Flash Fiction 2024 is On

Hurry! The deadline to submit is Oct. 31

By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill on October 30, 2024 at 10:18AM

Get your stories straight, Humboldt. It’s time again for the Journal’s annual 99-word Flash Fiction Contest.

Music Tonight: Wednesday, Oct. 30

By Collin Yeo on October 30, 2024 at 4:00AM

Well, it’s the eve of All Hallow’s Eve, so some kind of marker should be set down as we slide into the space where our distance from the dead is at its closest — yes, I really do believe in this sort of thing. We all have our methods of running with the spectral side, with various levels of solemnity and debauchery.

Music Tonight: Tuesday, Oct. 29

By Collin Yeo on October 29, 2024 at 4:00AM

If you still find yourself mourning the recent loss of Kris Kristofferson — and who with a heart isn’t? — then head over to the Logger Bar at 7 p.m. for a free open mic appreciation of the man’s music.

Music Tonight: Monday, Oct. 28

By Collin Yeo on October 28, 2024 at 4:00AM

If you enjoy the intersection of pre-war German expressionist cinema and horror, tonight’s the night for you. Over at the Eureka Veterans Hall at 8 p.m., there will be a free showing of two wonders of that era, Nosferatu and The Cabinet of Dr. Caliguri.

Music Tonight: Sunday, Oct. 27

By Collin Yeo on October 27, 2024 at 4:00AM

In case you missed the brilliant Jenny Scheinman’s recent sold-out live love letters to our remote and sweetly chaotic homeland, I have some good news for you. If you wander on down to the Old Steeple tonight at 7:30 p.m., you will find her at it again, but this time pairing up to play side-fiddle for the incomparable alt-country and folk legend Robbie Fulks.

Music Tonight: Saturday, Oct. 26

By Collin Yeo on October 26, 2024 at 4:00AM

Halloween lands on a Thursday this year (boo!), which places people in the unenviable position of choosing to party early on this weekend or go for a big, long-form bacchanal next week, only to wake up stranded on the shores of what is going to be a disastrous election regardless of outcome. Or for those of you truly about to party rock, you can hit up both back to back.

Music Tonight: Friday, Oct. 25

By Collin Yeo on October 25, 2024 at 4:00AM

Ruby Ruth and Mule Ranch are raising money to record their debut album of superb local folkster country tunes, and they are going about it in perhaps the best way possible: by putting on a show. The show in question will be at the Arcata Playhouse this evening at 7:30 p.m., and the tickets will run you $25, or you can drop $75 for the VIP treatment, which comes with front row seating and a signed copy of the finished product when it comes out on vinyl. 

Music Tonight: Thursday, Oct. 24

By Collin Yeo on October 24, 2024 at 9:18AM

It’s a good idea to support arts and music programs for the youths out there, especially those growing up in a society which is increasingly hostile to creative expression. In that spirit, I am going to steer you to McKinleyville High School, where at 7 p.m. you can experience the first performance of the ArMack Orchestra’s four-show program of live musical scores played over silent films.

Music Tonight: Wednesday, Oct. 23

By Collin Yeo on October 23, 2024 at 4:00AM

Having lived many years ago in British Columbia, on a teenage solo mission to see things and wander into the wilderness, I have a soft spot for anyone who lived similarly and reflected upon it musically. Such is the duo Ocie Elliott, who, hailing from Victoria on the big island, are a duo who play a gentle folk style that reflects a land where the snows don’t quite crush and you can do a lot of barefoot hiking.

Music Tonight: Sunday, 20

By Collin Yeo on October 20, 2024 at 4:00AM

Tonight is a very good night for those of you out there who appreciate improvisation music done right by two champions of the punk to cosmic soul train and a next-gen, more modern acolyte of the form. I am speaking about Mike Watt, founding bassist of pioneering punk act the Minutemen, guitarist Joe Baiza of similarly influential group Saccharine Trust, and drummer Chris Corsano, who is no slouch himself and, though the youngest, an utter beast on the skins, as his work with Bjork and others has proven.