Demonstrating admirable reinvention skills over the decades since its “Dixieland Jazz” start in 1990, this year’s 34th annual Redwood Coast Music Festival (RCMF) in Eureka now offers a wide spectrum of American roots music at eight different venues from Oct. 1-4.

I’d like to celebrate the extraordinary variety, high quality and diversity of music in Humboldt County and the fascinating constellation of musical subcommunities in our music scene.

A great many years ago in my increasingly dim past, I was a bit of a musician. I never had the talent or stamina to stick with an instrument. As a kid, I took piano lessons, and then classical guitar; I almost killed my mother when I inadvertently threw my despised clarinet through a window, showering her wit...

Running Nov. 4, 5 and 7, Arts in Service will showcase veteran and professional artists, musicians, art educators and community service providers to deepen understanding of America’s relationship to war, service and civic responsibility.

Most every Saturday morning from 10 to noon, musicians gather to rehearse at the Eureka Woman’s Club.

It was 1954 and I was in the first grade. My mother had joined the Mothersingers, sponsored by the Eureka Adult Education program. She would go and sing old tunes written about 1900 with some other ladies. 

The ALZ Steppers, Humboldt Senior Resource Center’s team in the annual Humboldt County Walk to End Alzheimer’s, invites everyone to step up to help combat this dreadful disease. This year’s Walk is Saturday, Oct. 10, at the Adorni Center in Eureka, with opening ceremonies at 10:30 a.m. and the walk, either on...

Humboldt Senior Resource Center (HSRC) will make energy-efficiency improvements to its main location at 1910 California St. in Eureka through a partnership with Ecology Action and funding from the U.S. Department of Energy. The investment is part of the Department of Energy’s Renew America’s Nonprofits progra...

Every September, National Senior Center Month celebrates the important role senior centers play in helping older adults stay healthy, connected and engaged.