A large crowd of all ages gathered in the Adorni Center for a “Celebration of Service in our Community” at the Eureka NAACP’s Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The event was co-sponsored by the City of Eureka. Sharrone Blanck and Lorna Bryant emceed the event, with Paula Jones, […]
Arcata Interfaith Gospel Choir
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Photos from Saturday at the North Country Fair
The 46th annual North Country Fair on Saturday lived up to its reputation on Saturday for lovely fall weather, lots of food, art, clothing and craft vendors, and — in memory of the Northcoast Environmental Center’s Tim McKay — a fun, all-ages All Species Parade frolic around the Arcata Plaza. See highlights of the day […]
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Musical Transmitters
I’ve been bloviating a lot here lately, so I’ll make this short and sweet. I heard a sound last week, a most unique and wonderful sound, and I would like to share it with you, inasmuch as I can transmit that information via the printed word. I went back-country snowboarding on Horse Mountain last Monday […]
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From the Hum: ‘Not so gospel’ Friday the 13th
Jenni & David On the theme of faith, community and hope, we have the Arcata Interfaith Gospel Choir, a veritable Humboldt County institution not necessarily all about gospel. Like most musical organizations, the choir has to pay for practice space, event space and many other obligations, so the group is holding a “Not So Gospel […]
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Back in the World
I write the Hum on Sundays. But hearing of the crossbow killing and subsequent manhunt in the dunes near my house, instead of writing up music haps, I locked my doors and called my neighbors. But the next day, sunshine lit up the outside world, laughter emanated over fences and the day progressed with all […]