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.
upcoming
events
Mechanical Menagerie
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.
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.
theater
The Finals
Today, Tomorrow, 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.
Tone Loc (hip-hop)
What:
All Hits 95.5 presents Tone Loc brought to you by Citizens for District Attorney Paul Gallegos 2010 and Mantova’s Two Street Music Friday, June 4, at Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St in Arcata. Doors open at 9 p.m. Cost is $40 limited preferred seating, $35 advanced and $25 general standing, $20 advanced from our website arcatatheatre.com and is 21 and over.
Born and raised in the hope-destroying pit known as Los Angeles, Tone Loc (Anthony Smith) managed to survive the streets by adopting the gang lifestyle that many poor black kids are driven to by their meagre prospects. Called “Antonio Loco” by his friends, Smith spent his youth as a member of the Crips, one of the more notorious gangs thriving in LA at the time. In the late 1980s he made an unexpected break into the music industry as a rapper, shortening his name to Tone-Loc and specializing in party-themed songs that deliberately avoided wallowing in the negativity of his gang background. For his debut album, Loc-ed After Dark (1989), the rapper enlisted the production skills of the Dust Brothers and the writing skills of an unknown named Young MC (who would earn his own big break the following year with the Grammy-winning track Bust A Move); two of the Young-penned tracks Wild Thing and Funky Cold Medina went on to become popular singles, with Wild Thing earning Tone-Loc the distinction of being the second rap performer to reach the top of the mainstream charts (the first having been the Beastie Boys and their 1986 album Licensed to Ill).
When/where:
| Dates | |
| Time | 9 p.m. |
| Phone | 707-822-1220 |
| Venue | Arcata Theatre Lounge |
| Cost | $40.00 |
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Mechanical Menagerie (Today)
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.
