FOOD & DRINK
What's Good: Thai, Doughnuts and a Rooftop View
Willow Creek has long drawn campers, hikers, rafters and Bigfoot hunters. And if, when you pull off the cartoonishly winding, cliff-hugging State Route 299, you can unlock your hand from the grab bar, you can enjoy a view of majestic trees and the sunlight bouncing from a glossy chicken wing on the patio of (40640 State Route 299). And now that its owner Kim Pravong has opened K&B Dining, an offshoot of the "Thai fusion" restaurant in Eureka, the view at 621 Fifth St. is similarly improved.
Lions and Dragons in Old Town
Arts Alive! on Saturday in Eureka had the usual art and music lineup, but Old Town also featured several costumed May the Fourth Star Wars characters and a big crowd at the third annual Eureka Chinatown Street Festival - Year of the Dragon. The festival on three blocks of E...
Summer Camps, CPH Protest Fallout, Eureka Eats
It's the Summer of Fun issue this week with a rundown of summer camps and classes for the kids all over Humboldt. We've also got updates on the Cal Poly Humboldt campus closure and the community response, including at a public university senate hearing. Finally, we'll take a look at what to eat around Eureka. Hit subscribe for weekly updates on Humboldt stories.
Redwood Discovery Museum hosts weekly drop off night for parents
The Redwood Discovery Museum in Eureka is hosting its weekly drop off night for parents, and it’s open to kids ages four to twelve. “We’ve been doing Friday nights at the museum for about a year and a half, and it really started to pick up, about a year ago. And so we’re really excited to continue to see that momentum and be able to serve the community with it”, says Stephanie Carter, executive director.
Pomp and Circumstance
It's graduation time again at Cal Poly Humboldt and due to the circumstances of our times, as well as the stupid pomposity of the University's president and his enablers, grads will be walking just about everywhere around the county except for on the campus. I don't have much to say about that beyond what I have written already but I will offer one piece of advice to the folks getting their diplomas this week. It comes from a song title by a favorite musician of mine, Dan Behar, aka Destroyer, from an album he released when I was college-aged myself, called Your Blues:
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