Thursday, Feb. 27
Humboldt, This is Your Thursday
(Jensen, Banton, Foreman = Thursday)
Theater, comedy, environmental lectures and … wait for it … requisite reggae! We officially have an overachieving Humboldt Thursday on our hands! Please allow your Lowdown to break it down:
- By some metic, England-born reggae artist Pato Banton had a number one reggae hit in 1994 with a cover version of “Baby Come Back.” Today, Banton comes back to Humboldt (Humboldt Brews, specifically) to spread his particularly positive brand of soul-infused reggae. Stevie Culture opens.
- EPIC is sponsoring an evening with Derrick Jensen in HSU’s Kate Buchanan Room. He makes pretty words and is referred to as “the philosopher poet of the ecological movement. Be aware, should you attend that there has been some hubbub on the raised by HSU students on the interwebs about the perceived transphobia of Jensen’s group Deep Green Resistance. You can wade through that here.
- Dell’Arte instructor and spiritual leader Ronlin Foreman is resurrecting his an old one-man comedy piece Pigeon Show (A Play of Fools). Word is Dell’Arte alum are excited about this. Maybe you should be too. The show runs through Saturday.
- And finally. if you are not laughed out, Savage Henry Magazine is staging comedy show three of four this week at Six Rivers Brewery tonight with headliners Anthony Sandoval and Bryant Hicks. Christ, you guys. Can we have an occasional serious night?
As always, if you instinctively hate everything we deemed worthy of highlighting, you are free to scroll through the more thorough Lowdown listings farther down. We will not be offended.
-Andrew Goff
Top Events!
(Look ahead!)
Author Derrick Jensen
Kate Buchanan Room
/ 5-8 p.m.
/ $10
/ $5 Students
The Environmental Protection Information Center hosts “philosopher poet of the ecological movement” Derrick Jensen author of books A Language Older Than Words and Endgame.
/ Web site
Thrusty Thursday Comedy Night!
Six Rivers Brewery
/ 7:45-9:30 p.m.
/ $5
/ 21+
Savage Henry Magazine presents a night of standup with performers Anthony Sandoval and Bryant Hicks.
/ Web site
Pato Banton
Humboldt Brews
/ 10 p.m.
/ $15
/ 21+
“Reggae artist from Birmingham, England who peaked in the early 1990s with the number one hit “Baby Come Back,” a cover of the classic The Equals song.”
/ Web site
All Events!
Buddy Reed w/ Andy Fihn
Sushi Spot McKinleyville
/ 5:30-8:30 a.m.
/ Free
Local blues duo get lowdown and dirty.
Portugal Award Lecture
College of the Redwoods
/ 6 p.m.
Lecture by Portugal Award winning CR professor Ryan Emenaker, on the subject of his research of the Voting Rights Act.
Phil King
Mad River Brewery Tasting Room
/ 6 p.m.
Local acoustic guitarist.
/ Web site
Open Mic
Gallagher’s Irish Pub and Restaurant
/ 6:30 p.m.
Irish/Celtic music.
/ Web site
Buddy Reed
Old Town Coffee And Chocolates (Old Town)
/ 7 p.m.
Lowdown blues.
/ Web site
Spinning Into Butter
Gist Theater at HSU
/ 7:30-9:30 p.m.
/ $10
/ $8 seniors, students
/ Free limited free seating for HSU students
/ 18+
“It’s an ordinary autumn day at Belmont College. But when a black student reports a racial hate note pinned to his dormitory room door, everything starts to spin out of control.”
/ Web site
Kenny Ray and the Mighty Rovers
Shamus T Bones
/ 7:30 p.m.
Old time country while you eat meat.
/ Web site
Making God Laugh
Redwood Curtain Theatre
/ 8 p.m.
/ $10
A family comedy that takes place in four scenes, each ten years apart, set at various holidays. Starting in 1980, the kids – a priest, an aspiring actress, and a former star football player – all return home, where we learn of their plans and dreams as they embark on their adult lives.
Karaoke w/ Chris Clay
Bear River Casino Resort
/ 8 p.m.
Please don’t do “Bohemian Rhapsody.” That never works.
/ Web site
Karaoke w/ KJ Leonard
Blue Lake Casino Hotel
/ 8 p.m.
When selecting your song, please keep in mind your audience would like to dance.
/ Web site
Random Acts of Comedy
Arcata Theatre Lounge
/ 8 p.m.
/ $6
Special Thursday night edition featuring your favorite and soon to be favorite games and shenanigans.
/ Web site
Pigeon Show (A Play of Fools)
Carlo Theatre (Dell’Arte)
/ 8-9:30 p.m.
/ $12
/ $10 student/senior
/ $8 kids 12 and under
Dell’Arte’s Ronlin Foreman is remounting his tour de force solo comedy featuring confrontational and poetic physical theatre.
/ Web site
Blues Night
Redwood Raks World Dance Studio
/ 8 p.m.
/ $5
With Brian Smith and Kimberli Hudson. Open dancing at 9 p.m. No partner necessary.
/ Web site
Trivia Night
SpeakEasy
/ 8-9 p.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
Have a craft cocktail and compete against friends for bragging rights and prizes!
/ Web site
2nd Annual Mustache Contest
Logger Bar
/ 8:30 p.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
Judging of character, costume and hair placement.
/ Web site
Shugafoot
Palm Lounge at The Eureka Inn
/ 9 p.m.
Local jazz/funk combo treats you nice.
DJs Pressure/Anya
Cher-Ae Heights Casino
/ 9 p.m.
/ 21+
Twerking allowed.
/ Web site
Rude Lion Sound
Sidelines
/ 9:30 p.m.
/ 21+
Hip hop krunkage for your butt.
DJ Itchie Fingaz
Six Rivers Brewery
/ 9:30 p.m.-midnight
/ Free
Spinning his favorite ghetto funk tunes.
/ Web site
Movie Showtimes
Broadway Cinema
- 3 DAYS TO KILL: 12:35, 3:50, 6:40, 9:10
- ABOUT LAST NIGHT: 1:40, 4:10, 6:45, 9:20
- ENDLESS LOVE: 12:30, 3:10, 5:45, 8:25
- FROZEN 2D: 12:10, 5:20
- I FRANKENSTEIN 2D: 9:25
- LEGO MOVIE 2D: 11:55, 1:00, 2:30, 3:55, 5:05, 7:40
- LEGO MOVIE 3D: 12:00, 6:20
- LONE SURVIVOR: 2:25, 5:15, 8:10
- MONUMENTS MEN: 12:05, 3:00, 5:55, 8:50
- PHILOMENA: 2:45, 8:00
- POMPEII 2D: 1:15, 6:30
- POMPEII 3D: 3:40, 9:00
- RIDE ALONG: 2:20, 4:45, 7:10, 9:35
- ROBOCOP: 12:10, 2:55, 5:50, 8:40
- WINTER S TALE: 12:15, 3:05, 6:05, 8:55
Mill Creek Cinema
- 3 DAYS TO KILL: 3:10, 6:00, 8:50
- ENDLESS LOVE: 4:10, 6:50, 9:25
- FROZEN 2D: 3:00
- LEGO MOVIE 2D: 4:05, 6:40
- LONE SURVIVOR: 5:40, 8:30
- MONUMENTS MEN: 3:20, 6:10, 9:00
- POMPEII 2D: 6:30
- POMPEII 3D: 3:50, 9:10
- RIDE ALONG: 9:15
- ROBOCOP: 3:05, 5:55, 8:45
- WINTER S TALE: 2:55, 5:45, 8:35
Minor Theatre
- 3 DAYS TO KILL: 3:50, 6:30, 9:10
- HER: 6:10
- PHILOMENA: 3:35, 6:00, 8:25
- WINTER S TALE: 3:25, 9:00
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