STAFF PICK / events, art, outdoors, sports, for kids, free
Tomorrow, 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.
art
Today, 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.
STAFF PICK / music
Tomorrow, 9 p.m. Red Fox Tavern, 415 5th St., Eureka. Reggae-meets-Latin bilingual vocal duo Vidagua is celebrating the release of a self-titled CD. theredfoxtavern.com. 269-0282.
music
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.
What:
The quote on Josephine Johnson‘s Facebook page seems especially appropriate right now. After living in Humboldt for six years and dedicating this last year to a bold plan to make a name as a singer/songwriter, Josephine is about to embark on a new adventure — spending much of the next year teaching English at Xi’an International Studies University in China. She first came here to earn a Masters in English at HSU (her thesis dealt with legal language and rhetorical constructs surrounding the Klamath River salmon kill). Post-Masters she shifted gears to focus on her music and learning about people’s lives.
“I really like to paint word portraits of people,” she says. She does so with songs about folks she’s met from all walks, and recently, falling back on her English degree, in a series of songs about great American authors. “I told the people who hired me to teach in China about the series, that I’d like to do about 20 of them. The dean of the school thought that would be a good way to teach English in the classroom, with songs about American authors.” So far she’s written songs about Emily Dickenson (“of course, because I identify with her”), Thoreau, Edgar Allen Poe, and most recently, “The spate of rain we had all through August inspired something for Sylvia Plath.”
You might actually learn something Friday at Old Town Coffee and Chocolates where she’s hosting a See-you-again China Party joined by friends Andrew Goff and Will Startare, Lyndsey Battle and raconteur Jeff DeMark, who will tell a story or two. Sounds like fun. (Jeff also rolls oot a DVD of his baseball show Hard as a Diamond, Soft as the Dirt Saturday at the Arcata Playhouse, with The Delta Nationals playing after.)
-Bob Doran
When/where:
| Dates | |
| Time | 8 p.m. |
| Phone | 707-442-2276 |
| Venue | Old Town Coffee & Chocolates |
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.
