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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 / 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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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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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 / events / 6-9 p.m. Ferndale Main Street. Cross Fernbridge for a night when Ferndale’s restaurants and shops stay open late. Live music, sales, wine tasting, art displays. 786-4477.
STAFF PICK / music, art, food / 6-8 p.m. Special Christmas edition! Various locations throughout McKinleyville. Celebration of local artists and their works. 834-6460.
etc. / 8:30 a.m.-noon. Humboldt Area Foundation, 373 Indianola Road, Bayside. Develop tools to match your organization’s structure to today’s economic and social realities. Hosted by NorCAN. $45. www.northerncalifornianonprofits.org. 442-2993.
holiday events, outdoors, lecture, etc., free / 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Humboldt Area Foundation, 373 Indianola Road, Bayside. HAF hosts tour, tea and/or nature trail walk. Call or email for more info. E-mail chrisw@hafoundation.org. 442-2993.
events, lecture, meetings / 9 a.m. East Gym, HSU. Learn about international issues and events. All activities are free. Keynote speaker and featured lectures, panel discussions on current events and globalization, workshops on studying, working and living abroad. Check online for complete schedule. humboldt.edu/iew.
for kids / 4-6 p.m. Boys and Girls Club Teen Center, 3015 J St., Eureka. Two-day business fair helps kids get ideas for teen friendly jobs by helping to work out a business plan and teaching how to reach potential customers. www.aedc1.org. 822-4616.
music / 6-9 p.m. Libation, 761 8th St., Arcata. Jazz trio entertains while you imbibe. 825-7596.
books / 6-8 p.m. Northtown Books, 957 H St., Arcata. Celebrating the release of the second edition of the best-selling local book that describes where to find local food and gives ideas for eating locally on a budget. www.locally-delicious.org. 822-2834.
music / 6 p.m. Chapala Cafe, 201 2nd St., Eureka. 443-9514.
events / 6 p.m. Beginnings, 4700 Briceland Thorn Road, Redway. Music by Kulica, To Life!, Francine Allen and Sanou. Dinner, beer, wine and dessert. Silent auction. African slideshow. Proceeds benefit the Sidai Children’s Home in Kenya. $10. 223-0112.
music / 7-9 p.m. Couple Cups, 1603 G St, Arcata. Live Music at Couple Cups. E-mail couplecupscoffee@yahoo.com. 633-6187.
books / 7 p.m. Booklegger, 402 Second St., Eureka. Garrard gives an informal talk, “Seeing Life As a Dream”, and signs copies of her new book Your Dreams: Spiritual Messages in Pajamas..
music / 7 p.m. Westhaven Center for the Arts, 501 S. Westhaven Drive. Local jazz pianist joined by Berkeley bassist Richard Saunders for a duo performance. $5/$10 sliding scale. 677-9493.
movies / 7 p.m. Arcata Theatre Lounge, Arcata. Humboldt Pride screening of film about a little girl born in a little boy’s body. $6. 822-1220.
theater / 8 p.m. Arcata Playhouse, 1251 Ninth St. Pequeño Teatro de Danza premieres its dance-theater piece featuring original music and sung poetry. 822-1575.
theater / 8 p.m. North Coast Repertory Theatre, 300 Fifth St., Eureka. NCRT continues its 27th Season with the hilarious 19th-century comedy about Oxford undergraduates in search of a chaparone. Written by Brandon Thomas. $14/$11 students and seniors. 442-6278.
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 / 9 p.m. Six Rivers Brewery, 1300 Central Ave., McKinleyville. Rock out. Top of the Hill, McKinleyville. 839-7580.
music / 9 p.m. Bear River Casino, 11 Bear Paws Way, Loleta. 733-1900.
music / 9 p.m. Riverwood Inn, 2828 Avenue of the Giants, Phillipsville. $25. riverwoodinn.info. 943-1766.
music / 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Cher-Ae-Heights Casino, 27 Scenic Dr., Trinidad. None. vintagesoulband.com. 441-8701.
music / 9:30 p.m. Ragg’s Rack Room, 615 5th St., Eureka. Video DJ + pool. Not bad. 442-2989.
music / 10 p.m. Jambalaya, 915 H St., Arcata. $10. 822-4766.
music / 10 p.m. Pearl Lounge, 507 2nd St., Eureka. At the Pearl, the lights change colors. 444-2017.
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.
