On December 6th, 2024, the City of Crescent City, California and the Downtown Divas held their annual Christmas Light Parade and tree lighting ceremony in downtown Crescent City.
Category Archives: Arts & Culture
DNHS Band of Warriors Breaks Personal Record At Eugene Field Show
Del Norte High School performs at the Pride of the Northwest field show in Grants Pass on Oct. 12. | Thumbnail photo courtesy of Dan Sedgwick, video courtesy of Danielle Wood.
Self-competition may be cliché in some circles — a motivational mantra personal trainers use to get clients off the couch.
But it’s why the Del Norte High School’s Band of Warriors triumphed despite coming in last in their category at the Festival of Bands field show in Eugene on Nov. 1.
“Even though we did get last place, the students didn’t feel that way because we had a massive point increase from where we were and the best score we’ve ever gotten in a competition,” DNHS Music Director Daniel Sedgwick told Redwood Voice Community News on Wednesday. “I’m talking [about] any year before this.”
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DNACA Is Rebuilding After Two Rough Post-Pandemic Seasons; 2024-25 Concert Series Starts Wednesday
Thumbnail image and flyer courtesy of DNACA
(Updated at 7:55 p.m. Tuesday with input from DNACA’s former executive director Stephanie LaTorre)
Managing an organization like the Del Norte Association for Cultural Awareness is akin to plate spinning, treasurer Catherine Balck says.
Pre-pandemic, the executive director had to find and hire instructors for its visual arts programs, organize public exhibits and book acts for DNACA’s annual concert series. The executive director worked with Pelican Bay State Prison and the William James Association to help coordinate Arts in Corrections — a state-funded program that stopped due to COVID. And they had to fundraise.
But the relief dollars that kept DNACA alive during the pandemic have dried up and donations have dwindled, Balck told Redwood Voice Community News on Friday. Its long-time venue, the Crescent Elk Auditorium, was largely unavailable due to major renovations during the last two seasons.
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Inside the former Bank of America building on H Street in Crescent City resides an abundant collection of abstract mixed media paintings and sculptures by Ukrainian artist Val Polyanin. In 2022, the city became responsible for over 900 pieces of Polyanin’s art. Polyanin donated his collection to the city for safekeeping after rising rent costs forced him to abandon his roadside gallery alongside U.S. 101 south of town.
After debating whether or not to accept the donation, city councilors eventually agreed to allocate $10,000 out of their economic development fund toward obtaining his collection and curating the exhibit.
In May of 2023, the city held a grand opening for this exhibit, aptly named “Safekeeping,” for “First Friday”. These events, organized in conjunction with the Downtown Divas, are designed to draw traffic to local businesses in the downtown area and stimulate economic activity.
Redwood Voice Youth Media had initially been enlisted by the city to produce a short documentary film to be played on loop at this art exhibit. This video detailed Val Polyanin’s background, journey to America, and passion for artistic freedom.
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The 2024 Peace & Dignity Journey Run
In the 2024 Peace and Dignity Journeys run, participants embark on a seven-month prayer run from Fairbanks, Alaska, and Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, converging at El Cuaca, Colombia. This journey emphasizes the commitment to prayer, underlining the obligation to strengthen spiritual connections among Indigenous Peoples across the Western Hemisphere.
Join Rory McCain and Ethan Caudill-DeRego of Redwood Voice as they meet up with and interview the runners from the north during their overnight stay with the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation.
Fast Times In Crescent City, Or Sea Cruise 2024
Rikuzentakata’s Story Of Survival Prompted RCRC Members to Open Their Wallets, Generate $31,000 for Kamome Foundation
Rikuzentakata representatives Kyoshi Murakami, Futoshi Toba and Akihiko Ito talk about how their community survived the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. | Photo courtesy of Chris Howard
Chris Howard talks about Del Norte County’s relationship with Rikuzentakata, Japan everywhere he goes, so Kamome’s story isn’t new for his colleagues with the Rural County Representatives of California, or RCRC.
But when he brought Council Chairman Akihiko Ito, Mayor Futoshi Toba and Kyoshi Murakami, senior executive advisor for Rikuzentakata, to the organization’s annual meeting as the keynote speakers last month, there wasn’t a dry eye in the room, said Howard, who represents Del Norte County’s District 1.
The three Rikuzentakata delegates told county leaders from across California how their community survived the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami and how it led to a now six-year-old Sister City relationship with Crescent City and Del Norte County.
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60th Annual Klamath Salmon Festival
With the dams on the Klamath River coming down, this year’s Salmon Festival was an extra special event. Join Redwood Voice’s Ethan Caudill-DeRego and Monique Camarena as they explore the Klamath Salmon Festival, The Stick Games, and the river’s exciting renewal process.
If you’d like more information on the salmon festival, you can read more at https://www.yuroktribe.org/salmon-festival.
Credit to Monique Camarena for the video thumbnail.
Sea Cruise Takes to the Streets This Weekend
Sunny skies and an open highway are expected to draw more hot rods, low riders, Corvettes, Mustangs and mini trucks — think Datsuns or Nissans — to the coast this weekend.
Now in its 32nd year, Sea Cruise, Del Norte’s classic car extravaganza, is shaping up to be stronger than ever, said Cindy Vosburg, executive director of the Crescent City-Del Norte County Chamber of Commerce.
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DJs on the Plaza – DJ RunDat Productions’ Students Take the Stage
August 11th, 2024: Redwood Voice Reporter Persephone Rose attended an “Art Market Concert & Series” on the Arcata Plaza. Though this was a weekly event, only this day had a particularly remarkable performance.
Michelle Koho Miller – or, DJ RunDat for those in the know – brought 5 of her student DJs to the plaza to demonstrate their skills for all of the market and lucky bystanders to behold. Here’s how it went!
For more information on DJ RunDat Productions, check out these links: