The EXIT Theatre is putting on its monthly variety revue, The Something Different Show. Tonight’s performers are musician/sound-dude Michael “Tofu” Schwartz, Laura Hughes and Jauna Little at 7 p.m. ($8).
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Cirque Italia Returns to the Bayshore Mall with Family Show
Missed the circus at the Bayshore Mall the last time it rolled into town? Here’s your chance to experience the magic under the Big Top again as Cirque Italia presents Water Circus, a family-friendly pirate adventure, happening Aug. 10-14, with showtimes at 1:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. (check website for details) in the […]
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CenterArts Announces First Installment of 2023-2024 Season
CenterArts dropped the list of its first installment of acts coming to the area for the 2023-2024 season. Highlights include Sylvan Esso, recent Grammy winner Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, Mariachi Herencia de México and Tommy Emmanuel. See the full list of who’s headed to town in the press release below, then grab your calendars and make your plans. […]
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Murray the Magician at Bear River Rec Center
Throw a little Dep in your hair and head to Bear River Recreation Center for Murray the Magician – Family Show this Saturday, May 13 at 8 p.m. ($30-$50). It’s comedy, it’s illusion, it’s audience interaction! Murray SawChuck, aka Murray the Magician, is known worldwide for his amazing feats of magic — from disappearing acts […]
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Photos: Dragging Through Time at CR
After concerns over safety canceled Lost Coast Pride’s family-friendly drag fundraiser, the nonprofit switched up plans to put on an adults-only show at the Ferndale Repertory Theatre. The original family-friendly show finally took place at College of the Redwoods Saturday, April 29, before a packed audience of children of all ages. (See the slideshow by […]
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Theater Tonight: Thursday, May 4
The Dell’Arte school is presenting the first night of its three-night run of Clown at 8 p.m. What is Clown? Why, it’s a student-cast performance of the sort of stuff that Dell’Arte does best: theatrical, clown-based capering. This show has been quite popular in the past, so if this is of interest to you, snag […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, April 30
With the Iris Dement show at the Old Steeple looking very sold out, I am going to suggest a more homegrown but no less charming raconteur-ish gig today. Local musician and storyteller Jeff DeMark is presenting his final 3 p.m. matinee performance at the EXIT Theatre of his one- man show Writing My Way Out […]
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Playhouse Arts Presents Stories from Home
The 17th annual Family Fun Series at the Arcata Playhouse continues this Saturday, April 29 with Stories from Home, an all-original musical production by the performing Playhouse Arts ensemble. Jackie Dandeneau directs, James Hildebrandt custom made the puppets, and performers include Laura Muñoz, Tamekia Jackson and Melanie Schauwecker. Joining them is local storyteller Ernie Albers, […]
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Papaya Lounge Tonight and Saturday at Septentrio
Clear your calendars, friends of the fruity. Two nights of uproariously fun debauchery await you at Papaya Lounge Rumble Royale II: Sloppy Seconds happening Friday, April 21, and Saturday, April 22, at 7:30 p.m. at Septentrio Tasting Room, ($35). Billed as “Pee-wee’s Playhouse meets Absolutely Fabulous,” you can guess the vibe of this adults-only cabaret! […]
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Cirque Italia’s Paranormal Cirque II in Eureka this Weekend
Step right up, folks and prepare to be dazzled, entertained and perhaps terrified by Cirque Italia’s Paranormal Cirque II, happening March 30-April 3 at the Bayshore Mall ($20-$60). This adrenaline-filled spectacle combines theater, circus and cabaret for mature audiences only (guests under 18 require accompanying parent or guardian). It’s acrobats, illusionists, freaks, mysterious creatures under […]
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Family Fun Series Begins Saturday at Arcata Playhouse
The 17th annual Family Fun Series at the Arcata Playhouse begins with the Honolulu Theatre for Youth performing In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson on Saturday, March 25, at 2 and 7 p.m. ($40 families, $15 general, $10 kids). The play, adapted from an award-winning novel by Bette Bao Lord, tells the […]