The fourth annual Eureka Chinatown Street Festival celebrated the Year of the Snake on Saturday, May 3, under breezy conditions from 6-8 p.m. in Eureka Old Town during Arts Alive. (See slideshow below for highlights.) Hosted by Humboldt Asians & Pacific Islanders in Solidarity (HAPI), the event began with a welcome by Yolanda Latham, who […]
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Lions and Dragons in Old Town
Arts Alive! on Saturday in Eureka had the usual art and music lineup, but Old Town also featured several costumed May the Fourth Star Wars characters and a big crowd at the third annual Eureka Chinatown Street Festival – Year of the Dragon. The festival on three blocks of E Street in front of the Clarke […]
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HAPI “Exploring Roots” Festival Opens Friday
Humboldt, clear your calendars for an exceptional new festival happening this weekend. Humboldt Asians & Pacific Islanders in Solidarity (HAPI) presents the Exploring Our Roots Arts Festival, Friday, June 23 from 6 to 9 p.m. and Saturday, June 24, from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Arcata Playhouse ($10-$15 per event or $45 for festival). […]
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Photos: Celebrating Charlie Moon, Chinatown and the Year of the Tiger
The rain held off Saturday afternoon as a grateful crowd gathered by Dave Kim’s mural “Fowl” on E Street between Fourth and Fifth streets for a ribbon cutting ceremony for Charlie Moon Way. The street sign on the alley bisecting the block where Eureka’s Chinatown stood pays homage to Moon, one of the Chinese residents […]
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Heading for Charlie Moon Way
This summer during the Eureka Street Art Festival, artist Dave Young Kim painted a mural depicting a Mandarin duck and Ben Chin, the first Chinese American to open a business in Eureka in 1955, 70 years after the mass expulsion of Chinese people from the town. That mural, emblazoned with the word “hometown,” stands in […]