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.
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Look Back in Anger
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.
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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.
STAFF PICK / events, theater, music, dance, art, Comedy, sports, spoken word, lecture, etc.
Humboldt VarietyVille One Year Anniversary
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.
What’s happening
Sept. 2, 2010
Ocean Night Film Screening
STAFF PICK / movies / 7 p.m. Arcata Theater Lounge, 1036 G St. Screening wet films Ancient Sea Turtles Stranded in the Modern World and Lost In The Ether. Sponsored by Ocean Conservancy, Humboldt Surfrider and Humboldt Baykeeper. $3. 822-1220.
Origin Design Benefit w/ Strix Vega
STAFF PICK / music / 8-11:30 p.m. Accident Gallery, 210 C St., Eureka. Benefit show to help open the doors of Origin Design Lab. $5. E-mail acbakerapparel@suddenlink.net. 834-6911.
Henderson Center Farmers’ Market
food / 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Eureka. Fresh farm-grown produce. www.humfarm.org. 441-9999.
Les Craig (singer/songwriter)
music / 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Has Beans, 738 2nd St., Eureka. Les flutes it up and more in her weekly Has Beans gig. 442-1535.
Humboldt Photography Exhibition 2010
events, art / Noon-5 p.m. Redwood Art Association Gallery, 527 Fourth St., Eureka. None. www.redwoodart.org. 268-0755.
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.
Potluck for the Bs
food / 6-9 p.m. Art of Wine, 308 2nd Street, Eureka. Bring any potluck dish you like as long as the name starts with “b”. www.humboldtartofwine.com. 268-0626.
Preparing Hives for Winter
garden / 6:30-8:30 p.m. Adorni Recreation Center, 1011 Waterfront Drive, Eureka. Humboldt County Beekeepers’ Association presents Dick LaForge on how to best prepare your beehives for the winter months. $2. E-mail jthomas3@csulb.edu. 444-1361.
Redwood Empire Quilters Guild Meeting
meetings / 6:30 p.m. Redwood Acres Fairground, 3750 Harris St., Eureka. Monthly meeting.
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.
DJ Knutz
music / 9 p.m. Toby and Jacks, 764 9th St., Arcata. None. ww.myspace.com/djknutz. 825-8796.
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.
Brothers Comatose
music / 10 p.m. Jambalaya, 915 H St., Arcata. $5. 822-4766.
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Humboldt VarietyVille One Year Anniversary (Thursday)
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.
