What’s happening

Aug. 5, 2010

Rise Above Plastics Film Night

STAFF PICK / movies / 6:30 p.m. Arcata Theater Lounge. Ocean Night film screening featuring the documentaries Bag It (2009) and Shelter (2001). Also, music by The Absynth Quintet. Sponsored by Ocean Conservancy, Humboldt Surfrider and Humboldt Baykeeper. $7. 822-1220.

Henderson Center Farmers’ Market

food / 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Eureka. Fresh farm-grown produce. www.humfarm.org. 441-9999.

College of the Redwoods Registration Fair

etc. / 2-6 p.m. McKinleyville Instructional Site. Student services professionals offer assistance with application and financial aid forms, assessment tests and academic planning. 269-4000.

Frank Linkenberg (jazz piano)

music / 5-9 p.m. Benbow Inn, 445 Lake Benbow Dr., Garberville. Enjoy live jazz music. www.benbowhotelandresort.com. 800-355-3301.

Wildwood Days

events / 5 p.m. Wildwood Ave., Rio Dell. Thursday’s “Kid’s Night” events include a penny scramble, fire truck rides, hose relay, kids talent show, and a $5 teen dance. 764-3937.

Mosgo’s Family Movie Night

music / 6 p.m. Mosgo’s, 2461 Alliance Road, Arcata. A family movie every Thursday. Come hang out and enjoy $1 popcorn. Admission is free.

Wallace & Phines (jazz)

music / 6 p.m. Mad River Brewing Company, 195 Taylor Way, Blue Lake. Live in beautiful Blue Lake.

First Thursday Film Night: More Than a Month

movies / 6-7:30 p.m. Morris Graves Museum of Art, 636 F St., Eureka. Film about a tongue-in-cheek, cross-country campaign to end Black History Month. 442-0278.

Eureka Summer Concert Series

music / 6-8 p.m. Foot of F St. Old Town, Eureka. Great concerts sponsored by Eureka Main Street this week with swing music by Bill Noteman. 442-9054.

Beekeepers Swap Meet

garden / 6:30-8:30 p.m. Adorni Recreation Center, 1011 Waterfront Drive, Eureka. Humboldt County Beekeepers’ Association holds a small swap meet of small, inexpensive beekeeping equipment. Bring equipment that you no longer use and trade for something else. $2. E-mail jthomas3@csulb.edu. 444-1361.

Blondies Open Mic Night

music, free / 7 p.m. Blondies Food And Drink, 420 E. California Ave., Arcata. None. blondiesfoodanddrink.com. 822-3453.

Jazz Night

music / 7-9 p.m. Old Town Coffee & Chocolates, 211 F St., Eureka. Fill your jazz hole with smoothness.

RENT

theater / 8 p.m. Ferndale Repertory Theater, 447 Main St. One of Broadway’s most successful musicals centers on a close-knit group of starving artists in the Lower Manhattan slums who celebrate love, confront fear, and seek truth in the face of terminal disease and poverty. $17/$15 students and seniors. 800-838-3006.

Vintage Jazz (jazz)

music / 8-11 p.m. Cher-Ae-Heights Casino, 27 Scenic Dr., Trinidad. None. www.humboldtmusic.com/webpage/index.cfm?id=8449. 441-8701.

A Girl With A Guitar (folk)

music / 9 p.m. Six Rivers Brewery, 1300 Central Ave., McKinleyville. 839-7580.

Karaoke w/ Chris Clay

music / 9 p.m. Nocturnum, 206 W. 6th St., Eureka. You know you want to. 498-7388.

DJ/Thirsty Thursday

music / 10 p.m. Central Station Cocktail Lounge, 1631 Central Ave., McKinleyville. None. myspace.com/centralstation. 839-2013.

Tweak Bird, The Bored Again (heavy rock)

music / 10:30 p.m. Alibi: Arcata, 744 9th St. Humboldt Free Radio presents… 822-3731.