No Rules
The post-Black Friday shopping season is in full swing and with it the requisite holiday gift fairs. The big Humboldt Artisans Craft and Music Festival takes over Redwood Acres this weekend (Friday through Sunday) and always includes beaucoup music, although I can never find anyone to tell me who’s playing.
A new, smaller Arcata take on the art/craft/gift fair runs parallel to the Eureka event, and perhaps comes from a parallel universe. Galactivation: Visionary Art for Planetary Healing Dec. 4-6. in the Warehouse Gallery on F St. (behind the ATL) promises “a stellar explosion of visionary sensory stimulation in celebration of The Luminous Culture,” including visionary artists, local vendors, plus “musical acts and performance artists,” among them, The Humboldt Space Program, Shemaia and her Sound Body Prayers, Synrgy and SambAmore (Friday night), Dharma Dojo, Soniq Al-Khemyst, Anantha and Galactivation Performance Art (Saturday) concluding with a DIY “Sound Vibration Bath” Sunday night.
“What is The Luminous Culture?” they ask rhetorically. “It refers to the individuals living and loving on this planet right now, i.e. YOU. You are The Luminous Culture. It is we who shall be the ones to instigate change on the Planet Earth, lest we perish… We are asking our guests to come in and experience a different world. Visualize a place of love, art and beauty. Treat yourself and others as though this is the reality in which we live… As the saying goes: ‘Be the Change You Wish to See.’”
Now there’s a holiday wish we can all get behind.
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Comment / By JTonal / Dec. 3, 2009, 5:50 p.m.
The Flying Skulls are ready to come rock Arcata! Much love to Nor Cal!!
Here is a link to a live recording of us at Symbiosis Gathering 2009!
http://kabala.com/audio/TheFlyingSkulls-Symbiosis09.mp3