Friday, Nov. 8
FRIDAY LOWDOWN: Jesus Christ!
North Coast Repertory Theater begins its month-long production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Jesus Christ Superstar on Friday night. More details on that and more Friday joys in your Lowdown listing 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.
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Good Riddance, MDC, Cigar, Sad Krotch
RampArt Skatepark
/ 7-11:59 p.m.
/ $17
DisBeatCrasher and RampArt Skatepark presents.
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Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982)
Eureka Theater
/ 7:30-10 p.m.
/ $6
We need the old Blade Runner. Ridley Scott’s iconic 1982 adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s novel about rogue androids set a new standard for sci-fi and brought back the grit, dread and style of noir.
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Drumspyder: Wandous of the Eleventh Moon
Forever Found
/ 7:30-11:59 p.m.
/ $15
The Collective Rising would like to summon the age old tradition of coming together in dance and music to celebrate the cycles of the natural world.
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Jesus Christ Superstar
North Coast Repertory Theatre
/ 8 p.m.
/ $18
/ $16 students/seniors
From the spectacular minds of Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice, Jesus Christ Superstar is a hard-hitting, radical, rock-opera re-telling of the last fivedays in the life of Jesus Christ.
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Rabbit Hole
Redwood Curtain Theatre
/ 8 p.m.
/ $18
/ $20 11/2 gala opening
/ $10 previews/Thursdays
Becca and Howie Corbett have everything a family could want, until a life-shattering accident turns their world upside down and leaves the couple drifting perilously apart. Rabbit Hole charts their bittersweet search for comfort in the darkest of places and for a path that will lead them back.
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Cave
Synapsis
/ 8 p.m.
/ $10
/ $15 sliding scale
“Cave” is an original aerial/dance/theatre production exploring loss, hidden bodies, monsters, succumbing, and holes in the earth. Performers inhabit the ways our bodies are aspects of the earth and postulate responses physical and poetic.
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HSU Composers Concert
Fulkerson Recital Hall
/ 8-10 p.m.
/ $10 General
/ $5 Child
/ Free HSU Students with ID
Please join the Humboldt State University Department of Music and music composition professor Brian Post as they present the Composers Concert, an evening of new works written by an inventive and capable cohort of HSU music students.
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Marc Yaffee
Savage Henry Comedy Club
/ 9-11 p.m.
/ $10
/ 18+
Marc Yaffee may be the only comedian with air, land and sea show credits. He’s entertained Alaska Airlines passengers at 30,000 feet, performed on a flat-bed truck for U.S. Marines in Iraq while getting his head shaved and done comedy for cruise ship passengers on the high seas.
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All Events!
KEET-TV’s Recipe Contest
KEET-TV
/ 1 a.m.-11:59 p.m.
/ Free
KEET-TV wants you to submit a dish to My Family, My Flavors Recipe Contest.
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Arcata Recreation Basketball League - Register before Nov. 22!
Arcata City Hall
/ 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
/ $70
/ $81 non-resident
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Fire Sale
Solutions
/ 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
/ Free
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Gyppo Gratitude Tree
Gyppo Ale Mill
/ noon-9 p.m.
/ Free
We invite you to share these little tidbits and moments with our community by participating in our Gratitude tree.
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Pints 4 Nonprofits
Gyppo Ale Mill
/ 2-9 p.m.
/ Free
Benefitting Shelter Cove Arts and Recreation Foundation.
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Wolves at the Door release!
Eel River Brewing Company
/ 5:30 p.m.
/ Free
Can you hear the wolves howling? They know we’re up to something… That something is a cherry-vanilla barleywine made by blending premium malts, Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla beans and fresh cherry puree together with our bourbon barrel aged barleywine
Blue Lotus Jazz
Larrupin Cafe
/ 6 p.m.
/ Free
Jazz on the patio.
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Hilliard Studio Sale
See Event Description
/ 6-9 p.m.
/ Free
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Veggie Stocks & Broths
Foodwise Kitchen
/ 6:30-8 p.m.
/ $45
/ $40 HSU Students
Learn to create a healing, mineral rich vegetable stock plus an anti-inflammatory and nutrient-dense lemony turmeric broth.
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Sweet Beats: Singin’ and Swingin’
Arcata High School
/ 6:30-9 p.m.
/ $15
/ $10 Students
Come and support the ArMack Jazz Band and AHS Madrigal choir for a night of live music and swing dancing.
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Dominic Romano
Arts and Drafts
/ 7-9 p.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
Come on out to Arts & Drafts Eureka to hear Singer-Songwriter Dominic Romano play some tunes as you drink and craft it up!
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Fall Beer Tasting
Papa Wheelies Pub
/ 7-11:59 p.m.
/ $15
/ 21+
Fall is a season that has the word “beer” written all over it. Cool nights unleash a craving for hearty beers, whose colors mirror those of the turning leaves.
Digital Birding: Enhance the Birding Experience with eBird
Six Rivers Masonic Lodge
/ 7-8:30 p.m.
/ Free
Would you like to learn more about eBird, the interactive database used by birders all over the world, including here on the North Coast?
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Jon Humboldt Gates: Firestorm
Northtown Books
/ 7-9 p.m.
Firestorm is a personal narrative written in verse, detailing the author’s escape with his family from the 2017 Sonoma County Tubbs Fire - one of the most destructive wildfires in California history.
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Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night
Eureka High School Auditorium
/ 7:30 p.m.
/ $8
/ $5 students
EHS Players present William Shakespeare’s comedy Twelfth Night! Mistaken identity, madcap pranks and love in disguise with an 80s twist, this play will have you laughing, clapping and singing along. Come out and support our blossoming thespians!
The Roadsters
Bear River Casino Resort
/ 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
Whether you want a slow ballad to cuddle up on a date, or a fast, high-energy dance song, or a hard-hitting rock song, this is the band!
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Vibes & Stuff
The Griffin
/ 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
Dance.
Money: Pink Floyd Tribute
Blue Lake Casino Hotel
/ 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
/ Free
Pink Floyd tribute from Northern California.
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Movie Showtimes
Broadway Cinema
- ARCTIC DOGS: 11:40, 3:30
- DOCTOR SLEEP: 11:20, 1:20, 2:30, 4:40, 5:50, 8:00, 9:10
- HARRIET: 12:05, 3:05, 5:55, 8:50
- JOKER: 12:00, 2:50, 5:40, 8:25
- LAST CHRISTMAS: 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30
- MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL 2D: 11:35, 2:20, 5:10, 8:00
- MIDWAY: 11:50, 3:00, 6:10, 9:20
- PLAYING WITH FIRE: 1:25, 3:50, 6:15, 8:40
- TERMINATOR: DARK FATE: 12:20, 3:20, 6:20, 9:15
- THE ADDAMS FAMILY (2D): 11:45, 2:00, 4:15, 6:35, 8:45
- THE CURRENT WAR: 12:50, 5:50, 8:35
- ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP: 12:10, 2:35, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40
Mill Creek Cinema
- ARCTIC DOGS: 3:55
- DOCTOR SLEEP: 1:10, 4:30, 7:50
- LAST CHRISTMAS: 11:40, 2:00, 4:20, 6:55, 9:20
- MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL 2D: 12:15, 3:10, 5:55, 8:50
- MIDWAY: 1:40, 4:50, 8:00
- PLAYING WITH FIRE: 12:45, 3:10, 6:20, 8:40
- TERMINATOR: DARK FATE: 12:00, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00
- THE ADDAMS FAMILY (2D): 11:30, 1:40, 6:10, 8:25
- ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP: 1:45, 4:15, 6:40, 9:10
Minor Theatre
- DOCTOR SLEEP: 2:30, 6:00, 9:35
- HARRIET: 1:30, 5:00, 8:15
- PAIN AND GLORY: 2:00, 5:30, 8:30