Opa! The annual Taste of Orthodoxy Festival returns to Saint Innocent OrthodoxChurch — the oldest in Eureka — on Saturday, Oct. 11, from noon to 4 p.m. (freeadmission). Chubritza will be on hand with live Balkan and Eastern European folk music and dance, along with a Byzantine choir. Tour the architecture and treat yourself to […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Dec. 20
Tomáseen Foley’s “A Celtic Christmas” is on the program tonight at the Van Duzer Theatre at 7 p.m. ($25-$50). Now in its 29th year of production, this mix of storytelling, music and dance evokes the mid-20th century bygone days of holiday celebration as experienced by the people of Western Ireland. Enjoy the folklore and fun […]
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Croatian Weekend with John Morovich
The Humboldt Folk Dancers invite the public to a Croatian Weekend with John Morovich, an instructor and performer from Seattle, who will be teaching traditional music and dance workshops for everyone, at all levels, with and without dance partners. The weekend’s event kicks off with a Welcome Potluck and Introduction at 6 p.m. at Mad […]
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Catch Chubritza at Synapsis Tonight
Enjoy an evening of European music and dance at Chubritza Statewide Folk Dance Songs Part 1 happening tonight at 6:30 p.m. at Synapsis ($5-$20 sliding scale). The local supergroup plays traditional folk dance songs from a wide variety of European countries, including Bulgaria, Ukraine, Greece, Northern Macedonia, Albania, Turkey and more. Chubritza will perform at […]
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Photos: Migrations and Shoes
Described by organizer Laura Muñoz of Playhouse Arts as an ensemble-created multi-disciplinary, multicultural performance event, Migrations: Walking Together proved a fun and fascinating walk in the parks and other locations of Arcata on Saturday. It began in the Creamery District with a lovely dance performance and shoes — lots of shoes — and ended with a […]
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Moving Pictures
It’s that time of year again where the bright and colorful statues ride around the plaza and across the land and into the sea — sort of — to find their terminal point on Main Street in Ferndale on Memorial Day. It’s a unique local event we locals tend to take for granted but is […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, August 17
Mark Jenny is the guitar ripping half of Legends of the Mind, a local blues duo whom I have repped in this column before. Tonight he joins local scene mainstay Seabury Gould at 7 p.m. at the Westhaven Center for the Arts for an evening of summertime blues for all of you lovers caught between […]