From the Hum: Tonight's Tall Cool Drink of Loopy Juice

by Jennifer Savage on December 5, 2013 at 9:01AM

As mentioned last week — did you get your tickets yet? — Keller Williams returns to Humboldt with a show tonight at the Arcata Theatre Lounge.

Stage Left

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on December 5, 2013 at 4:00AM

Hang on to your ideologies, people — Naomi Klein is coming. The bestselling author, anti-globalization activist and all-around international liberal powerhouse is guaranteed to take your coffeehouse and dinner table debates to the next level.

Light 'Em Up

Tree lightings abound

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on December 4, 2013 at 11:52AM

Living among the redwoods, it's not often we're impressed by a "big" Christmas tree. (Yes, Rockefeller Center, your tree is very big.

From the Hum: Black Joe Lewis, tonight!

by Jennifer Savage on December 2, 2013 at 9:38AM

Whoa, it's December! And tonight Black Joe Lewis returns to Humboldt Brews.

From the Hum: For Your Saturday Pleasure

by Jennifer Savage on November 30, 2013 at 9:54AM

Around the corner, the Jambalaya hosts "a hard core German Sparkle Party" in honor of Tamtam's and Qaiel's birthday. Electric Gravy starts things off with some hip-hop improv at 10 p.m., followed by the heavy, synth-laden, hip-hopera trio Space Biscuit, who promises songs about all sorts of "twisted fantasies."

Small is the New Black

Black Friday alternatives

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on November 27, 2013 at 11:00AM

As lovely as it sounds to wake up earlier than a special ops squad and be pressed to the glass doors of a big retailer, only to be hip-checked by some aggressive shopper, there are alternatives to Black Friday madness. You could stay home and relax with a hot cup of coffee and a cold slice of leftover pumpkin pie.

Santa Stalking

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on November 27, 2013 at 4:00AM

Are you done with your turkey? Good, because Saaaannntaaaaa!

Stuffed

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on November 23, 2013 at 4:00AM

You know, there are other ways to celebrate Thanksgiving besides watching football and shotgunning gravy. If you're vegetarian, vegan or vegetari-ish, whip up your best animal-product-free side dish and trot it over to the Humboldt Vegetarian Society's Thanksgiving potluck at the Humboldt Area Foundation on Sunday Nov. 24 at 2 p.m.

Shroomy

by Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on November 22, 2013 at 8:00AM

The Humboldt Bay Mycological Society puts the fun in fungi. Its annual mushroom fair is on Sunday Nov. 24 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Redwood Acres Fairgrounds, where hundreds of species from the truffle-y to the trippy will be on display ($2, $1 children 10-16, free for kids under 10).

From the Hum: Friday Night's Funtimes

by Jennifer Savage on November 22, 2013 at 7:51AM

Punk's not dead! As someone who grew up in a cultural wasteland, surviving only via radio brought in from the outside world during a time when punk and new wave were still considered dangerously subversive by middle school principals and parents, the descriptions of NOBUNNY's show at the Ink Annex brought glee to my heart.