Queer Cafe featuring Olivia Clarke and Charlie Ritchie

Enjoy coffee, tea, snacks, and some delightful music while sharing space. Local groups that make up and serve the queer community of Humboldt will be there to mingle and talk about their work and programs.

Featured artist: Olivia Clarke – acoustic singer-songwriter from Rochester, NY

“Olivia Clarke has never shied away from thinning the line between art and life, often using melody as a linking factor. Her new album, ‘Trying to Fall Out of Love’, continues this notion, interweaving topics of mental illness, trauma, and moments of love and loss with a vulnerable, urgent space. Her songs intimately cut through to reality as a means of seeing meaning in every gesture, whether it be spending time with loved ones or appreciating the end of a summer day”
Take a listen: https://oliviaclarke.bandcamp.com/releases

Local Support from: Charlie Ritchie – acoustic indie rock from Eureka, CA

“Charlie Ritchie is a bi trans woman from Eureka, singer and guitarist from Dirt Magic, playing solo versions of her songs. Dirt Magic’s bluesy hard rock songs will be reimagined as soulful indie rock.”
Take a listen: http://www.soundcloud.com/dirt-magic

Also represented will be: RAVEN project’s Queer Prom, How Bazaar Queer Craft Fair, Eric Rofes Queer Multicultural Center, Fancyland Queer Land Project, and Arcata High Saga Club.