Join HC Black Music and Arts Association, Black Humboldt and others for the MLK Learning Day, Monday, Jan. 16 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Arcata Community Center ($10 donation, $5 for youth under 12, bring a can of food for the Third Bags of Love drive). The event will have live music, speakers, […]
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The Lost Year
Sometime in the first three months of 2020, nearly every musician in Humboldt County played their last live gig. It’s difficult to pin down the exact date of the general venue closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic but St. Patrick’s Day is a good hinge, a pivot point where venue owners and employees had to […]
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NCJ Preview: Eureka’s Needle Exchange Battle and Supporting BIPOC Youth
This week we’re looking into how and why the city of Eureka continues to butt heads with Humboldt Area Center for Harm Reduction over needle exchange. Also, we’re talking about a new local nonprofit nurturing and supporting BIPOC youth, HC Black Music and Arts Association. Its organizers are putting on Harambee Liberation Month, a series […]
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Young and Free
Sarah Vevoda’s 7-year-old daughter Jaz used to say she had “up hair,” her natural Black curls growing upward instead of hanging down like nearly everyone else’s around her, including her family. Sarah, who is white, says Jaz has commented on not seeing other people who look like her. “It’s very hard for her to be […]