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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
Today, Tomorrow, Feb. 17, 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.
music
Today, 9 p.m. Riverwood Inn, 2828 Avenue of the Giants, Phillipsville. $15. www.riverwoodinn.info. 943-3333.
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 / music / 3 p.m. Fulkerson Recital Hall, HSU. Performing Gershwin’s “An American in Paris” and Beethoven’s Egmont Overture. Conducted by Paul Cummings, produced by HSU music department.
STAFF PICK / music / 7-10 p.m. Morris Graves Museum of Art, 636 F St., Eureka. Local radio continues its year-long 50th birthday celebration with music by Darius Brotman, Juanita Harris and Shao Way Wu. $10.
STAFF PICK / music / 9:30 p.m. Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St. $20/$15 adv. 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.
meetings, wellness, free / 4-5:30 p.m. College of the Redwoods Kinship Site, 333 6th Street, Eureka. Connect with other young parents, exchange stories, ideas, advice and get information on local resources. E-mail Kijsriopas@gmail.com. 775-230-6827.
spoken word / 7 p.m. Humboldt Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 24 Fellowship Way, Bayside. High-school students read their poems about peace. Sponsored by Veterans for Peace. 822-4595.
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.
theater / 7:30 p.m. College of the Redwoods, 7351 Tompkins Hill Road, Eureka. Forum Theater. Humboldt Light Opera Company presents the Tony Award winning musical about six students who become finalists in their county spelling bee. Members of the audience become featured spellers. $12/$9 students and seniors.
music / 8 p.m. Six Rivers Brewery, 1300 Central Ave., McKinleyville.
music / 8 p.m. Mosgo’s, 2461 Alliance Road, Arcata. CD release party. 498-0279.
dance / 8-11 p.m. Arcata Presbyterian Church, 670 11th St. Dance to live music by Club Band, The Ethniks, Chubritza and Musaic. $4. 839-3665.
dance / 8 p.m. Redwood Raks World Dance Studio, 824 L St., Arcata.
theater, free / 8 p.m. HSU Studio Theatre, Theatre Arts Building, Arcata. HSU Theatre Arts Graduate students star in a one-act comedy about gossip, life and love in 1980s Texas. By James McLure directed by Kristin Mack. hsutheatregrads.blogspot.com.
dance, for kids / 8-11:30 p.m. New World Ballet, 824 L St., Arcata. Dance to DJ music. For teens 18 years and younger. $3. www.humboldtdance.org. 822-4947.
Comedy / 8 p.m. Mateel Community Center, 59 Rusk Lane, Redway. Monthly showcase of professional comedians. This month features Rodger Lizoala. $10. www.mateel.org. 923-3368.
music / 9 p.m. Blue Lake Casino, 777 Casino Way. www.bluelakecasino.com. 668-9770.
music / 9 p.m. Red Fox Tavern, 415 5th St., Eureka. http://events.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=mycalendar.viewevent&eID=309378&calViewDate=4-20-2010&eUserID=95424645&eUserName=The%20Red%20Fox%20Tavern&Mytoken=7F92773F-6A37-4DDD-9F5B39C4AA38D2F840088339. 269-0282.
music / 9 p.m. Bear River Casino, 11 Bear Paws Way, Loleta. Get down with one of Humboldt County’s most in-demand bands. 668-9770.
music / 10 p.m. Sidelines, 732 9th St., Arcata. 822-0919.
music / 9 p.m. Riverwood Inn, 2828 Avenue of the Giants, Phillipsville. $15. www.riverwoodinn.info. 943-3333.
