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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.
STAFF PICK / music
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.
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.
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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.
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.
STAFF PICK / music / 7 p.m. Arcata Theater Lounge, Arcata. With performances by The Absynth Quintet, The Bucky Walters, Water Tower Bucket Boys, Random Canyon Growlers, Bon Swing, Lyndsey Battle, Trillium, Rorey Carroll w/ Zebulon Bowels and Striped Pig Stringband. $15. 822-1220.
meetings / 9-10 a.m. Old Town Coffee and Chocolates, Eureka. Lemonade Day director Julie Eberly discusses preparations leading up to “North Coast Lemonade Day,” a hands on activity that teaches business and workforce preparation for the next generation. www.lemonadeday.org. 822-4616.
food / 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Eureka. Fresh farm-grown produce. www.humfarm.org. 441-9999.
movies / 5 p.m. Eureka High School, 1915 J St. Screening of film aiming to preserve the oral history of the Karuk tribe as passed down by tribal elders. www.wildrivers101.com. 223-8462.
lecture / 5:30-7 p.m. Humboldt State University, BSS Room 166, Arcata. HSU’s Sustainable Futures Speaker Series continues with Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District’s Aldaron Laird discussing wheather or not our local and state water systems are sustainable. humboldt.edu/envcomm/speaker_series. 826-3653.
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.
meetings / 6:30-8:30 p.m. Adorni Recreation Center, 1011 Waterfront Drive, Eureka. Dr. Eric Mussen speaks about ongoing honeybee research at UC Davis. $2. 444-1361.
movies / 7 p.m. McKinleyville High School, 1300 Murray Rd. Screening of the classic silent film, starring Lon Chaney, backed with live music by the Armack Orchestra. Conducted by Carol Jacobson. Support the ARMACK Orchestra and their efforts to compete in the London Music Festival in the spring of 2011. $5. 826-0410.
elections / 7-9 p.m. Arcata Community Center, 321 Community Parkway. arcataeye.com. 826-7000.
music, free / 7 p.m. Blondies Food And Drink, 420 E. California Ave., Arcata. None. blondiesfoodanddrink.com. 822-3453.
meetings / 7 p.m. Eureka Women’s Club, 1531 J St. HSU professor Kathleen Lee, Humboldt admin. officer Phil Smith-Hanes, legislative advocate Jim Lundberg and health policy analyst Sarah Rogers participate in a forum discussing increased healthcare spending and and the origins of the CA budget crisis. 822-3986.
wellness / 7 p.m. Humboldt Herbals, 300 2nd St., Eureka. Learn effort-free sitting to improve your health and well-being. Taught by Sara Sunstein MA. Please pre-register. $5. 442-3541.
music / 8 p.m. Blue Lake Casino, 777 Casino Way. 668-9770.
music / 9 p.m. The Depot, HSU. $7.50/$5 HSU student. www.humboldt.edu/aspresents. 826-3928.
music / 9 p.m. Nocturnum, 206 W. 6th St., Eureka. You know you want to. 498-7388.
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.
