Brazil is a massive nation whose considerable size and diversity is met and matched by its cultural exports, particularly its musicians. We were blessed recently with a visit by the groundbreaking psychedelic Tropicalia band Os Mutantes, and tonight we are once again treated to the presence of another, albeit more contemporary, innovative artist from the […]
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HumLook: Birds, Sunsets and Samba
Local photographer Jose Quezada has launched a pair of new websites, HumSport and HumLook, showcasing the work of a team of local photographers. Photographers will be uploading galleries of photos on both sites regularly, showcasing their best images of local sports, cultural events and landscapes. High-resolution downloads of the images are also available for $5 apiece. […]
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Photos from the Samba Parade
The second day of the North Country Fair wrapped up a summer of festivals on the Arcata Plaza with the drumbeats of the colorful, feather-topped Samba Parade. Spectators lined up beside vendors and put the kids high on shoulder to see dancers and drummers make their way through the street with sparkle and style. Photographer […]
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All Species on the Plaza
Miss the sunshine, music and dancing on the Arcata Plaza already? Here’s photographer Alexander Woodard’s slideshow of the North Country Fair and All Species Parade on Sunday, Sept. 20. (See Saturday, Sept. 19 photos here.) The parade started with a symbolic busting of the Klamath Dam and a flood of fish, feathers and fantastic creatures […]
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Dancing around the Plaza
The first day of the North Country Fair on the Arcata Plaza kicked off on Saturday, Sept. 19 with more drums, dancers, jugglers and giant puppets than you could shake a belly dancer’s jangling belt at. It was all blue skies and bright costumes, as you’ll see in Alexander Woodard’s photographs here in the slideshow. […]
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Paradin’ the Plaza
This wasn’t your grandma’s Samba Parade. Thousands descended on the Arcata Plaza on Saturday to take in the sites, sounds, smells and tastes of North County Fair. They were greeted by a new incarnation of Samba Parade, the annual spectacle that turns the plaza into a cacophony of drums as scores of dancers saunter, shake […]