Keeping Up with the Smiths

by Kali Cozyris on May 8, 2016 at 8:00AM

The weather has been a lot nicer lately, giving us a little taste of summer and leaving us itching for a good, old-fashioned, outdoor festival. Fortunately, the good folks at the Blue Ox Historic Village and School hammer one out each May. This Saturday, May 7, the village welcomes the coming of summer with its 13th Annual May Day Celebration from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Don't Swat the Small Stuff

by Kali Cozyris on May 6, 2016 at 8:00AM

To bee or not to bee? That is the question.

Fresh Air in Freshwater

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on May 3, 2016 at 12:57PM

Can It

by Kali Cozyris on April 30, 2016 at 8:00AM

It has its own museum, it spawned an infamous Monty Python sketch/song (and subsequent musical), and has been added to tech vernacular to mean an unwanted abundance of junk email. You know what we're talking about: SPAM, of course.

Dig, If You Will, the Picture

by Kali Cozyris on April 29, 2016 at 8:00AM

Before their time, it seems, the purveyors of the soundtracks of our lives are parting ways with us, leaving legions of broken hearts. This past week, we lost another great: The Purple One.

Party Animals

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on April 23, 2016 at 8:00AM

Looking for fresh air and a little Earth Day education? Celebrate with the kids at Party for the Planet on Sunday, April 24, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Sequoia Park Zoo (free).

The Creeps

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on April 21, 2016 at 8:00AM

One cannot live on Kubrick alone. Now and then horror fans need a dose of glossy fake blood, a wiggling rubber mask and late show plotting.

Reel Love

by Kali Cozyris on April 19, 2016 at 8:00AM

The Humboldt International Film Festival, the world's oldest student-run film festival, returns to the Minor Theater (reopening for this event) April 20-23 with screenings nightly at 7 p.m. ($5 each night).

They See You Rollin'

by Kali Cozyris on April 15, 2016 at 8:00AM

When was the last time you laced up a pair of skates and chased your equilibrium around a rink with disco lights swirling, the beat of your favorite song and a sturdy wall helping you along? If it was back when you parted your hair down the middle, flipped the sides back and tucked a comb in your back pocket, get ready to feel cool again with Groovin' with the Giants: An AIDS/Lifecycle Fundraiser.

For the Birds

by Kali Cozyris on April 11, 2016 at 4:00AM

The 21st annual Godwit Days Spring Migration Bird Festival takes place April 13 through April 19, countywide. Fans of the long-beaked, long-legged, flying, black-tailed mollusk eaters will flock to fields, marshes and other habitats to see thousands of the shorebirds and others during this celebration of the myriad bird species in the area.