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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Event Sunday to Commemorate 140th Anniversary of Chinese Expulsion
In memory of the 140th anniversary of the government sanctioned expulsion of Chinese residents from Eureka, the Humboldt Asian and Pacific Islanders in Solidarity (HAPI), a DreamMaker Program of the Ink People Center for the Arts, is hosting an informal gathering, altar and walk at the Eureka Chinatown Mural on Sunday. The expulsion, which took […]
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NCJ Preview: A Japanese Festival, Wildfire Helpers and Bagel News
This week we’re looking at how Humboldt Asians and Pacific Islanders in Solidarity (HAPI) brought the county’s first Obon festival, a Japanese Buddhist tradition with dancing, drumming and honoring ancestors. Also, if you’re looking for help in the midst of the Six Rivers fires, or looking to help those in need, we’ve got resources to […]
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Obon Humboldt Style
People are still trickling into the lot in front of the Arcata Playhouse, thickening the crowd already encircling the low stage, where Marylyn Paik-Nicely, a “founding mother” of Humboldt Asians and Pacific Islanders in Solidarity (HAPI), stands in pink sneakers and a purple T-shirt commemorating this, the first Obon festival in Humboldt County, a cell […]
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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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HAPI Holds Humboldt Asian Histories & Futures Panel and Community Conversation
Acquaint yourself with Humboldt’s not-so-illustrious past with an eye and an ear toward making things better at the Humboldt Asian Histories & Futures Panel on Friday, May 14 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. via Zoom (free). Humboldt Asians and Pacific Islanders in Solidarity’s program brings together community members, historians and local artists to remember Humboldt’s […]