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NPA Elegant French Dinner With The Delta Nationals
At 6:30 p.m., NPA students will serve guests a sit-down dinner by French chef Marceau Verdiere and desserts by Ramone’s Bakery and Lauren Sarabia of Comfort of Home Catering (see menu). Swing dance lessons at 7:30 p.m. will be followed by dancing to the Delta Nationals from 8 to 11 p.m. »
Andrew Freeman: Homeless Schools And The Masters Of Making Do – January 18, 2012
We have become masters of “making do.” All the while, we have worked hard to secure a site and build a facility of our own. »
Love, Loyalty, Power And Hope In NPA’s Odyssey – December 6, 2011
The Young Actors Guild of Northcoast Preparatory and Performing Arts Academy presents The Odyssey, a musical adaptation of Homer’s classic, adapted and directed by Gretha Omey Stenger, at the Studio Theatre, (also known as the “Black Box”), at Humboldt State University Wednesday, Dec. 7 through Saturday, Dec. 10. »
Andrew Freeman: The Prepared Environment – November 29, 2011
At its core, having a prepared environment means setting the stage for students to have enlightening, healthy, and relevant learning experiences in a safe and comfortable space. »
Cynthia Stuart: Do We Shatter The Silence, Or Does The Silence Shatter Us? March 1, 2011
Director Jean Heard Bazemore saw some opportunities. She saw 60 students, including 10 international students, with rare musical talents and the willingness to take risks on short notice. She saw three plays, set centuries apart and on both sides of the world, whose themes converged. She turned what she saw into a minor miracle,... »
Northcoast Prep Ousted From Lodge, Has To Move – July 6, 2010
After years at the Six Rivers Masonic Lodge on Bayside Road, top-ranked Northcoast Preparatory Academy (NPA) will have to find new teaching quarters for the next school year. “This was something that we didn’t see coming,” said Michael Bazemore, NPA head of school. Reasons for discontinuing the school’s lease are unclear. Phone and e-mail... »
Dinner theatre draws adulation, anonymous threat – February 18, 2010
Bruner said the theatrical presentation provided a means of explicating and understanding a tragic era in human history. "If you don't talk about it, it's bound to happen again," he said. »
Nazis in Arcata? Sort of, but not really – February 17, 2010
The term “Nazi” is not unknown to Arcata politics. Public comment on subjects ranging from cannabis to homelessness, water fluoridation, even solid waste policy and simple regs against blocking sidewalks have been marked by accusations that actual fascists, sometimes of a Hitlerian flavor, somehow control Humboldt’s most liberal city. »