A story in today’s Sacramento Bee (originally published in the Contra-Costa Times) profiles the efforts to rescue the Hupa language from extinction. Native Hoopa resident Kayla Carpenter, 22, is a doctoral student studying linguistics at UC Berkeley. She tells reporter Matt Krupnick that she and her colleagues are “using education as a tool, rather than having […]
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HumCo in the New York Times
They say the best movies about American culture are made by foreigners, the logic being that it takes an outsider’s eye to really see things objectively. I’m not sure if I buy that, but I will say that this piece on Humboldt County from today’s New York Times (by Canadian-born, North Carolina-raised author Wells Tower) really […]
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Is Everybody HAPPY?
Hey, everybody! Are y’all feeling happy? Of course you are! All right! How do I know you’re so happy? Because no less an authority than Sunset Magazine tells me so! In its February issue, Sunset — your “premier resource for achieving the ultimate Western lifestyle” — names Eureka one of the top 10 happiest places left of the […]
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Eureka Moment
The grizzled fifty-something slowly marches along, up one sidewalk and down another, over the crosswalk and up and down once more. And again. He stares straight ahead, unsmiling as he traces the border between street and storefront, weaving a great big Old Town net as the boombox clutched in one hand broadcasts the spell: Walk […]
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Stick ‘Em Up, Friend
Now the Eureka Police Department wants to be your Friend. Yup, Facebook — www.facebook.com/eurekapd. There you’ll find what you’d expect to find : the wan, spooky scraggled faces of wanted suspects, news releases, and pics of cute Mounted Patrol horses, smashed cars, cats and other such fun stuff. Says the EPD’s news release on its […]
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One idea for today’s lunch
? You can read more about CR art prof Garth Johnson in next week’s Art Beat , but for now, drop everything and hustle to College of the Redwoods to hear this smart, funny and accomplished man breeze through the history of creative reuse. After the historical part – and, please note, our era is […]
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Homeland Security Strikes Again
This just in from the folks at the Mateel re: the concert by Chirgilchin, The Master Throat Singers Of Tuva : The Mateel Community Center’s Membership Appreciation Night which was originally scheduled for this Friday, October 16th has been cancelled. Unfortunately the visas for the Tuvan throat singers were denied and their tour has subsequently […]
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A Note From Our Sponsors
Guest post from AJ , friend o’ the Blogthing : I saw this display at the Humboldt Sponsors rummage sale at Redwood Acres today. My daughter asked me, “Papa, why do those panties have a hole in them?” The only thing worse than being asked that question is having women watch you take pictures of […]