North Coast Journal

Corkscrew Trees and a Crooked Trail

Perfect weather on Aug. 1 and a desire to be among the first to walk the newly opened Crooked Trail brought my wife and me to the adjacent and n…

An Etruscan Venus and the Patriarchy

“Patriarchy has tried to erase imagery of the feminine since time immemorial. Destroy the image and you can control the narrative.” — Syreeta Mc…

Trinidad Art Night

This town-wide walk includes a variety of art exhibits, live music, artist receptions, face painting, skate ramps, pop-up sales and oyster, cide…

Reports from the Grand Jury

My favorite place to be in the summer is Humboldt County, both for the amazing produce our farmers bring to the markets and farm stands, and the…

Coming Together for Obon

A large crowd showed up under lightly smokey skies from wildfires on Sunday afternoon at Arcata’s Creamery District to celebrate Obon. The Japan…

You Might Go Home Again

GAIL DAUGHTRY AND THE CELEBRITY SEX PASS. Wet Hot American Summer (2001) is as much a tenet of my marriage as any of the shared values upon whic…

A Pandemic Poetry Reading with Laureate David Holper

When the city council appointed David Holper Eureka’s first poet laureate in 2019, it was supposed to last a year. Then again, a lot of...

Peppers Make Summer Last Longer

As long as there are peppers at the farmers market, I can still believe in summer. I sort of understand how, come September, some people...

A Lack of Imagination

Editor: I read with interest the article about Sean Armstrong wanting to rename some of Arcata's streets ('This is Our World,' Aug. 27). I've be…