Kiki Cosmo, the owner of Brainwash Thrift, the new store at #40, is organizing a Summer Block Party each Saturday from noon to 4 p.m., with local vendors, performers and special guests.
Bayside Corners: A weekend of dance at Bayside Hall
It’s going to be a busy weekend in Bayside! On Thursday, July 8, Arcata Ecstatic Dance comes to Bayside Community Hall. The organizers describe Ecstatic Dance as “a free form dance style built upon principles of interconnectivity through individuality.” The DJ for the evening is Yohm, well known to the Ecstatic Dance community for his…
Bayside Corners: Community survey and Grange lawsuit update, plus tasty bagels
Mark your calendar for the next Brunch in Bayside, coming up on Sunday, July 25. With the start of COVID, Bayside Community Hall changed its quarterly pancake breakfast to a to-go format brunch, each one offering a new menu focused on seasonal and local ingredients. The July menu, designed by chef Casandra Kelly, features made-from-scratch…
Bayside Corners: Community emerging from pandemic
There is a new business in our community, Brainwash Thrift at #40 Sunny Brae Center. They are open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and are stocked with a variety of gently-used clothing and fun accessories. According to their Facebook page, the business is indigenous-owned and woman-owned, queer-safe and size-inclusive. I hope to meet the owner soon, and give you a full profile. In the meantime, you can easily find them on Facebook and Instagram, or just stop in to say hello.
Bayside Corners: Learn about pollinators in beautiful Bayside
Mark your calendar for Saturday, June 26, when a “walk ‘n’ roll” style community activity around Bayside will explore the world of essential pollinators and how we, as individuals and as a community, can help them. The day-long event (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) is organized by Sue Moore, the dedicated volunteer leader of the…
Bayside Corners: ‘Cool Solutions’ to climate change
I’m continually amazed by the wonderful things that are created in our little community. In September 2018, a new radio show and podcast about climate change hit the airwaves. Called “Cool Solutions,” it is produced in Bayside by Wendy Ring. Wendy is known to many for her former work as physician director of the Mobile…
Bayside Corners: Bayside Community Presbyterian Church celebrates 125 years
Sam Kannry, at Caudal Fin Farm (on Jacoby Creek Land Trust’s property) still has a couple of farm shares available. A share is $550 for the 22-week season (early June through late October), providing a variety of vegetables for two to four people, depending on how much produce you tend to use, and includes more…
Bayside Corners: Bayside Community Hall losing local control to National Grange – appeal planned
By Grange rules, all Hall property is Grange property and is available to a local group to manage and maintain only so long as that group is willing to be a subordinate grange within the Grange organization.
Bayside Corners: Welcome to Seven Seas Surf & Cycle in Sunny Brae Center
Like most of us, Benji is thinking ahead to a post-pandemic future. He is featuring local art on the walls and hopes to have regular Arts! Arcata opening receptions once we can all get together.
Bayside Corners: Buy a steer & support conservation
It can’t get much more local than this! Jacoby Creek Land Trust announces the availability of whole and half grass-fed steers raised on Kokte Ranch here in the Jacoby Creek valley, for sale in May. A whole steer weighs in at about 1300 pounds and yields 430-450 pounds of meat once butchered. The cattle are…