ramone's?

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