"Clown Sweethearts" Perform in Playhouse Family Fun Series

By Kali Cozyris on April 3, 2022 at 4:00AM

Coventry & Kaluza, the “clown school sweethearts” hailing from the Clown Conservatory at the San Francisco Circus Center, bring music, comedy, acrobatics and hula hooping fun to the Creamery District’s Big Top Circus Tent on Monday, April 4 at 6 p.m. as part of the Arcata Playhouse Family Fun Series (free). The duo won Best Comedy/Clown Act in the American Circus Festival two years in a row and best duo in the Picklewater Free Circus Festival two years in a row.

Arcata Playhouse’s Family Fun Series is Back

By Kali Cozyris on March 30, 2022 at 11:38AM

Hollow Palm Opens at Dell’Arte

By Kali Cozyris on March 18, 2022 at 11:18AM

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 physical theater created by the students of the Professional Training Program.

Zero to Fierce Kicks off Saturday

By Kali Cozyris on March 4, 2022 at 11:03AM

For the sixth year in a row, Playhouse Arts presents its womxn’s festival: Zero to Fierce 2022: Listening Out Loud, celebrating creative womxn’s work, from Saturday, March 5 to Sunday, March 13 (free and ticketed events, no one turned away). Some of this year’s highlights include: local Black artists Mona Loki (Mo Harper-Desir) and All'Love (Aundrea Stuckey) presenting an original musical performance that includes hip hop, R&B, original spoken word poetry, emceeing and digital sampling; The Madness, a one-womxn punk rock opera devoted to supporting mental health for the "Doom Generation;” a video showing of Joan Schirle’s Bird of the Inner Eye, based on the letters of painter Morris Graves; and “An Evening with Aireene Espiritu” sponsored by Humboldt Asians and Pacific Islanders in Solidarity.

Butoh Medea at Dell'Arte

By Kali Cozyris on March 3, 2022 at 10:44AM

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 globe performing it.

2021 in Pictures

By Mark Larson on December 31, 2021 at 8:00AM

It’s been a pandemic year of daily walking for my wife and me, and we never left Humboldt County. From January through April, we continued to explore our local trails and enjoyed the wildlife and emerging spring flowers without attending any events or gatherings.

Photos: Migrations and Shoes

By Mark Larson on September 30, 2021 at 5:06PM

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 parade entering Carlson Park from Giuntoli Lane.

Hamlet Back on at NCRT

By Kali Cozyris on July 30, 2021 at 8:00AM

Live theater ... to see, or not to see? If you choose the former, get thee to the North Coast Repertory Theatre for its production of Hamlet, opening Saturday, July 31 at 8 p.m. and playing Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Aug. 22 ($18, $16).

Compleat Wrks Opens at NCRT

By Kali Cozyris on July 22, 2021 at 1:00AM

Photos: Baduwa't Festival Gathers the People

By Mark Larson on July 21, 2021 at 11:47AM

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.