Joellen Clark-Peterson Arcata Chamber of Commerce ARCATA – This is one part in a series of articles featuring the three nominees in the six categories of Arcata’s Annual Business Leadership Awards. In January, members of the Arcata Chamber of Commerce, who made the nominations, will vote for the winners, and they will be announced at…
Review: Dell’Arte’s ‘Around the World in 80 Days’
Janine Volkmar Mad River Union BLUE LAKE – Around the World in 80 Days is simply the best holiday show from Dell’Arte in years. I’ve had the fun of seeing 10 or 111 of their holiday shows out of the 38 (yes 38! Time flies when you are having fun.) shows that they’ve done. Around…
The Danes and Dell’Arte celebrate theater
Janine Volkmar Mad River Union BLUE LAKE – “Sometimes we have to celebrate ourselves,” Joan Schirle said at the opening of the Prize of Hope ceremony recently in the Carlos Theater. She’s the Founding Artistic Director of Dell’Arte. Schirle, Michael Fields, Dell’Arte’s Producing Director, and representatives from Denmark, Birthe Rosenfeldt-Olsen and Moqi Trollein, proceeded to…
Read the stories of Dell’Arte’s ‘Stories in the Tent’
Dell’Arte International BLUE LAKE – Dell’Arte International in collaboration with the Mad River Union is excited to announce that from over a dozen stories submitted by the Humboldt community, five have been chosen to be adapted at Stories in the Tent at the 28th Annual Mad River Festival. From a story about a man building…
Getting ‘Gruesome’: Fun, games and losing an eye
Lauraine Leblanc Mad River Union ARCATA – It’s still a little early for Halloween, but don’t be overly alarmed if you see a woman walking around with open wounds. If you’re looking at Angie Negrete, her injuries are fake. Negrete is the makeup designer for a student production running at Humboldt State’s Studio Theatre this…
Blue Lake Notes: Happenings in the peaceable hamlet
The City of Blue Lake, nestled in the mountains just a few short minutes from Arcata and McKinleyville, is a unique community, full of life and adventure. Often called the Center of the Universe, Blue Lake is the home of Dell’Arte, the Logger Bar and the Mad River Brewery! Here are just a few of…
Mad River Fest continues with ‘Tea Time’ & ‘Broken’
Mad River Union BLUE LAKE – The theatrical portion of the Mad River Festival wraps up this week with Tea Time and Broken!, a pair of plays on the topic of justice. The short plays, thesis projects by two international groups of international Dell’Arte MFA graduates, are presented in one production, billed as “a journey…
Send in the clown/actor/engineer
Janine Volkmar Mad River Union BLUE LAKE – Pratik Motwani is the son of an engineer father and a botanist mother. And he has a degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Mumbai University. No wonder his one-man show in this year’s Mad River Festival is all about the effect that technology has on our…
Mad River Festival: Last chance to attend ‘The State of Jefferson Picnic,’ plus more Mad Lab & Red Light
Mad River Union BLUE LAKE – The 2017 Mad River Festival continues this week, with more Mad Lab and an adult cabaret. The State of Jefferson Picnic: This Land is Your Land, But Mostly My Land runs Thursday through Sunday at 8 p.m. in Dell’Arte’s Rooney Amphitheatre, closing Sunday July 2. Mad Lab 2 The…