Friday, April 4
Your No Good Humboldt Friday (VIDEO)
End your grueling work week with a tap of the toe and ‘grass stained eardrums? Friday night, local “jug grass” warriors the No Good Redwood Ramblers will headline what’s sure to be sardine-ish scene at Blue Lake’s house of worship The Logger Bar. The strummin’ and pickin’ quintet are celebrating the release of their first album, cleverly titled Good Ramblin’.
Here are three ways to experience the NGRR today: 1) Tonight at the Logger (where they’ll share the bill with the mighty Gunsafe); 2) Today on KHUM 104.3/104.7 (where they’ll share chuckle with the mighty Larry Trask.); 3) In the Humboldt Live Sessions clip for their song “Cold Wind Blows” below.
Non-bluegrass fans (shame on you) can peruse your Friday Lowdown below.
-Andrew Goff
Top Events!
(Look ahead!)
Strong at The Heart Book Signing
Northtown Books
/ 7 p.m.
Benefit for the North Coast Rape Crisis Team celebrating the paperback publication of the book by local author Carolyn Lehman. Contains first person accounts, illustrated with photographs, of men, women and teens who talk about what happened to them and the ways they found to heal from sexual abuse
/ Web site
Physical Reality
Van Duzer Theater
/ 7:30-9:30 p.m.
/ $10
/ $8 seniors, children
/ Free HSU students
This year’s HSU Dance concert, with more than 40 dancers performing 10 new dances that employ styles from ballet to modern, traditional Middle Eastern to hip-hop.
/ Web site
No Good Redwood Ramblers CD Release
Logger Bar
/ 8:30 p.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
Get your hands on the bluegrass band’s new album Good Ramblin’. Gunsafe opens,
/ Web site
Fishbone
Northern Delights, Hayfork
/ 9 p.m.
/ $40
/ $35 adv.
/ 21+
Yes, in Hayfork. “Celebrating 25 groundbreaking years, FISHBONE has been trailblazing their way through the history of American Ska, Rock Fusion and (so-called) Black Rock since starting their professional career in Los Angeles burgeoning, Alternative Rock music scene of the mid-1980s.”
/ Web site
All Events!
Coffee for a Cause
See Event Description
/ 5 a.m.-8 p.m.
Job Market Career Fair
Redwood Acres Fairgrounds
/ 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
/ Free
Sixth annual event “where job seekers find opportunities and Employers find new talent.”
/ Web site
Redwood Coast Career Fair
Redwood Acres Fairgrounds
/ 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Where job seekers find opportunities and job providers find new talent.
/ Web site
Blue Lotus Jazz
Larrupin Cafe
/ 6-9 p.m.
/ Free
/ Web site
Trinidad Arts Night
Trinidad
/ 6-9 p.m.
Kinda like Garberville Arts Alive, but in Trinidad.
Fortuna’s First Friday
Fortuna
/ 6-9 p.m.
Art, music, fun and great deals from local merchants in the friendly city.
Papa Paul
Gallagher’s Irish Pub and Restaurant
/ 6:30 p.m.
Local folk/rock.
/ Web site
Public Skate
Blue Lake Roller Rink
/ 6:30-9:30 p.m.
/ $5 Adults
/ $4 Ages 9-17
/ $3 Ages 8 and under
Patrons are welcome to bring their own skates or rollerblades if they are clean, have no exposed bolts, and have at least one brake.
/ Web site
Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl
Arcata High School
/ 7 p.m.
/ $10 General Admission
/ $8 Students
“Join us on a one of a kind adventure as we travel with Eurydice through the underworld to experience a modern retelling of the myth of Orpheus, with original music composed by AAI Music students Gaizah Wagschal and Carson McHaney.”
/ Web site
Monty Python’s Spamalot
Ferndale Repertory Theatre
/ 7:30-10 p.m.
/ $18
/ $25 3/15 only, Fortuna Sunrise Rotary Benefit
/ $16 students/seniors
/ $15 3/20 only, Cast Benefit
“Lovingly ripped off” from the 1975 film, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, this musical comedy retells the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.
/ Web site
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (Revised)
North Coast Repertory Theatre
/ 8 p.m.
/ $15
/ $12 Senior/Student
Parody of the 37 plays written by William Shakespeare with all of them being performed (in shortened form) in about 97 minutes by only three actors.
/ Web site
Raising Grain
Redwood Curtain Brewing Company, Arcata
/ 8-11 p.m.
/ Free
“More microbe than men, the colonial organisms that make up the humanoid forms of Raising Grain communicate solely through bluegrass rhythms.”
/ Web site
Electric Gravy
Redwood Curtain Brewing Company, Arcata
/ 8 p.m.-1 a.m.
Emcees, poets and singers are encouraged to free flow, or try out a piece of work in progress, over improvised hip hop style analogue electronica provided by Anwyn Halliday on synthesizers and Tamaras Abrams on drums and vocals.
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Shugafoot
SpeakEasy
/ 8 p.m.
Local jazz/blues band gets it done.
/ Web site
Mateel Comedy Cabaret
Mateel Community Center
/ 8:30 p.m.
/ $10
/ 18+
This month featuring Ellis Rodriguez and Jonny Eller.
/ Web site
Biscuits and Gravy
The Siren’s Song Tavern
/ 8:30-11:30 p.m.
Space Biscuit at 10:00 p.m. and Electric Gravy’s hip hop open mic at 11 p.m.
/ Web site
RLA Trio
Robert Goodman Wines/Machine Works
/ 9 p.m.-midnight
/ Free
/ 21+
/ Web site
Dr. Squid
Bear River Casino Resort
/ 9 p.m.
/ 21+
Humboldt party band would prefer you dance more.
/ Web site
Anna Hamilton
Six Rivers Brewery
/ 9 p.m.-midnight
/ Free
Jazz singer, songwriter and guitarist.
/ Web site
Friday Night Mixology
Palm Lounge at The Eureka Inn
/ 9 p.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
When you are tired of dancing you can play freaking air hockey, OK?
/ Web site
Swingin’ Country
Central Station
/ 9 p.m.
/ 21+
Local country/rock band.
Fargo Brothers
Blue Lake Casino Hotel
/ 9 p.m.
/ 21+
Blues/rock.
/ Web site
Bar Fly Karaoke
Bar Fly Pub and Grub
/ 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
/ Web site
Jenni and David and the Sweet Soul Band
Cher-Ae Heights Casino
/ 9 p.m.
/ 21+
Blues/soul.
/ Web site
Drag Wars 2014
Humboldt Brews
/ 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m.
/ $5
/ 21+
Monthly LGBTQ/Ally dance party/newcomer drag competitor.
/ Web site
Kindred Spirits
Clam Beach Inn
/ 10 p.m.