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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.
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Saturday, 7 p.m. Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St. Annual shindig features Pom Pom Queens of Bat N’ Rouge fame, Rutabaga Queens, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Dell’Arte, Shea Freelove, the Eye Rockestra, live and silent auction and is hosted by Bob Ornelas. Bring a donation for Food for People. $15/$25 a pair. www.arcatatheater.com. 822-1220.
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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.
STAFF PICK / events, holiday events, music, dance, art, food, spoken word, books, for kids / Noon-10 p.m. Mateel Community Center, 59 Rusk Lane, Redway. Variety of speakers, vendors, art, and cuisine to honor the hemp plant and raise awareness about its’ many virtues. Music by 420 Funk Mob, Lukas Nelson and The Promise Of The Real, Tribalvoice and more. www.humboldthempfest.com. 923-3368.
STAFF PICK / music / 8 p.m. Van Duzer Theatre, HSU. Four-piece a cappella group that draws from scat singing, doo-wop, Broadway cabaret and even performance art. $25/$20 HSU students. humboldt.edu/centerarts. 826-3928.
STAFF PICK / music / 8-10 p.m. Arkley Center for the Performing Arts, 412 G St., Eureka. Pink Floyd tribute band shows honor to the original group by accurately recreating all of their nuanced musical complexity and powerful visual imagery. $38. www.arkleycenter.com. 442-1956.
etc. / 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Adult Day Health Services, 1901 California Street, Eureka. For community members who wish to work with people with dementia and their families. Call for applications. www.humsenior.org. 444-8254.
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.
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.
outdoors / 9 a.m. Redwood Park, top of 14th St., Arcata. Sponsored by Arcata Recreation Division. Day includes the Nitro Crossing, Flying Squirrel and other ropes course activities as well as games, arts and crafts and more. $10. northcoastadventurecenters.com. 822-7091.
outdoors / 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Stamps House, 200 Stamps Lane, Manila. Tools and gloves provided, bring water and wear comfortable work clothing. E-mail info@friendsofthedunes.org. 444-1397.
outdoors / 9:30 a.m. Meet at beach below Table Bluff. Nine-mile trip starts by walking south along beach or alternatively on utility road through dunes between ocean and sloughs, estuaries, and marshlands of Eel River. Return varies along dunes and McNulty Slough. Bring lunch. 441-0702.
events / 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Holly Yashi Design Studio and Store, 1300 Ninth Street, Arcata. None. www.hollyyashi.com. 822-0389.
events, dance, food / 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Redwood Acres Fairground, 3750 Harris St., Eureka. Tribal dance demos, Elders’ Honoring Ceremony, music, arts and crafts and dinner. 445-8451.
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.
meetings / 11 a.m.-3 p.m. South Fork High School, 6831 Ave. of the Giants, Miranda. Discussion on the future of area schools. Food served by the Culinary Arts Program from 11 a.m. to noon. www.garberville.org. 923-4789.
etc. / Noon-8 p.m. Ancient Arts Tattoo Studio and Art Gallery, 1065 K St., Arcata. 100% of all paw print tattoos and 50% of all other tattoos and piercings will directly benefit Companion Animal Foundation. AncientArtsArcata.com. 825-8282.
music / 1-4 p.m. Looking Glass House, 1436 2nd St., Eureka. 443-7399.
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.
for kids / 2-4 p.m. Morris Graves Museum of Art, 636 F St., Eureka. Listen to love stories and drumming with Anita Punla and Big Lagoon Union Elementary School and then create artful Valentines. 442-0278.
music / 4-9 p.m. Has Beans, 738 2nd St., Eureka. 442-1535.
events / 5 p.m. McKinleyville Activity Center, 1705 Gwin Rd. Variety of carnival games, a cakewalk, arts and crafts, a turkey calling contest exhibitions and more. 839-9003.
books / 5-7:30 p.m. Humboldt County Library, 1313 Third St., Eureka. Friends of the Redwood Libraries holds their quarterly book sale. 407-5565.
events / 5-10 p.m. Robert Goodman Tasting Room, 937 10th St., Arcata. Fundraiser for New Village Hearts which builds and works with schools in the Dominican Republic. Silent auction and jazz by Matt and Illan. $5/$10 sliding scale. 826-9463.
events / 5:30 p.m. Panamnik Building, 38150 Hwy 96, Orleans. Features a locally caught and traditionally cooked salmon dinner, dessert, live and silent auctions, beer and wine from local outlets and dancing to live music by Taxi. 530-627-3311.
events / 6 p.m. Bayside Grange, 2297 Jacoby Creek Road. Join the Eureka Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence for a night of off-beat bingo. Proceeds benefit the Humboldt Wildlife Care Center. $20. 834-4832.
art / 6-9 p.m. Eureka Art and Frame Company, 1636 F St. Eureka. Show featuring current work from Shawn Griggs, Spencer Reynolds, and Matt Beard. Also featuring live music performed by Likwefi. 444-2888.
music / 7 p.m. Westhaven Center for the Arts, 501 S. Westhaven Drive. Features jazz pianist Darius Brotman improvising accompaniments to rarely seen and unusual gems of the early cinema. Champagne and appetizers served before and during the films with coffee and desserts at intermission. $25/$40 sliding scale. 677-9493.
dance / 7:30 p.m.-midnight. Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St. Join the Joyce Hough Band and Errol Previde in raising funds for Arcata House, a local nonprofit organization that provides services to homeless families and individuals. $20. www.arcatahouse.org. 822-4528.
music / 7:30 p.m. Accident Gallery, 210 C St., Eureka. Under the direction of Celtic harpist Kathe Lyth. A portion of the proceeds benefit CASA of Humboldt. www.redwoodcoastchorus.net. $20. E-mail info@redwoodcoastchorus.org. 499-3920.
music / 8 p.m. Humboldt Brews, 856 10th St., Arcata. The David Nelson Band has been recording and performing around the country since 1994. Their broad musical palette spans the Almost Acoustic style that Nelson played with Jerry Garcia, through roots rock n’ roll, and psychedelic country-rock. $20. E-mail bands@humboldtbrews.com. 826-2739.
theater / 8 p.m. Arcata Playhouse, 1251 Ninth St. One-woman comedy of biblical proportions starring Sherry Glaser playing the of Mother God. Musical duo Francine and Nymiah open. $18/$12 students and seniors/$15 adv.
music / 8 p.m. Cafe Mokka, 5th & J sts., Arcata. 822-2228.
music / 8-10 p.m. Community Yoga Center, 890 G St., Arcata. Performance by the singer/songwriter duo. Cosmos Worth opens. Benefit Concert for Habib Rob Sadler. $10. www.skyintheroad.com. 503-788-0338.
spoken word / 8 p.m. Carlo Theater, 131 H St., Blue Lake. Blue Lake writer-performer Jeff DeMark brings back his latest show the pleasures, pains and outright madness of searching for a home in Humboldt County and the process of renovating a 100-year-old Victorian in Blue Lake. Music by by Time Randles and more. 668-5663.
music / 8 p.m. Fulkerson Recital Hall, HSU. HBBB pays tribute to the World Cup and Veterans Day with 50 vuvuzelas. $7/$3 students and seniors. 826-3928.
music / 8 p.m. Gist Hall Theater, HSU. Multi-instrumentalist Seabury Gould and guests perform a blend of World Music with poetry of the Sufi mystic Jelalludin Rumi. $3/$5 sliding scale. seaburygould.com. 845-8167.
theater / 8 p.m. Redwood Curtain, 220 First St., Eureka. Felix Humble comes home to attend his beekeeper father’s funeral and finds that his overbearing mother has exiled the bees, and taken the boorish neighbor as her lover. $15. www.redwoodcurtain.com. 443-7688.
music / 8 p.m. Fortuna Monday Club, 610 Main St. Porter has performed with jazz greats Art Farmer and Wynton Marsalis and toured with the Charles MacPherson Quartet in China and Italy. Part of the Fortuna Concert Series. $8/$6 students and seniors. 768-3118.
music / 9 p.m. Six Rivers Brewery, 1300 Central Ave., McKinleyville. 839-7580.
music / 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Blue Lake Casino, 777 Casino Way. www.bluelakecasino.com. 668-9770.
music / 9 p.m. Bear River Casino, 11 Bear Paws Way, Loleta. 668-9770.
music / 9 p.m. Cher-Ae-Heights Casino, 27 Scenic Dr., Trinidad.
music / 10 p.m. Jambalaya, 915 H St., Arcata. $5. 822-4766.
music / 10:30 p.m. Alibi: Arcata, 744 9th St. Humboldt Free Radio presents… $5. 822-3731.
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.
