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County to Begin Reviewing Applications for Outdoor Live Performances
The state of California has released limited guidance that could allow live performances to resume in a limited capacity outdoors on the North Coast in the near future. The interim rules — which the state is expected to followed up with more thorough guidance soon — allow two types of live performances in counties in […]
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NCJ Archives: The Haunting of Carson Mansion
Editor’s Note: With Halloween just around the corner, here’s a blast from the past story (October of 2010) about Eureka’s landmark Carson Mansion, which is not only one of the most photographed Victorian homes in the United States, but also a muse of sorts, in a creepy sort of way. As the haunted holiday approaches […]
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UPDATE: Caltrans: Copyright Contract Grants Rights to Artists
UPDATE: The Journal has received clarification from Caltrans spokesperson Myles Cochran on the language and intent of the contract it sent to artists who painted Caltrans utility boxes as part of the Eureka Box Art program in 2018, stating that it in fact grants all control and ownership of the artwork to the artists. While […]
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North Coast Night Lights: Visualize the Stars
“Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need — roads.” – Doc, Back to the Future II. One of the more challenging visualizations for me is to imagine looking at the Solar System from a point above it in outer space, far enough out that the Sun is but a bright point of light below. With […]
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HSU Lecturer’s Photo on NYT Magazine Cover
If you were clutching the pages of the New York Times Magazine‘s education issue this week or racking up screen time reading it online to learn about what’s going on in schools and homes amid the pandemic across the U.S., you might have seen some local photography. The deceptively soothing cover image of a child at […]
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Record Your Music at the Morris Graves Museum
If a small studio seems dodgy for recording with your band right now, the Morris Graves Museum of Art has another option for you: the free use of its beautiful rotunda, where you and your bandmates can spread out and enjoy the acoustics. And you can use your recording to do a little virtual busking […]
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Local Theaters Go Red Tonight in Support of the Live Events Sector
Humboldt County entertainment organizations, including local theaters, will turn on the red light tonight in support of the live events sector, which has taken a heavy hit due to COVID-19. The idea is to draw attention to a vital industry that has been shuttered since early March, 2020, and most likely will not reopen until […]
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Perseid Meteors 2020: A comet’s tale
Currently speeding out from the sun after its last visit to the solar system’s inner reaches in 1992, Comet Swift-Tuttle leaves a trail of debris in its path. Comets are made of frozen gasses, dust and rock; as the sun’s energy warms and sublimates the frozen gasses, some of its solids are blown off into […]
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Playhouse Arts/equity arcata Present “Art on the Fence”
A press release from equity arcata’s JustArts working group announced that the organization has partnered with Playhouse Arts and the City of Arcata to present “Art on the Fence,” a public art exhibition of BIPOC and white community artists in Arcata. The public can check out artists’ works, currently presented on plywood panels at the Arcata Ballpark […]
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Winners of This Year’s Dispersed Sand Sculpture Festival
Friends of the Dunes has announced the winners of the 25th Annual Sand Sculpture Festival. Although COVID-19 altered the festival to be more dispersed, the sculptors came through with loads of creativity. Eighteen teams entered this year’s festival hoping to win one of the few titles of Best of Show, Most Imaginative, Most Dedicated Diggers, Most […]
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Winners of the 25th Annual Dispersed Sand Sculpture Festival
Here are some of the sculptures from this year’s Sand Sculpture Festival.