The Clarke Museum is closed due to COVID-19, but lovers of local stories, artifacts and history can still step inside the museum virtually. Visitors to the museum’s website can explore the museum’s permanent collections and current exhibits such as — “Immigration Expulsion Homecoming: The Legacy of the Chinese Expulsion in Humboldt County” in the Main […]
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Trinidad Art Gallery to Reopen June 1
The Trinidad Art Gallery will reopen its doors to the public on Monday, having received certification from local health officials. A newsletter sent out on Friday states that in addition to receiving certification, the gallery has enacted safety measures to ensure all who visit feel comfortable. Those measures include a new hand sanitizing station, contactless payment, […]
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Dell’Arte’s 2020 Mad River Festival Cancelled Due to COVID-19
Dell’Arte has announced that its annual Mad River Festival has been canceled. According to a press release sent by the school, Dell’Arte Producing Artistic Director Michael Fields was hoping to postpone the festival in September but “given the County and State health directives, it is clear that will not be possible, certainly not in a […]
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Kinetic Sculpture in Place Streaming Right Along
It’s Memorial Day Weekend and the Kinetic Sculpture in Place is streaming right along. This holiday weekend, Humboldt’s beloved Kinetic Grand Championship is still going for the glory, but carrying it out in a creative way. Naturally! (For more on this year’s Kinetic Sculpture in Place go here.) Instead of racers making their merry way […]
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Friday Night Market Offers Virtual Vending for Local Businesses
Humboldt County won’t be ready for gatherings by Eureka’s Friday Night Market’s original opening date of June 5. Until it gets the all-clear from county health and safety officials, Humboldt Made is setting up an online marketplace for local businesses, taking orders and arranging pick-up. In an email, Executive Director Alanna Powell says the online […]
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Dell’Arte-Wiyot Rural Residency in Place
Dell’Arte International’s rural residency program has adapted itself for the times. The 10-day program normally sees Dell’Arte students living and camping in a rural community, engaging in a cultural and artistic exchange with residents. However, in light of COVID-19 and the need for physical distancing, this year’s program will take to social media to carry out its […]
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Front Window: Janessa Johnsrude’s Sheltering in Places portraits
In one of Janessa Johnsrude’s photos, a mother and daughter sit perched in an open window, smiling at one another, a big, milky-eyed dog between them. Their tableau, framed by the window of the house, is overlaid with the branches of an apple tree bright with pink blossoms and a set of copper wind chimes […]
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Kinetic Grand Championship Goes the Social Distance
Hang your heads, for the Kinetic Grand Championship Race as we know it will not take place this year with an Arcata Plaza kickoff and all its attending fanfare. Instead, as Queen Professor President Kati Texas stated in a press release, a three-day Kinetic Sculpture in Place event will take place online, with teams completing […]
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Tip the Band at Bandcamp and Do Some Virtual Busking
Humboldt music fans can still support some of the local bands and musicians they love, even as the bars and venues that host them stand closed. Take for example the grinding sounds of Ultramafic, local talent our Setlist columnist Collin Yeo once referred to as “space-bong lords.” You can find a slice of the band’s […]
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North Coast Night Lights: Raptors at Chapman’s Gem and Mineral
Since childhood, dinosaurs have held a fascination for me. If dinosaurs roamed the earth today, my photo stories would probably be about them or, perhaps more likely, about dinosaurs at night. Alas, they are an exceedingly rare breed and the opportunities to photograph them, or even to see them at all, are few and far […]