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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
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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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 / 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 / music / 9 p.m. Red Fox Tavern, 415 5th St., Eureka. A night of DJ madness. $10. 269-0282.
STAFF PICK / music / 10 p.m. Jambalaya, 915 H St., Arcata. Get the Funk out. $5. 822-4766.
STAFF PICK / music / 10 p.m. Lil’ Red Lion, 1506 5th St., Eureka. So much local rock, you’ll think you’re in Portland! $3. 445-1344.
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, free / 10 a.m.-noon. Arcata Playhouse, 1251 Ninth St. Celebrate International Human Rights Day by taking part in Amnesty International’s Write for Rights Global Write-a-thon. Bring a pen. www.amnestyusa.org/writeathon. 668-9759.
events, holiday events / 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Willow Creek China-Flat Museum, 38949 CA-299. Over 40 local crafters represented with lots of Bigfoot items and other crafts. 530-629-2653.
holiday events / 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 1001 Searles, Eureka. Local handmade crafts. Mondays to Fridays through Dec. 22. 441-8625.
wellness / 1-7 p.m. Isis Scrolls, 44 Sunny Brae Centre, Arcata. None. $30. humboldtmobilemassage.com. 832-2929.
holiday events, for kids / 5:30-8 p.m. Discovery Museum, 517 Third St., Eureka. Drop off your children Ages 3-12 at the Discovery Museum for an evening of holiday gift making while you enjoy an evening by yourselves to shop or relax. Call for reservations. $15. discovery-museum.org. 443-9694.
holiday theater / 6 p.m. Orick School, 120918 Hwy. 101. Dell’Arte presents a hilarious adaptation of the Brothers Grimm classic European folktale. 668-5663.
music / 6-9 p.m. Libation, 761 8th St., Arcata. 825-7596.
music / 6-8 p.m. Couple Cups, 1603 G St, Arcata. Live Music at Arcata’s newest Coffee Shop. 633-6187.
holiday events, art, books, free / 6-9 p.m. Environmental Protection Information Center, 145 South G Street, Suite A, Arcata. Environmental coffee table books, local artists, wine. Proceeds benefit EPIC. wildcalifornia.org. 822-7711.
music / 6 p.m. Chapala Cafe, 201 2nd St., Eureka. 443-9514.
movies / 6-8 p.m. Great Hall, HSU. Movie about sugar cane workers in a Haitian community in Dominican Republic. Sponsored by Students for Global Health. 360-271-2923.
outdoors / 6:30 p.m. Humboldt County Office of Education, 901 Myrtle Ave., Eureka. Potluck is followed by naturalist David Fix showing slides of “The Birds of Winter behind the Redwood Curtain,” featuring both expected birds and historical Count rarities. 839-3493.
music / 6:30-9:30 p.m. Persimmons Garden Gallery, 1055 Redway Drive, Redway. Live music in the Gazebo. www.persimmons.net/persimmons_garden_gallery.html. 923-2748.
holiday events / 6:30 p.m. Parade leaves Redwood Village Shopping Center at 6:30 p.m., travels through town to downtown and entries are then displayed in the streets from 9th to 12th St. Big rigs, floats and other vehicles decked out in festive lights. 725-3959.
holiday music / 7 p.m. Arcata Presbyterian Church, 670 11th St. Holiday favorites for your enjoyment. 445-8304.
holiday music / 7-9 p.m. Arcata Presbyterian Church, 670 11th St. Holiday favorites with special guests McKinleyville Community Choir. $7. E-mail halimah@earthlink.net. 822-4444.
music / 7 p.m. Bayside Grange, 2297 Jacoby Creek Road. Ecstatic poetry of the Sufi mystic Rumi. Award-winning actor Dan Furst portrays Rumi in translations by Coleman Barks and others, with live musical accompaniment. $8/$20 . seaburygould.com. 826-3928.
dance / 7:30 p.m. Arcata Veterans Memorial Building, 1425 J St. Dance the night away with caller Tara Stetz and the Striped Pig Stringband. Includes a lesson. No partner necessary. $7/$6 members. 822-5394.
music / 8 p.m. Mosgo’s, 2461 Alliance Road, Arcata. CD release party. 498-0279.
holiday theater / 8 p.m. Arcata Playhouse, 1251 Ninth St. Rialto Theater Company production follows a theater group going through the motions of staging Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol where things go humorously wrong. $15/$7 seniors and kids. rialtotheatercompany.com. 822-1575.
music / 8 p.m. Cafe Mokka, 5th & J sts., Arcata. 822-2228.
music / 8 p.m. Cafe Mokka, 5th & J sts., Arcata. 822-2228.
theater / 8 p.m. Carlo Theater, 131 H St., Blue Lake. Second-year students of Dell’Arte International’s MFA program transform their individual character into a collage of intention and serendipity while they share the stage with one another in 5 originally devised and performed works. Pay what you can. 668-5663.
music / 8 p.m. Fulkerson Recital Hall, HSU. Humboldt Symphony, University Singers and Humboldt Chorale perform Vaughan Williams’ “Fantasia on Christmas Carols” and Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy with pianist Daniela Mineva, as well as a Christmas Cantata with Gil Cline and Humboldt Bay Brass Band. $7/$3 students and seniors. HSUMusic.blogspot.com. 826-3928.
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.
holiday dance / 8 p.m. Arkley Center for the Performing Arts, 412 G St., Eureka. North Coast Dance presents holiday classic. Opening night gala. $20/$20 kids. www.arkleycenter.com. 442-1956.
theater / 8 p.m. Ferndale Repertory Theater, 447 Main St. FRT production of the favorite American holiday opera. $18. www.ferndale-rep.org. 800-838-3006.
music / 8-10 p.m. Mosgo’s, Arcata. Celtic music duo Aodh Og O’Tuama and Christy Martin celebrate the release of their eighth album together by sharing music, poetry, stories, history and culture. 826-1195.
music / 9 p.m. Six Rivers Brewery, 1300 Central Ave., McKinleyville. Rock out. Top of the Hill, McKinleyville. 839-7580.
music / 9 p.m. Blue Lake Casino, 777 Casino Way. . www.nighthawkrocks.com. 668-9770.
music, dance / 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Bear River Casino, 11 Bear Paws Way, Loleta. Dance to sounds of the ‘60s and ‘70s, covering classic Motown, rhythm & blues, soul, funk, and disco. vintagesoulband.com. 441-8701.
music / 9 p.m. Cher-Ae-Heights Casino, 27 Scenic Dr., Trinidad. 677-3611.
music / 9:30 p.m. Ragg’s Rack Room, 615 5th St., Eureka. Video DJ + pool. Not bad. 442-2989.
etc. / 9:30 p.m. On KEET-TV. Second episode of four-part series addressing local sustainability issues. Highlighting the Renewable Energy Secure Community plan being developed by the Redwood Coast Energy Authority, the Schatz Energy Research Center and PG&E. 445-0813.
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.
