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music

Candye Kane (blues)

Tomorrow, 9 p.m. Riverwood Inn, 2828 Avenue of the Giants, Phillipsville. $15. www.riverwoodinn.info. 943-3333.

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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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Heyoka

Feb. 16, 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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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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What’s happening

Dec. 19, 2010

Annual Christmas Lighted Tractor Parade

STAFF PICK / holiday events / 7 p.m. Ferndale Main Street. Local farmers and ranchers parade fancifully decorated tractors and tractor-drawn wagons depicting holiday scenes. www.victorianferndale.org. 786-4477.

Giftwrapping/Breakfast Fundraiser

etc. / 8 a.m.-noon. Six Rivers Masonic Lodge, 251 Bayside Rd., Arcata. Arcata Job’s Daughters raise money by wrapping presents and serving up pancakes, biscuits and gravy and more. $7/$3 children. 443-2781.

Audubon Society SoHum Field Trip

outdoors / 9 a.m. Southern Humboldt Community Park, 934 Sprowl Creek Road, Garberville. Meet at in the parking lot just off Kimtu Road. Redwood Region Audubon Society sponsors a public field trip to revel in the beauty of the park and its avian inhabitants. Led by John Gaffin. 986-1112.

Willow Creek-China Flat Museum Christmas Bazaar

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.

Christmas Choir Contata

holiday events / 11 a.m.-noon. First Covenant Church Eureka, 2526 J St. Free public concert directed by Joan Sikkens. www.fcceureka.org. 442-6774.

Open Jazz Jam

music / 2-4:30 p.m. Morris Graves Museum of Art, 636 F St., Eureka. Pianist Darius Brotman performs followed by an open jam. 442-0278.

McKinleyville Community Choir Performance

holiday music / 2 p.m. Grace Good Shepherd Church, McKinleyville. Holiday favorites for your enjoyment. 445-8304.

Fortuna Senior Services Christmas Benefit

etc. / 3 p.m. Fortuna Monday Club, 610 Main St. Victorian Belles of the Beaux and Belles present a Christmas concert where the audience is invited to sing along. No admission, but donations benefit Fortuna Senior Services programs. 725-3231.

Annual Old Fashioned Chicken Dinner

holiday events / 4-7 p.m. Ferndale Community Center, Firemen’s Park. Prior to Tractor Parade. Hot dinner of baked chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, vegetable, homemade French bread, beverage and dessert. $12/$6 kids. 786-9719.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

movies / 6 p.m. Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St. The fellowship is broken. The power of darkness grows…. $5. 822-1220.

Open Mic

music / 7-10 p.m. Mosgo’s, 2461 Alliance Road, Arcata. 826-1195.

The Musicians of Bremen

holiday theater / 7:30 p.m. Carlo Theater, 131 H St., Blue Lake. Dell’Arte presents a hilarious adaptation of the Brothers Grimm classic European folktale. $10/$8 students and seniors. 668-5663.

Inspecting Carol

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.