Community Calendar

A forgotten language to a revival: Nani Vazana helps revive Ladino through songs.

Eurovision for Minority Languages winner, Nani Vazana, comes to the Arcata Playhouse to play a concert on Tuesday February 24th. With a tour of 30+ shows in the USA and Canada, Nani is building a bridge between the past and the future, celebrating her Sephardic heritage while bringing Ladino to the spotlight.

"A voice that transports you from the ancient markets of Morocco to a modern London jazz club in one breath.” -BBC RADIO 3

Nani Vazana celebrates her Sephardic heritage with beloved traditionals but also, uniquely, with original Ladino songs of her own. “I play Ladino because when I look at the past, I see the future.” she told Songlines magazine.

A millennial Ladino singer-songwriter, she hopes to inspire the audience to connect to their own roots. She is one of the very few who writes original music in Ladino, the ancient language of Sephardic Jews.

Building a bridge from the past to the here and now, Nani sings the beloved Ladino traditionals that feature passion, love, cooking, family, and even fairytales. These songs are filled with drama and yearning, sadness and happiness. Her original Ladino songs touch on millennial themes like migration, woman empowerment, and gender, revisiting tradition from a contemporary view point.

An irresistible stage presence with warm and versatile flamenco vocals, soft choral trombone and haunting piano, Nani captures the sounds and scents of the marketplace, propelling an almost extinct culture into the 21st century.

Good Day Shop invites you to join us for a celebratory evening in our brand new community studio and event space, Good Day Studios!

We are seeking fundraising support to help us get this project off the ground, so we've planned a glorious evening of community oriented togetherness and jubilation! Gathering will include live music from Chris Rose of Robust Worlds, locally made refreshments, one-day-only deals on Good Day merch and hand-picked vintage from Stained Ghost, an art raffle and more!

This free event will be hosted at the brand new space for Good Day Studios, located at 1040 H St. in Arcata, right behind Good Day Shop and AMPT Skate Shop, on Friday, February 27 from 6-9 p.m.. For updates and more details (including how you can become one of the resident artists in our studio space!), follow @good.day.humboldt on Instagram!

All are welcome to enjoy a delightful evening of social dancing at the North Bayside Grange on Saturday, February 28th, from 6-8:30pm. Dance to great live music and skilled calling. This friendly community gathering is open to singles and couples. Join the fun at the Bay Area Family Contra Dance, featuring hours of congenial social dance. This monthly event is sponsored by the South Coast Folk Society. It’s a light-hearted community gathering appropriate for teens and adults. This event is free, and open to everyone age 12 up. New dancers are always welcome. No prior experience or partner is required at this alcohol- and fragrance-free event.

Contra Dancing is fun, and easy to learn, like an old-time barn dance.  It’s a delightful way to socialize to beautiful, uplifting music. Come swing your partner and do-si-do to the foot-stomping music of Cliff’s Edge. Popular caller Karen Olsen will provide a lesson for new dancers at 6:00pm, and expert calling all evening.  Wear casual clothes and comfortable shoes. Please join us on the dance floor, or relax and enjoy fine music.

Many thanks to the North Bayside Grange, a wonderful dance venue, for hosting the monthly Bay Area Family Contra Dances. The center is open to all ages and is located at 67577 E Bay Road, North Bend, just across the bridge, in Glasgow. Save the date. Doors open at 5:45, and a $5 donation would be much appreciated. There will be refreshments available all evening. Contact Paul at 541-404-8267 for more information, or visit southcoastfolksociety.com.

Join Southern Oregon's Alice Di Micele with guitar phenom Andy Casad for an intimate concert at the JCA.

The Eureka Chamber Music Series is delighted to welcome back the Arianna String Quartet for two exceptional concerts and a full week of educational outreach in north coast string orchestra classrooms. Saturday's Mainstage Concert repertoire will include String Quartet No. 5 in F minor, Op. 20 by the father of the string quartet himself, Joseph Haydn, as well as two early twentieth century works by two Hungarian master composers, String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 17 by Béla Bartók, and String Quartet No. 3 in A minor, Op. 33 by Ernő Dohnányi.

The Eureka Chamber Music Series is delighted to welcome back the Arianna String Quartet for two exceptional concerts and a full week of educational outreach in north coast string orchestra classrooms. As the Quartet in Residence at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, the Arianna has earned a stellar reputation for their outstanding musicianship, for their critically acclaimed recordings, and for their teaching. At the Concert & Conversation on Sunday afternoon, the Arianna will perform String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73, composed immediately following the Second World War by the great Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich.

The 2022 farmers market season opens in Siskiyou County Monday, May 16, from 3:30 to 6 pm on East Castle Street in downtown Mount Shasta. Mount Shasta Farmers’ Market is committed to providing a convenient way for community members to buy food directly from growers and producers in a beautiful outdoor setting with live music. An increasing variety of fresh produce, meats, plants, starts, baked goods, spring rolls, tamales, crafts and more will be available every Monday afternoon (except July 4th) until mid-October. MSFM is a Certified Farmers Market that offers free Market Match vouchers to spend on vegetables and fruit, up to $20 per market day, for CalFresh customers who purchase at least $20 in EBT tokens. The live music lineup this season will include Allison & Victor, RichieG, and Rick Garrett. Get market updates at https://www.facebook.com/MtShastaFarmersMarket

Host band this week is Back Door Blues Band

Come & Listen – live music for piano, organ, flute and more
Come & Walk – our Labyrinth is open to all as a place to ponder, to meditate, to pray, to dance
Come & Enjoy – the beauty of our historic Church, built in 1895 and listed on the National Register of Historical Buildings.

First Friday Art Walk-5-8pm

All are welcome. Church members will be on hand to answer your questions about Trinity.

For more information, please see https://www.trinitychurchashland.org, contact office@trinitychurchashland.org or call 541-201-3418

Street parking available

The 55th annual Greatest of the Grape invites wine lovers to Seven Feathers Casino Resort on Saturday, March 7, from 6:00–9:00 p.m. for an unforgettable evening celebrating the wines of the Umpqua Valley. Guests will enjoy tastings with local winemakers, delicious appetizers, live music, and the chance to reconnect with friends—all included with admission. Tickets also feature a souvenir wine glass and a complimentary tasting at select winery tasting rooms on Sunday. The evening will include a silent auction benefiting the Umpqua Valley Winegrowers Association, the ever-popular Wheel of Wine supporting local charity Peace at Home, and entertainment hosted by MC Jay Couron.