Bright Lights, Little Cities

by Kali Cozyris on December 8, 2016 at 1:15PM

Holiday time is the Season of Light. As the days grow darker, we turn to the comfort and tradition of Christmas lights, menorahs, yule logs and other symbolic sources to keep peace, love and hope alive in our hearts.

Sugar Plum Visions and Peppermint Dreams

by Kali Cozyris on December 8, 2016 at 12:40PM

'Twas the month of December and all through the counties, dance troupes were rehearsing their Claras and mousies. I'll stop right there.

Nice Sweater

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on December 8, 2016 at 11:02AM

Dreaming of a Brass Christmas

by Mark Larson on December 7, 2016 at 12:33PM

For many, it's not officially Christmas in Humboldt County until you've attended one of the all-brass Tuba Christmas performances, which have been led locally by Fred Tempas since 1988. Santa also showed up for Saturday's 1 p.m. performance at the Gazebo in Old Town Eureka, along with board members of the Redwood Coast Music Festival, who unveiled this year’s poster.

Arcata Welcomes Santa

by Mark Larson on December 5, 2016 at 5:30PM

Wrinkle in the Park

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on December 2, 2016 at 5:20PM

O, Little Town

on December 1, 2016 at 4:00AM

There's something transcendent about a small town decked out in its holiday best, with carolers a-wassailing and brass bands root-a-toot-tooting on street corners as smiling folks window shop and sip hot cocoa. Every year, Humboldt's hometown jewel, the Victorian village of Ferndale, transforms into a type of Bedford Falls, delighting all of us with its timelessness and good cheer.

Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum

on November 30, 2016 at 12:19PM

It's the holiday season and you know what that means. The rowdy revelers at the Arcata Playhouse have added an extra shot to their nog and extra merry into Merry Christmas with their annual holiday productions.

#Blessed

on November 23, 2016 at 9:48AM

On Thanksgiving, before you gather to bow your head with your family and give thanks, slip down to the seaside to send blessings to those who work on the sea. Every year, community members gather in Trinidad to offer prayers and well wishes for a bountiful and safe fishing season.

Haul out the Holly

on November 22, 2016 at 5:06PM

They're here. Faster than they came last year, it seems, the holidays are back.