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Wednesday, 6-8 p.m. Access Humboldt Community Media Center, Eureka High School, Eureka. Two-hour workshop offers insight on how to create different moods with light, including using backgrounds, understanding color temperature, and using different gear to create different effects. With cinematographer Landy Hardy. $20. www.accesshumboldt.net. 476-1798.
theater
Friday, Saturday, 8 p.m. Ferndale Repertory Theatre, 447 Main Street. John Osborne’s sharply funny, fiercely honest exploration of political disillusionment and basic human yearning. Directed by John Heckel. $15/$13 students and seniors. ferndale-rep.org. 800-838-3006.
STAFF PICK / events, theater, music, dance, art, Comedy, sports, spoken word, lecture, etc.
Thursday, 9 p.m. Arcata Playhouse, 1251 Ninth St. Presenting a vaudevillian showcase of the county’s finest dancers, musicians, circus performers. Night ends with a dance party led by Arcata’s Small Axe Ensemble. Benefit for Six Rivers Planned Parenthood’s Spare Change. $7. E-mail humboldtvarietyville@yahoo.com. 408-515-2801.
STAFF PICK / events
Saturday, 7 p.m. Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St. Annual shindig features Pom Pom Queens of Bat N’ Rouge fame, Rutabaga Queens, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Dell’Arte, Shea Freelove, the Eye Rockestra, live and silent auction and is hosted by Bob Ornelas. Bring a donation for Food for People. $15/$25 a pair. www.arcatatheater.com. 822-1220.
STAFF PICK / elections / 6 p.m. KHUM and the North Coast Journal present a round-table discussion with the candidates for Humboldt County 4th District Supervisor, Bonnie Neely, Jeff Leonard and Virginia Bass. Moderated by NCJ Editor Hank Sims. Aired live on KHUM 104.3/104.7. E-mail studio@khum.com.
STAFF PICK / movies / 6:30 p.m. Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St. $3. 822-1220.
art / 8 a.m.-5 p.m. College of the Redwoods, 7351 Tompkins Hill Road, Eureka. In the Admin Bldg. CR Clay Club hosts sale of work created by CR students and professors including functional pottery, sculptural objects, Raku vessels and garden planters.
etc. / 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Native Forum, BSS Building, HSU. None. E-mail crf@humboldt.edu. 826-5247.
outdoors / 10 a.m.-4 p.m. College of the Redwoods, 7351 Tompkins Hill Road, Eureka. CR student Jessie Groeschen, author of Art of Chainsaw Carving: An Insider’s Look at 18 Artists Working Against the Grain and others sculpt. Their performance is followed by a discussion and book signing at the Accident Gallery at 8 p.m. 714-642-1681.
meetings / 5:30-8:30 p.m. Humboldt Senior Resource Center, 1910 California St., Eureka. Night emphasizing disaster preparedness. Dinner provided. 499-4659.
meetings / 5:30 p.m. Garberville Veterans Memorial Hall. Candidates Michael R. Hislop and Mike Downey take written questions from the audience. www.lwvhc.org. 444-9252.
lecture / 5:30-7 p.m. HSU, Behavioral & Social Sciences Building Room 166. Dr. Andrea Tuttle gives free public lecture entitled, “After Copenhagen, What Next for Forests? An update of COP 15, the Copenhagen Accord and Tropical Deforestation.”. www.schatzlab.org/education/speaker_series.html. 826-4345.
movies / 6-7:30 p.m. Morris Graves Museum of Art, 636 F St., Eureka. Film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which celebrated its 50th birthday in 2007) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. 442-0278.
meetings, free / 7-9 p.m. Bayview Courtyard Complex, 550 Union St., Arcata. Monthly gathering for veterans and families to address veterans’ issues and rights as well as concerns about the effects of war. www.vfp56.org. 826-7124.
music / 7-9 p.m. Old Town Coffee & Chocolates, 211 F St., Eureka. Fill your jazz hole with smoothness.
etc. / 7 p.m. Eureka Theater, 612 F St. PTSA holds its Annual Fashion Show to benefit its scholarship fund. $5/$3 students and seniors.
theater / 7:30 p.m. Gist Hall Theater, HSU. HSU Theatre, Film and Dance presents comedy, drama, mystery and more. $5/$3 students and seniors. 826-3928.
music / 9 p.m. Six Rivers Brewery, 1300 Central Ave., McKinleyville. 839-7580.
music / 10 p.m. Central Station Cocktail Lounge, 1631 Central Ave., McKinleyville. None. myspace.com/centralstation. 839-2013.
STAFF PICK / events, theater, music, dance, art, Comedy, sports, spoken word, lecture, etc. / 9 p.m. Arcata Playhouse, 1251 Ninth St. Presenting a vaudevillian showcase of the county’s finest dancers, musicians, circus performers. Night ends with a dance party led by Arcata’s Small Axe Ensemble. Benefit for Six Rivers Planned Parenthood’s Spare Change. $7. E-mail humboldtvarietyville@yahoo.com. 408-515-2801.
