Celebrate global and local creativity at the world’s oldest student-run film festival when the Humboldt International Film Festival returns April 24-27 to the Minor Theatre ($12). Now in its 58th year, HIFF showcases more than 30 international short films, including standout entries from local Humboldt County filmmakers. Enjoy a dynamic mix of storytelling, a panel […]
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Palestine Film Series at the Minor Theater
Shine a Light on Palestine presents the Palestine Film Series every Wednesday in April at the Minor Theater ($5-$15 sliding scale). First in the series is From Ground Zero, an anthology of 22 short films by different Palestinian directors showing Wednesday, April 2, at 7 p.m. Next up is the 2025 Academy Award winner for […]
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Theater Tonight: Sunday, March 2
In deference to different voices and live theatre, I will mention two gigs happening today, Terry Baum’s Lesbo Solo: A Gay History Play at the EXIT Theatre at 3 p.m., and Rebecca McGlynn’s Asexuality: The Musical at the Arcata Playhouse at 7 p.m. Both shows are $20, and might provide a nice counterpoint to the […]
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Movies Tonight: Thursday, Feb. 27
It’s the last night of the Lost Coast Film Festival, a nearly month-long event that has been showcased among various SoHum and Shelter Cove venues. Tonight’s finale will be at 7 p.m. at the Gyppo Ale Mill. According to the press materials, submissions remain open to encourage local talent to flourish. I’m not sure if […]
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Movie Tonight: Wednesday, Jan. 29
Forget a bad moon. There is no moon rising tonight, at least not one we can see, which makes it a perfectly safe evening to indulge in one of the greatest werewolf films ever made, An American Werewolf in London. Goofy humor mixes with vicious and shocking flesh-rending violence in this classic from 1981, courtesy […]
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Movie Tonight: Wednesday, Jan. 1
Welcome to the future. I don’t know what to say other than hopefully it will be less terrible, shitty and infuriating than the recent past and present. I completely understand if you find yourself immobilized by last night, or last year for that matter. But assuming you aren’t frozen in terror or hungover malaise, the […]
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Movies Today: Sunday, Dec. 29
Let’s break from the musical build-up to the year-killer and enjoy a day at the movies. The Eureka Theater is showing a 2 p.m. matinee of An American Tail, the beloved 1986 film animated by Don Bluth and co. about the coming to America story of young Fievel Mousekewitz, whose family is escaping a Cossack […]
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Movie Tonight: Thursday, Nov. 21
Weird Al Yankovic is famous for a great many parody songs and as well as highly stylized original songs, like the Devo-inspired “Dare to be Stupid,” the title song from his massive 1985 hit album, the success of which allowed him to break into more than a cult film, UHF — originally titled The Vidiot […]
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‘For When You Get Lost’ in Humboldt
Surrounded by friends, family and beer lovers at the Arcata Theatre Lounge on the evening of Sept. 5, Meredith Maeir sat in suspense with the rest of the crowd to see her onscreen debut in the motion picture For When You Get Lost. “I didn’t even know if my scene was going to make it […]
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Music Tonight: Saturday, Sept. 7
OK, here’s something old, something new … I can’t think of borrowed or blue, but it’s all worth your time regardless, and I’m happy to celebrate this gig like a posting of the marriage banns from ages ago. Local artist and treasure Violet Crabtree is teaming up with the Outer Space for a fundraiser for […]
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Comedy Tonight: Monday, July 29
Tonight is the start of a triptych of movie nights, beginning with a kind of ouroboros affairs over at Savage Henry Comedy Club where, at 9 p.m., you will find a free screening of a documentary about … all things Savage Henry. Specifically the magazine and comedy fest. The film is called Savage Remote, and […]
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Movie Tonight: Tuesday, June 11
The Miniplex is playing more movies again, which bodes well for the future, as the joint holds a place filled by nowhere else regarding showcasing enjoyable and offbeat fare. A case in point is tonight’s 7 p.m. presentation of The People’s Joker, an indie comic book movie parody directed and co-written by actress and comedian […]