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Musical remembers the day air travel came to a halt

Sometimes you need a reminder that human beings are capable of kindness. Come From Away—a touring production of which is now playing Columbus’s Ohio Theatre—is just such a reminder.


The Irene Sankoff/David Hein musical is a breezy and…

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ComFest Returns to Goodale Park in 2022

Community Festival (ComFest) has announced that ComFest will return live to its home in Goodale Park on June 24, 25 and 26, 2022. 


Celebrating 50 years of community, social activism and education, ComFest will again feature live local…

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Fly the Earth Flag Above National Flags

By Dave Meserve, February 8, 2022


Here in Arcata, California, we are working to introduce and pass a ballot initiative ordinance that will require the City of Arcata to fly the Earth flag at the top of all city owned flagpoles, above the…

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Harvey Graff

The media mangle the Second Big Lie: The nondebate over critical race theory

Today’s largely incoherent and distorted clashes over teaching about race—teaching the inclusive, factual history of the United States as opposed to a largely fictionalized version—are unusual in instructive ways.


This year’s effective…

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