art
Jesse Allen Opening
Tomorrow, 3-9 p.m. Earth Gallery, 436 maple lane, Garberville. Collection of hand pulled prints from the ‘60s to late ‘90s. www.facebook.com/earthgallery. 923-1121.
upcoming
events
Mechanical Menagerie
Tomorrow, 8:30 p.m. Redwood Raks World Dance Studio, 824 L St., Arcata. Whimsical all-ages animal-themed benefit for Nighshade Serenade. Music by Gunsafe, fire show, animal hijinx by Blue Angel Burlesque, bellydancing and silent auction. $10. E-mail megjclarke@hotmail.com. 832-8973.
STAFF PICK / events, art, outdoors, sports, for kids, free
44th Annual Kinetic Grand Championship Race
Saturday, Sunday, Monday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. A 3-day, 42-mile kinetic sculpture race over land, sand, mud and water! LeMans start at the Noon Whistle on the Arcata Plaza. Follow the race through Manila, Eureka and into Ferndale on Memorial Day for the Glorious Finish. www.KineticGrandChampionship.com. 889-3024.
theater
The Finals
Today, Tomorrow, Saturday, 8 p.m. Carlo Theater, 131 H St., Blue Lake. Students of the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre’s Class of 2011 presents seven 10-minute plays. www.dellarte.com. 668-5663.
Available Jelly-The Trio
What:
Available Jelly - The Trio perform Saturday, July 18, at Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St in Arcata. Doors open at 8 p.m. Cost is $12 at the door, $8 in advance from our website www.arcatatheater.com and is 18 and over.
“Just when you make up your mind it’s an ethno-centric acid-polka orchestra blowing jazz with a demented dixieland mariachi band in the Bulgarian beergarden, they’ll break into a James Browne tune”. Available Jelly’s musical interests and preferences are manifold and varied. They range from bedrock of Jazz in New Orleans to the exploits of Ornette Coleman and beyond. From ethnic musics of as faraway places as the Balkan and Madagascar to popular music by Cole Porter and Irving Berlin to rock music by the Beach Boys. This may sound like your average we can’t make a choice’ eclectic postmodern hotchpotch, but it isn’t. The Available Jelly people like a good melody, wherever it may come from. The original compositions by band members Michael Moore and Eric Boeren are in very true evidence of this. Expect the unexpected. That’s the most sensible comment to be made about any Available Jelly concert. Over the years the group’s line-up and repertory have gone in so many directions that even its members have no clue beforehand what will happen during a performance. All this has made Available Jelly one of the most exciting bands on the Amsterdam improvised music scene.
When/where:
| Dates | |
| Time | 8 p.m. |
| Phone | 707-822-1220 |
| Venue | Arcata Theatre Lounge |
| Cost | $12.00 |
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Mechanical Menagerie (Tomorrow)
events / 8:30 p.m. Redwood Raks World Dance Studio, 824 L St., Arcata. Whimsical all-ages animal-themed benefit for Nighshade Serenade. Music by Gunsafe, fire show, animal hijinx by Blue Angel Burlesque, bellydancing and silent auction. $10. E-mail megjclarke@hotmail.com. 832-8973.
