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STAFF PICK / music

Euforquestra (funk)

Today, 9 p.m. Humboldt Brews, 856 10th St., Arcata. Progressive, genre-crossing funk fusions. Peace of Mind Orchestra open. $10. humbrews.com. 826-2739.

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Ash Reiter, Gunsafe, The Bandage (indie rock)

Today, 9 p.m. Lil’ Red Lion, 1506 5th St., Eureka. Katie Hennessy’s indie pick of the damn week! Be amazing! $3. 444-1344.

STAFF PICK / events, theater, music, dance, art, Comedy, sports, spoken word, lecture, etc.

Humboldt VarietyVille One Year Anniversary

Feb. 16, 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.

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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.

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Sept. 25, 2010

7th Annual Surf4Peace Competition

STAFF PICK / events / 8 a.m. Trinidad State Beach. Non-profit surf contest. Day includes local food and vendors, skateboarding demo, beach yoga class, dance performances and more. Proceeds benefit the Humboldt Surfrider Foundation. Schedule and signup online. 825-7873.

Excalibur Medieval Tournament and Market Faire

STAFF PICK / events, music / 10 a.m. Mad River Hospital, 3800 Janes Rd., Arcata. Witness the clash of steel as armored knights joust for honor and glory! Celebrate the fall harvest with music, dancing, food, local artisan booths, period games. Proceeds benefit Saint Bernards Catholic School and Heart of the Redwoods Horse Rescue. www.excaliburfaire.org.

Humboldt Hills Hoedown

STAFF PICK / music / 11 a.m. Mateel Community Center, 59 Rusk Lane, Redway. Vendors, kid zone, petting zoo, two stages of music featuring Poor Man’s Whiskey, John Reischman & The Jaybirds, The Brothers Comatose, Lansdale Station, The Reflectacles, Moonalice, Hicktown Homeboys, Striped Pig String Band, No Good Redwood Ramblers. $32/$30 adv. www.mateel.org.

Jeff DeMark: Hard as a Diamond, Soft as the Dirt

STAFF PICK / music, spoken word / 7:30 p.m. Arcata Playhouse, 1251 Ninth St. Weaving numerous humorous and poignant stories, songs and poems about baseball and the death of DeMark’s father and how a common interest in baseball united the father and son. The night also features music by The Delta Nationals. $12/$10 adv. 601-1965.

CASA Yard Sale

etc. / 8 a.m.-2 p.m. 3232 Alliance Road, Arcata. Proceeds support CASA team fundraising for 2010 Kid Walk. Call to donate. www.humboldtcasa.org. 826-7247.

Bird Survey

outdoors / 8 a.m. Shay Park, Arcata. Assist Audubon’s Rob Fowler on his ebird site survey. 839-3493.

Audubon Society Arcata Marsh Field Trip

outdoors / 8:30 a.m. Meet at the parking lot at the end of South I Street. Led by Ken Burton. Bring binoculars and have a great morning birding. Trip held rain or shine. 442-9353.

Arcata Farmers Market

food / 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Arcata Plaza, Ninth and G streets. Fresh vegetables, fruits, seedlings, plants and local food. www.humfarm.org. 822-5951.

California Coastal Cleanup Day

events, outdoors, for kids / 9 a.m.-noon. Go to any body of water and pick up trash. Call for signup and supplies. coastforyou.org. 415-904-5210.

Humboldt Health Fair

wellness / 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Mad River Community Hospital, 3800 Janes Rd., Arcata. Over fifty vendors will feature a variety of health related information focused on improving the lives of people in our community through educational resources. Low cost blood tests and flu shots. 822-3621.

People for Pickleweed

outdoors / 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Meet at Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge Richard J. Guadagno Visitor Center. Restore Humboldt Bay’s salt marshes by removing invasive Spartina densiflora. Free t-shirt and BBQ. Bring drinking water, shovels gloves and mud boots. 444-1397.

Kindersports

for kids / 9:30 a.m.-noon. Pierson Park, 1608 Pickett Rd., McKinleyville. McKinleyville Parks and Recreation offers another session of popular activity for 3-5 year olds focusing on track and field events. $50/$45 Mack residents. 839-9003.

Two-Year Anniversary Celebration

garden / 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Living Earth Landscapes, 5307 Boyd Road, Arcata. Informative presentations, workshops, activities for the kids, music by Wallace and Phines, BBQ featuring locally grown and organic food. Come feed the koi. www.822POND.com. 822-7663.

Humboldt Botanical Gardens

garden / 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Humboldt Botanical Garden, adjacent to College of the Redwoods, Eureka. Self-guided tour. $5. www.hbgf.org. 442-5139.

Tour of Mattole Streamflow Projects

outdoors / 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Trained naturalist leads hike to water storage ponds used for agriculture and groundwater recharge, and storage tanks that enable residents to end summer pumping from the Mattole River. Call to signup. E-mail sanctuary@sanctuaryforest.com. 986-5415.

First Steps in Dismantling Corporate Rule

meetings / 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Westhaven, CA. Learn effective tactics and strategies in reclaiming sovereignty through community self governance by reining in corporate constitutional “rights.” Facilitated by Paul Cienfuegos. $50/$200 sliding scale. 667-6262.

Create Arcata

music, art, outdoors, free / 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Angels of Hope, 1309 10th St., Arcata. Weekly music/art/craft fair held on fair-weather Sundays. E-mail angelsofhope@mail.com. 822-5019.

Fieldbrook Art and Wine Festival

events, music, art, food, for kids, free / 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Fieldbrook Winery, 4241 Fieldbrook Road. Wine tasting, beer, vendors, food, bocce, raffles, auction. 839-4140.

Dance So They Can Walk

dance / 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Studio of Dance Arts, 7 5th Street & A Street, Studio B, Eureka. Take an introductory class in tango, jazz, ballet, Irish step dance, or tap. Donations will go to support a prosthetics clinic being established in HAITI to serve the thousands of amputees resulting from the earthquake. E-mail marduckbud@yahoo.com. 442-1939.

Mensa Forum

meetings / Noon-1:30 p.m. Samoa Cookhouse, Samoa Road, Arcata. No-host luncheon. Author and English professor Jim Dodge speaks about “Changes and Challenges in Literacy, Publishing, and American Culture.”. 768-9701.

Using California Natives as Medicinal and Edible Plants

lecture / 1 p.m. Freshwater Farms Reserve, 5851 Myrtle Ave., Eureka. Monty Caid of Lost Foods presents a lecture about California native medicinal and edible plants. 444-8261.

Friends of the Arcata Marsh Tour

outdoors / 2 p.m. Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary Interpretive Center, 600 S. G St. Meet for a 90-minute walk focusing on marsh history and plants. 826-2359.

Quack and Wabbit Puppet Theatre

for kids / 2 p.m. Humboldt County Library, 1313 Third St., Eureka. “B.A.R.K.” stands for “Be Aware, Responsible and Kind” and highlights ways that children can interact with animals in a safe and enjoyable manner. 269-1910.

Open House of Community Gardens and Bike Tour

garden / 2-5 p.m. Countywide Open House at participating community gardens. Green Wheels-led bike tour of gardens in Eureka between 2 and 4 p.m. followed by a garden dinner party with live music and benefit drawing. E-mail debbiep@nrsrcaa.org. 269-2071.

Kids Picnic/Potluck

for kids / 3-7 p.m. Freshwater County Park, Freshwater Rd., Eureka. North Coast Parents invites parents of babies, toddlers and preschool-aged children to bring a side dish or dessert for a day in the park. Bring shoes for the World Shoe Drive. 440-8034.

Open Mic

music / 4-9 p.m. Has Beans, 738 2nd St., Eureka. 442-1535.

Summer Concert at the Sequoia Park Zoo

music / 5-7 p.m. Sequoia Park Zoo, 3414 W St., Eureka. Enjoy live music by Blue Rhythm Revue, food, beer, wine, and kids activities, with the redwood forest as a magnificent backdrop. Event free with Zoo admission. www.sequoiaparkzoo.net. 442-5649.

Autumn Art Auction

art / 6-9 p.m. Morris Graves Museum of Art, 636 F St., Eureka. Evening features local wines, brews and hors d’oeuvres as well as a silent auction featuring the work of over 50 local artists. Music by Rose Armin-Hoiland and Aber Miller. Proceeds benefit Humboldt Arts Council and the Morris Graves Museum of Art. humboldtarts.org. 442-0278.

The Tumbleweeds (cowboy songs)

music / 6 p.m. Chapala Cafe, 201 2nd St., Eureka. 443-9514.

Warrior Dharma: Mastering the Dance of Hope & Fear

lecture / 7-9 p.m. Humboldt Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 24 Fellowship Way, Bayside. Arcata Shambhala Meditation Group presents a workshop with Senior Teacher Frank Berliner, Associate Professor of Contempletive and Existential Psychology at Naropa University. Lecture, discussion, poetry and guided meditation. (9-4pm Sat.). $85. E-mail ddeford@sonic.net. 822-4737.