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.
Blitzen Trapper
What:
Fans of folky indie rock know the work of Portland’s Blitzen Trapper, especially since the band’s cool breakthrough album from a few years back, Furr. Perhaps you heard BT play “Might Find It Cheap” earlier this winter on Letterman. AmericanGoldwing from 2011 is the latest disc, another neo-classic collection of folk rock songs about love, loss and sometimes drinking. Like just about every band on the planet, B-Trapper’s heading down to Austin for SxSW, gigging along the way, in this case with fellow Portlanders, The Parson Red Heads. The ginger neo-psyche-folk quartet recently achieved a pinnacle of online indie hipness: a Daytrotter session, as well as the ultimate (unrelated) über-hip Portland rite of passage: an appearance on the IFC series, Portlandia. If you’ve seen the series you’ll remember the first season opening song, “Dream of the ‘90s” (“…is alive in Portland”); season two includes a spoof/takeoff, “Dream of the 1890s,” with Fred Armisen in a big beard explaining how the Victorian dream lives on in mutton chops, artisanal baking, etc. and singing along with P-Red Heads dressed as a barber shop quartet. First date on the Blitzen/Red Heads West Coast tour is the Sunday show at Humboldt Brews.
When/where:
| Dates | |
| Time | 9 p.m. |
| Phone | 707-826-2739 |
| Venue | Humboldt Brews |
| Cost | $18.00 |
| Age restriction | 21+ |
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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.
