This week we’re looking at Dell’Arte’s theater program at Pelican Bay State Prison, the subject of a new documentary. We’ve also got an update on the Barred Owl culling plan to save the Northern Spotted Owl for extinction, which is now itself under threat. Hit subscribe for weekly updates on Humboldt stories.
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‘I am an Artist’
As the film opens, men trickle into Pelican Bay State Prison’s B-facility gym to take their places in a wide circle of folding chairs, and Samuel Nault’s even voice plays over the footage: “We are all creators, every single one of us. It is the chaos and pain that we created which ultimately brought us […]
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Love’s the Best Doctor on the Mend at Dell’Arte
If Dell’Arte’s newest offering feels dated, it’s because it is. Love’s the Best Doctor is adapted from French playwright Moliere’s l’Amour Medicin from the 1600s. Michael Fields’ rework adds an onslaught of tech and social media observations, cute musical numbers and unapologetic explication of our healthcare system in the brash ruckus and masked chaos that Dell’Arte excels […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, Dec. 17
The community has come together to help the struggling Dell’Arte school in Blue Lake and you can get involved today. Starting at 4:30 p.m. at the Carlo Theatre, there will be a fundraising event including hors d’oeuvres, a silent auction, a sitdown meal and a performance by the Dell’Arte Players. Food will be provided by […]
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Theater Tonight: Wednesday, Sept. 27
The EXIT Theatre is once again hosting its monthly variety performance, The Something Different Show, hosted by local clown Shea FreeLove. Tonight’s events kick off at 7 p.m., and will feature 2023 Dell’Arte grads Alice Irvin, Grayson Klages and Damla Ari. Eight dollars gets you a seat in the applause section.
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NCJ Preview: Internet, Wind and Children’s Theater
This week we’re sharing an Indian Country Today story on bringing the Hoopa Valley up to internet speed. We’ve also got updates on where wind power plans are right now and the road ahead. Dell’Arte’s holiday show Nightlight gets a review and a new(ish) winter squash gets the holiday appetizer treatment. Hit subscribe for weekly […]
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Nightlight Illuminates a Different Dell’Arte
I am used to Dell’Arteians eviscerating themselves for audiences to use their organs as runes to divine a work’s meaning — the absurdity of characters so realized that overly grand gestures are not only normal but expected as the given circumstances of the piece. Nightlight, the newest devised Dell’Arte work is neither. Nor does it […]
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Zandezi Asks, ‘Where is the Justice?’
That’s the fundamental question in Zimbabwe Theatre Academy’s Zandezi, now playing at Dell’Arte’s Carlo Theatre in Blue Lake. What matters more to a man: that he prove he’s been wrongly convicted, or benefit from an amnesty program? That he care for a sick cellmate or accept that sufficient food comes at a price? That he […]
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Reflections on Joan Schirle’s World
Every morning when I sit at my dining table, I see the card Joan Schirle sent me this last holiday season. “Hope to see you in the New Year in person!” she wrote in effortlessly fluid green script, signing off with a heart and a big curly J. And every morning when I sit down […]
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Hollow Palm Opens at Dell’Arte
If you missed the Butoh performance last weekend at Dell’Arte, you’ve got another chance to see that style of theater this weekend as Hollow Palm opens Friday, March 18 at 8 p.m. at the Carlo Theatre with a Saturday, March 19 performance at 8 p.m. as well ($15). “Hollow Palm is a kaleidoscope of new […]
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Butoh Medea at Dell’Arte
Don’t miss the avant-garde theatrical dance performance Butoh Medea on Saturday, March 5, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, March 6, at 2 p.m. at Dell’Arte’s Carlo Theatre ($20, $15 student/senior). This special presentation features Yokko, an actor and interdisciplinary artist from Japan who won Best One-Woman Show for Butoh Medea in 2014 and has toured the […]
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Photos: Baduwa’t Festival Gathers the People
Last Wednesday through Sunday, a memorable Baduwa’t Festival: A Gathering of the People (formerly known as the Mad River Festival) took place in Dadiqhoughuk (Blue Lake) at Dell’Arte’s outdoor performance spaces. To the chagrin of a few turned away at the door, a well-publicized policy required a vaccination card or proof of a recent negative COVID-19. […]