Friday, Dec. 13
Your Friday Night in Arcata
Arcata wins this week’s Friday. The most obvious draw is, of course, Arts Arcata and all that goes with it. But since you’re already on The Plaza … :
- The Humboldt State University College Democrats are hosting an evening of wonky trivia they’re calling Politics and Pints tonight at HumBrews. If you have $3 and think your know jack about politics they would appreciate the funds which they’ll use to take a joyous trip to 2014 California Democrats State Convention in LA.
- Over at Jambalaya, it’s a night full of musician’s musicians: The Mike Keneally Band. The band’s namesake dropped jaws for a spell in no less than Frank Zappa’s band. Note: If you’d like to know more about this impressive lineup, head over to the Mad River Union site. Your Lost Coast Outpost cannot even pretend to be as enthusiastic about these guys as fanboy Kevin Hoover is.
- If you’re looking to get a pop/punk history lesson, the Arcata Theatre Lounge is screening Filmage: The Story of the Descendents/ALL. View the trailer below.
Top Events!
(Look ahead!)
Arts!Arcata
Arcata
/ 6-9 p.m.
Monthly arts walk. Businesses on and around the Plaza stay open late featuring local art and music.
/ Web site
Politics and Pints!
Humboldt Brews
/ 6-8 p.m.
/ $5
Politics themed Jeopardy. Hosted by Humboldt State University College Democrats and North Coast Young Democrats.
/ Web site
Sagittarius Dance Party
Beginnings Octagon
/ 7 p.m.-midnight
/ $15
/ $5 teens
/ Free under 12
Benefit for Beginnings featuring local bands The Funnicators and Crossroads.
Barn Dance
Redwood Raks World Dance Studio
/ 7:30-10:30 p.m.
/ $7
/ $6 HFS members
Humboldt Folklife Society dance. Blake Ritter and Sam McNeill will play sizzling tunes and Sue Moon will call the dances, a mix of contras, squares, English and Irish Ceilidh dances.
/ Web site
The Character Projects
Carlo Theatre (Dell’Arte)
/ 8 p.m.
/ Free
/ 18+
“Share the evening with nine actor-poets as they transform into lively characters in a moving kaleidoscope of richly imagined worlds.”
/ Web site
The Music Man
Ferndale Repertory Theatre
/ 8 p.m.
/ $18
/ $16 students/seniors
(FINAL WEEKEND) Con man Harold Hill poses as a boys’ band organizer and leader and sells band instruments and uniforms to naive townsfolk before skipping town with the cash.
/ Web site
FILMAGE: The Story of DESCENDENTS/ALL
Arcata Theatre Lounge
/ 8 p.m.
“The story of some of the most over-achieving and under-documented people in music history.”
/ Web site
The Nutcracker
Arkley Center For The Performing Arts
/ 8 p.m.
/ $20
/ $12 children under 12
North Coast Dance presents their annual holiday tradition. Features guest choreographers Ikolo and Sarah Griffin, a fantastic cast of local dancers, and world class guest performers.
/ Web site
All Events!
HSU Forestry Club Christmas Tree Sale
See Event Description
/ 10 a.m.-9 p.m.
Trees for your house. You clean up the needles.
KHUM Wants Your Food
KHUM Radio 104.3/104.7
/ 2-7 p.m.
All week long, KHUM will broadcast live from area grocery stores in an effort to gather funds and foods for Food For People. Click for a list of times and locations.
Babes in Toyland
Orick Community Hall
/ 5-6 p.m.
/ Free
/ Free w/ a canned food donation
Dell’Arte Company’s annual holiday show returns for its 33rd year with a mad-cap adaptation of Victor Herbert’s classic family tale.
/ Web site
Anna Hamilton
Angelina Inn
/ 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Local singer/songwriter/storyteller gets to know you.
/ Web site
The Art of Patricia Rose
SCRAP Humboldt
/ 6-9 p.m.
Tarnished silver bowls, silverware and teapots are transformed into whimsical creatures, people, and sculptures.
/ Web site
Potluck & Lecture on Christmas Bird Count
Humboldt County Office of Education
/ 6:30 p.m.
Redwood Region Audubon Society is sponsoring a presentation by RRAS officer and bird guide author Ken Burton, who will lead this interactive workshop. Ken will discuss any bird ID problems presented by the audience.
Community Christmas Movie Night
The MGC
/ 6:30 p.m.
/ Free
Featuring The Grinch followed by Elf.
/ Web site
This Wonderful Life
Faith Center
/ 7 p.m.
/ $10
/ $5 Children 12 and under
Faith Center’s annual Christmas dessert theater.
/ Web site
HSU Centennial Concert
Van Duzer Theater
/ 8-9:30 p.m.
/ $8
/ $5 seniors, children
/ Free HSU students
Performances by the combined chorus of the University Singers and Humboldt Chorale together with the Humboldt Symphony, a new work for the occasion by Gilbert Cline and the Humboldt Bay Brass Band, and a new arrangement of the HSU Alma Mater by Brian Post performed by the Symphonic Band.
/ Web site
The Georgia Handshakers
Redwood Curtain Brewing Company, Arcata
/ 8 p.m.
/ 21+
Live dirty Georgia jazz and country.
/ Web site
You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown
North Coast Repertory Theatre
/ 8 p.m.
/ $18
Based on the Comic Strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz.
/ Web site
Shugafoot
SpeakEasy
/ 8 p.m.
Local jazz/blues band gets it done.
/ Web site
Raising Grain
The Siren’s Song Tavern
/ 9 p.m.
“More microbe than men, the colonial organisms that make up the humanoid forms of Raising Grain communicate solely through bluegrass rhythms.”
/ Web site
River Valley Mud
Logger Bar
/ 9 p.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
Funky originals and rare covers.
/ Web site
DJ Itchie Fingaz
Six Rivers Brewery
/ 9 p.m.-midnight
/ Free
/ 21+
Hit the dance floor at 6RB.
/ Web site
Accurate Productions
The Ritz
/ 9 p.m.
City Lights dance night.
Rude Lion Sound
Toby and Jacks
/ 9:30 p.m.
Dance, sweat, get down.
Movie Showtimes
Broadway Cinema
- HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE: 2:20, 5:40, 9:00
- THOR: THE DARK WORLD 2D: 12:50, 3:30, 6:10, 8:50
Mill Creek Cinema
- DELIVERY MAN: 4:00, 9:10
Minor Theatre
- HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG 2D: 4:35, 8:10
- HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE: 5:25, 8:45
- PHILOMENA: 3:40, 6:05, 8:30
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