Migrations Festival set for Saturday

The Clarke Historical Museum and Centro Del Pueblo are hosting “Festival de Migraciones/Migrations Festival” Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. on E Street between Second and Third streets in Old Town Eureka.

This fun event will feature music, food, traditional dances from Central America and art displays featuring embroidery styles from Central and South America, sponsored by the Lisa Slack family.

Organizers say the purpose of the Festival de Migraciones/Migrations Festival is to highlight the connections and overlap between the movement of people, plants and animals over time and space. The Centro del Pueblo and Clarke Museum team, in hosting this event, hope to provide opportunities for the public to explore migration through all five senses in the fields of science, art, language, culture and more.

This year’s festival will especially highlight the variety of contributions made to Humboldt County by Central and South American immigrants including community gardens, music and embroidery art. Ofrendas, or altars made to remember and celebrate those who have passed away, will also be on display, with opportunities for visitors to contribute their own images of passed loved ones to an altar.

The museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday as it is also Arts Alive! In the event of rain, festivities will move indoors at the museum, 240 E St. This is a COVID-19-conscious event and participants will be required to wear properly fitting face masks during the event whether indoors or outdoors. Public Health staff will be on site to administer free COVID-19 vaccinations from noon to 4 p.m. for those who are interested.