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A New Park Along Eureka’s Waterfront
Grace Marton Memorial Park is officially opening on Friday, Oct. 30 at 4 p.m.. The public is invited for a ribbon cutting, complimentary food and beverages and fun activities. This brand new park at 1011 Waterfront Dr. near Halvorsen Park was made possible by Grace Marton and Lance Hardie who left money in their will for the establishment of a new park. These two community members shared many lunches together and enjoyed the view in the same spot where this beautiful park now sits. The community is invited to come play in this new space featuring a children’s playground, picnic areas, gardens and game area featuring a permanent cornhole court, and chess and checkers table.
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‘We Make It Burn’: Outdoor Play Brings Cultural Fire to the Stage in Eureka and Arcata
“Wusatoumuduk: We Make it Burn” is a new multi-media stage play about Cultural Fire produced by Sugarbush Hill Moving Lhatsik, a Dreammaker project of the Ink People led by Co-Artistic Directors Michelle Hernandez and Zuzka Sabata. All shows will be outdoors in the evening in October. The shows on...
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A ‘Third Place’ for Eureka Artists Opens Saturday: Ink People Hopes Newly Renovated Building Will be a Cultural Hub Downtown
Ink People Purchases Vacant Building in Downtown Eureka With Plans to Create a ‘Regional Cultural Hub’. For months, boarded up windows have obscured a renovation. People have been hard at work transforming a moody nightclub into a bright space for artists to create and share their work in downtown Eureka.
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Eureka High Senior Leads His Jazz Trio Through 70 Years of Music at the Arcata Playhouse
Drummer Ramsey Isaacs and his band After Hours present “Three: The. Evolution of the Piano Trio” on Friday, Oct. 16 at the Arcata Playhouse, 1251 Ninth St. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the music begins at 7 p.m. The concert is all ages. Piano, bass and drums...
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Eureka artist celebrates return of van Gogh portrait missing for over a decade
EUREKA, Calif. — A local artist celebrates the unexpected return of a painting that vanished more than a decade ago after someone took it from a hallway display at the C Street Complex. The 24-by-24-inch oil painting, a portrait of Vincent van Gogh, was created in 2010 for a...
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Sequoia Park Zoo receives prestigious accreditation from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums
The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) has announced that Sequoia Park Zoo was granted accreditation by AZA’s independent Accreditation Commission. Following a comprehensive evaluation, the Accreditation Commission determined that the facility meets AZA’s standards for animal wellbeing, care and management. “Congratulations to the leadership and staff at...
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Eureka’s New Chinatown Monument is Officially Launching With a Big Party This Weekend
Press release from Humboldt Asians and Pacific Islanders in Solidarity:. After more than five years of research, planning, organizing, and community effort, Eureka will soon have a permanent place to remember the Chinese community that once called the city home. Humboldt Asians & Pacific Islanders in Solidarity (HAPI) invites the...
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Events this Weekend: 🐻 OktoBEARfest, 🇬🇷 a Taste of Orthodoxy and 👻 spooky Ferndale Cemetery tours
Just the highlights here, folks. Visit northcoastjournal.com for all of what’s going on. Thanks for reading and have a great weekend. Embrace your growler spirit and head to Sequoia Park Zoo for the second annual OktoBEARfest, happening Saturday, Oct. 10, from 4 to 7 p.m. ($25 advance, $30 gate, 21 and over). The adults-only fundraiser features special animal feedings and keeper talks, a scavenger hunt, education stations, a tree-climbing demonstration, live music, seasonal food, beer and cider, and pumpkin carving by master carver Mike Craghead. Proceeds support conservation and animal programs, including improvements to the flamingo habitat and a new covered cabana. Fat Bear Week may be over, but you can still raise a pint to the chunky champions and do a little seasonal bulking of your own.
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Redwood Coast Music Festival 2026
The 34th Redwood Coast Music Festival last weekend in Eureka attracted another huge crowd of attendees who faced the pleasant challenge of picking and choosing among 130 sets by amazing talent over four days at different venues. The event began back in 1990 with a traditional Dixieland jazz music genre...
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Kinetic Lab of Horrors Returns Bigger, Spookier and at a NEW Location!
This is a press release from the Kinetic Sculpture Lab:. Get ready for nights of creepy chaos, twisted turns and delightfully gruesome fun! The Kinetic Lab of Horrors is back for another year, bringing clowns, mazes, surprises, scares and plenty of spooky mayhem to Humboldt County, all supporting the Kinetic Sculpture Lab.
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Watt a Canvas! Arcata’s PG&E Fence Is About to Get a Brush With Art
The new security barrier surrounding Arcata’s half-acre PG&E substation now has a bright, if not shiny finish. Gone is the chain-link fence with weathered brown slats, topped with barbed wire. Taking its place at the 621 I Street facility is a new Shakespeare SafeFence substation perimeter fence. The UV-resistant,...
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Eureka Chinatown Project Holding Monument Celebration October 11th
This is a press release from the Eureka Chinatown Project:. After more than five years of research, planning, organizing, and community effort, Eureka will soon have a permanent place to remember the Chinese community that once called the city home. Humboldt Asians & Pacific Islanders in Solidarity (HAPI) invites the...