upcoming

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.

events

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.

music

Moksha

Sunday, 9 p.m. Humboldt Brews, 856 10th St., Arcata. Five-piece kick-ass, funk rock band that lets loose in a not-so-spiritual fashion. $10. 822-1220.

Merle Schuster: A Look Behind The Redwood Curtain

What:

Starting in 1946, Eureka photographer Merle Schuster recorded hundreds of images of the lumber boom that transformed Humboldt County, showing brand-new mills, burgeoning housing developments, and a host of other changes occurring on the North Coast. Suddenly the “Redwood Curtain,” that had long perpetuated the region’s remoteness, no longer obscured the people and places that ringed Humboldt Bay, and Schuster’s camera work—crisp and carefully composed—recorded the transition in a way no words ever could. Historian Jerry Rohde shares a selection of Merle’s finest photos that document developments from Fairhaven to Fields Landing. Come see Eureka when F Street ended at “Stumpville,” when the California Barrel Company covered Arcata with a haze of smoke, when King Salmon was being carved out of the mud of Humboldt Bay. Come see what lay, 60 years ago, behind the Redwood Curtain.

When/where:

Dates
Time	7-8:30 p.m.
Phone	707-269-1900
Venue	Humboldt County Library

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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.