Friday, Oct. 21
Lowdown: Good For You, Kate Buchanan Room (VIDEOS)
Wow. Your Humboldt Friday is the first of three straight days of solid booking up in HSU’s Kate Buchanan Room. Associated Students presents the following joy:
- FRIDAY: Comedy web hub Funny Or Die is craftily attempting to register college students to vote with its nationwide Jokes For Votes Tour. They make a pretty good pitch in that HSU students (and people who know HSU students) get a free show headlined by standup superstar Demetri Martin. Tickets are sold out, but AS says they will likely release more tickets at the box office tonight. If you need to, remind yourself who Martin is in the clip below at left.
- SATURDAY: Known for their constantly evolving sound and weird and theatrical concerts, Athens, Georgia-born experimental rock favorites Of Montreal are touring in support of their EDM-tinged new album Innocence Reaches. Familiarize yourself with the sound the group is currently peddling in the clip for their latest single “it’s different for girls,” in the middle below.
- SUNDAY: LoCO had not experienced or heard of San Francisco metal band Deafheaven before we saw they were coming here. YouTube suggests that the KBR is in for an intense show this coming Sabbath. Submit yourself to their assault in the clip below on the far right.
Your full Friday Lowdown listings may be absorbed by those who scroll. —Andrew Goff
Top Events!
(Look ahead!)
Science Night
College of the Redwoods
/ 5-9 p.m.
/ Free
Science Night offers fun for all ages and includes demonstrations, hands-on activities, experiments, and lectures—most presented by CR faculty—on many facets of math, science and technology.
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Luke Winslow-King Trio
North Coast Repertory Theatre
/ 7:30-10 p.m.
/ $15
/ $12 adv.
Luke Winslow-King is a New Orleans-based guitarist, singer, composer, producer, and songwriter. His work is an eclectic mix that combines Mississippi delta blues, folk music, traditional jazz, and roots rock & roll.
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Led Kaapana and Da Ukulele Boyz
The Old Steeple
/ 7:30-10 p.m.
/ $25
/ $30 At the door
Led Kaapana’s mastery of stringed instruments, particularly slack key guitar, and his extraordinary baritone and leo ki`eki`e (falsetto) voices, have made him a musical legend. He has been thrilling audiences for more than 40 years.
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Haunted Mill Tour
Blue Ox Millworks
/ 7:30 p.m.-11:55 a.m.
/ $12
The Haunted Mill Tour Returns this October with an expanded tour, more special effects, and an all new story of passion, deceit and obsession.
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Ferndale Repertory Theatre
/ 8-10:30 p.m.
/ $18
/ $16 students/seniors
/ 18+
GUEST NARRATOR: David Reed. When two clean-cut kids run into car trouble and seek help from the mansion down the road, little do they suspect how their lives will be irrevocably changed by the eccentric Dr. Frank N. Furter and his colorful cadre of loyal subjects.
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Real Vocal String Quartet
Arcata Playhouse
/ 8 p.m.
/ $18
/ $15 students & members
“String quartet, string band, vocal quartet, jaw-dropping improvising world-music collective.”
/ Web site
Life During Wartime
The Jam
/ 9 p.m.-2 a.m.
A tribute to the Talking Heads.
/ Web site
Life During Wartime
The Jam
/ 9 p.m.-2 a.m.
/ 21+
Tribute to the Talking Heads.
/ Web site
Demetri Martin
Kate Buchanan Room
/ 9 p.m.
/ Free
The Jokes For Votes Tour is coming to Humboldt State University and throwing a free show with featured comedians include Demetri Martin, James Adomian and Kate Berlant. Humboldt State University students can pick up tickets beginning Wednesday, October 5th.
Melvin Seals and JGB
Humboldt Brews
/ 9:30 p.m.
/ $25
/ 21+
“Melvin Seals has been a powerful presence in the music industry for over 30 years with a long-established reputation as a performer, recording artist and producer. Melvin is most revered for his powerful, high-spirited, Hammond B-3 organ, and keyboards in the Jerry Garcia Band. Two nights!”
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All Events!
Talk Matters! Book Launch
See Event Description
/ 4:30-6:30 a.m.
/ Free
The books will be available for signing and Mary will give a brief presentation.
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Humboldt Bay Symposium Conference 2016
Wharfinger Building
/ 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
This month the Humboldt Bay Initiative will convene the Humboldt Bay Symposium, held every two years to provide the public an opportunity to hear directly from experts about the latest developments on a variety of timely topics related to Humboldt Bay.
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Organic Matters Farm Pumpkin Patch
Organic Matters Farm
/ noon-6 p.m.
Located at 6821 Myrtle Ave., Freshwater. Annual u-pick community pumpkin patch. We have plenty of beautiful pumpkin varieties to choose from.
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Warren Creek Farms Pumpkin Patch
Warren Creek Farms
/ 1-6 p.m.
Located at 1171 Mad River Rd., Arcata. Get your pumps, daily in October.
McKinleyville Arts Night
McKinleyville Business Dist.
/ 6-8 p.m.
Celebration of arts, food and fun in McKinleyville held the third Friday of each month.
Blue Lotus Jazz
Larrupin Cafe
/ 6 p.m.
/ Free
Jazz on the patio.
/ Web site
Free Conservation Lecture: Winning the War on Ivory
Sequoia Park Zoo
/ 6:30-8 p.m.
/ Free
Learn how an intelligent multi-agency approach is the way to win the war on ivory and how it has reduced the killing of nearly 10,000 elephants a year in Tanzania by more than one third.
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Blues Night
Westhaven Center for the Arts
/ 7-9 p.m.
With Jim Lahman, Dale Cash and Bill Moehnke.
Frogbite
See Event Description
/ 7:30-10 p.m.
/ Free
NoHum rockers.
The Craft (1996)
Arcata Theatre Lounge
/ 7:30-10 p.m.
/ $5
After transferring to a Los Angeles high school, Sarah (Robin Tunney) finds that her telekinetic gift appeals to a group of three wannabe witches, who happen to be seeking a fourth member for their rituals.
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Peter and the Starcatcher
Van Duzer Theater
/ 7:30 p.m.
/ $10
/ $8 students, seniors
HSU Theatre presents Peter and the Starcatcher, the Tony Award-winning play that upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan boy becomes the legendary Peter Pan.
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Muppet Hunter, Tweeners, Disassturbator
Little Red Lion
/ 8 p.m.-1 a.m.
/ $5
/ 21+
Northwest rock.
Jonah Tolchin
Redwood Curtain Brewing Company, Arcata
/ 8-11 p.m.
/ Free All ages
Music.
/ Web site
Eureka Pizza Council
SpeakEasy
/ 8:30 p.m.
Jazz/funk.
/ Web site
Dr Squid
Blue Lake Casino Hotel
/ 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
/ 21+
Dance hits.
/ Web site
Karaoke
Bar Fly Pub and Grub
/ 9 p.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
Singing in public is easier with beer.
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Movie Showtimes
Broadway Cinema
- AMERICAN HONEY: 1:10, 7:30
- DEEPWATER HORIZON: 2:10, 6:55, 9:25
- JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK: 12:40, 3:30, 6:20, 9:10
- KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES: 1:05, 3:40, 6:10, 9:15
- KEVIN HART: WHAT NOW?: 1:30, 3:55, 6:15, 8:40
- MASTERMINDS: 6:30
- MAX STEEL: 2:05, 8:50
- MIDDLE SCHOOL: THE WORST YEARS OF MY LIFE: 11:55, 4:40
- MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN 2D: 12:30, 3:25, 6:25, 8:45
- OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL: 12:00, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40
- STORKS 2D: 11:55, 4:20
- THE ACCOUNTANT: 12:05, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00
- THE BIRTH OF A NATION: 4:45
- THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN: 1:20, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20
- THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN: 11:50, 2:50, 6:05, 9:05
- TYLER PERRY’S BOO! A MADEA HALLOWEEN: 1:40, 4:15, 6:50, 9:30
Mill Creek Cinema
- DEEPWATER HORIZON: 8:45
- JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK: 12:40, 3:30, 6:20, 9:10
- KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES: 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15
- KEVIN HART: WHAT NOW?: 12:10, 2:30, 7:10, 9:30
- MAX STEEL: 4:50
- MIDDLE SCHOOL: THE WORST YEARS OF MY LIFE: 2:05, 6:30
- MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN 2D: 12:05, 3:00, 5:50, 8:40
- OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL: 1:55, 4:25, 6:55, 9:25
- STORKS 2D: 11:55, 4:20
- THE ACCOUNTANT: 12:00, 2:55, 5:55, 8:55
- THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN: 12:45, 3:20, 6:05, 8:50
Minor Theatre
- CAFE SOCIETY: 3:00
- DENIAL: 2:30, 7:45
- DONT BREATHE: 10:45
- HELL OR HIGH WATER: 5:30
- KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES: 4:00, 6:45, 8:15
- MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDERN: 5:00, 10:15
- SPIRITED AWAY: 9:15
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