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.
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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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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.
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Due to the earthquake on Saturday, January 9th we had to postpone our talk with Copenhagen Conference attendees Jane Lapiner and David Simpson. Please join us for our new date for a discussion and stories about events in Copenhagen in December with the couple from Petrolia who attended the two-week long Conference of the Parties 15 (CIOP 15), as the United Nations climate summit was called.
They wrote several articles from the conference for the Northcoast Journal. One hundred and ninety three countries and Humboldt County were represented. (At one point, 120 Heads of State were in attendance.)
Slides will punctuate the narrative and discussion with scenes from the event and the surrounding city. From the light-weight observational and anecdotal (Mexico had themeanest looking security people. Canada was the country most often roasted by environmentalists freeing America to be even more arrogant) to the historically profound, sort of, (America, China and a few other powers were dividing up theremaining atmospheric space for CO2 very much like the European powers divided up Africa in the nineteenth century.)
There will be a mildly bloody dissection of the Copenhagen Accord andits implications, or lack of them, for the future. Lapiner and Simpson will provide hopefully trenchant observation, dead serious analysis and a few laughs in hopes that the audience will throw in with their share of perspective and opinion. The evening will close with a discussion of what those of us intent on our children’s and
grandchildren’s survival might now be doing in response to climate change.
David Simpson and Jane Lapiner are homesteaders in the Mattole Valley who have been involved with environment and the arts in Humboldt since 1970. They are the principals of Human Nature, a theater company that tours shows about crucial environmental and social issues throughout the US and beyond. Their recent comedy review, What’s Funny About Climate Change toured from 2002 through 2005. A new comedy show about climate change, Two Old BIrds or Tripping on the Tipping Point,
is in preparation for early spring performance.
Concessions will be available.
Donations to cover expenses will be welcome but are not required.
Seating is limited so arrive early.
For more information call 822-1575.
When/where:
| Dates | |
| Time | 6-8 p.m. |
| Phone | 707-822-1575 |
| Venue | Arcata Playhouse |
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.
