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Lions And Dragons In Old Town
Arts Alive! On Saturday in Eureka had the usual art and music lineup, but Old Town also featured several costumed May the Fourth Star Wars characters and a big crowd at the third annual Eureka Chinatown Street Festival - Year of the Dragon.
The festival on three blocks of E Street in front of the Clarke Historical Museum began at 4 p.M., when lion dancers wandered through businesses on the streets offering the Lion Blessing of Businesses for good luck and prosperity. Attendees began checking out the numerous Asian food vendors, artists' offerings, a kids zone and other activities.
At a 6 p.M. Opening ceremony, Sheila Moon (a descendant of Charlie Moon for whom an alley in Eureka's historic Chinatown is named) welcomed the large crowd and introduced the Humboldt Taiko drummers, who quickly had to retreat under a tent to perform as heavy rain arrived. After the rain stopped, most of the crowd stayed for performances by traditional lion and dragon dancers, Humboldt County Lao Dancers, the K-Pop Dance Team from Eureka High School, Humboldt Rockers and Samba da Alegria.
The Eureka Chinatown Project is an initiative by community members and Humboldt Asians and Pacific Islanders in Solidarity (HAPI) to honor the history and culture of the first Chinese people in Humboldt County, the vast majority of whom were forcibly exiled during Eureka's 1885 expulsion. A current project goal is to build a Eureka Chinatown Monument to be located at the corner of First and E streets.
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Paducah's Lower Town Arts And Music Festival Draws Thousands
CloseAttendees shuffle through the streets with art on the intersection of 7th and Madison in Paducah during the festival.
Little by Little headlined the 2024 Lower Town Arts and Music Festival on Friday, May 10.
Lead singer of Little by little Kayla Little.
Attendees shuffle through the streets with art on the intersection of 7th and Madison in Paducah during the festival.
Little by Little headlined the 2024 Lower Town Arts and Music Festival on Friday, May 10.
Lead singer of Little by little Kayla Little.
Attendees on Friday camp out in front of the festival's stage. Eighteen bands and musicians will play during the two-day event.
Jeremiah Hatcher
The event, which is in its 15th year, is hosted by the Yeiser Art Center in Paducah. The festival draws nearly 12,000 people yearly, and Co-Director Will Brandon anticipates even more.
As in the name, the festival showcases local artists, musicians, and culinary experts. It lasts two days, but while the event officially kicked off on Friday, most live bands will perform on Saturday, the festival's last day.
During the festival, people showed their skills with live drawing demonstrations on canvas and the road with chalk.
Local musicians sang through their catalogs, and people stopped to smell the air as they basked in the aroma of freshly cooked barbecue.
Brandon notes that this year's festival has already proven successful within just a few hours of opening, with people elbow-to-elbow on the intersection of Seventh and Madison Streets in Lower Town.
"So we're really excited," Brandon said. "The community excitement is real; you can feel it. The weather is beautiful; probably the best weather we've had in many years."
The festival features 82 vendors, about 10 more than the last year. Brandon said they'd reached capacity just weeks before the event.
Julie Cavalli shows her handmade jewelry to customers at the Lower Town Arts and Music Festival.
Jasmine YoungbloodJulie Cavalli traveled two hours from Tennessee to share her one-of-a-kind jewelry with Paducah. Each piece is hand-crafted with sterling silver and gold and natural rocks and minerals.
"It's a process. Just designing it, laying it out. I kind of lay the all stones out in front of me and let them tell me a story," Cavalli said.
Crafting one piece can take Cavalli an entire day.
She travels around with her pieces to festivals like these, in the hopes of making a profit, but also connecting with others through the art.
"Some people come and go really quickly, but others stay and share a story with you. Something will speak to them from your jewelry and that's really nice. They walk away with it and you feel like you made a friend," said Cavalli.
Julie Cavalli crafts each piece of jewelry by hand and can spend an entire day creating one piece.
Jasmine Youngblood
The Lower Town Arts and Music Festival serves as a fundraiser for the Yeiser Art Center, generating roughly $30,000 for the center yearly.
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