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HIDDEN GEMS: Read Some Poems and a Short Story Written by Local Youth
Jacquelyn Opalach / May 20, 2024, 10:12 a.m. / :)
… students, 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States Joy Harjo visited the school [via zoom] to host a writers workshop last fall last spring. Harjo created and judged and selected 4 …
LISTEN: A Conversation With Humboldt County Poet David Holper on Untranslatable Words, and His New Book
LoCO Staff / Sept. 27, 2023, 10:09 a.m. / Literature
… professor, the inaugural poet laureate of the City of Eureka — has a new book out. It's called Language Lessons: A Linguistic Hejira, and it's (in part) a meditation on words from other languages …
Local Writer and Teacher Brings ‘A Hub for Humboldt Writing’ to Arcata’s Sunny Brae Center
Stephanie McGeary / Aug. 27, 2021, 12:26 p.m. / Community
… | Photo: Stephanie McGearyWith poetry plastered on public walls and posted in Arcata storefronts, many local writing contests and an official poet laureate for the City of Eureka, it's clear …
Would You Like to Be Eureka’s Next Adult or Youth Poet Laureate?
Andrew Goff / April 19, 2021, 3:46 p.m. / Art
… facilitate poetry exchanges with other youth poet laureates when possible.To be eligible, poets must live or have a writing studio within the city limits of Eureka, California, or within 1 mile of Eureka …
EUREKA CITY COUNCIL: Syringe Exchange Program Update, Recycling Buyback, Window Poetry and More!
Stephanie McGeary / Oct. 6, 2020, 3:10 p.m. / Local Government
… Main Street, the Ink People, Eureka Poet Laureate David Holper, the city-hired marketing firm Eddy Alexander, and Councilmember Leslie Castellano, the program aims to spread a little cheer during …
(PHOTOS) Know Your 2020 Eureka Street Art Festival Artists
Andrew Goff / Aug. 15, 2020, 9:30 a.m. / Art
… to actually head over to Hendo to read 'em though): Poet Vanessa Vrtiak and artist Roberto Gomez Poet Sophie Jenkins Eureka Youth Poet Laureate Harvey Mitchell # # #PREVIOUSLY …
Local Poets Release Collection of Quarantine Poems from Humboldt County
Stephanie McGeary / June 25, 2020, 10:51 a.m. / COVID-19 and Humboldt , poetry
… Local Poets Release Collection of Quarantine Poems from Humboldt County Cover Photo by Haven Fricke-SmythThe last few months have been rough. But witnessing how people creatively …
EUREKA CITY COUNCIL: Budget Crisis Prompts Early Retirement Offers for Six City Employees
Stephanie McGeary / May 19, 2020, 3:51 p.m. / Local Government
… . ### In other business, the council will consider extending the city’s Poet Laureate program from a one-year term to a two-year term. Last year Dave Holper, a local writer and College of the Redwoods English …
Attention, Humboldt Poetry Fans! Eureka’s Poet Laureate Needs Your Help!
Stephanie McGeary / Jan. 7, 2020, 1:35 p.m. / Art , Community
… Attention, Humboldt Poetry Fans! Eureka’s Poet Laureate Needs Your Help! Eureka Poet Laureate David HolperPoetry fans of Humboldt surely rejoiced the day …
David Holper Named Eureka’s Poet Laureate
Hank Sims / Aug. 21, 2019, 12:09 p.m. / Art
… David Holper Named Eureka's Poet Laureate Holper.PREVIOUSLY:GOOD NEWS, POETRY FANS! Looks Like Eureka Will Soon Name a Poet Laureate or Two###The city of Eureka's search …
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LoCO Staff / June 6, 2019, 1:27 p.m. / Art
… their perspectives on living in the City of Eureka. The Poet Laureate program has two divisions, a youth poet and an adult poet, open to any who live within Eureka or 1 mile of Eureka and/or have art studios in Eureka …
GOOD NEWS, POETRY FANS! Looks Like Eureka Will Soon Name a Poet Laureate or Two
LoCO Staff / March 19, 2019, 5:05 p.m. / Art , Local Government
… GOOD NEWS, POETRY FANS! Looks Like Eureka Will Soon Name a Poet Laureate or Two Eureka has a nice new waterfront trail.It has a store where pretty much all they sell is exotic cacti and succulents …
Yesterday, Humboldt State Remembered Ten Lives Lost in Orland Bus Crash Tragedy
John Ross Ferrara / April 11, 2015, 5:07 p.m. / News
… .” Several speakers expressed their feelings through poetry. HSU President Lisa Rossbacher shared a Native American poem about the cycles of life. Vice President Joyce Lopes read California’s Poet …