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Magic Shoes

on June 11, 2015 at 4:00AM

Take a break from Anna and Elsa at the Arkley Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, June 13 at 3:30 p.m. when Trinity Ballet Academy performs Sleeping Beauty ($18, $12 kids 11 and under). Adora Stebbins and Jonathan Wisan dance the parts of the happy couple under Greta Leverett's direction.

Funny in Fortuna

on June 10, 2015 at 11:48AM

Hey, wanna hear something funny? Then hurry up and get a ticket.

Tonight's Setlist: 'Young Girls,' Monster Women, Island Queens

by Jennifer Savage on June 5, 2015 at 9:42AM

Mad Catchy at the Logger Bar Let's start north and work our way down.

On Pointe

on June 4, 2015 at 4:00AM

Sitting in the velvet seats of the gorgeous Arkley Center for Performing Arts is such a pleasure that you could watch somebody push a broom on stage. Lucky for you, North Coast Dance's Spring Show is there instead on Friday, June 5 and Saturday, June 6 at 7 p.m. and on Sunday, June 7 at 2 p.m.

Pony Up

on June 3, 2015 at 12:31PM

Dust off that big ol' hat, fasten that even bigger belt buckle and pull on them boots. It's the first week of June, y'all, and for the horse-loving town of McKinleyville, that means one thing: Pony Express Days.

Tonight's Setlist: The Weekend Isn't Over

by Jennifer Savage on June 1, 2015 at 12:38PM

Also, your local psych masters, White Manna. Music starts at 9 p.m., cover is $5, drinks at the Shanty are plentiful and cheap, so get there early.

Petunia and The Vipers perform at the Riverwood, Friday and Saturday.

Tonight's Setlist: Haunting, Funky, Fabulous, Fantastic Ways to Spend Your Friday

by Jennifer Savage on May 29, 2015 at 3:26PM

Solo soulster DJ Matt Jackson flies solo for a night of tunes taken from every corner of the Missing Link Records music collection.

Summer Now

on May 27, 2015 at 11:01AM

You can sit around waiting for the solstice on June 21, or you can start summer now. It must be summer if the Summer Arts and Music Festival is on, right?

E.T. vs. Yoda

on May 27, 2015 at 11:00AM

On Saturday, May 30, you'll have to choose between your favorite locally filmed 1980s sci-fi movies starring an ugly/adorable alien puppet thingy. On the one hand, the Humboldt-Del Norte Film Commission is putting on Movies in the Park with E.T., in which you can spot scenic Fort Dick, as well as a young Drew Barrymore (free).

Grill Seekers

on May 27, 2015 at 10:59AM

You do not need to spend the weekend hunched over coals and woodchips, gasping in the billowing smoke of a grill to enjoy a barbecue. Leave it to pros (or semi-pros, anyway) and eat your fill all weekend.

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