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STAFF PICK / music

Vidagua CD Release

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.

events

Today, 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.

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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.

STAFF PICK / events, art, outdoors, sports, for kids, free

44th Annual Kinetic Grand Championship Race

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. kineticgrandchampionship.com. 889-3024.

Naturalist Joseph Cornell

What:

The Redwood Science Project and the HSU Natural History Museum bring world renowned naturalist and author, Joseph Cornell to the North Coast for a lecture and two-day workshop. Joseph is the author of six books including Sharing Nature with Children and Sharing the Joy of Nature. His activities, including Heart Beat of a Tree, Camera, and Wild Animal Scramble, are staples of summer camps, nature classes, and after-school children’s programs.

The Sharing Nature Workshop takes place on May 1 and 2 amongst the redwoods of Wolf Creek Education Center in Orick. The workshop is open to anyone wishing to learn techniques for inspiring connections between people and nature. Parents, teachers and naturalists get a rare treat, to learn from the originator of the most widespread environmental education program in the world today. Joseph’s pioneering Flow Learning techniques are focused the first day of the workshop on younger children and the second day on middle schoolers to adults. This remarkable experience leaves participants refreshed, inspired and gives them the tools to take kids outside to experience the natural world. The fee is $120 for HSU students and $180 for the general public. The fee includes the workshop plus four meals and overnight lodging at Wolf Creek (near Prairie Creek State Park.)

There is a free lecture by Joseph Cornell for the public on Friday, April 30 from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Humboldt Bay Aquatics Center on Waterfront Drive in Eureka.

Partners for the project are Save-the-Redwoods League, First 5 Humboldt, Redwood National and State Parks, Wells Fargo Bank, and North Coast CREEC.

Please call the Redwood Science Project at 826-5552 or go to www.humboldt.edu/~rsp/cornell for more information and to reserve your spot for the Sharing Nature Workshop with Joseph Cornell.

When/where:

Dates
Time	7-8 p.m.
Phone	000-000-0000
Venue	Humboldt Bay Aquatic Center

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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.