I was just the other day talking with my better half about some of the unexpected hit films from that wedge period of time at the turn of the millennium when movies had the since-extinct mix of big studio budgets, fresh I.P., and artistic freedom for visionary directors and their conspirators. One of the highlights […]
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Comedy Tonight: Sunday, Feb. 15
In the mood for some clean comedy from a nice Midwestern fella? Come by the Arcata Theatre Lounge tonight at 6 p.m. for the microphone stylings of Michael Palascak. A familiar face on the night show circuit, Palascak is a sort of friendly, sitcom-warm Jerry Seinfeld character, if you disregard everything about Jerry Seinfeld outside […]
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’80s Nostalgia Movie Weekend
Listen up, Princess Buttercup, this weekend delivers a double dose of ’80s childhood nostalgia at our two city-named theaters. Saturday, Jan. 23, the Eureka Theater hosts a community tribute to Rob Reiner with a screening of his endlessly quotable and charming 1987 fairy tale (with a stacked cast of comedy greats) The Princess Bride at […]
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Music Tonight: Monday, Nov. 17
Oakland soul and R&B outfit The California Honeydrops keeps on keeping on nearly two decades since its inception, returning to town to fill up the Arcata Theatre Lounge tonight at 8 p.m. If you want to dance to something live and not canned, this is a good option. Tickets start at $45.
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Music Tonight: Sunday, Nov. 2
As Daylight Savings time and Day of the Dead both draw to a close, it’s a good time for two early theatre gigs germane to the time at hand. First up at the Eureka Theater at 4 p.m. is Centro Del Pueblo’s Dia de Muertos celebration, where you can join in with the community for […]
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Black and White Film Frights
The Arcata Theatre Lounge is stitching together two monster movies this week for your pre-Halloween pleasure. On Sunday, Oct. 26, from 5 to 8 p.m., Mel Brooks’ black-and-white masterpiece Young Frankenstein lurches back to life with Gene Wilder, Cloris Leachman and all your favorite one-liners ($8, $12 w/poster). Then on Wednesday, Oct. 29, from 6 […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, Oct. 5
Street folk and dive country singer/songwriter John Moreland has been self-producing his own albums of soulful Tulsa heat very prodigiously for most of his breathing life. Heartworn and permanently highway-bound, he makes what my late father used to refer to approvingly as “dirty boots music.” You can hear for yourself what that means in a […]
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Music Tonight: Friday, Sept. 12
Speaking of local treasures from a certain era, the ever-fine Barking Dogma are playing at the Wild Hare Tavern tonight at 8 p.m., where for a mere $5 you can see a Humboldt institution play some gems by Kevyn Dymond in the new skin of the old Jambalaya. Things change and the spirit endures. If […]
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Music Tonight: Sunday, Aug. 24
It wouldn’t be a proper calendar year in Humco without a visit from Afroman, the busy cult-famous rapper and occasional presidential candidate whose prodigious output eclipses his early claim to fame, 2000’s “Because I Got High.” The man tours relentlessly and kicks out blunt wrapped comedy jams nearly yearly, so he’s a legend in my […]
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, Aug. 13
Puppeteers for Fears presents Robopocalypse: The Musical at the Arcata Thea tre Lounge at 7 p.m. It’s all in the title, really, but to be clear: This is a musical — chock full of puppets — about the terrifying ascendance of cyber overlords and malevolent A.I. masters, ruling the human race like the screen-chained little […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, June 19
Jamaican singer Barrington Levy has been a dancehall sensation since his teen years in the late ’70s and early ’80s. Since then, his music has evolved to include more traditional reggae and Rastafarian themes, without losing the crowd-pleasing propulsion of his earlier work. Now in his early 60s, he remains a worldwide live draw for […]
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Music Tonight: Thursday, June 12
Denver, Colorado’s The Motet has been slinging its own brand of funk and soul musical hash since 1998, and is known for its artist-themed Halloween shows, featuring full sets covering the works of musicians like The Talking Heads or Madonna, as well as growing its sound into a larger world music and jam influenced machine. […]