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:
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.
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.
822-7711 /
natalynne@wildcalifornia.org /
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Carlo Theatre (Dell'Arte)
/ 8-9:30 p.m.
/ $12
/ $8 kids 12 and under
/ $10 student/senior
Dell’Arte’s Ronlin Foreman is remounting his tour de force solo comedy featuring confrontational and poetic physical theatre.
668-5663 /
info@dellarte.com /
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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.
Gist Theater at HSU
/ 7:30-9:30 p.m.
/ $10
/ Free limited free seating for HSU students
/ $8 seniors, 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."
826-3928 /
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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.
839-7580 /
joe@savagehenrymagazine.com /
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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.
Arcata Theatre Lounge
/ 8 p.m.
/ $6
Special Thursday night edition featuring your favorite and soon to be favorite games and shenanigans.
613-3030 /
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SpeakEasy
/ 8-9 p.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
Have a craft cocktail and compete against friends for bragging rights and prizes!
444-2244 /
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The Forks
/ 8:30 p.m.
/ 21+
With Jimi Jeff.
530-629-2679 /
Logger Bar
/ 8:30 p.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
Judging of character, costume and hair placement.
668-5000 /
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Sidelines
/ 9:30 p.m.
/ 21+
Hip hop krunkage for your butt.
822-0919 /
Six Rivers Brewery
/ 9:30 p.m.-midnight
/ Free
Spinning his favorite ghetto funk tunes.
839-7580 /
6rbmusicbooking@gmail.com /
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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."
826-2739 /
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