upcoming

Comedy

Mateel Comedy Cabaret

Today, 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.

STAFF PICK / music

Heyoka

Thursday, 9 p.m. Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St. Cosmic auditory scientist blows your mind. R/D and Noah D open. $15. arcatatheater.com. 822-1220.

music, dance

Sister Carol (reggae)

Tomorrow, 9-1:30 a.m. Jambalaya, 915 H St., Arcata. With DJ Gabe Pressure. $18. holdmyticket.com/event/34352. 822-4766.

etc.

Lighting Basics for Videographers

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.

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What’s happening

May 14, 2010

Entrepreneur Fair

STAFF PICK / events, lecture, etc., free / 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Veterans Memorial Building, 1018 H St., Eureka. None. E-mail amaveety@edd.ca.gov. 441-5709.

Fog City Wrestling

STAFF PICK / sports / 6 p.m. Blue Lake Casino, 777 Casino Way. Professional wrestling promotion out of San Francisco brings the pain for a fundraiser benefiting the Blue Lake Union School District. Fans have the opportunity to meet and greet the superstars before the event. If you smell what Fog City is cookin’! $20/$40 ringside. 668-9770.

“The Lobby” Grand Opening

STAFF PICK / events / 6 p.m.-midnight. The Lobby, 525 2nd St., Eureka. Fabulous food, beer, wine and entertainment in the Hotel Vance. 268-8556.

Author Katy Tahja

STAFF PICK / books / 7 p.m. Northtown Books, 957 H St., Arcata. Tahja signs and talks about her new book Humboldt State University, a photographic essay on the history of HSU from Arcadia Publishing. 822-2834.

Historic Archaeology Lab Opportunity

etc. / 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Native Forum, BSS Building, HSU. None. E-mail crf@humboldt.edu. 826-5247.

Grassroots Radio Conference

meetings / 9 a.m. Garberville Theater, 766 Redwood St. Workshops all day. With Keynote Speaker Laura Flanders and a movie. 923-2513.

Gamelan Sequoia

music / 6:30-8:30 p.m. Global Village Gallery, 973 H. St., Arcata. Javenese gamelan orchestra performs. E-mail moleary711@yahoo.com. 826-2323.

Seabury Gould

music / 6:30-8:30 p.m. Oberon Grill, 516 2nd St., Eureka. None. www.oberongrill.com. 443-3663.

Pulp Fiction (1994)

movies / 7 p.m. Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St. The ATL gets medieval on your ass. $5. 822-1220.

The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee

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.

Poetry Slam Finals

spoken word / 7:30 p.m. Accident Gallery, 210 C St., Eureka. One local poet wins a trip Philadelphia to compete in the Individual World Poetry Slam in October. $5. www.myspace.com/areasontolisten.

Colombia: A Birding Hotspot

lecture / 7:30 p.m. Humboldt County Office of Education, 901 Myrtle Ave., Eureka. Audubon Society sponsors a lecture by Christopher Calonje about Columbia’s geography, infrastructure and diversity of birds. 445-7000.

Blue St. Junction

music / 8 p.m. Mosgo’s, 2461 Alliance Road, Arcata. $4.

The Last Minute Men (international)

music / 8 p.m. Cafe Mokka, 5th & J sts., Arcata. 822-2228.

Dell’Arte’s Thesis Festival

theater / 8 p.m. Carlo Theater, 131 H St., Blue Lake. Dell’Arte International’s MFA Ensemble present the Thesis Festival, the culmination of their degrees. All shows pay-what-you-can. www.dellarte.com. 668-5663.

Glorious!

theater / 8 p.m. Redwood Curtain gives their first performance in their new digs at 220 First St., Eureka. Starring Lynn Wells as Florence Foster Jenkins who has a passion for singing despite a disasterous voice. $10. 443-7688.

UKEsperience (folk rock)

music / 9 p.m. Six Rivers Brewery, 1300 Central Ave., McKinleyville. Local folk rock, tropical and blues band. 839-7580.

Democracy Rocks Again!

elections / 9 p.m. Mazzotti’s Arcata, 773 8th St. After Arts Arcata the Gallegos for District Attorney Campaign presents local band Killbot Factory and friends. $10. votepaul.org. 442-9600.

Montana Slim String Band

music / 9 p.m. Blue Lake Casino, 777 Casino Way. 668-9770.

DJ Itchie Fingaz

music / 9 p.m. Pearl Lounge, 507 2nd St., Eureka. Dance. Hard.

Future Productions Presents: Heyoka,Selector Science,Psy-Fi

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.